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I have to admit I was very surprised that Mengao pulled out a huge 1-0 win over Botafogo at Maracanã.

This sucker was huge.

Paulo Sergio nailed the match winner in the 69^th minute.

A wicked penetration into the box by Petkovic set this puppy up. He made a sweet pass to mate Vinicius Pacheco. Pacheco dished the cheeky pass off to Sergio. Sergio deposited the ball into the naked net.

Game, set, and match to Rubro-Negro.

This gave us 12 points.

Flamengo moved up into a tie with Cruzeiro fro fifth place.

Corinthians and Ceara tied nil-nil.

We are only six points outta first place.

This was a huge win.

Botafogo-Flamengo is a huge clássico in Rio de Janeiro.

Overall, Mengao played well without Adriano, Love, and Bruno.

Bruno’s replacement Marcelo Lomba did very well in goal. He made several acrobatic saves. Lomba also saved Mengao’s bacon at three times.

I will give him a B plus for effort.

President Patricia Amorim said this was good news for the Flamenguista nation. This win brought us some joy.

Globo Esporte- “O Flamengo precisa de boas notícias”. A frase da presidente Patrícia Amorim teve repercussão nos jogadores na noite desta quarta-feira. Em jogo de muita aplicação e uma pitada de talento de Petkovic, o Rubro-Negro superou o favoritismo do Botafogo e venceu por 1 a 0, no Maracanã. O gol da vitória foi de Paulo Sergio, no segundo tempo, após excelente passe do sérvio.

A vitória devolve um pouco da alegria perdida na Gávea após a prisão do goleiro Bruno. Nos dias que antecederam o jogo, tanto Patrícia quanto o diretor-executivo Zico ressaltaram a necessidade de vitória para desviar o noticiário das páginas policiais. Foram atendidos.

In reality, the win took the attention off of the murder Bruno who is now in jail awaiting trial.

Youngster Diego Mauricio and Vinicius Pacheco took a while before the duo began to click but once they did this will give Flamengo a good strike force. Throw into the mix Petkovic and Mengao could do some damage.

O time desmantelado e o ataque jovem pesaram para as dificuldades do Flamengo nos minutos iniciais. Mas aos poucos o nervosismo passou. Diego Maurício caprichou no visual, colocou tranças dread e conseguiu acertar a primeira jogada aos 19. Ele tabelou com Vinícius Pacheco dentro da área, mas o companheiro precipitou o chute e mandou para fora.

A dupla fez outra boa jogada aos 22 e Vinícius, desta vez como pé esquerdo, chutou forte. Jefferson espalmou para escanteio. O Botafogo recorreu aos contra-ataques. Marcelo Cordeiro fez ótimo lançamento aos 27, Juan cochilou e Alessandro entrou livre na área. O lateral do Flamengo se recuperou e conseguiu atrapalhar o chute.

Por causa de toda a situação que precedeu a partida, o Rubro-Negro, surpreendentemente, dominou boa parte do primeiro tempo. Aos 34, Kleberson cruzou rasteiro e Petkovic chutou rente ao ângulo esquerdo.

Sao Paulo got the butts handed to them by Avai 2-1.

Avai scored the first two goals of the match before Tricolor added a cosmetic goal midway through the second half.

All and all I am a very happy camper.

Mengao travels to Atletico-MG on Sunday July 18^th at Goiania.

Flamengo has had tons of trouble on the road. For that matter at home Mengao stinks the joint out too.

Maybe this trend will change.

I am not holding my breath.

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Mengao again wasted a great opportunity to pick up a huge win at Maracanã against Gremio but in the end Flamengo ended up with a one all tie.

This is not good.

This gives Rubro-Negro one win, one loss, and three ties.

Mengao can not win at home nor on the road.

This stinks.

Mengao is in deep do-do.

Petkovic scored for Mengao in the 43^rd minute to give us a 1-nil lead.

Gremio scored in the 83^rd minute to level this sucker at one all

Rodrigo nailed the perfect shot to give Gremio a huge one point.

If Flamengo continues to play this way, we will surely wind up in the second division.

Vagner Love will go after July 10^th.

This will leave Flamengo no fire power what so ever.

Both Patricia Amorim and headman Rogerio Lourenço need to go.

These two clowns are the architects of this disaster that is about be heaped upon Mengao.

We wasted too many opportunities. This came back to bite Mengao in the butt.

UOL wrote these misleading words. We surely stunk the joint out.

Em um jogo cheio de alternativas, gols perdidos e passes errados (118, de acordo com o Datafolha), Flamengo e Grêmio acabaram ficando no 1 a 1, na noite deste sábado, no Maracanã, pela quinta rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. Petkovic anotou o gol para os rubro-negros, quanto o zagueiro Rodrigo igualou o marcador. Com o resultado, o time carioca chegou a seis pontos e o gaúcho a cinco. Ambas as equipes seguem na zona intermediária da tabela de classificação.

Mengao made excuses for not hitting their corner kicks and missing a golden chance to pick up a win against Gremio-Não podemos tomar gol de bola parada. O problema foi esse, não foi o número excessivo de passes (errados)”, reclamou Angelim. O volante gremista Adilson saiu de campo satisfeito. “Empate contra um time forte fora de casa sempre é bom, mas não podemos deixar de citar que poderíamos ter vencido. Mas acabou ficando de bom tamanho”, avaliou.

Rubro-Negro has six points. We are currently in ninth place with six points.

There are seven matches to be played on Sunday.

When the smoke clears, we will find out how bad it is for us Flamenguistas.

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Finally, Flamengo Prez Patricia Amorim gets it right. The dumbo finally decided to do the right thing and sign midfielder Petkovic to a deal that will keep him with Mengao until December 2011.

 Globo Esporte put it this way-Radiante de alegria, Petkovic concedeu entrevista coletiva nesta sexta-feira e confirmou a renovação de contrato até dezembro de 2011. Distribuindo alfinetadas pela maneira com que foi tratado na Gávea nos primeiros meses deste ano, o jogador afirmou que pretende voltar a usar a camisa 10, já que Adriano foi embora, e encerrar a carreira pelo Flamengo.

This is about time.

The clown Amorim let Adriano go and shortly thereafter Vagner Love will take a hike.

We need all the help we can get.

Mengao has a huge match against Gremio on Saturday at Maracanã.

We lost our last outing against Fluminense 2-1 at Rubro-Negro’s house on Wednesday.

Fluminense killed us.

Po-de-arroz flat out ripped our lips off.

Love and the guys need to step it up a notch and in the words of Oakland Raider Prez Al Davis, “Just win baby.”

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Flamengo and Corinthians are ready to have at it in the first round of the Copa Libertadores knockout stage on Wednesday night.

The two fading superstars will take center stage on Wednesday night at Maracanã.

UOL had these words of wisdom-Não foi uma terça-feira como outra qualquer na Gávea. As dezenas de jornalistas davam o clima decisivo pelo qual passa o Flamengo nesta véspera de duelo contra o Corinthians, no Maracanã, às 21h50, pela Libertadores. Além disso, no campo, o tradicional rachão disputado pelos jogadores começou mais tarde.Isso porque o novo treinador Rogério Lourenço realizou, mesmo que por apenas 15 minutos, um treino tático. Antes, por dez minutos, conversou com todo o elenco no centro do gramado. O rachão, tão esperado pelos jogadores, só ocorreu no fim, depois de muito treinamento de bola parada.

We need to win big time. The return leg will be set at Corinthians house.

Mengao is a team in transition. Andrade walked away or better yet, he was flat out fired.

New Flamengo Prez Patricia Amorim has made a fine mess of things since she took over about a year ago.

The entire Rubro-Negro organization is in a mess. This is not the way to enter the new season. Mengao has lost several top officials since the idiot Patricia Amorim started to assert her power.

Foray da salad de impress, um encorme número de conselheiros e beneméritos, todos engravatados, circulava livremente pelo departamento de futebol. Com a saída de Marcos Braz (vice de futebol) e Eduardo Manhães (diretor de futebol), a presidente Patrícia Amorim ainda não escolheu um nome para os cargos e existe muita especulação na Gávea, que, em meio à decisões, vive conturbado clima político.

We won the title last year and now this new season looks like it will be a long and hard one.

Adriano is too busy partying with his buds in the Favela. His girl friend is nuts. This has had a huge effect on the way the Emperor has prepared for the season.

Petkovic had a huge run in with management. It looks like this situation is behind him.

He got Andrade to quit or better yet fired.

If this season turns to crap because of stupid decisions made by management all us Flamenguistas will be royally pissed.

I know this Flamenguista will be.

I am not holding my breath.

We will find real quick if all these changes will work out.

Welcome to the nuthouse.

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I can’t believe this BS. Mengao wins the Campeonato. We had the futebol world by the balls and now Rubro-Negro finds a way to screw it up.

Adriano is fat and out of shape. Petkovic was fighting with headman Andrade.

Flamengo named a new president. She is slowly running Mengao into the ground.

We lost to Botafogo in the Copa de Rio Finals now this.

Andrade said screw this crap and stepped down. I don’t blame him.

Mengao faces arch-rival Corinthians in the knockout stage of the Copa Libertadores.

Globo Esporte put it this way-Demissão de treinador, mudança no comando do futebol, vaias da torcida para jogadores antes prestigiados… Esses são alguns dos ingredientes que o Flamengo leva para o jogo da próxima quarta-feira, contra o Corinthians, no Maracanã, pelas oitavas de final da Taça Libertadores. Enquanto isso, no Timão, o discurso é de respeito. O técnico Mano Menezes não descartou a possibilidade de os problemas atrapalharem o rival, mas lembra que é preciso ter cuidado.

Mano Menezes is the new head honcho at Flamengo. He said he is willing to work with the players and the fans to get through his difficult situation. This situation is a huge distraction.

Teoricamente, sim (problemas extracampo atrapalharem o Flamengo). Mas sabemos que o futebol tem uma força própria de grupo. Não temos a ilusão de encarar um Flamengo mais frágil. Vou trabalhar a cabeça dos nossos jogadores para a força do Flamengo e de sua torcida. Teremos que trabalhar muito para chegar às quartas de final – disse o treinador após o amistoso contra o Botafogo, neste domingo, no Engenhão.

All of this crap comes at the worse possible time. Mengao’s defense of Campeonato title begins in a few weeks.

Only at Flamengo and Philadelphia can this BS happen after winning a title.

Go figure.

Us Flamenguistas will live with it.

Only for  a bit for we start screaming.

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Mengao took care of business in Caracas, Venezuela on Wednesday night. Flamengo took it to the home side and won going away 3-1 in the Copa Libertadores.

Vagner Love continued his torrid scoring pace.

Love hit the daily double.

Rubro-Negro’s first goal was the result of a penalty. Leonardo Moura made a great run into the box. He fired a wicked pass to Petkovic. The ball nipped the hand of Caracas defender Romero.

Magic presto Mengao has a gift.

Love nailed the PK in the 35^th minute to give us a 1-0 lead.

Caracas tied this baby up in the 65^th minute.

Castellin whipped a pass to mate Alvaro. Alvaro flat out beat Bruno to level the match at one all.

Flamengo pressed the attack.

Mengao was rewarded in the 79^th minute.

Vagner Love took it straight to the rack. He fired a rocket that hit the crossbar. The shot went ker plunk into the back of the net.

Mengao was up 2-1.

Rubro-Negro put this puppy away in the 93^rd minute.

Kleberson stole the ball in the Caracas end of the pitch. He whipped a pass to Rodrigo Alvirn.

Alvirn nailed this gimmie to put Caracas out of their misery.

We now are atop Group 8 with six points.

Yes, this was a much-needed win for Mengao in Caracas’s house.

Mengao entered this match with a lot of crazy stuff happening. Adriano had to miss this match because he and his fiancé are fighting.

Besides that, The Emperor is out of shape.

UOL www.uol.com.br had this to say- O Flamengo entrou em campo nesta quarta-feira, contra o Caracas, na Venezuela, sabendo que somente uma vitória faria com que a crise na Gávea fosse amenizada após a polêmica em torno de Adriano na última semana. Mesmo pressionado e com um a menos durante boa parte do segundo tempo, o time se superou e, sob a batuta de Vagner Love, autor de dois gols, venceu mais uma sem o Imperador, desta vez por 3 a 1.

Without Adriano head man Andrade used Love as his lone striker. Petkovic was moved into the midfield. Sem o astro, o técnico Andrade optou por deixar apenas Vagner Love no ataque e voltou a escalar Petkovic como titular. Desde o Fla-Flu do dia 31 de janeiro, o qual foi substituído no intervalo e abandonou o estádio, o sérvio não iniciava um jogo.

Mengao defender Toro was sent to the sin bin for rough play in the 53^rd minute. This could have cost Mengao the match but the guys sucked it up and powered through being a man down to take the win.

Globo Esporte http://globoesporte.globo.com/ had this to say- O Flamengo conseguiu uma vitória heroica sobre o Caracas, nesta quarta-feira, na Venezuela, pela Taça Libertadores, que serviu para afastar a crise do “caso Chatuba”, que tomou conta da Gávea nos últimos dias. Mesmo sem Adriano, o time venceu por 3 a 1, e o segundo tempo foi emocionante. O Rubro-Negro teve um jogador a menos desde os minutos iniciais – Toró recebeu o cartão vermelho. Vagner Love fez dois gols, e Rodrigo Alvim, o terceiro. Castellín marcou o da equipe da casa.

Two bad things happened to Mengao. First Willams was lost due to an injury and then Toro was sent off for his second yellow card. The second card was an ugly foul. The ref had to send him bye-bye.

A partir daí, dois fatos inesperados. O primeiro aconteceu quando Fernando sentiu um problema muscular e teve de deixar o campo. Quando o Flamengo estava com um a menos, Gabriel Cichero deu um drible entre as pernas de Toró, que fez falta feia, recebeu o segundo amarelo e foi expulso. Em dois minutos, Andrade ficou sem seus dois volantes de marcação. O jeito foi improvisar Rodrigo Alvim, que substituiu Fernando.

Not a pretty win but us Flamengistas will take it.

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Mengao took care of business against Americano. Flamengo jumped out to a huge 2-0 lead before giving two goals in the final ten minutes of the match. Rubro-Negro squeaked out a 3-2 win.

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Whew, that was close.

Adriano and Vagner Love both scored for Mengao in the win. Fernando added the other Flamengo goal.

Adriano drew first blood for Mengao when he was literally tackled in the box. I guess the Americano defender thought he was playing in the NFL.

The Emperor nailed the PK in the 40^th minute to Rubro-Negro a 1-0 lead.

Petkovic nailed a well-placed corner kick. The ball went Bamo into the box. Fernando gathered the ball and nailed a wicked strike in the 48^th minute for a 2-0 Flamengo lead.

Vagner Love scored a break away goal in the 81^st minute to salt this puppy away for Flamengo.

This break away goal was set up by a great dribble drive down center of the pitch by Adriano. The Emperor’s pass spilt the seam in the “D”.

Vagner Love took the ball in full stride and fired a pass back to Adriano. Adriano took two steps and returned the ball back to Love.

This was a classic example of the give and go or a two-man game that leaves the “D” as helpless as a baby.

This was all she wrote baby.

The three headed attack of The Emperor Adriano, Love, and Petkovic is working out really well in the Copa Rio.

Lets see how this puppy will work when we get into Campeonato.

Rumor has it that Sao Paulo has sent a representative to Manchester City to see about taking Brasilian star Robinho off their hands.

I don’t know what it is about the EPL but many Brasilian futebol players have a hard time adjusting to life and futebol in merry old England.

The latest causality is Man U’s Anderson. It has been reported by www.uol.com.br that he will be heading back to Brasil.

Anderson showed lots of promise but his stay at Man U just didn’t work out.

My question is this. Brasilian futebol stars flourish in Italy and Spain and not in England why?

Is it the style of play?

EPL futebol is very rough while the Spanish and Italian futebol is very wide-open affair.

Kaka, Ronaldo, and Ronaldinho all have had great careers in Italy and Spain.

Maybe someone can answer this question for me.

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