Category: Brazil
Two Weekends Of State Championship Finals Await
By Louis Smith. As the start of the national leagues in Brazil approaches, we are reaching the business end of the 2023 state championships with th [...]
Vitor Pereira’s Flamengo Brace Themselves For Club World Cup Challenge
By Louis Smith. 101 days on from their Copa Libertadores win in Guayaquil, Flamengo are preparing to take on the world as they enter the Club World [...]
Brazil’s 27 State Championships In 2023
By Louis Smith. Just over 50 days following the conclusion of the 2022 Brasileirão season, football in Brazil is due to resume again in January wit [...]
Brazil Suffer Shootout Heartache As World Cup Hexa Quest Goes On
By Louis Smith. Going into the 2022 World Cup, Brazil were one of the pre-tournament favourites. As is the case at most World Cups for the South Am [...]
Gabigol Strikes Again To Match Zico As Flamengo Lift Third Copa Libertadores
By Louis Smith at the Estadio Monumental, Guayaquil. The biggest port city in Ecuador, Guayaquil, played host to the biggest match in South America [...]
Fans Of Luiz Felipe Scolari-Led Athletico Paranaense Await First Libertadores Final In 17 Years
By Louis Smith. Athletico Paranaense have enjoyed incredible success in the past five years, with two Copa Sudamericana triumphs, two Copa do Brasi [...]
Vagner Love On Winning The UEFA Cup, Representing Brazil, And His Adventurous Career
By Louis Smith. Brazil has more professional footballers playing abroad than every other country on the planet. A debut season away from home can b [...]
Independiente Medellín Legend Germán Cano On His Wonderful Start At Fluminense
By Louis Smith. One of the top strikers in the Brasileirão is the Argentine Germán Cano, who plys his trade for Rio de Janeiro club Fluminense. [...]
Avai Speed Demon Arthur Chaves On His Journey Through The Club’s Ranks
By Louis Smith. 21-year-old Arthur Chaves has been one of Avaí's top performers this season, in what is his first taste of regular first-team footb [...]
The Flamengo Men Who Defeated Liverpool To Reach The Top Of The World In 1981
By Emmanuel do Valle. The emphatic and yet almost effortless 3-0 win over Bob Paisley’s Liverpool in Tokyo on December 13, 1981, is regarded as the [...]