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Flamengo battles Corinthians later today at Engenhão. 

Mengao sits in fifth place with four points.

Timao is currently in fourth place with six points.

Sao Paulo, Vasco, and Atletico-MG have six points.

The pole sitter is Galo with a plus five.

Second place belongs to Gigante de Colina with a plus five.

Third place is Sao Paulo with a plus three.

Rubro-Negro has a tough battle against Corinthians.

I am not saying this is a must win situation but this test will see if Mengao is for real or just pretenders for the crown.

Ronaldinho Gaucho needs to be at the top of his game.

Wanderley, Leo Moura, and Renato must come up big.

The old guy Petkovic must play lights out também.

UOL said this – Flamengo x Corinthians é um dos clássicos mais importantes do país, mas neste fim de semana será motivo de festa. O Engenhão estará lotado para a despedida de Petkovic e a expectativa é que os 42 mil ingressos colocados à venda se esgotem ainda no sábado. É a última chance de ver o ídolo e um dos destaques do título brasileiro de 2009.

Os jogadores do Flamengo lembram que se trata de uma partida oficial e esperam que o clima festivo não atrapalhe a equipe contra um rival com 100% de aproveitamento no Brasileirão. Já os corintianos acreditam que o sérvio pode surpreender, mesmo sem atuar há um bom tempo

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Lot’s of fun stuff to talk about today.

Lets start with the Campeonato.

Fluminense is top dog with 61 points. Second place belongs to Corinthians with 60 points. Sitting in third place is Cruzeiro with 60 points também. Timao has a better goal difference. Corinthians has a plus 21 while Raposa is a plus 12.

Mengao is buried in 13^th place with 40. Flamengo is a perfect zero goal difference yet this is a deceiving number.

In our last four matches, Rubro-Negro has given up five goals while scoring only four.

This is a minus one.

Flamengo “D’ has been suspect all year. At times Mengao has looked great while times we looked like a machine gun riddled body.

Marcelo Lomba has taken over for super keeper Bruno in June of this year. Bruno is the hoosegow for murder. Lomba is good but he ain’t no Bruno.

Bruno was bad at times but he could flat out play keeper.

Flamengo sorely misses the murdering bastard.

There are four matches left in the season.

Our title hopes are dead but we need to win two out of our last four matches to avoid the drop-dead zone.

Up on Saturday is Atletico-MG at Galo’s house in Mineiro.

Galo is one-step above the voce vai zone.

Atletico-MG has 36 points.

A win would give Galo 39 points.

It’s all about the “W’s” baby.

This is the name of the game.

Luxemburgo will start Petkovic, Diego Mauricio, and Diogo.

O Flamengo está definido para a partida de sábado, contra o Atlético-MG, às 19h30 (horário de Brasília), na Arena do Jacaré, em Sete Lagoas, pela 35ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. No treinamento desta quinta-feira, no CT Ninho do Urubu, em Vargem Grande, Zona Oeste da cidade,

Vanderlei Luxemburgo comandou um coletivo e confirmou as entradas de Petkovic, Diogo e Diego Maurício.

“Neste jogo vou usar a experiência do Petkovic, que é um jogador muito importante neste momento. Não terá condições de atuar os 90 minutos, vai nos ajudar enquanto estiver em campo”, disse Luxemburgo, acrescentando.

Headman Luxemburgo was asked if Mengao loses what will happen to the club in the long run. He said, It doesn’t matter for we have three matches left. This will not kill Mengao. “Nada será decidido se perdemos o jogo. Se ganharmos, é lógico que vamos ficar numa situação bacana. Precisamos analisar toda a competição e não apenas esta partida. É um jogo importante, mas não decisivo”, encerrou.

My guys from Arsenal have a hot date with Everton on Sunday.

We need to win this sucker.

The Gunners are in third place with 23 points.

Arsenal is five points behind top dog Chelsea.

The Blues have 28 points.

Wenger spoke about the huge win over Wolves- www.arsenal.com We were in the lead early on and the victory was so important for us that we focused tonight maybe more on defending and keeping the result. We couldn’t take our chances and if you look at the game we had many chances. I must say you have to give credit to Wolves because they are a good side. They are good defensively, they are good at winning the ball back and they always looked dangerous. They have a good mixture between long balls and build up play and are a side who will give problems to anyone in this league.

Wenger added about the tussel with  Wolverhampton- Overall it was a committed game and a very correct one. Wolves were physically very strong tonight and kept a high tempo for 90 minutes and I must say I was impressed by them. But I was as well impressed by our spirit, our determination and our resilience. Today we have seen a side of my team that will be very important throughout the season.

Wenger spoke about the availability of Kieran Gibbs- We should not have any bad news from last night,” said the manager. “The squad should be the same.

“We could have Gibbs available to be part of it again too. We’ll make the decision at the end of the week. He is back in normal training. It is just whether he is fit or not.”

Wenger said he would make some changes for our upcoming match against Everton. There are always one or two changes,” said the Frenchman. “Some players have played a lot and we have some fresh, quality players on the bench.

“Some are not completely match-fit like Van Persie and Bendtner but in midfield there may be one or two changes.”

The weekend is almost here. Oh, what a joy it is. It is time for some futebol.

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Flamengo is in a total mess. Mengao had their jocks handed to them by Palmeiras on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro.

Verdao destroyed Rubro-Negro 3-1 in Mengao’s house-although be it, it wasn’t Maracanã but Estadio Joao Havelange Engenhão.

This was the first home loss for Flamengo.  

Globo Esporte-Flamengo perdeu a invencibilidade no Engenhão. Desde a inauguração em 2007, o time carioca tinha feito nove jogos no estádio, com sete vitórias e dois empates. Neste sábado, conheceu a primeira derrota. Já o Palmeiras segue como um visitante ingrato neste Brasileiro. São quatro vitórias, sete empates e só duas derrotas fora de casa

Still this stinks to high heaven.

We are still on the verge of the you’re outta here zone.

Verdao took it to us from the opening whistle.

Mengao never had a chance.

Kleber hit for the daily double.

Globo Esporte-Com uma atuação segura e uma noite inspirada de Kleber, o Palmeiras dominou o Flamengo e venceu por 3 a 1, neste sábado, no estádio João Havelange, no Rio de Janeiro, pela 25ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O Gladiador marcou duas vezes, enquanto Lincoln fez o terceiro gol palmeirense. Petkovic, de pênalti, diminuiu para o Rubro-Negro.

Petkovic scored the only goal for Mengao in the 79^th minute.

Petkovic nailed the PK to cut the Palmeiras lead to 2-1.

Verdao said we’ve had enough of this BS.

Palmeiras scored on a brilliant display of futebol.

Bing, bam, boom, right down the pitch in the 89^th minute.

Lincoln nailed the winner.

This score put the final dagger in Flamengo’s heart.

Sure, we had most of the possession in the second half.

This was due to the fact that Verdao sat back and did nothing.

Mengao had at least three good chances but fired blanks.

After the stupid foul, that result in the PK Verdao seized the match by throat and choked the life outta Flamengo.

Mengao is now in 16^th place with 28 points.

We’re one step above the drop-dead zone.

Thank God that Atletico-MG lost to Gremio 2-1.

Avai moved ahead of us due to a 5-0 thrashing of Ceara.

Up next for Flamengo is Goias on Tuesday at Verdao’s house-Serra Dourada.

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Mengao snatched a tie from the jaws of defeat. Petkovic scored in the 86^th minute to save Flamengo’s bacon.

Rubro-Negro and Gremio tied at two all.

Globo Esporte- O alívio flamenguista é sinônimo para a decepção gremista. Um gol de Petkovic aos 41 minutos do segundo tempo evitou a derrota rubro-negra para o Grêmio na noite desta quarta-feira, no Olímpico. O Tricolor vencia o jogo e parecia confirmar, ao mesmo tempo, sua ascensão e os temores do adversário no Campeonato Brasileiro. Mas Pet salvou. O empate por 2 a 2 é um porção pequena para as duas equipes: melhor do que nada, bem pior do que elas queriam.

This was one of those back and forth affairs.

Douglas opened the scoring for Gremio. He beat the entire Mengao “D” to the box. Douglas junked right and went left. He flat out beat the keeper Marcelo Lomba in the 9^th minute.

Flamengo scored the equalizer in the 33^rd minute. Leo Moura did a Dipsy do past the helpless Gremio defender. Moura fired a great pass into the box. Kleberson nailed the one timer past the keeper to level this baby at one all.

Jonas bounced a tickler of a shot off the left post in the 50^th minute to give Gremio lead.

The entire Mengao “D’ was in shocked stunned silence.

Enter Petkovic in the 86^th minute to nail the equalizer and save our hides once again.

Mengao is now in 14^th place with 28 points.

This marks the second match in a row that we have scored more than one goal.

The offense is coming around but the “D” sucks big time.

Mengao has now scored five goals in two matches. This more than triples all the goals Rubro-Negro scored in the previous six matches.

More matches will played on Thursday so lets see how the dust settles before we Flamenguistas get too giddy.

Vitoria is taking on Avail and Fluminense has a hot date with Atletico-MG.

Vitoria has 28 points entering into Thursday’s contest. Avai has 25.

Atletico-MG has 21 points.

Mengao has a razor thin margin above the heave-hoe zone.

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Way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory guys.

Flamengo was in control of the match until injury time.

Guarani-SP scored two lightening quick goals in the 91^st and 93^rd minutes to hand Mengao a 2-1 loss in Sao Paulo.

Globo Esporte- Em um jogo com um lance duvidoso e um pênalti inexistente, o Guarani teve uma reação impressionante nos minutos finais e venceu, de virada, o Flamengo por 2 a 1, na tarde deste domingo, no Brinco de Ouro da Princesa, em Campinas, pela 17ª rodada do Brasileiro. O time carioca foi comandado pelo interino Toninho Barroso, mas observado por Silas, anunciado como novo treinador da equipe. O Bugre de Vagner Mancini reclamou muito de uma penalidade não marcada no primeiro tempo e, quando teve outra a favor, desperdiçou. Mas fez dois gols nos acréscimos e decidiu a partida, embora tenha sido dominado praticamente o jogo

This sucks big time,

I am not a happy Flamenguista.

A new coach will not help until some new players are brought in. Hey guys how about a striker or two.

Rogerio Lourenço was fired on Friday. Silas will take over the headman duties on Monday.

We scored in injury time in the first half (47^th minute).

Jean’s header ripped the twines to give Rubro-Negro a 1-0 lead.

Mate Petkovic nailed a perfect corner kick to the back post.

Lomba stopped a phantom penalty in the 76^th minute.

However, Mengao’s defense fell apart in injury time.

Ailson used his noggin to nail a perfectly placed ball that beat the keeper Marcelo Lomba dead to rights in the 91^st minute to level this sucker up at one all.

To add insult to injury Reinaldo unleashed a rocket from just inside the box in 93^rd minute to win this baby for Guarani.

The blasted caromed off of Jean’s leg.

Shoddy defense cost us the win.

Reinaldo had an easy walk in the park thru the Mengao “D” to score the winner.

The entire Flamengo team needs to be shot at dusk for crappy player.

Fire the entire team.

They stink big time.

Our slide down the table will continue until the idiots who run Flamengo are fired.

Mengao is now in 13^th place.

Com o resultado, o time de Campinas está em 11º, com 23 pontos,. O Flamengo tem 21 pontos, na 13ª posição. Na próxima rodada, o Bugre enfrenta o Grêmio, em Porto Alegre, na quarta-feira. No mesmo dia, o Rubro-Negro encara o Cruzeiro, no Parque do Sabiá.

We are in the shits.

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Flamengo stopped their three match winless streak with a lucky 1-0 win over Ceara.

Mengao’s offense was non-existent in the win.

Globo Esporte-Num dia de estreias apagadas e atuação fraca do time, a torcida do Flamengo pôde comemorar pelo menos o fim do jejum de quatro jogos sem vitória e de três sem balançar as redes. Num gol de pênalti marcado por Petkovic no fim do primeiro tempo, o Rubro-Negro derrotou o Ceará por 1 a 0, neste sábado, no Maracanã. A equipe com defesa menos vazada do Brasileirão foi superior na maior parte do primeiro tempo e no fim da segunda etapa, mas saiu com outro resultado negativo e já acumula sete partidas sem vencer.

 The only saving grace was a PK awarded when Rubro-Negro’s Williams made a mad rush into the box. This push forced Anderson to foul Williams in the 44^th minute.

Petkovic nailed the PK for the only tally of the match.

Game, set, and match to Flamengo.

We picked up a much-needed win but if we don’t find a way to rip the twines, more often Flamengo is in deep do-do.

Marcelo Lomba played well in goal.

He made three key stops in the match.

Newly signed Leandro Amaral and Renato Abreu played like crap. This was another one of those horrible signings by chief idiot Patricia Amorim. This lady needs to be fired.

Globo Esporte wrote this-A grande expectativa era pelas estreias de Leandro Amaral e Renato Abreu. O primeiro teve atuação muito fraca, com pouca movimentação e receio de fazer as jogadas – não atuava há mais de um ano, desde julho de 2009. O meia, que veio do futebol árabe, mostrou estar sem ritmo de jogo, mas ao menos repetiu a boa pontaria dos velhos tempos em bela cobrança de falta, no segundo tempo

She sucks big time.

Get a real futebol Prez not a fake one.

The points were important.

Mengao has moved up the table.

Flamengo now has 20 points.

Na 15ª rodada, o Flamengo, que com a vitória pulou para 20 pontos ganhos e está, provisoriamente, na sétima posição, irá à Arena da Baixada encarar o Atlético-PR, no próximo domingo. O Ceará, que por enquanto caiu para o quarto lugar, estacionado nos 21, receberá no Castelão, no próximo sábado, o Grêmio.

But we need to sign a real striker not guys from the geriatric ward.

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Mengao had a chance to move up the table but no Flamengo stunk the joint up in a nil-nil tie with derby rival Vasco.

Yes, a tie is better than a loss but jeez, guys we need to get the full amount of points instead of nickel and dime them to death.

We had some really good chances to score but each time Rubro-Negro came up blank.

Marcelo Lomba was key again for Mengao.

He stopped at least for sure two point-blank shots on goal.

We are still in the top ten but we need another striker.

Sign Ronaldinho Gaucho for crying out loud.

We need to put the ball into the back of the net.

Globo Esporte put it this way. Both sides were horrible offensively.

Yes, Flamengo was very offensive. Mengao stunk the joint out.

Rubro-negros e vascaínos não mereciam um futebol tão ruim. Em jogo com a presença de 60.202 torcedores (50.447 pagantes) – maioria cruzmaltina e recorde da competição -, Flamengo e Vasco fizeram o clássico dos milhões…de erros e não saíram do 0 a 0, no Maracanã, neste domingo, pela 12ª rodada do Brasileirão.

Em noite marcada pela falta de qualidade dos atacantes, uma caneta de Felipe em Cristian Borja e uma série incrível de defesas de Fernando Prass nos minutos finais destoaram do ritmo sonolento. Com o empate, o Rubro-Negro foi a 17 pontos e caiu para a oitava colocação na tabela. O Vasco, por sua vez, com 14, subiu para 15º.

Menago tried to counter attack but it was pathetic. Petkovic was horrible and so was Kleberson. He was a bumbling fool when he had the chance to rip the twines in the 40th minute.

Pressionado, o Fla apostava nos contra-ataques. Petkovic, porém, estava muito apagado, e Juan se transformou no responsável por criar a maioria das jogadas pela esquerda, nas costas de Irrazábal. Aos 40, o lateral serviu Kleberson, que, dentro da área, se atrapalhou todo e perdeu a bola em lance que deu o tom da primeira etapa: alguma vontade e muitos erros.

Up next, for Flamengo is second place Corinthians at Timao’s house.

Na próxima rodada, o Flamengo vai ao Pacaembu, encarar o Corinthians, domingo, às 16h (de Brasília), e os vascaínos, no mesmo dia, recebem o Vitória, às 18h30m, em São Januário.

Vasco keeper Fernando Prass was brilliant in net according Globo Esporte. I agree. Prass was amazing. He kept Flamengo from winning.

Entretanto, se Lomba mostrou eficiência em lances simples, Fernando Prass foi sensacional e chamou para si todos os holofotes. Aos 41 minutos, em boa trama do ataque do Flamengo, Juan serviu Vinícius Pacheco, que girou e chutou para a defesa do goleiro. Cristian Borja, no rebote, cortou Fernando e parou novamente em Prass. Na sequência, Juan voou de peixinho, cabeceou firme e…Prass evitou o gol de forma incrível. Como se não fosse suficiente, aos 48, em falta cobrada por Petkovic no ângulo, o goleiro vascaíno decolou mais uma vez para garantir o 0 a 0.

In the end, Mengao picked up a point to keep us close to Campeonato leader Fluminense.

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There are some huge encounters happening on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, second place Fluminense battles Atletico-PR at Maracanã.

Flu needs to win this baby to keep pace with top dog Corinthians.

Sao Paulo is on a six match winless streak. Tricolor needs a break into the “W” column against Ceara on Saturday.

Vovo is in third place.

This will be tough one for Sao Paulo.

Mengao battles Vasco at Maracanã on Sunday.

This derby will be a blood bath.

Vasco is in 13^th place while Rubro-Negro is in 7^th place.

We need to win this baby.

Flamengo has been struggling as of late.

We have one win, one loss, and one tie.

Rubro-Negro struggles mightily at Maracanã.

On the murder Bruno front, Mengao will break the contract. Flamengo will owe Bruno some big bucks.

Marcelo Lomba is doing a pretty good job in goal for us.

We still stink on “D”.

Mengao needs to step up their offense.

Vinicius Pacheco, Petkovic, Kleberson, and Diego Mauricio need to step up to the plate big time and knock it outta the park.

Flamengo is a world of hurt.

If this slide continues will be finish near the butt end of the table.

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Mengao has a huge match with Avai Wednesday night at Maracanã. 

We have to come breathing fire. Lion Island is a very dangerous side.

Avai is in sixth place 14 points.

At this time last year, Rubro-Negro was near the bottom of the table.

Now Flamengo is fourth place.

We are playing better.

Marcelo Lomba is keeping Mengao from tasting defeat.

Lomba is playing lights out.

Lets see what happens against Lion Island.

Avai tied league leader Corinthians nil-nil on July 14^th.

Rogeiro Lourenço is cautiously optimistic about Flamengo’s chances on winning the Campeonato.

UOL-Apesar de estar em quarto lugar na tabela, com 15 pontos, Rogério Lourenço não se ilude em relação ao time. Ele prefere não fazer prognósticos de onde a equipe poderá chegar na competição. De acordo com o treinador, o Flamengo tem chance de brigar até a última rodada pelas primeiras posições da tabela. No entanto, se diz cauteloso.

É cedo para dizer onde chegaremos, se ao título brasileiro ou se nos classificaremos para a Libertadores. Mas o Flamengo sempre entra nas competições para ser campeão. Temos um grupo bom e competitivo. Vamos buscar as primeiras posições, mas sem tirar os pés do chão”, explicou Rogério Lourenço.

It is too early to talk about this.

There is a ton of futebol to be played.

Mengao has too many holes to be filled.

We have a leaky D.

We need another striker too.

Rubro-Negro will start Diego Mauricio and Vinicius Pacheco at striker.

Petkovic will, anchor the midfield.

Lomba will be the stopper on “D”.

This is not a life and death match but Mengao must play well at their house.

Flamengo has struggled at Maracanã. 

 Mengao has two wins, two draws, and one loss at home.

This is not all that hot.

It stinks.

Rubro-Negro has three wins, one lose, and one draw on the road.

We have to step up to the plate and knock it outta the park.

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The entire Flamenguista nation is happy. Mengao defeated Atletico-GO 1-0.

This was a huge road win.

Mengao flat out took it to Atletico-GO.

Globo Esporte- Pintado de rubro-negro, o Serra Dourada foi palco de um jogo aberto e com muitas chances de gols. Mas quem deixou o estádio satisfeito e motivado foi o Flamengo, que apesar de ter sido pressionado no fim do jogo, venceu o Atlético-GO por 1 a 0 na tarde deste domingo. O único gol do jogo foi marcado por Petkovic, em pênalti sofrido pelo jovem Diego Maurício.

The turning point in the match happened in the 36^th minute.

Rubro-Negro’s Diego Mauricio took it to the rack. He was fouled.

PK time for Mengao.

Petkovic nailed the PK.

Game, set, and match to Flamengo.

These three points are huge for us Flamenguistas.

Road wins are almost like double wins.

These puppies are hard to come by.

Lomba came up huge in goal again for Mengao.

He made three lights out saves.

Marcelo Lomba saved Mengao’s bacon.

With the win, Flamengo is close to the top of the table. Fourth place to be exact.

Com o resultado, o Flamengo conseguiu sua segunda vitória seguida após a paralisação do Brasileiro por causa da Copa do Mundo. O time passou a somar 15 pontos e está na parte de cima da tabela, podendo acabar a rodada no G-4. Já o Atlético-GO segue sendo o lanterna da competição com apenas 4 pontos somados.

Flamengo has a hot date with Avai.

Leao de Ilha is hotter than the fourth of July.

Avai beat Palmeiras 4-2 on Sunday.

Leao de Ilha has won two straight just like Mengao.

The heat is on.

Flamengo is now in fourth place with 15 points

Avai is in fifth place with 14 big ones.

I love it.

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