South America
Vanderlei Luxemburgo is the New Ashton Kutcher
By: Daryl |
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I’ve seen it reported on the internets recently that Vanderlei Luxemburgo resigned as Palmeiras coach via Twitter. Brilliant as that may sound, it’s sadly not true.
The less sensational but more accurate thing to say is that Palmeiras sacked Luxemburgo last Friday, because he disagreed with the club’s decision to sell Keirrison. But Luxemburgo used both [...]
Category: South AmericaGoing From Bad To Worse In South America
By: chris | No Comments
Starting off with “Ooh…ahh…death threats in Colombia!” probably won’t read any different than any other news story about South American football which hits the news feeds. Sadly, it’s par for the course these days. Argentina is running away with pole position and Brazil has been breeding future generations on the pitch, while Uruguay is still [...]
No Enemies Among Friends?
By: chris | 1 Comment
[Dirty Tackle]
This is arguably the greatest season in Huracan’s history. With one game left in the Argentinian Clausura, Huracan sit atop the table with one point separating themselves and Velez Sarsfield. That one game happens to come against the very same Velez away. So it stands to reason Velez dropping two points in a draw [...]
Corinthians Needs Some Good PR - Stat.
By: chris | 8 Comments
Ronaldo couldn’t save them. But then again, not even Ronaldo in his prime could save them.
Corinthians, you might remember, spent the winter courting then-chunky Ronaldo for their return to the Brazilian top flight after a relatively humiliating one-season plummet to the depths of “B”. That was good PR. Very good PR. Especially when they [...]
Category: South AmericaBrazil: Great At Football, Not So Great At Celebrating.
By: chris | 8 Comments
For the second time in as many months, a Brazilian celebration went all kinds of wrong - and this time it resulted in serious injuries.
Last month Corinthians won the Sao Paulo state championship and, upon receiving their trophy and hoisting it along with a player and two suits in the club into the air in [...]
Tags: accident, bus, celebration, Corinthians, fire, fireworks, Sao Paolo, Sertaozinho, South America, tip, World FootballPhoto: Adriano Is Melancholy.
By: chris | 2 Comments
Forget the smile, can we discuss the image in the background where he’s billed as the Emperor Of Rio (I presume)? Does this man really need this much egging on? He’ll be nose deep in pie, booze and hookers by sundown.
Also, it’s about time we launch a support group for footballers who feel it necessary [...]
Category: South AmericaTesting the Limits of Stupidity in Brazil
By: chris | 2 Comments
I challenge everyone to find their nearest 5 year old and ask this question: what happens when you shower fireworks with a blanket of thousands of little tiny bits of paper? They’ll probably answer “fire”, and they would be completely correct.
Unfortunately for Corinthians, 5 year olds weren’t running the Paulista championship celebration this weekend.
Category: South AmericaSwine Flu Hits Copa Libertadores
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
The swine flu epidemic/pandemic/panic [delete as appropriate] isn’t just threatening the Confederations Cup, it’s causing trouble for a real tournament too: Copa Libertadores.
Two Mexican teams - Chivas and San Luis - are through to the last 16 of the Libertadores, but CONMEBOL have taken a look at the situation in Mexico right now (where [...]
Category: South AmericaCarmelo Valenica Learns Honesty is Not Always the Best Policy
By: Daryl | No Comments
Watching the replay (above) it’s pretty obvious that Millonarios striker Carmelo Valenica took a deliberate tumble in the big Colombian derby vs Santa Fe last Sunday. Millonarios equalized from the spot and Santa Fe keeper Agustin Julio was sent off.
But Valencia couldn’t keep his mouth shut in the post match interview (also above, but in [...]
Category: South AmericaRonaldo Likes Chips
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
As Ronaldo fat jokes go, that’s not a bad one. Could be worse, could be better. Visit Dirty Tackle for more deliberations on the Ronaldo fat joke (to do or not to do?)
Ronaldo scored two as Corinthians beat Santos 3-1 away, in front of Pele himself. And according to Bruno at SeetheCup, that’s eight in [...]
Category: South AmericaRonaldo Turns Back The Clock
By: chris | 5 Comments
Everyone expected Ronaldo - né The Fat One - to flash his superior technique and nose for goal back in Brazil. The legs may go, but class remains.
This weekend Ronaldo scored a goal and forced a mess in the announcer’s pants. No surprise there. But it wasn’t the poacher’s goal or cleaning up a [...]
Category: South AmericaThiago Neves Has Anger Issues
By: chris | 4 Comments
Normally this would be just another story of the insanity which envelopes South American football: Brazilian player whips ball at ball boy. And in most cases it’s a no-name player we haven’t heard of before and won’t ever again (unless he does something similar). But in this case it’s not just any other player, it’s [...]
Nike Tells Us Neymar Is Quick.
By: chris | 6 Comments
The latest Brazilian Name To Remember Neymar - the ‘new Robinho’ - is mighty talented. So much so he’s still got a Nike viral despite sporting braces and an involuntary baritone to soprano quiver. He’s also mighty, mighty quick - hence the whole ‘new Robinho’ thing. But is he talented and quick enough to put [...]
Category: South AmericaThe Dreaded Sitter Miss/Nutmeg Combo
By: chris | 6 Comments
Cruising the YouTubers you’ll find plenty of videos titled “The Worst Sitter Miss Everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”. Ditto for blogs. Some of them aren’t all that close to accurate, some of them are. And considering there isn’t a definitive “worst” miss ever, we can’t really complain.
This, however, might change all that. This might be the worst sitter [...]
Category: South AmericaEntire Team Sent Off In Argentina
By: chris | 1 Comment
Ah yes, South American football. Considering what we expect out of their top flight football normally - technical skill, stepovers, guns, knives, etc. - Argentina’s third division should be something truly special, and they don’t disappoint.
The two squads are Barracas Bolivar and General Lamadrid. Barracas, the home team, were up 3-0 when some of [...]
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