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Chelsea picked up a huge 2-0 win on the road at Copenhagen in the first round of the knockout stage in Champions League play.

Nicholas Anelka hit the daily lotto twice to lead the Blues to the all-important road “W”.

Super team Real Madrid wound up in one all tie with Lyon.

The all world fake Ronaldo didn’t even dent the score sheet.

I love this guy.

When the chips are Cristiano Ronaldo is bupkis.

He is não serve para nada.

At least his mate Karim Benzema saved the day for the bums at Real Madrid.

Later today, Man U battles Marseille at their house Stade Velodrome.

The mighty boys from Old Trafford will be without Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs.

This could hurt Sir Alex and the boys.

We will find out.

This means Vidic, Chris Smalley, O’Shea, and Brown will have to come up big on the “D” end.

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Once again, Flamengo stubbed their toe against a lower division squad. Deivid scored in the 77^th minute to save our hides. Rubro-Negro defeated Resende 1-0 to advance to the semifinals of the Carioca Campeonato.

The guys didn’t look good.

Sure Ronaldinho Gaucho and company put a ton of pressure on Resende but Mengao came up with bupkis.

This is not good.

For Flamengo has Botafogo coming up in the semifinals.

This will be a real test for Ronaldinho and the guys.

Flamengo has not lost in the Carioca so far but lets get real.

The competition sucks big time.

Vasco was the only real side we faced and Gigante de Colina has been stink city.

Vasco did destroy America-RJ 9-0 but other than, that Gigante de Colina played like a bunch of girls.

Throughout the Carioca Mengao has had trouble trickling the twines.

Sure Flamengo has a plus 10 goal difference but when you look at the scores these numbers are very deceiving.

Goals 14 gave up  4.

But score lines look like this 3-1, 2-1,1-0,1-0,0-0 so forth, and so.

Fogao has scored twenty goals and only given up seven.

Botafogo is one tough hombre.

I am not holding my breath but Ronaldinho Gaucho and the boys need to come up big.

Don’t count on it.

UOL put it this way- Sem apresentar um bom futebol, mas com a manutenção dos 100% de aproveitamento, o Flamengo venceu o Resende por 1 a 0, em Macaé, neste domingo, e chegou aos 21 pontos na Taça Guanabara. O gol da partida foi marcado pelo atacante Deivid. Independentemente do resultado, o Rubro-Negro já tinha o primeiro lugar do Grupo A assegurado. Agora, o time do técnico Vanderlei Luxemburgo enfrenta o Botafogo em uma das semifinais da competição.

The big news coming outta Brasil is this.

The great Ronaldo is calling it quits on Monday.

This is about time.

His time has past but Ronaldo will go down as one of the greats in futebol.

You can bet the house on that.

Globo Esporte said- Decepcionado com a eliminação do Corinthians na Taça Libertadores, Ronaldo vai parar. Aos 34 anos, o atacante confirmou ao Fantástico, neste domingo, que vai abandonar o futebol. O anúncio será feito oficialmente às 12h40m desta segunda-feira, no centro de treinamento do Corinthians.

UOL wrote- Ronaldo confirma aposentadoria para jornal; coletiva na segunda é divulgada

O fim da carreira do atacante Ronaldo está mesmo cada vez mais perto. Depois que o Blog do Birner confirmou que o Fenômeno convocaria uma coletiva na segunda-feira para anunciar o fim de sua carreira, o camisa 9 do Corinthians confirmou ao jornal Estado de S. Paulo que irá mesmo parar de jogar futebol.

It is sad that Ronaldo hung on for so long but he is the top scorer in World Cup competition.

He is truly a great player and Ronaldo should be ranked third behind Pele and Maradona.

Champions League play resumes this week.

I love it.

Flamenguista for life.

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Fading superstar Ronaldo drew first blood for Corinthians but Flamengo came back to get the equalizer in the second half to salvage a one all draw with Timao.

You have to admit the fat one showed his greatness when he ripped the twines in the 30^th minute.

He spun and fired a one timer past the helpless keeper Marcelo Lomba.

Ronaldo received a great thread the needle pass from mate Bruno Cesar.

Mengao defender Welington crappy defensive play caused this easy walk in goal by Ronaldo.

Actually three other Flamengo defenders decided play statue ball too.

Way to go garoto.

Give up the easy goal.

This was great defending guys.

You stink big time.

Aos 30, Ronaldo deu mais um presente de grego para o ‘parceiro’ Vanderlei. O atacante estava sendo vaiado pela torcida do Flamengo desde que pisou no gramado do Engenhão. A cada toque do Fenômeno na bola, os rubro-negros chiavam. Não esquecem o acerto dele com o Corinthians, em 2009, depois de ter passado três meses em recuperação na Gávea declarando-se rubro-negro de coração. Mas o atacante não ligou a mínima. Aproveitando bobeira de Welington, o único que dava condição de jogo ao Fenômeno, o atacante recebeu de  Bruno César e, livre, não perdoou: 1 a 0. Foi o terceiro gol do atacante no Brasileirão, o primeiro com bola rolando (os outros foram de pênalti). Na comemoração, punhos cerrados e braços para alto na direção dos corintianos.

Diogo saved our bacon when he nailed a header in the 47^th minute to salvage a one all tie.

This goal was set up with a great corner kick that bounced from Flamengo head to Diogo’s head into the back of the net.

Following the bouncing header all the way home.

This was a sure loss for Rubro-Negro but the boo-Mengao didn’t quit.

This tie kept us in the 13^th place with 39 points.

Globo Esporte wrote that Ronaldo wanted to show his star wasn’t about to fade and to show up the Flamenguistas. Ronaldo estava louco para melhorar seu retrospecto diante da torcida que passou a odiá-lo. Do outro lado, Diogo era a imagem da angústia pelo longo jejum de gols. Com o Fenômeno brilhando na etapa inicial e o atacante rubro-negro oportunista no segundo tempo, Flamengo e Corinthians empataram em 1 a 1 na noite desta quarta, no Engenhão Pouco para o Flamengo, que se manteve em 13º, ainda ameaçado de rebaixamento, e menos ainda para o Timão, que perdeu a chance de ser líder. A equipe subiu para o segundo lugar. Mas pode ver a distância para o líder passar a três pontos caso o Fluminense vença o Grêmio nesta quinta. O Tricolor tem os mesmos 54 pontos que Corinthians e Cruzeiro, terceiro colocado. O time mineiro joga no sábado, às 18h30m, contra o lanterna Prudente.

Ronaldo had a chance to salt this puppy away in the 40^th minute but he tripped on the grass and was made to look really silly. The Flamenguistas shouted at him he was too busy searching the crowd transvestites.

Aos 40, Ronaldo teve a chance de calar de vez os que levaram travestis ao Engenhão para provocá-lo. Em uma arrancada como nos velhos tempos, partiu para cima de Maldonado com fome de gol. Mas a idade pesou. O físico também. Ronaldo tropeçou no gramado e caiu sozinho. Rubro-negros deram aquele sorrisinho de canto de boca. Mesmo tendo como dono de sua camisa 9 um Val Baiano que só foi notado em rasteira aplicada em Elias aos 42.

Us Flamenguistas are bad.

Flamenguistas are just like all us Philadelphia Eagles fans-bad.

Flamenguista for life.

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The 2010 World Cup is in the books. Spain defeated Netherlands 1-0 to win their first title. I was happy for the Spanish side but I was sad Brasil didn’t win.

Spain became the first team lose their opening round match and go onto win the World Cup.

So much for the press template.

A friend of mine at the radio station where I work asked me what did I think about the World Cup.

I told him it was a chippy match. The Dutch played dirty because they couldn’t keep up with Spain’s superior speed.

It was down right dirty futebol. Especially De Jong’s foot to the chest of the Spanish player.

This should have been a straight card.

The ref had his head up his butt on that one.

My friend is a former professional wrestler.

We both are air personalities.

I am the a futebol freak and Seth is a former professional wrestler working together. Then throw into the mix Ross a hockey nut and Dave a straight-laced news guy makes the radio station kinda wild.

The news guy and myself are the only true futebol nuts.

The ESPN idiots and the clowns in the press are having a cow that Rooney, Messi, and Kaka didn’t score.

Rooney entered the World Cup tourney broke down. He was part of the walking wounded. Rooney has been hurting since September 2009.

This is the direct result from playing futebol year round.

Hey, give the guy a rest.

Kaka was not the primary scorer on the Brasil side. Kaka was the point guard to use hoops terminology. His job was to distribute the ball to Robinho, Elano, and Fabiano.

Kaka’s role and I repeated his role was to dish out assists.

Don’t doubt me on this.

This was Dunga’s system.

The stoops at ESPN were either blind or were stuck on their template.

What killed Brasil in the match against Netherlands was Elano was hurt.

Without Elano, this enabled the Dutch to marshal their forces to stop Robinho and Fabiano.

With a Elano healthy, this would have opened up the pitch.

Instead of a two-pronged attack, Brasil would have three go to guys.

Yet, this doesn’t take away from the boneheaded stomp on the ankle by Mello.

You can’t lose your cool in times of crisis.

I am not saying if Mello didn’t do the unforgivable sin Brasil would have won but he did kill Brasil’s chances of mounting a serious comeback.

Brasil played team ball.

They were not a team of stars.

The Brasil press went nuts on this.

Globo Esporte and UOL wanted the likes of Ronaldinho and Ronaldo to play. They blamed Brasil’s defeat on the lack of stars.

Yet, the stars of 2006 stunk the joint out.

They were fat, out of shape, and drugged out.

These stars lost in the quarterfinals too.

Brasil lacks two players.

One is a money player.

This is the cat that can take over a match and score.

A dude who can carry a team on his back like Pele.

A Pele comes along only once in a million years.

Yet, if Kaka, Elano, Robinho, and Fabiano can play together for another four years Brasil will be almost unbeatable.

The second is a stopper on “D”.

Dunga knew what he was doing.

He was fired or quit according to what source you read was because he didn’t placate the Brasil press and the CBF.

Dunga should not have been fired.

This was stupid.

England needs to fire Capello.

Fire the entire team and rebuild from the ground up.

The English side was overrated.

Germany will be a force to be reckoned with in 2014.

Spain is a one hit wonder.

The Netherlands had their chance.

Argentina needs to fire Maradona.

Argentinos will need to replace Tevez and whole slew of players.

Maradona is fun for quotes but a futebol mind he is not.

Hire a real coach.

Try Europe.

Uruguay was a huge surprise to many.

Not me.

Uruguay had to go through the qualifying route to make it to the World Cup.

The Uruguayans are for real.

Suarez and Forlan are for real.

This squad is made up of some real good young studs.

Forlan scored five goals.

All in all, it was a fun World Cup.

South America proved they can hang with the big boys of Europe.

The power is shifting from Europe to South America.

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I hate to say this but Maradona was in way over his head. Yes, Argentina looked great against so-so teams. When Argentinos came up against a very good side, they had their heads handed to them.

Germany administered a good old fashioned butt whipping on Argentina 4-0.

If this were a prizefight, this would have been stopped in the eighth round.

Argentina had the name players Tevez, Messi, and Higuain.

Germany took it the Argentines right from the outset.

A huge foul gave Germany a free kick from the edge of the left box.

Bastian Schweinsteiger nailed a perfect free kick into the box.

Argentina “D” fell asleep. This allowed Thomas Muller to poke home the header in the 3^rd minute.

Bing presto the match changed on its head.

Germany seized control.

Argentina attempted to attack but the German’s completely stone cold stopped em.

Messi couldn’t crack the code. Neither could Tevez or Higuain.

Three-second half lightening quick counter attacks by Germany sent Argentina packing.

The Germans played classic tic-tack-doe futebol.

This was more like buda bing buda boom.

The boom was of sonic proportions.

Miroslav Klose hit the daily double.

Klose now has 14 World Cup goals.

He is tied for second with countrymen Gerd Muller at 14.

All time golden boot leader is Ronaldo with 15.

I am very happy Argentina lost big time.

This just proves my point.

Maradona was a great player but as a coach, he sucks big time.

Argentina advanced as far as they could with an idiot as a leader.

Argentinos was ill prepared for Germany.

The Germans stacked the middle.

Instead of swinging the ball to the wings, Argentina tried for force the ball up the middle.

This was a dumb.

You take what the “D” gives you.

A real futebol coach would have made adjustments.

Maradona is not a real futebol coach.

This serves you right Argentina.

If you clowns had won, Maradona and his cohorts would have been ego mantic boors.

Stick a fork in Maradona and Argentina are surely done.

Spain eked out a huge 1-nil win over Paraguay. 

Two huge PK stops by Paraguay keeper Justo Villar and Spanish keeper Iker Casillas.

It took 83 minutes before Spain cracked the Paraguayan code.

David Villa nailed the rebound winner off the right post in the 83^rd minute to Spain to its first World Cup Semifinals.

Spain will take on Germany.

Both of these sides battled each other in the 2008 European Championship.

Paraguay put up a huge fight.

Kudos to Paraguay for their valiant effort against the mighty Spanish but Spain was not to be denied on this day.

Spain is one of the favorites to win the cup.

Will Spain become first World Cup champ that lost it’s opening match?

We will see.

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On the verge of leading Brasil into their quarterfinal match against the Netherlands, former Dutch star Johann Cruyff said he wouldn’t pay to see Brasil play.

He said Dunga has led Brasil into the shits.

Globo Esporte put it this way- Dunga aproveitou a entrevista coletiva oficial da Fifa, nesta quinta-feira, em Porto Elizabeth, na África do Sul, para responder a Johann Cruyff. Considerado um dos melhores jogadores de todos os tempos, o líder do Carrossel Holandês que encantou o mundo na Copa de 1974 disse que “não pagaria para ver a seleção brasileira jogar” e que o Brasil comandado por Dunga tinha se transformado em “um time como qualquer outro da Copa”.

Dunag fired back that FIFA gave him free tickets.

Ele (Cruyff) deve ter ingresso de graça. Por isso ele não paga. Ele pode escolher as partidas para ver. Na democracia você escolhe os jogos que quer e vai assistir. Ele deve ter ingressos de graça da Fifa e por isso não vai comprar.

Perguntado se pagaria para ver alguma partida da Holanda nesta Copa do Mundo, Dunga preferiu brincar.

Eu sou pão duro, vejo pela televisão.

Logo depois, o técnico brasileiro procurou amenizar a polêmica. Jogos de Copa do Mundo sempre valem a pena assistir. São um espetáculo. São jogadores de qualidade de todos os países. É algo único que acontece de quatro em quatro anos

Não sei se o mundo para, mas uma boa parte do mundo para para assistir. Eu pagaria sem dúvida. Gostamos de olhar os jogos porque são jogadores muito técnicos.

Johann Cruyff também havia criticado os talentos individuais escolhidos por Dunga para disputar a Copa do Mundo.

 Eu olho para esse time e me lembro de pessoas como Gerson, Tostão, Falcão, Zico ou Sócrates. Agora, só vejo Gilberto (Silva), (Felipe) Melo, (Michel) Bastos, Julio Baptista. Onde está a magia brasileira? – disse o holandês.

Oh, where have you gone Cristiano Ronaldo? We know that you didn’t show up at the World Cup.

This clown is the most expensive futebol player in the world yet he has only ripped twines once.

This stinks bad boy.

No wonder my fellow Brasileiros call you the fake Ronaldo. The real Ronaldo can still score even though he is fat and out of shape.

Ronaldo is the top scorer in World Cup history with 15.

Cristiano at this rate it will take you 100 years to reach 15.

The bad news Spain defeated Portugal 1-0.

Instead of attack, Portugal sat back and played defense.

Spain had a 2-1 edge in possession.

David Villa received a great back-healed pass from mate Xavi Hernandez. Shot. Block. Save. Rebound. Shot. Score.

Villa’s rebound of his own shot in the 63^rd minute was the difference in the match.

I don’t get this game plan employed by Portugal.

You have a guy who can rip the twines and you don’t use him.

Jeez, let the fake Ronaldo have a whack at the Spanish “D”.

If you are going to lose, at least go down swinging.

But, hey what do I know I’m just a blogger.

Spain is on to the next round where they will take on Paraguay who beat Japan in a 5-3 PK shoot out win.

Both sides were tied nil-nil after 120 minutes of hard-nosed futebol.

Paraguay had most of the possession but they Paraguayans couldn’t crack the code. 

This match up should be a good one.

So far, Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay, and Uruguay have advanced to the quarterfinals.

Only Chile didn’t make it because Brasil kicked their butts.

I am looking forward to a Brasil-Argentina final.

I told my friend Robert, who works at Jons in Van Nuys, CA, that I expected to see a Brasil-Argentina final.

So far so good.

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The futebol world is second-guessing Dunga for not choosing Ronaldinho Gaucho. For my money, Dunga did the right thing.

Sure, Ronaldinho Gaucho is an exciting player to watch. He can create magic. Ronaldo can create magic too.

The sad fact is that both of the stars are past their prime.

Both Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho were the architects of Brasil’s horrible showing in the 2006 World Cup.

In plain English, they both showed up fat and out of shape. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho stunk the joint out.

This is the reason Dunga was brought in to take over the reigns of the national team.

This resulted in the samba boys sacking Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho.

Dung brought in younger players such as Kaka, Robinho, and Danny Alves to right the ship.

So far so good for Dunga and company.

Brasil has played very well.

The guys have great chemistry.

This is what was lacking in 2006 World Cup.

Kaka and company are hungry to prove to the world the Brasileiros are back stronger than ever.

Brasil is stronger, fast, and in better shape.

Brasileiros are playing great “D”.

To put it bluntly why screw up a good thing.

Bringing in the idiot head case Ronaldinho Gaucho would kill team chemistry.

Just ask the Italian side he plays for.

Gimmie, gimmie the ball. Let me be the star. Let me score. That’s all I can do. I can’t play “D”. I won’t hustle but I can score. Screw you buddy. Who needs you?

Not Dunga. Not Brasil.

We want to win the title.

Ronaldinho Gaucho, your best days are behind you.

Bring on the kids.

Dunga has.

Let the chips fall where they may.

Brasil will win the World Cup.

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Mengao took care of business at Maracanã with a 1-0 win over archrival Corinthians. Adriano won the duel of the two fast fading stars. The Emperor nailed a PK in the 65^th minute to seal the deal for Rubro-Negro.

Ronaldo played like a fat old man. UOL put it this way-Ronaldo, por sua vez, decepcionou. Alvo de músicas, ofensas e muitas vaias, ele desperdiçou as poucas oportunidades que apareceram, com direito a uma canelada dentro da grande área. Substituído por Souza no segundo tempo, deixou o Maracanã como um mero coadjuvante em campo.

This PK was set up a great run into the box by Juan.

Globo Esporte wrote these words of wisdom-O Império, enfim, contra-atacou. O Flamengo superou a crise que o atormentava e, mesmo com um jogador a menos desde os 36 minutos do primeiro tempo, venceu o Corinthians por 1 a 0 na noite desta quarta-feira no Maracanã. O autor do gol da vitória foi ninguém menos que o Imperador.  Hostilizado pela torcida na derrota para o Botafogo na final da Taça Rio, ele converteu o pênalti sofrido por Juan.

The rains played havoc with conditions on the pitch. It was down right treacherous.

Adriano had several good scoring chances but he missed it by that much.

Mengao player Michael was given the heave hoe in the 36^th minute. This forced us to play a man down throughout most of the match.

The win wasn’t pretty but we will take it.

Flamengo needed to win by more but this put will us in the drivers seat when we head back to Corinthians house for the second leg.

Com o resultado, o atual campeão brasileiro vai a São Paulo, na próxima quarta-feira, com a vantagem de poder se classificar com um empate. Ou até com derrota por um gol de diferença, desde que balance a rede no Pacaembu. O Corinthians precisa vencer por dois gols. Um triunfo do atual campeão da Copa do Brasil por 1 a 0 leva a decisão da vaga para os pênaltis. Quem sobreviver na competição vai encarar o ganhador do duelo entre Universidad de Chile e Alianza Lima, que se enfrentam pela primeira vez nesta quinta-feira.

All we need to do is draw or win baby and Flamengo is in like Flynn. We are on to the next round of the Copa Libertadores.

Let’s not count our chickens before they are hatched.

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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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