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Barcelona proved to the world why they are the best futebol club in the world.

The Catalans destroyed Santos 4-0.

This sucker wasn’t even close.

Lionel Messi hit the daily lotto.

Messi started off the hit parade with a strike in the 16^th minute.

The rout was on.

Xavi found pay dirt in the 23^rd minute.

This puppy was over.

Messi added his second goal in the 82^nd minute.

Former Gunner Cesc Fabregas scored in the 44^th minute.

Peixe won the Copa Libertadores but against Europe’s best Santos comes up way short.

Santos finished mid-table in the Brasileiros Serie A.

Peixe was tenth with 53 points.

Neymar said- “It’s impossible to stop Barcelona, but we are the second-best team in the world and for us that is a great reward.”

Santos headman Muricy Ramalho said- “Barcelona are the greatest team in the world,” he said. “No team can live with them. They’re unbeatable at the moment. Losing 4-0 to them is no disgrace.”

Pep Guardiola said about his side’s win- “My players were like artists,” Guardiola said. “Whatever they envisaged in their minds they were able to do on the pitch. It was an incredible performance.”

Here is the link- http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/998668/santos-forward-neymar-left-in-awe-of-barcelona?cc=5901

UOL wrote this about the slaying of Santos by Barcelona- Durante cinco meses, Muricy Ramalho vendeu a imagem de que o Santos iria atacar o Barcelona. O treinador passava horas analisando o clube catalão, consolidou um esquema tático para o esperado duelo, mas modificou tudo momentos antes de perder por 4 a 0 para o melhor time do mundo no Japão. Só que a escolha foi por uma opção jamais treinada.

Here is the link- http://esporte.uol.com.br/futebol/campeonatos/mundial-de-clubes/ultimas-noticias/2011/12/19/muricy-inventa-na-final-joga-com-um-time-novo-e-com-elano-no-banco-pela-1-vez.htm

Barcelona is good but these cats are in a dogfight in the Spanish League with hated foe Real Madrid.

In the La Liga Real Madrid is top dog with 40 points.

Barcelona is second with 37 points.

Gunner for life.

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Messi and the guys cruised past Al Sadd 4-0.

This sucker was a whitewash from the outset.

The bad news is this David Villa suffered a broken leg.

Not good for the Catalans.

Adriano hit the daily Lotto twice.

Barca fired six shots on goal.

Four of them found its mark.

That’s 66% from the field

Deadeye shooting by Messi and the boys showed just how good these guys are.

Lionel Messi didn’t score but he was the drink that stirred the straw.

Santos is up next.

Peixe needs to be on top of their game.

Neymar and company are going to have to play air tight “D’ and shoot the lights out of the net.

Two of the best players in the world will be going at it.

Argentina’s Lionel Messi and Brasileiros Neymar will battle it out big time.

Messi has been on the world scene for about seven years. Neymar broke onto the world stage 2009.

Both Messi and Neymar are being considered for the FIFA Puskas Award for goal of the year.

The Telegraph from Britain wrote this about Messi and Neymar- Messi is the current world player of the year and leading light in a Barcelona side who are ranked as one of the greatest teams of all time.

Neymar, meanwhile, is one of the most sought after young talents on the planet and already a mainstay of the Brazilian national team.

Here is the link http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/la-liga/8958739/Lionel-Messi-v-Neymar-how-Barcelona-and-Santos-stars-compare-ahead-of-Fifa-Club-World-Cup-final.html

The Telegraph-It is the second time Messi has topped the World Soccer poll. He was the victor in 2009, but narrowly lost out to his Barca team-mate Xavi last year. Xavi finished third this time, behind Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid and Portugal.

Brazilian starlet Neymar is the only player in the top 10 based outside of Europe. The Santos youngster finished sixth in the World Player poll, but was the clear winner of the Young Player award, ahead of Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze, Lille’s Belgian attacker Eden Hazard and Barcelona midfielder Thiago Alcantara.

http://www.worldsoccer.com/features/world-soccer-awards-2011-the-results-2

Neymar said about him being better than Pele- The Times of India -Star Brazilian striker Neymar said on Friday that he would never be better than Pele and insisted he was not interested in impressing his many European suitors at the Club World Cup.

“He’s the one and only, he’s the king of football,” said Neymar, sporting his trademark blond bouffant hairdo.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/interviews/Im-no-Pele-Neymar/articleshow/11043834.cms 

Neymar is good but so far on the world stage for the Brasileiros National Team he has struggle big time.

Messi for that matter has too.

Neither of these two guys are Pele.

Pele is the greatest futebol player who ever lived.

Pele did it in 1958 when he first stepped onto the world stage at the age of eighteen.

Two hat tricks baby.

Need I say more.

Flamenguista for life.

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Here is the skinny on the Brasileiros Serie A. 

Corinthians is the champ.

Timao won their first title since 2005.

Corinthians was sent down to D-2 ball in 2007.

It took Timao two years to dig out of the hole.

Corinthians made it back in 2009 to Brasileiros Serie A.

Atletico—PR, Ceara, America-MG, and Avai were sent packing to Serie B or as I like to call it D-2 ball.

Portuguesa, Nautico, Ponte Preta, and Sport were promoted to the big boys league.

Sent packing from Serie B were Icasa, Vila Nova-GO, Salgueiro, and Duque de Caxias to the depths of whale dung Serie C.

If a club has dropped past Serie B it is a long hard process to dig ones way out of this huge hole.

All one has to do is ask Juventude.

Santos defeated Kashiwa 3-1 in the semifinals of the FIFA World Club Championships held in Japan.

Peixe won the Copa Libertadores title.

Neymar was the hero for Santos.

He scored in the 18^th minute.

His mates Borges and Danilo tickle the twines também.

Peixe will face the winner of the Barcelona- Al-Sadd played today.

Lionel Messi, Pedro, David Villa, and Xavi are part of the Catalans offensive firepower that Peixe will be staring down in the FIFA World Club Championship on Sunday December 18^th.

UOL wrote this about the Peixe win http://esporte.uol.com.br/

A vitória do Santos por 3 a 1 contra o Kashiwa Reysol na noite de quarta-feira, em Toyota, no Japão, não foi convincente para Muricy Ramalho. O treinador citou a vantagem do time japonês nas estatísticas e sabe que a situação será a mesma em um provável duelo diante do Barcelona na final do Mundial de Clubes.

Santos headman Muricy said- “Realmente vi a estatística e nossa posse de bola não foi boa, apesar de isso não definir resultado. Temos de melhorar, pois o Barcelona tem uma posse de bola maior do mundo”, destacou Muricy.

The guys know that Barca will be a hard match.

Santos will have to be on the top of their game or the Catalans firepower will kill them.

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Mengao found a new way to screw up big time. The guys had a chance to move up the table but no they blew a two-goal lead to Gremio and wound up losing 4-2.

Deivid and Thiago Neves scored in the 23^rd and 34^th minutes.

Gremio ripped off four-second half goals to win going away 4-2.

This loss may have stuck a fork in Rubro-Negro’s chances of winning the Brasileiros Serie A.

As matter of fact Flamengo dropped from fourth to fifth place in the table.

Corinthians and Vasco each have 58 points.

Timao is top dog because they have 17 wins compared with Gigante de Colina’s 16 wins.

Both sides each have a plus 14-goal difference.

Corinthians beat Avai 2-1.

Vasco and Sao Paulo tied nil-nil.

The guys have sunk to new highs in finding ways to shot themselves in the head, foot, and heart.

This is getting past ridiculous.

Andre Lima led the attack for Gremio with a second half daily double.

They guys played very tentatively in the second half.

Ronaldinho Gaucho got a yellow card this may have taken some of the steam out of his play.

Let’s remember Gaucho was coming off a suspension for a previous red card about two weeks ago.

Still you can’t stop playing and this is exactly what Mengao did.

Ronaldinho foi participativo, tentou jogadas, dribles, tudo que sempre faz. Não desrespeitou o time que o projetou para o futebol, mas também não saiu comemorando o resultado. Acabou perdendo fôlego com o tempo, como o Fla, que vencia mas deixou escapar os pontos por entre os dedos.

Gremio is six points behind Flamengo.

Gremio has 46.

Mengao 52.

A situação de tabela para os cariocas fica mais complicada. Com as vitórias de Fluminense e Botafogo, era obrigação vencer, algo que não aconteceu. Atualmente, o time do Rio de Janeiro tem 52 pontos, já  Grêmio chega a 46.

Globo Esporte wrote this- Não tente convencer um torcedor do Grêmio de que foi sobre o Flamengo a vitória de 4 a 2 na tarde deste domingo, no Olímpico. Para cada um dos tricolores existentes no universo, foi um triunfo contra Ronaldinho Gaúcho. Foi sobre ele, o maior dos desafetos azuis, a virada deste 30 de outubro. Vaiado como talvez jamais um jogador tenha sido em Porto Alegre, xingado como talvez jamais um jogador tenha sido no futebol brasileiro, o camisa 10 rubro-negro foi o núcleo de um jogo histórico. Ronaldinho, pela primeira vez, foi ao Olímpico como adversário. E perdeu. Jogou bem no primeiro tempo, sumiu no segundo. E perdeu.

O Flamengo passeou na largada do jogo. Fez 2 a 0, com Thiago Neves sobrando: passe para o primeiro, de Deivid, e autoria do segundo. Mas aí surgiu André Lima. Ainda no primeiro tempo, o Grêmio empatou com o atacante, que também marcaria o segundo, na etapa final. Douglas ampliou. Miralles, com um golaço, fechou.

Flamenguista nation is not a happy place today.

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One match was played in the Brasileiros Serie A mid-week. Santos took it Botafogo. Peixe shut out Fogao 2-0.

This loss to Santos cost Botafogo big time.

Fogao had a chance to move into first place in the Campeonato.

Corinthians is still top dog with 54 points.

Vasco is in second place with 54 points.

Timao has a plus 13 while Gigante de Colina is a plus 12.

Botafogo remains in third place with 52 points.

My guys from Flamengo are in fourth place with 51 points.

There are some huge matches to be played this weekend.

Rubro-Negro has a hot date with Santos on Sunday at Mengao’s house in Rio de Janeiro.

We have to win this sucker to keep our chances of winning the Brasileiros Serie A title.

Flamengo can’t afford to have any brain farts such as Ronaldinho Gaucho getting the heave-hoe or playing crappy “D”.

Well guess what the mister genus Ronaldinho Gaucho is not playing due to his stupid red card in last weeks match.

Add to the bye-bye list Thiago Neves. He is suspended também.

This is a killer.

These suspensions will kill the Flamengo’s attack.

UOL- Com isso, diminui a lista de desfalques no meio campo do time comandado por Vanderlei Luxemburgo. Thiago Neves e Ronaldinho estão suspensos e Botinelli, machucado. Renato deverá formar o meio de campo ao lado de Airton, Willians e mais um jogador a ser escolhido pelo treinador. Thomas e Fierro são algumas das opções.

The come on man award of the week goes to Ronaldinho Gaucho.

Corinthians takes on Internacional at Colorado’s house- Porto Alegre.

Vasco takes a trip to Salvador to battle Bahia.

Botafogo goes to Avai’s house on Saturday.

This is what we call nut-cutting time.

There are eight matches left in the season.

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We are nearing the stretch run of the Brasileiros Serie A. Santos is fading fast. Gremio defeated Santos 1-0 on Wednesday.

Cruzeiro and San Paulo tied at three all.

This tie may have really hurt Tricolors chances of winning the Campeonato.

Peixe is falling off the end of the table.

Santos is in 13^th place with 35 points.

Peixe has dropped three straight after winning three in a row.

Santos is now stuck in neutral.

Peixe is spinning their gears and getting nowhere fast.

In Sao Paulo’s last six matches Tricolor has one win, two losses, and three draws.

Vasco is top dog in the Brasileiros Serie A with 50 points.

Corinthians is in second place with 48 points.

My guys from Flamengo are hovering in sixth place with 44 points.

There are eleven matches left.

This is a good time for Mengao to make a run.

If we can win nine outta eleven matches this could be enough to wrestle the title away from Gigante de Colina and Timao.

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Mengao stopped the bleeding. Flamengo and Botafogo tied one all on Sunday.

This tie stopped the losing skid at four matches. Sure we haven’t won since August 9^th but at least Rubro-Negro got the all-allusive point.

Flamengo is in sixth place 37 points.

Corinthians lost to Santos 1-0.

Vasco killed Gremio 4-0.

Gigante de Colina is in the pole position with 45 points.

Sao Paulo picked up a huge 4-0 win over Ceara.

Fluminense lost to Bahia 3-0.

Internacional and Coritiba tied at one all.

If Colorado won they would have passed Mengao in the table.

Fogao drew first blood in the 25^th minute.

Abreu ripped the twines for a 1-0 lead.

Mengao found the answer in the 49^th minute.

Jael deposited the ball into the back of the net to save Flamengo’s bacon.

UOL wrote this-Thiago Neves, apesar de não fazer uma boa partida, chamou a responsabilidade e fez todas as finalizações do time na primeira etapa. Ronaldinho Gaúcho era boa opção jogando mais pela esquerda, mas não estava acertando o último passe. Na volta do intervalo, o técnico Vanderlei Luxemburgo tirou o inoperante Deivid para colocar Jael. E a mudança surtiu efeito. Em seu primeiro lance, o atacante driblou Antônio Carlos e fez um belo gol, 1 a 1.

Up next for Mengao is Atletico-MG- Na próxima rodada o Botafogo enfrenta o Grêmio, na quinta-feira, às 20h30, no Olímpico. Já o Flamengo, por sua vez, viajará até Minas Gerais, onde medirá forças com o Atlético-MG, nesta quarta-feira, às 21h50, na Arena do Jacaré.

The truth is Mengao is playing like crap. Ronaldinho Gaucho isn’t playing worth a damn. Neither is Deivid nor Thiago Neves.  The entire squad needs to be shot at dusk for crappy play.

We are in a world of hurt.

Globo Esporte wrote this about the clássico battle between Mengao and Fogao- O Botafogo saiu na frente, com direito a deboche de Loco Abreu, dominou no primeiro tempo e deu a impressão que colaria no líder Vasco. Porém, a troca de Deivid por Jael no intervalo funcionou, e o Flamengo arrancou um empate por 1 a 1 no clássico deste domingo, no Engenhão. É a terceira vez que as duas equipes terminam iguais este ano, a segunda nesta edição de Campeonato Brasileiro.

We need to have wins baby.

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Santos picked up a mid week 2-1 win over Fluminense.

Humberto Teixeira Borges hit the daily lotto twice Peixe.

The win moves Santos clear of the bye-bye zone.

Santos leap frogged all the way to 14^th place in the table.

Peixe has 21 points.

Santos is now fours clear of the you’re outta here zone.

Peixe still has a game in hand.

Corinthians is the pole sitter with 37 points.

My boo-Mengaos are in second place with 35 points.

The third spot belongs to Sao Paulo with 34 points.

Flamengo battles cross town rival Vasco on Sunday.

This is another one of those you better win this sucker.

Rubro-Negro has a habit of blowing leads.

If this disturbing trend continues Flamengo will fall off the face of the earth.

Ronaldinho Gaucho is the top goal scorer in Brasileiros Serie A with ten goals.

On Wednesday Flamengo won the second leg of their Copa Sul-Americana.

Mengao defeated Atletico-PR 1-0 to advance to the next round.

Flamengo defeated Furacao 2-0 on aggregate.

Ronaldinho Gaucho scored the only goal of the match in the 73^rd minute.

Up next for Mengao is Chilean side Nacional.

UOL wrote this- Com um time praticamente reserva e a entrada providencial de Ronaldinho no segundo tempo, o Flamengo venceu o Atlético-PR por 1 a 0, nesta quarta-feira, na Arena da Baixada, pela Copa Sul-Americana, e quebrou dois incômodos tabus. O gol marcado pelo camisa 10 fez o Rubro-Negro carioca passar de fase na competição internacional pela primeira vez, além de encerrar a escrita de 37 anos sem vitórias sobre o Atlético-PR em Curitiba.

A repetição do resultado da primeira partida colocou o Flamengo nas oitavas de final. A equipe de Vanderlei Luxemburgo irá enfrentar Nacional (URU) ou Universidad de Chile, que ainda duelam nos dias 13 e 21 de setembro. Antes, o time encara o Vasco, domingo, às 16h, no Engenhão, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. O Atlético-PR pega o Coritiba, sábado, às 18h, no Couto Pereira.

Sao Paulo also advanced to the next round of Sul-Americana. Tricolor blasted Ceara 3-0 and won on aggregate 4-2.

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Today is a hodge podge kinda of day.  First off the bat Flamenguista nation is still celebrating Flamengo’s 5-4 win over Santos.

Corinthians is still top dog in Seria A with 28 points.

Sao Paulo is in second place with 25 points.

Mengao has third place to themselves with 24 points.

Palmeiras is in fourth place with 22 big ones.

Up next for Rubro-Negro is Gremio on Saturday

Gremio sits in 14^th place with 13 points.

This sucker will be played in Mengaos house in Rio de Janeiro.

Once again the guys are going to have to come up big.

Thiago Neves, Ronaldinho Gaucho, and Deivid have to ripped the twines big time.

The “D” will have to play a lot better também.

Rubro-Negro’s goal difference is a plus 10 but giving up four goals in their last match will not cut the mustard.

The fall out over Argentina’s early exit in the Copa America resulted in the firing of Sergio Batista.

Batista had Argentinos playing okay in the Copa but still La Albiceleste came up short in their quest for the title.

Look, a club that has the likes Messi, Tevez, Gonzalo Higuain, and Angel Di Maria should be competing for the title instead of barely making it through the group stage and then getting the heave-hoe in the first round of the knockout stage.

This sucks big time.

Now the cat in the hot seat is Alejandro Sabella.

Sabella is a former player who played for River Plate from 1974-1978. He also played in England with Sheffield United and Leeds from 1978-81.

He had a short stint on the national team as well.

Sabella’s only coaching experience is with Estudiantes 2009-2011.

In 2009 his club won the Copa Libertadores. Los Pincharrates lost to Barcelona 2-1 in extra time in the FIFA World Club Cup formally known as the Intercontinental Cup.

In the Clausura 2011 Estudiantes finished in 14^th place with 19 points.

Los Pincharrates won six, tied six and lost seven.

In the 2010 Apertura Sabella’s side won the whole enchilada.

The 2010 Clausura saw Estudiantes finish in 2^nd place.

In the 2009 Apertura Los Pincharrates finished in 8^th place.

The 2009 Clausura Sabella guided the club to a 6^th place finish.

Alejandro Sabella has only coached one club and he has one domestic title and one Copa Libertadores crown.

Lets see how this puppy will work out for Argentina.

Batista didn’t even last a year as the headman.

He replaced the idiot Maradona.

Now if Brasil will get rid of Menezes this will sorely help.

This guy is a freakin idiot for a manager.

He sucks big time.

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Wednesday night Mengao battles Peixe. Santos has not lost in the month of July. Neither has Flamengo but Mengao has two ties while Santos is all “W’s” baby.

This is the difference.

Rubro-Negro has to come up with the “W” if they want to stay in the top four in Serie A.

Mengao has 19 wins compared with Santos’ s 16. There have been 15 ties.

Flamengo has one victory at Peixe’s house since 1976. This historic win came in 2009.

Tonight’s match will be played in Vila Belmiro.

UOL wrote this-

O Flamengo tera as voltas de Ronaldinho e Thiago Neves que cumpriram suspensao. Historicamente, o jogo é dos mais complicados para o rubro-negro. Desde 1976, a única vitória na Vila Belmiro foi conquistada em 2009, quando o clube sagrou-se campeão brasileiro.

For Mengao come away with the win Ronaldinho Gaucho and Deivid will have to come up big.

Santos and Rubro-Negro will both run a 4-4-2.

Here are the stats for both sides.

Flamengo has scored 19 times while giving nine for a plus 10.

Santos has played eight matches so far.

Peixe has scored nine goals while giving up ten for a minus one.

We need to win this sucker.

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