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May 22, 2005
Fluminense/RJ 2 x 4 Coritiba/PR Marção and Gabriel for Fluminense. Tiago, Ricardinho, Rafinha and Alexandre for Coritiba. Goiás/GO 4 x 0 Botafogo/RJ Souza, Paulo Baier x2 and Rodrigo Tabata for Goias. Juventude/RS 2 x 0 Paysandu/PA Zé Carlos x2 for Juventude. Paraná/PR 1 x 1 Ponte Preta/SP Roger for Ponte Preta. Borges for Parana. Fortaleza/CE […]
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May 21, 2005
São Paulo FC beat Palmeiras for the fifth successive time in the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday. It was an all Brazilian Paulista derby and the crowd in Antarctica Park were in jubilent mood as the two Brazilian teams fought it out, in the first knock out stage of the competition. In a tense first half […]
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May 20, 2005
Brazil named their squad for the FIFA World Cup qualifier at home to Paraguay and away to Argentina in Buenos Aires in early June. There were no major surprises in the squad which, apart from three changes, will also travel to Germany for the Confederations Cup in July. Parreira said experienced fullbacks Cafu and Roberto […]
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May 20, 2005
Santos FC reinforce for the next matches of championship and the second round of the Copa Libertadores. Midfielder Wendel, ex Cruzeiro, who has played this season for Nacional of Portugal joins the Peixe for a one year and half loan deal. The midfielder played with the Brazilian pre-Olympic Seleção in 2004 and he won the […]
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May 19, 2005
BRAZILIAN CUP Quarter Final Treze/PB 1 x 0 Fluminense/RJ * Penalty: Treze 8×9 Fluminense Da Silva for Treze. * Ceará/CE 2 x 0 Atlético/MG Camanducaia and Maurilio for Ceará. * Paulista/SP 1 x 0 Figueirense/SC Penalty: Paulista 3×1 Figueirense Lucas for Paulista. * Cruzeiro/MG 5 x 0 Baraúnas/RN Fábio Santos, Rui and Fred x3 for […]
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May 19, 2005
Pentacampeão forward Edilson Ferreira Da Silva has signed a contract this week with Cruzeiro, Belo Horizonte. The former Corinthians and Palmeiras player has not played since January in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates first division. At 33 years old, Edilson comes to reinforce an attack which is already well-stocked with Fred, Weldon, Tadeu […]
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May 16, 2005
4th leg Sunday: Palmeiras/SP 1 x 2 Paraná/PR Marcinho for Palmeiras. Borges and Thiago Neves for Parana. Flamengo/RJ 2 x 1 Santos/SP Obina and Jonatas for Flamengo. Deivid for Santos. Brasiliense/DF 0 x 3 Fluminense/RJ Lino, Tuta and Rodrigo Tiuí for Fluminense. Atlético/PR 1 x 2 Corinthians/SP Fabrício for Atlético. Bobô and Marcelo Mattos for […]
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May 16, 2005
Corinthians got their first win of the championship season this weekend, scraping a 1-2 away win at Atletico Paranaense, Curitiba. Playing for the first time since ex-coach Daniel Passarella was fired, Corthinians had a bad start going behind to a stunning free kick. MSI Director Kia could only watch from the stands as his team, […]
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May 16, 2005
Corinthians got their first win of the championship season this weekend, scraping a 1-2 away win at Atletico Paranaense, Curitiba. Playing for the first time since ex-coach Daniel Passarella was fired, Corthinians had a bad start going behind to a stunning free kick. MSI Director Kia could only watch from the stands as his team, […]
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May 16, 2005
Corinthians got their first win of the championship season this weekend, scraping a 1-2 away win at Atletico Paranaense, Curitiba. Playing for the first time since ex-coach Daniel Passarella was fired, Corthinians had a bad start going behind to a stunning free kick. MSI Director Kia could only watch from the stands as his team, […]
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May 15, 2005
4th round: Saturday: Figueirense/SC 1 x 2 Internacional/RS Cléber for Figueirense. Jorge Wágner x2 for Internacional. São Paulo/SP 1 x 0 Coritiba/PR Fabão for São Paulo FC. Botafogo/RJ 2 x 1 Atlético/MG César Prates and Túlio for Botafogo. Euller for Atlético Mineiro. Fortaleza/CE 2 x 1 Ponte Preta/SP Clodoaldo and Mazinho Lima for Fortaleza. Roger […]
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May 13, 2005
BRAZILIAN CUP Fluminense/RJ 1 x 0 Treze/PB Leandro for Fluminense. COPA LIBERTADORES Santo André (BRA) 6 x 0 Deportivo Táchira (VEN) Sandro Gaúcho, Rodrigão x2, Romerito, Leandrinho, Rodrigão and Richarlyson. Palmeiras (BRA) 0 x 0 Cerro Porteño (PAR)
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May 12, 2005
Atlético/MG 1 x 1 Ceará/CE André Turatto for Ceara. Fábio Júnior for Atlético. Figueirense/SC 1 x 0 Paulista/SP Cláudio for Figueirense. Baraúnas/RN 3 x 7 Cruzeiro/MG Adriano x2, Weldon x2, Kelly and Fred x2 for Cruzeiro. Da Silva and Aguinaldo for Baraúnas.
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May 12, 2005
Quilmes (ARG) 1 x 1 Universidad do Chile (CHI) Iturra for Universidad. Rueda for Quilmes. São Paulo (BRA) 3 x 0 The Strongest (BOL) Edcarlos, Luizão and Grafite. Santos (BRA) 6 x 0 Bolívar (BOL) Bóvio, Ávalos, Paulo César, Ricardinho, Basílio and Deivid. LDU (ECU) 1 x 1 Danubio (URU) Risso for Danubio. Mendez for […]
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May 11, 2005
Inter Milan Coach Roberto Mancini has told the press he fully expects Adriano to remain in Italy next season. The new Premiership champions are said to be keen on signing the Inter Milan striker in the summer, yet coach Mancini is confident the Brazilian will stay at the San Siro. “I think Adriano’s a really […]
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May 11, 2005
Corinthians today confirmed that they have departed company with Argentinian coach Daniel Passarella. The move follows Corinthians 5-1 defeat to São Paulo at the weekend and an awful start to the Brazilian championship. As yet no replacement has been announced but given Corinthians big spending power you can be sure that several big names will […]
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May 11, 2005
Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte are looking for a proven striker to add to an already well-stocked attack with Fred and Weldon. The Mineiro managers are interested in Nacional Madeira’s forward Adriano. With 43 goals in 83 matches since his arrival in Portugal, Adriano might be offered to Cruzeiro in exchange for Wendell, who is currently on […]
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May 10, 2005
Mirandinha and the Brazilians in England [photo=Mirandinha.jpg id=57 align=right]England 1987, an all British Liverpool side were dominating English football. These were the pre-Premiership, pre-Hillsborough football years, when football was still a working class game. Fighting on and off the terraces – no all seater stadiums – and English clubs banned from European competition. As Liverpool […]
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May 09, 2005
Corinthians continued their bad start to the championship on Sunday as they were beaten 5-1 by local rivals São Paulo. Some Corinthians supporters ran onto the pitch, apparently angry at their team’s woeful performance. Corinthians have invested around $50 million in players in the past 6 months. The result gave the ‘Galaticos’ only one point […]
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May 09, 2005
According to the Mirror newspaper in London. Brazilian defender Dede has claimed he is set to join champions Chelsea. Its a position the Chelsea are known to be look for a player for and Dede appears to fit the criteria. His current club Borussia Dortmund need the cash and Chelsea need the talent, so a […]
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May 09, 2005
Fluminense/RJ 2 x 1 Cruzeiro/MG Juan and Alex for Fluminense. Weldon for Cruzeiro. São Caetano/SP 2 x 1 Fortaleza/CE Douglas and Pingo for São Caetano. Giba for Fortaleza. Atlético/MG 0 x 1 Brasiliense/DF André Luís og for Brasiliense. Internacional/RS 1 x 0 Flamengo/RJ Gustavo for Internacional. Coritiba/PR 1 x 0 Palmeiras/SP Tiago for Coritiba. Corinthians/SP […]
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May 08, 2005
Santos/SP 2 x 1 Atlético/PR Robinho and Halisson for FC Santos. Lima for l’Atlético. Ponte Preta/SP 2 x 0 Paysandu/PA Rissutt and Roger for Ponte Preta. Paraná/PR 2 x 2 Juventude/RS Beto and Borges for Parana. Zé Carlos and Bruno Lança for Juventude. Goiás/GO 0 x 0 Figueirense/SC
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May 05, 2005
Corinthians could land Wolfsburg midfielder Andres D’Alessandro. It had been thought Corinthians’ financial partner MSI were keen on the Argentine superstar who is currently starring in the German Bundesliga. “MSI never say anything about negotiations or a transfer unless the player signs a contract with us,” explained MSI director Kia Joorabchian. The Argentian Corinthians coach […]
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May 05, 2005
Espanyol are reportedly interested in signing Sao Paulo striker Grafite. Espanyol were made aware of Grafite’s abilities during Brazil’s recent clash against Guatemala in which he replaced legend Romario. The striker came under criticism for a spell of poor form after joining Sao Paulo, but his displays of late have filled the void vacated by […]