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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 had a great chance to move up the table but no Flamengo reverted to their perfect old form. They stunk the joint out in 1-0 loss to Internacional in Porto Alegre.

I mean it looked like Rubro-Negro would draw first blood in the opening moments but in a matter of moments, Colorado counter attacked.

Internacional took off like a bat outta hell and scored on wicked long-range salvo from Taison in the 4^th minute.

Taison fired a blast that went clang off the cross bar down into the back of the net.

Lomba never had a prayer to stop this missile.

Globo Esporte-palavra sonora, superlativa, nascida para ser sinônimo daquilo que Taison fez aos quatro minutos do primeiro tempo no Beira-Rio. Foi uma pancada seca, precisa, quase lá da intermediária. A bola viajou sem escalas até o ângulo, aquele espaço tão amaldiçoado pelos goleiros. Marcelo Lomba voou porque está escrito na carteira de trabalho dele que ele tem que voar. Inútil. Nem cinco Lombas emendados um no outro defenderiam o chute. Golaço.

Game, set, and match to Internacional.

This tally sent Mengao on their heels.

We never recovered.

Flamengo tried to mount a counter attack but Internacional kept us at bay throughout the entire match.

Rogeiro Lourenço made some changes in the second half but Mengao played like it was farting in the wind.

Mengao lost steam. Stick a fork in Flamengo for they were surely done.

Our season may be down too.

O técnico Rogério Lourenço percebeu que precisava mudar o desenho da partida. E resolveu colocar Marquinhos e Val Baiano nas vagas de Rômulo e Diego Maurício. O Flamengo solucionou um de seus problemas: passou a atacar com maior força, mas não deixou de ser ameaçado.

Bateu uma eletricidade no gramado do Gigante na largada do segundo tempo. Sucederam-se chances de lado a lado. Petkovic desperdiçou cobrança de falta na primeira oportunidade da etapa. O Inter respondeu com chute de Rafael Sobis no travessão de Lomba. Taison, no rebote, mandou para fora. Na sequência, Leo Moura bateu falta por cima.

Pouco depois, Vinícius Pacheco não conseguiu vencer Renan (que chegou a deixar a bola escapar) dentro da área. Em seguida, Taison mandou pancada, o goleiro do Flamengo desviou e a bola voltou a acertar a trave. Lances e mais lances em dez minutos de segundo tempo

Mengao played without heart.

We were just going thru the motions.

No energy or urgency.

This goes back to headman Rogerio Lourenço who in my mind is not a good coach.

Flamengo should have never fired Andrade.

Prez Patricia Amorim has taken a very good club and ruined it.

Thank you Patricia for killing our season.

Mengao will hang around but in the end we will finish mid table.

When players like Diego Mauricio, Vinicius Pacheco, Marcelo Lomba, and Ronaldo Angelim get a full years experience under their belt watch out Campeonato Mengao will kick butt.

If Rubro-Negro can sign Ronaldinho Gaucho, this might give us the push we need to challenge for the title.

Don’t hold your breath.

The scary part is this Internacional used their second squad.

Colorado has a hot date mid week date with Sao Paulo in the Copa Libertadores semifinals.

Globo Esporte-O misto frio do Inter, sem sete titulares, foi mais do que suficiente para bater o Flamengo por 1 a 0. Um fato, duas conclusões: primeiro, a comprovação de que o Colorado embalou e segue pegando velocidade em tempos de luta pelo título da Libertadores; segundo, a percepção de que o Rubro-Negro terá mesmo que remendar suas limitações se quiser ter a mínima chance de repetir a conquista do ano passado. Taison, no primeiro tempo, fez o gol de uma vitória incontestável dos gaúchos na tarde deste domingo, no Beira-Rio

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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.

Flamenguista for life.

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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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Bruno saved Flamenguistas bacon. Flamengo barely got by Vasco 1-0.

Superman stopped Dodo twice from finding the back of the net on PK’s in the 36^th and 66^th minutes.

Dois pênaltis para o Vasco. Dodô na bola. E Bruno defendeu ambos. O atacante vascaíno saiu de campo vaiado e, em má fase, com um futuro nada animador na Colina. Mas o clássico para o outro camisa 10 teve um gosto diferente, de reconciliação. Adriano não jogou bem, tocou pouco na bola. Mas mostrou para o cruzmaltino como se faz. O Imperador não desperdiçou o pênalti mal marcado pelo árbitro Péricles Bassols a favor do Flamengo. E garantiu a vitória do Rubro-Negro por 1 a 0, neste domingo, no Maracanã, pela quarta rodada da Taça Rio, o segundo turno do Campeonato Carioca.

Yes, the basket counts, and a foul.

Adriano scored on a non-existent penalty in the 51^st minute.

Vinicius Pacheco took it to the rack. Pacheco and Vasco keeper Fernando Prass collided. It should have been no harm no foul. The ref said no way Jose.

This was the difference in the match.

Globo Esporte http://globoesporte.globo.com/  had this to say about the penalty that led to the only score of the match-  Aos quatro minutos, em um contra-ataque, Vinícius Pacheco arrancou com a bola e tocou na saída de Fernando Prass, que defendeu com os pés. Mas o árbitro Péricles Bassols marcou, de forma equivocada, pênalti no choque do goleiro vascaíno com o meia rubro-negro. Fernando Prass ficou inconformado com a marcação. Mas não teve jeito.

Adriano foi para a cobrança. E ao contrário de Dodô bateu bem. Goleiro para um lado, bola entrando carinhosamente no outro. Flamengo 1 a 0. Na comemoração, o Imperador tirou a camisa e mostrou uma mensagem: “Que Deus perdoe essas pessoas ruins”. O atacante recebeu cartão amarelo.

This was a huge win for Flamengo.

Yes, we played like crap but we picked up the all-important “W”.

UOL www.uol.com.br reported that this match between Gigante da Colina and Mengao was a showdown between Dodo and Adriano. UOL said Adriano was the winner. Flamengo e Vasco entraram em campo para tentar fazer com que seus principais jogadores – Adriano e Dodô, respectivamente, isolassem a má fase. Quem levou a melhor foi o Imperador que, mesmo sem ter uma atuação de encher os olhos, marcou de pênalti o gol do triunfo rubro-negro por 1 a 0 nesta chuvosa noite deste domingo no Maracanã, pelo Estadual do Rio. Pior para Dodô, que perdeu dois pênaltis, ampliou o momento turbulento e viu o goleiro flamenguista Bruno deixar o campo consagrado.

Liverpool took care of business at Anfield. The Reds demolished lowly Portsmouth 4-1. Fernando Torres hit the sweet spot twice. He nailed two winners in the 26^th and 77^th minutes.

This was a huge win for the Reds.

Liverpool is now squarely back in the race for the final Champions League spot.

Tottenham is in fourth place with 52 points in 29 matches. Liverpool is in fifth spot with 51 points in 30 games.

City is in sixth place with 50 points in 28 matches.  

This is it from the far side.

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Adriano was given time off to sort his life. Adriano and his bride Joana Machado were having some problems. UOL had this to say www.uol.com.br O problema pessoal envolvendo o atacante Adriano (confusão num baile funk com a noiva Joana Machado) não foi levado para dentro de campo pelos jogadores do Flamengo. Sendo assim, a equipe rubro-negra, com facilidade, goleou o Resende por 4 a 0, na noite deste sábado, no Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, em Volta Redonda, pela terceira rodada da Taça Rio, segundo turno do Campeonato Estadual.

Did The Emperor’s absence hurt Flamengo? Many would say no way Jose but I beg to differ. Without Adriano in the line up Mengao had a hard time with second division side Resende before finally pulling away in the second half to win 4-0.

Yes, the torrid rain had something to do with the sloppy play but I think Mengao is resting on their laurels and not seriously getting ready to defend their title.

Globo Esporte http://globoesporte.globo.com/  wrote this-A chuva intermitente que castigou Volta Redonda durante todo o sábado prejudicou o estado do gramado, repleto de poças. O toque de bola era difícil, e pelo alto o Flamengo quase abriu o placar. Após escanteio cobrado por Vinícius Pacheco, aos dois minutos, Fernando cabeceou no canto direito e Cleber saltou para fazer excepcional defesa.

Mengao started really slow. Rubro-Negro had several early opportunities to score but Fernando just missed a close range header in the 2^nd minute.  Toro fired a wicked shot on goal but Resende keeper Cleber stopped em cold in the 24^th minute.

Vagner Love wasted a golden opportunity in the 31^st minute. Fabricio forced a ball into the goalmouth. It was pinball machine time. Love just missed putting away the loose ball. Resende keeper Cleber was able to punch the ball out of harms way.

Mengao finally got on the scoreboard in the 37^th minute. Vagner love threaded the needle to mate Bruno Mezenga. Mezenga flew past Resende defender Rodrigo Costa. Bruno Mezenga stopped and popped a shot right into the top shelf left. Cleber never had a prayer to stop this sucker.

The second half was a different story. Mengao pressed the attack. Flamengo scored three-second half goals to salt this puppy away.

Leonardo Moura ripped the twines in the 62^nd minute. His shot off a free kick from just outside the top box beat the keeper Cleber top shelf left.

Mengao scored again in the 72^nd minute. Flamengo worked the ball down the pitch with some precision passing. Vinicius Pacheco was recipient of this great teamwork. He was one on one with the keeper. Pacheco hit a perfect shot just inside the far right post to make 3-0 Flamengo.

Vagner Love capped the scoring in the 82^nd minute. Love had an easy walk goal to make 4-0 Mengao.

This goal was set up by a turnover in the Resende offensive end of the pitch.

Juan pulled the keeper and the defenders away from goalmouth.

Juan lay off a great pass to mate Love who was crashing the far right post.

All and in all it was a win but Mengao was very sloppy with the ball and this could back and hurt them big time.

 Mas a chance inicial parecia chuva de verão. O Resende rondou a área adversária, insistindo no jogo aéreo para Tuta. Disperso, o time rubro-negro errou muitos passes no meio de campo, o que travou o andamento das jogadas.

Vagner Love is a big hit with Mengao. Love is the clubs top scorer with ten goals.Com mais um gol, Vagner Love chegou ao seu décimo na competição e se isolou ainda mais na artilharia do Campeonato Estadual. Dodô, do Vasco, com oito, vem logo atrás.

Love added that this victory was for Adriano.

“O Adriano faz falta ao time e oferecemos esta vitória para ele. Mas jogamos com personalidade e estamos com uma moral maior”, disse Vagner Love.

In the lone EPL action on Sunday Everton dismantled Hull City 5-1. Landon Donovan recorded his first EPL goal in the 82^nd minute.

Mikel Arteta hit the daily double for Toffees.  

FA Cup Quarterfinal action saw Chelsea take care of Stoke City 2-0. Aston Villa doubled up on Reading 4-2. Chelsea and Aston Villa are into the FA semifinals.

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Flamengo defeated Madureira 2-0. The win was not pretty. Fact, Mengao played like crap.

Rubro-Negro should have killed this lower division side but no Flamengo let them hang around to almost the bitter end before a strike by Vagner Love in the 88^th minute put the match out of reach.

Love spilt the “D” on a well placed through ball by Ramon. Love fired the shot over the keeper Jefferson’s head. Top shelf right sealed the deal.

Love should have scored in the 4^th minute but his shot was tipped away by Madureira keeper Jefferson.

Mengao finally scored in the 14^th minute. A well-placed free kick into the goalmouth was batted around until Flamengo’s Fernando corralled the ball and knocked home the winner for a 1-0 Mengao lead.

Vagner Love had another chance in the 28^th minute but his shot flat out missed the mark

Flamenguistas were getting very restless with the stinko play. A chorus of boos was heard throughout Maracanã.

We were getting restless.

Globo Esporte  http://globoesporte.globo.com/  had these kind words to say-O Flamengo venceu. Mas não escapou das vaias dos 2.190 rubro-negros que foram ao Maracanã e da convicção de que o time, assim como afirmara Andrade na véspera, não consegue se mobilizar para as partidas contra os clubes pequenos no Campeonato Carioca. Mesmo assim, o triunfo por 2 a 0 sobre o Madureira mantém a equipe com 100% de aproveitamento na Taça Rio.

Madureira almost hit the equalizer early in the second half but Bruno swatted away the for sure goal to save Mengao’s hide.

Globo Esporte wrote this – No início do segundo tempo, o Madureira esteve perto do empate aos nove minutos. Bruno entrou na área e bateu à esquerda do gol. Juan respondeu com um cruzamento que quase surpreendeu Jefferson. O goleiro colocou a escanteio.

Thank God for Bruno.

 Love had a great opportunity in the 62^nd minute but Love was a little late getting to the great pass by Vinicius Pacheco in the box.

Love had another gimmie goal in the 78^th minute. Love was one on one with the keeper. He shanked it.

Globo Esporte had this to say- Aos 17 minutos, Vinícius Pacheco cruzou da ponta esquerda e por pouco Vagner Love não alcançou. Sob vaias a todo o time, o Artilheiro do Amor recebeu passe de Vinícius Pacheco, aos 33, entrou cara a cara com Jefferson, mas chutou em cima do goleiro. Vinícius pedia a devolução do passe, mas estava impedido.

The match can be summed up this way. Mengao had a too close to call 1-0 win over Madureira until Vagner Loves’s goal in the dying moments of the match made it 2-0. UOL www.uol.com.br  put it this way- No fim, quando tudo levava para uma vitória magra por 1 a 0, Vagner Love, aos 43 minutos e num golaço, marcou o segundo, brecou qualquer reação do Madureira e deu números finais ao confronto.

All in all, it wasn’t pretty but a win is a win. Guys we are going to have to play better if we want to win the whole enchilada again.

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Flamengo was missing their best attacker Adriano.  The Emperor was on loan to the national team. Adriano will play in Brasil’s final World Cup tune up against Ireland on Tuesday March 2^nd.

Kleberson missed to due national team duty as well. Petkovic and Alvaro are out due to injuries.

Globo Esporte had this to say http://globoesporte.globo.com/ O técnico rubro-negro, Andrade, foi obrigado a escalar um time misto. Adriano e Kleberson tiveram de se apresentar à seleção brasileira para o amistoso contra a Irlanda, na terça-feira. Álvaro e Petkovic sentiram dores musculares e foram vetados. Bruno Mezenga, Fernando e David, respectivamente, os substituíram. Mas tudo deu certo, e o técnico ainda pôde observar os estreantes Ramon, que tabelou com Love em um dos gols, e Rodrigo Alvim.

Mengao struggled with Macae before turning on the jets to pull away for a 4-1 win.

Mengao was outplayed most of the match by Macae.

Vagner Love hit the daily double for Flamengo. He nailed a PK in the 28^th minute. Love later nailed the close range power shot in the 68^th minute.

Vinicius Pacheco hit for the daily double too. Pacheco scored off a quick free kick by mate Vagner Love in the 58^th minute. Pacheco had an easy one on one with the keeper Jeferson. This was no match.

Pacheco fired a long rang sniper shot from the top of the box in the 73^rd minute that flat out beat the keeper through the wickets.

The difference maker in the match for Mengao was Vagner Love.

For most of the match, Flamengo stunk the joint out. UOL put it this way www.uol.com.br  O Macaé jogou melhor a maior parte do confronto, mas Vagner Love fez a diferença em favor do Flamengo. O atacante marcou duas vezes e deu dois passes, um deles usando da ‘malandragem’, na goleada por 4 a 1 do time neste sábado, no Estádio Raulino de Oliveira, na estreia da equipe na Taça Rio, segundo turno do Campeonato Estadual. Enquanto Vinicius Pacheco fez os outros gols dos visitantes, Laio marcou o solitário dos mandantes.

I will take it. A win is a win but this Flamenguista is not a happy camper with the way my guys are playing against the smaller clubs. If Mengao does not improve, we will not compete for the two peat.

Liverpool scored a huge win 2-1 over Blackburn at Anfield. Fernando Torres started his first match for Reds since January 13^th.

Torres also ripped the twines in the 44^th minute. Steven Gerrard  started the Reds off right with a huge goal in the 20^th minute. This gave Liverpool an early 1-0 lead.

Tottenham picked up a huge 2-1 over Everton at White Hart Lane.

Sunderland and Fulham were deadlocked nil-nil.

The EPL race shapes up this way Chelsea is top gun with 61 points. Man U is second with 60 and Arsenal is third with 58. Spurs and Man City each have 49 points but Tottenham is fourth on a better goal difference. Spurs are a plus 23 while City is a plus 17.

Liverpool is sixth with 48.

The Miracle worker Wayne Rooney came off the bench to score the match winner in the 74^th minute. Man U just got by Aston Villa 2-1 to win the Carling Cup.

The match started off on an ominous note for the Red Devils. A dumb foul in the box by Vidac. He should have been given the heave-hoe but the ref said no way boys.

Play on.

Villa’s James Milner nailed the PK.

This made 1-0 Aston Villa.

Michael Owens hit the equalizer in the 12^th minute.

Villa defender Richard Dunne lost the ball to Berbatov. Dunn makes a brilliant recovery. He strips the ball from Berbatov. Somehow, the ball comes loose and Owens scopes up the garbage and scores.

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