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River Plate escaped falling into third place by the hair of their chinny chin chin. Los Millionaires and Guillermo Brown tied at two all. River Plate gave up a late goal this could have cost em big time. Los Millionaires has a superior goal difference and this saved their asses.
Rosario Central shut out Atletico Tucuman 2-0.
Instituto de Cordoba killed Almirante Brown 3-1.
Los Canallas is top dog with 68 points. River Plate and La Gloria are tied on points with 66. Los Millionaires is a plus 36. Instituto de Cordoba is a plus 31.
Almirante Brown was born January 17th, 1922. The closest Almirante Brown came to making it to the big boys league was in 1991-92. They missed by one game. Atletico Tucuman beat them in the final game.
Boca Juniors sits atop the leader board with 29 points. Tigre and Newell’s Old Boys are tied on points with 28. Matador is a plus eleven. La Lepra is plus eight.
Newell’s Old Boys lost to Tigre 3-1. Los Xeneizes defeated Racing 2-0. La Lepra’s loss to Matador couple with Boca’s win over Racing allowed Los Xeneizes leapfrog back to the top stop in the Clausura.
Flamenguista for life.
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Flamengo started off the Brasileiros Sere A with a one-one tie against Sport. Mengao fell behind early. Rubro-negro gave up a goal in the 57th minute. Marquinhos ripped the winner. Flamengo got the equalizer in the 74th minute. Vanger tickled the twines to level this sucker at one all.
If it wasn’t for Love Mengao would be shit outta luck.
Flamengo is not playing very well. Ronaldinho Gaucho played great last year but this year he is playing with his head up ass. He is not worth the big bucks they are paying him. If Rubro-negro didn’t sign Vanger Love this season so far would be a lot worse.
The one saving grace is this. This sucker was played at Leao’s house.
UOL wrote this- boa atuação após 27 dias sem atuar – ficou apenas em período de treinamento após as eliminações no Carioca e na Copa Libertadores. O Leão pernambucano foi muito superior durante todo o primeiro tempo, mas não aproveitou as oportunidades criadas. No segundo tempo, o time da casa abriu o placar, mas Vagner Love impediu a derrota do Flamengo, evitando uma crise já na primeira rodada da competição.
A partida começou quente na Ilha do Retiro, com muita velocidade e pegada no meio, mas poucas chances efetivas de gol. Aos 8min, numa triangulação entre Marquinhos, Felipe Azevedo e Thiaguinho, o camisa 10 balançou a rede de Paulo Victor, mas o árbitro anulou corretamente ao assinalar impedimento do apoiador pernambucano. O Flamengo respondeu aos 14min, numa falta cobrada da intermediária por Ronaldinho Gaúcho que passou rente à trave esquerda de Magrão.”
Up next for Mengao is Internacional at Flamengo’s house on Saturday.
Flamenguista for life.
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West Ham has booked their spot in the EPL for next season. In a wild and wooly match played at Wembley by the Hammers and Seasiders, West Ham came away with a crazy 2-1 win over Blackpool.
The Hammers scored first. Carlton Cole gave West Ham the early 1-0 lead in the 35th minute. Matty Taylor set up this sucker off the counter attack. Taylor raced up the pitch and laid off a great thread the needle pass to mate Cole.
The Seasiders responded in the 48th minute. Thomas Ince knocked home the winner from the left wing.
Blackpool had their chances in the second half but they couldn’t push the rock past the goal line.
West Ham scored the winner in the 87th minute. The Hammers put a ton of pressure on the Seasiders defenders in the box. A huge scramble ball resulted in a put back goal off a missed shot by Ricardo Vaz Te.
Vaz Te said this about the match winner, “It’s a great effort form the lads,” Vaz Te told Sky Sports. “It’s not about the goal – we showed great character. I think we deserved it. We’re a Premier League side and we deserved to go up.
”It’s terrific really. I feel like I have been blessed with a second chance in my career and it’s great to be here.”
Sam Allardyce West Brom headman had this to say, “Blackpool were easily as good as us today but it is about taking your chances and no more so that today,” he said. “We managed to swing it just at the death. It’s 49 games and it’s the first one we’ve won in the last few minutes this season. I’m sure (owners) David Sullivan and David Gold will be very happy.”
This is the second time Allardyce has led a club back to the Promised Land.
Chelsea has risen from the dead. The Blues were down 1-0 late in the match against Bayern Munich. Didier Drogba nailed a later header in the 88th minute to send this sucker into extra time. Drogba then committed a mortal sin in the first extra time. His foul on Franck Ribery set up the possible bone headed play of the match in the 93rd minute. Arjen Robben wore the choke collar very well. Robben’s choke city cost the DER FCB the Champions League. Neither side could score in extra time. Tied at one all the Blues and DER FCB went to the dreaded PK shootout. Bayern Munich missed two crucial PK shots to give Chelsea the chance to win it. Didier Drogba nailed the PK and this sent the Blues to the Promised Land. Chelsea wins in a wild one 4-3 in the PK shootout.
Futebol season is over in Europe but the regular season is heating up in South America.
Spurs fans are heart broken by Chelsea’s win. Tottenham is out of the Champions League.
Flamenguista for life.
One final note. Do I have ESPN, I mean ESP or what. I told you that Didier Drogba would be the key. He was. The hero.
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Mengao blew a 1-0 lead and lost to Vasco for the second straight time in the semifinals. This time it happened in the Taça Rio. This loss sent Flamenguista nation in to massive suicide watch.
Kleberson scored first for Flamengo. Ronaldinho Gaucho started the break with a great counter attack. Gaucho hit Vagner Love. Love found Kleberson who put the ball into the back of the net.
UOL- “ O jogo começou com o Vasco buscando o ataque pelo lado esquerdo com Diego Souza. Entretanto, o Flamengo precisou chegar no gol de Fernando Prass apenas uma vez para abrir o placar. Aos 2min, Ronaldinho puxou contra-ataque rápido, lançou Kleberson, que fez grande passe para Vagner Love que dominou no peito e tocou na saída do goleiro vascaíno, 1 a 0.”
Gigante de Colina evened this sucker up and that was all she wrote. Vasco scored the next three goals to make it 3-1. Vanger Love scored a cosmetic goal for a 3-2 final score.
Felipe hit the daily double to lead Vasco to the win.
UOL- “Melhor na partida, faltava ao Vasco apenas acertar o último toque para empatar a partida, o que ocorreu aos 13min com Eder Luis, aproveitando rebote do goleiro do Flamengo em chute de Felipe, 1 a 1. Antes, o camisa 7 havia perdido mais uma boa oportunidade dentro da grande área, chutando por cima da meta rubro-negra.”
Vasco will take on Botafogo for the Taça Rio title. Fogao defeated Bangu 4-2. Gigante de Colina and Botafogo will meet this Sunday to settle who is the best in Rio de Janeiro.
Globo Esporte wrote this about the Rubro-negro fiasco. “Foi uma partida emocionante. Flamengo e Vasco testaram o coração dos torcedores com problemas cardíacos, neste domingo, no Engenhão. E, principalmente pelo domínio indiscutível no primeiro tempo, com um time mais bem armado taticamente, mostrando superioridade individual e coletiva, o Vasco saiu vencedor. O triunfo sobre o grande rival, o Flamengo, por 3 a 2, lhe deu a vaga para a final da Taça Rio, segundo turno do Campeonato Carioca.
Com uma atuação impecável de Felipe, autor de grandes jogadas, do gol da virada para 2 a 1 e do terceiro, de pênalti – Eder Luis fez o primeiro, e Vagner Love e Kleberson marcaram os gols rubro-negros -, o time chega à final contra o Botafogo, vitorioso no sábado no confronto diante do Bangu. A decisão será no próximo domingo, e o campeão fará a final do Carioca com o Fluminense, que conquistou a Taça Guanabara.”
http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/carioca-2012/22-04-2012/flamengo-vasco.html
The regular season opens for Flamengo on May 6. Menago has a hot date with Sport at Leaos house.
Flamenguista for life.
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My guys from Flamengo defeated Americano-RJ 3-1 to advance to the semifinals of Taça Rio. Mengao finished atop Group A with 21 points. Rubro-negro will battle archrival Vasco in the semifinals. Gigante de Colina beat us in the semifinals of the Taça Guanabara.
Deivid lead the Flamengo attack with the daily double. Mate Kleberson added a tally of his own to lead the guys to the win.
UOL- “ fizeram o necessário para vencer o Americano. E com o 3 a 1 obtido neste domingo, a equipe rubro-negra manteve a ponta, evitou a hostilidade da torcida presente e, agora, enfrenta o rival Vasco na briga por um vaga na final do segundo turno do Estadual.
Após a eliminação precoce na Libertadores, o foco do Flamengo ficou todo voltado para o Carioca. Mas como já entrou em campo classificado, o time da Gávea se permitiu poupar suas estrelas: Ronaldinho Gaúcho (dores na perna direita), Vagner Love (dores no joelho direito), Léo Moura (dores no joelho direito) e Willians (coxa esquerda) ficaram de fora da partida.”
Vasco and Mengao will battle it out on Saturday. The winner will advance to the finals. Gigante de Colina defeated Flamengo 2-1 in the semi finals of Taça Guanabara.
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My guys from Mengao will find out real quick if the guys will advance to the knockout stage of the Copa Libertadores. Flamengo battles Lanus at our house Thursday night. A few things have to happen for Rubro-negro to advance. We need to get the big “W” and Emelec and Olimpia need to tie.
Don’t hold your breath.
This is do or die for Flamenguista nation. UOL- Vencer o Lanús-ARG, líder do grupo, e torcer por um empate no duelo entre Olimpia-PAR e Emelec-EQU para alcançar a classificação na Libertadores é tarefa das mais improváveis para o Flamengo na noite desta quarta-feira, às 19h30. Ainda assim, o time apela a discursos clichês para não desanimar a torcida e ainda acreditar na tão sonhada vaga na próxima fase da competição.”
Manager Joel Santana said the guys don’t have any margin for error. Things have to break the right way for Flamengo to advance. UOL- “Em situação crítica na Copa Libertadores, o Flamengo já prepara os seus torcedores para uma possível eliminação na competição internacional após a disputa da fase de grupos. O treinador Joel Santana falou nesta quarta-feira sobre a condição que o seu time entra para a disputa da última rodada e comentou como jogadores e torcida devem se comportar caso a queda se confirme.”
Santana said Mengao must concentrate on beating Lanus and not think about the Olimpia-Emelec match.
Joel minimiza a atenção do Flamengo na partida entre Olimpia-PAR e Emelec-EQU. O treinador quer o seu time focado na partida do Engenhão. “É um equilíbrio muito grande. Se fosse muito desequilibrado, a gente já tiraria o cavalinho da chuva. Aqui vai ser mais difícil do que eles empatarem lá. Existe uma rivalidade nossa com os hermanos”, finalizou.”
River Plate is working its way out of hell. If Los Millionaires finish first or second in Nacional B they will get back to the Promised Land. River Plate is currently sitting in second place with 52 points. Los Millionaires is tied on points with Quilmes but River plate is a plus 30 while El Cervecero is a plus 29.
River Plate is coming off a huge 1-0 loss to Atlanta last Thursday. This was Los Millionaires first loss since December 3rd 2011.
Nacional B season ends June 23rd.
Flamenguista for life.
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Flamengo sure looked like they were dead in the water against Vasco. Mengao took the early lead. Deivid received a great pass from Vanger Love. Deivid deposited this sucker into the back of the net in the 16th minute.
Vasco rammed through the equalizer in the 50th minute. Diego Souza flat out beat the keeper to level this sucker at one all.
Both sides pushed the ball up and down the pitch. Mengao was saved in the 90th minute. Ronaldinho Gaucho teed up the PK for the match winner and gave Rubro-negro a hard fought 2-1 win over Gigante de Colina.
Flamengo sits atop the leader board with 18 points. Botafogo is second with 17. Resende is third with 12 points. The top two sides advance to the Taça Rio semifinals.
UOL- As duas equipes entraram em campo com mudanças de última hora na escalação. No lado vascaíno, Felipe amanheceu com muitas dores no ombro direito e foi vetado pelo departamento médico. O técnico Cristóvão Borges optou pela entrada de William Barbio e deixou Diego Souza no banco. No Flamengo, a mudança foi uma opção do técnico Joel Santana, que preferiu escalar o experiente Kleberson, seu atual talismã, no lugar do jovem Muralha, tido como inexperiente pelo treinador.
O Flamengo precisava da vitória para afastar a crise e partiu com tudo para cima do Vasco no fim, sob o comando de Leonardo Moura. O lateral quase desempatou, aos 41m,lnuma lance frente a frente com Fernando Prass. No último minuto, Leo Moura invadiu a grande área vascaína e foi derrubado por Fernando Prass. Na cobrança de pênalti, já acréscimos, Ronaldinho deslocou o goleiro vascaíno e desempatou, aliviando sua barra na Gávea e classificando o time para as semifinais da Taça Rio. O problema ficou com o árbitro Vagner Santos Rosa, que teve de sair de campo escoltado pela Polícia Militar e sob xingamentos do zagueiro Rodolgo e do volante Eduardo Costa.”
The final round of group play in the Taça Rio is Sunday. Mengao battles Americano RJ.
Globo Esporte- “Um clássico marcado pela tensão. Foi assim que começou e terminou mais um Vasco x Flamengo. O pênalti cobrado por Ronaldinho aos 47 minutos do segundo tempo deu a vitória aos rubro-negros por 2 a 1 na noite deste sábado e uma pequena pausa na pressão sobre o time e o jogador, apesar de mais uma atuação nada empolgante do camisa 10. O resultado classificou o clube para as semifinais da Taça Rio. E acabou sendo a gota d’água para um tumulto que envolveu os jogadores do Vasco. Principalmente Eduardo Costa e Rodolfo, que partiram para cima do árbitro Wagner dos Santos Rosa, e só não o agrediram porque foram contidos pelos policiais.”
http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/carioca-2012/07-04-2012/vasco-flamengo.html
Flamengo and Lanus tangle at Mengao’s house on Thursday in the final round of group play in the Copa Libertadores. Rubro-negro needs to win and both Olimpia and Emelec need to tie for Flamengo to advance to the knockout stage of the Copa.
Don’t hold your breath.
Flamenguista for life.
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Mengao has shot themselves in the head. Flamengo lost to the Paraguayan club Olimpia 3-2. This loss has almost killed Rubro-negro’s chances of the making it out of Group play in the Copa Libertadores.
UOL wrote that Mengao has two chances slim and none. “O Rubro-Negro até teve boas chances ao longo da partida, mas não conseguiu vencer a marcação do adversário. Se na partida no Engenhão, o Olimpia conseguiu estragar a festa brasileira, o mesmo não aconteceu nesta noite. Há duas semanas, o Flamengo vencia a partida por 3 a 0 até os 30min do segundo tempo, mas cedeu o empate. No Defensores del Chaco, o desfecho foi bem diferente e os paraguaios superaram o clube da Gávea na tabela.”
UOL took a poll and they found that 29% of Flamenguistas think Flamengo will make it out of Group play.
“O Flamengo começou a quarta rodada com chances de assumir a liderança do grupo 2 da Copa Libertadores. Porém, a equipe da Gávea perdeu para o Olimpia-PAR por 3 a 2 na noite de quarta-feira e se complicou na competição. O resultado negativo consolidou o Rubro-Negro como o pior time brasileiro no torneio continental com apenas 29,8% de chance de classificação para as oitavas de final. Mesmo com cenário desanimador, o técnico Joel Santana não joga a toalha e já trava batalha contra a matemática para levar o clube ao mata-mata.”
Mengao fell behind 1-0 before half. Vanger Love scored in the 48th minute to level this sucker up at one all. Olimpia scored the next two goals to make it 3-1. Bottinelli scored a goal in the 77th minute but it was too little to late.
Olimpia and Lanus each have seven points. Mengao has five.
Up next for Flamengo is at Emelec on April 4th. This is a must won situation for boo-Mengao. The Ecuadorian side has won one match. Emelec is the bottom feeder with three points.
Globo Esporte had this to say about Flamengo stinking the joint out.
“O Flamengo até lutou, mas não teve boa atuação diante do Olimpia, na noite desta quarta-feira, no Defensores del Chaco, em Assunção. Após ceder empate em 3 a 3 no Engenhão, o time foi derrotado por 3 a 2 e viu sua situação na Taça Libertadores se complicar de maneira considerável. Caiu para a terceira colocação do Grupo 2, com cinco pontos, dois a menos do que Lanús e o próprio Olimpia. Os argentinos ficam em primeiro por causa do critério de saldo de gols. O Emelec, que completa a chave, soma três pontos.”
http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/libertadores-2012/28-03-2012/olimpia-flamengo.html
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Mengao once again almost blew it against a second tier futebol club. Flamengo scored first on a brilliant goal by Vanger Love in the 11th minute. Vanger missed the one on one with the keeper but he tapped in the miss.
Dumbo Rubro-Negro gave up a goal in the 59th minute to Duque de Caxias Tiago Rodriquez. The long-range bomb was missed played by Felipe. This stupidity almost cost us big time but up stepped Ronaldinho Gaucho to score the match winner in the 86th minute. Gaucho rammed home the PK to save the day.
This goal by Ronaldinho Gaucho cost Mengao 833 thousand dollars.
UOL- O gol de Ronaldinho Gaúcho na partida do último domingo, contra o Duque de Caxias, garantiu a vitória do Flamengo pela segunda rodada da Taça Rio, mas não evitou uma nova série de cobranças ao jogador por parte da torcida. Com um salário de R$ 1,250 milhão e um altíssimo custo de aproximadamente R$ 833 mil por cada vez que balança as redes em 2012, o craque não consegue escapar dos seguidos questionamentos pelo rendimento abaixo do esperado.
This would have been boo-Mengao’s second blown game. Our guys are playing like crap. If we continue to play like this Flamengo will wind up going down to D-2 ball.
UOL -Sem quatro titulares, o Flamengo apostava em Ronaldinho Gaúcho para vencer o Duque de Caxias e encerrar o jejum que já durava dois jogos. Mesmo passando boa parte do jogo “sumido” em campo, o camisa 10 marcou o segundo gol e garantiu o triunfo rubro-negro por 2 a 1, neste domingo, em Macaé, pela segunda rodada da Taça Rio. O atacante Vagner Love abriu o placar para o time da Gávea. Rodrigues descontou para a equipe da Baixada Fluminense em falha do goleiro reserva Paulo Victor – substituto de Felipe após o titular desmaiar e sair de campo de ambulância.
Botafogo is top dog with six points. Macaé is second with six but Fogao is a plus four while Macaé is a plus two.
Resende is third with four points and my guys Flamengo are four with three points.
Mengao takes on Nova Iguacu on Saturday in third round play in the Taça Rio.
Flamengo battles Emelec Thursday at our house in Rio de Janeiro in the Copa Libertadores Group play.
Flamenguista for life.
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Do you want to talk about crazy insanity on the pitch then the Carling Cup final is for you. Liverpool should have killed League Championship side Cardiff City. Except no one told the Welsh side.
The Bluebirds scored first in the 19th minute. Joe Mason ripped the twines. Liverpool leveled this sucker up at one all in the 60th minute. Martin Skrtel found the back of the net.
The Reds took the lead in extra time. Dirt Kuyt ripped the twines in the 108th minute. It sure looked like Liverpool would win but hold your horses for Cardiff City equalized in the 118th minute on a brilliant put back by Ben Turner. This score came off a wild and crazy corner kick. It was pinball machine time. Dirt Kuyt failed to clear the rock.
Buda Bing buda boom on to PK shootout time.
Both Liverpool and the Bluebirds missed the first two shots in the PK death match.
It all came down to this. Cardiff City trailed 3-2. It was make or break time. Nail it and it’s live for another round. Miss and Liverpool wins. The man in the hot seat is the cousin of Steven Gerrard Anthony Gerrard. It’s shanked wide left. The Reds win.
Heartbreak city for the Bluebirds. Cardiff was trying to become the first Welsh club to win a title since 1922.
Steven Gerrard said this about the choke collar. “It’s always cruel when it comes to penalties, but there has to be a loser.
“It was always going to be that one of us was sad and one celebrating. I’ve got mixed emotions. Obviously I’m delighted to win the cup for our supporters, but I feel for Anthony and Cardiff.
“It doesn’t matter what I say to him – he’s going to be down. I’ll be there for him and all the family will be behind him.”
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay was down right proud of his guys.
“In extra time the way we came back… I’m so proud of them, so very, very proud of them,” he said. “For most of them it’s the first time they’ve been anywhere near something like this. They are very young. The emotions are running through them.
“You’ve got two teams who have put everything into the game today and I’m very proud of my team.”
In the Taça Guanabara Fluminense defeated Vasco 3-1. Po-de Arroz won their first Rio title since 1993.
UOL- Por ironia, o Vasco foi o “responsável” pela classificação do Fluminense para as semifinais da Taça Guanabara. Na última rodada do torneio, o time tricolor precisava vencer o Bangu e torcer para o rival conquistar um triunfo sobre o Boavista. Foi essa combinação de resultados que aconteceu. O Flu passou de fase, eliminou o Botafogo nas penalidades e bateu o Vasco na final.
Fred led Fluminense with the daily double. Mate Deco added the other goal for Po-de Arroz.
This sucker was over by the 55th minute. Fluminense jumped out to a 3-0 nil lead. Gigante de Colina added a cosmetic goal in the 82nd minute by Eduardo Costa.
Gunner and Flamenguista for life.
