Brazilian Championship [Season 2005]

[Bruno_FJV]

I couldn't find any Brasileirão thread, so I opened this one... if there is any created thread please ignore this one! And sorry!

1st Round fixtures:
Saturday
16h Curitiba(Pinheirão) Paraná 0 x 2 Goiás
16h Belo Horizonte(Mineirão) Atlético-MG 4 x 1 Figueirense
18h10 São Caetano(Anacleto Campanella) São Caetano 2 x 2 Palmeiras
18h10 Rio de Janeiro(Maracanã) Flamengo 1 x 1 Cruzeiro
Sunday
16h Porto Alegre(Baira-Rio) Internacional 0 x 2 Botafogo
16h Fortaleza(Presidente Vargas) Fortaleza 0 x 1 Coritiba
16h Rio de Janeiro(Maracanã) Fluminense 2 x 1 São Paulo
16h São Paulo(Pacaebu) Corinthians 2 x 2 Juventude
18h10 Curitiba(Arena) Atlético-PR 0 x 1 Ponte Preta
18h10 São Caetano(Anacleto Campanella) Santos 4 x 1 Paysandu
18h10 Brasília(Mané Garrincha) Brasiliense 2 x 2 Vasco
Classification:
1º Atlético-MG
Santos
Botafogo-RJ
Goiás
Fluminense
Coritiba
Ponte Preta
8º Brasiliense
Corinthians
Juventude
Palmeiras
São Caetano
Vasco
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
16º São Paulo
Atlético-PR
Fortaleza
Internacional
Paraná
Figueirense
Paysandu

Next Round:
16h Goiânia(Serra Dourada) Goiás x São Caetano
16h Volta Redonda(Raulino de Oliveira) Vasco x Fortaleza
16h São Paulo(Parque Antártica) Palmeiras x Brasiliense
18h10 São Paulo(Morumbi) São Paulo x Paraná
18h10 Campinas(Moisés Lucarelli) Ponte Preta x Atlético-MG
16h Caxias do Sul(Alfredo Jaconi) Juventude x Atlético-PR
16h Florianópolis(Orlando Scarpelli) Figueirense x Flamengo
16h Rio de Janeiro(Luso-Brasileiro) Botafogo x Corinthians
16h Belo Horizonte(Mineirã) Cruzeiro x Internacional
18h10 Belém(Mangueirão) Paysandu x Fluminense
18h10 Curitiba(Couto Pereira) Coritiba x Santos
P.S.: Brasilia official time.

 

[Lean]

So sad to look for Guarani and dont find anything in the table. Anyway, i think Santos and Cruzeiro are the favorites.

 

[Nakamura]

Dá-lhe, Inter!!!

It was a bad start by us, but I hope we can do better already in the next game. It would be great to have a Gaúcho club winning the Brasileirão, but it will be very very difficult. Even more now, that there are only 2 teams (but it's awesome to see Grêmio in the 2nd divison ). Anyway, anything close to our position in the last 2 years would already be very good.

 

[SCP19O6]

I hope São Paulo wins this year, they are my team in Brazil.

 

[Lean]

I'm not too optimistic about Inter, considering they lost 2-0 to Botafogo at home. It's only the first round though, but they started miserably. About São Paulo, i guess they'll need a better coach if they are planning to win more titles this year.

 

[Punkt]

São Paulo is the favourite IMO. very consistent team. let's see what Corinthians will do too. Rio teams had a very good first week.

 

[Lean]

Yea, Corinthians seems to be a contender. If they get Mascherano then they'll be massive. Anyway, apart from Fluminense i dont see Rio teams doing well this season.

 

[Paulo Da Silva]

Remember that guy Ibson, that played for fluminense/ I just want to know how brazilians feel about him, cuz in only a few months at Porto he already is a fan fav. what a player, i mena it's easy to notice that he isn't 100%used to european soccer but yet the guy still plays well. One of the bright sides of Porto's season.

 

[Vinnie Jones]

São Paulo was prolly one of the favourites (or perhaps still is) if Emersão Leão was still there. I want to see how they react without his strong charismatic presence. I tend to simphatyze with Vasco da Gama (because of their portuguese roots) but im not a big fan of Eurico Miranda. Roberto Dinamite should have won the elections . Anyways, unfortunately i don´t think that Vasco has the consistency to win a tournament as demanding as the Brasileirão. They will prolly finish mid table, anything above is a good surprise. Preventing last seasons scare should be the priority. Then if things go well, move on to a more ambicious objective. I heard that Dominguez signed for them but he isnt a starter and is usually an used sub. Let´s see if Romário stays motivated during all the league and how he delivers. Go Vascão hehe.
I think that the "clubes paulistas" are the strong favourites. Santos, São Paulo or Corinthians. Dunno what´s Cruzeiro´s current form. About Atlético Paranaense, i haven´t heard anything from that guy Felipe but i read that Casimiro Mior was sacked (didn´t take long lol). They lost a couple of players (Washington) and i guess they won´t be the threat they were last year but let´s wait for Felipe´s confirmation to know that.
I usually read stuff about Brazilian soccer on the newspaper and watch Record Internacional from time to time but it would nice if the brazilian forum users kept this thread going, so we could all get the latest news and results. It´s always good to see the opinions of real brazilian supporters, so keep the post flowing and don´t let this thread die like the other ones. Cheers.

 

[Kibe Kru]

Corinthians are supposed to have signed Vagner from CSKA... if he does come, and Mascherano as well, they're favorites for the title... of course it'll depend on how well the team gel, and names don't win matches, but I guess they'll challenge for it...
Sao Paulo without Leao isn't the same team, though Santos could get it again...

 

[WilliamFAlmeida]

F Corinthians!
Palmeiras need to get it together though

 

[Lean]

Remember that guy Ibson, that played for fluminense/ I just want to know how brazilians feel about him, cuz in only a few months at Porto he already is a fan fav. what a player, i mena it's easy to notice that he isn't 100%used to european soccer but yet the guy still plays well. One of the bright sides of Porto's season.

Good to hear he's doing well. He was one of the few players that were worth something at Flamengo last season, definitely a good prospect.

 

[Bruno_FJV]

I tend to simphatyze with Vasco da Gama (because of their portuguese roots) but im not a big fan of Eurico Miranda. Roberto Dinamite should have won the elections . Anyways, unfortunately i don´t think that Vasco has the consistency to win a tournament as demanding as the Brasileirão. They will prolly finish mid table, anything above is a good surprise. Preventing last seasons scare should be the priority. Then if things go well, move on to a more ambicious objective. I heard that Dominguez signed for them but he isnt a starter and is usually an used sub. Let´s see if Romário stays motivated during all the league and how he delivers. Go Vascão hehe.

Thanks! Is always good to see that Portugal is always on side of Vasco.
You're right, I used to like Eurico when he was vice-president, with Antonio Calçada as president. But now,t hanks to him we're breaking a negative record of 5 years without sponsorship and with weak teams. the election was a fraud, that's why he won Vasco fans should do a Revolution against Eurico though...
Dominguez signed, but he is sufferung with a contusion. When he gets well, I'm sure that he will be the number 10 of Vasco, he's very talented, quick and do good passes. He with Esquerdinha, Romário and Alex Dias should do fine for Vasco, just fixing the defense and signing a good keeper and Vasco can be the big surprise(or how we say here, zebra ) of the competition.

You may think I'm crazy, but I think Fluminense is the team to beat this year. Even without Felipe, they have a consistent team, and the victory against "unbeatable" São Paulo will really motivate them. You should also see Gabriel playing, he's very good.
I think Flamengo will not scape from relegation this year... their team is very, very, very, very, very weak. So weak that on Sunday, after the draw in home against Cruzeiro, many Flamengo fans were thanking godness for the draw. Hehe, goodbye, stinky vultures! :boohoo:

Hey Grunger, is that Jean from Guarani good? There are rumours that he will be the next golakeeper of Vasco

 

[Lean]

He screwed up on the weekend, but usually, he tends to be a freaking god damn machine. Would be a great signing, makes a lot of great saves.

 

[RuiCosta_10]

Olá!

I would like to make two questions to you guys cause you're probably informed about it.

I would like to know some informations about two players, Diego from Fluminense, a center midfielder that is linked to Benfica, and btw, could you tell me if this rumours are any true in Brazil?

And about Anderson, Corinthians center back, that is already a Benfica player for the next season.

Tks in advance.

 

[Bruno_FJV]

Yes, I saw in TV that Diego is going to Benfica soon... he's very good, but I prefer Alex from Fluminense...

Anderson is very good too, he's a great defender. Oh, and he'll play today's friendly against Guatemala, if you ever have a chance to see him playing, you'll see his talent!

 

[Kibe Kru]

Anderson is good, and he's usually very reliable so you won't have problems with him, even though I think Fabio Luciano (who played for Corinthians before Anderson and is now playing in Turkey) is better than him

 

[Bruno_FJV]

16h Goiânia(Serra Dourada) Goiás 0 x 0 São Caetano
16h Volta Redonda(Raulino de Oliveira) Vasco 0 x 0 Fortaleza
16h São Paulo(Parque Antártica) Palmeiras 2 x 1 Brasiliense
18h10 São Paulo(Morumbi) São Paulo 1 x 1 Paraná
18h10 Campinas(Moisés Lucarelli) Ponte Preta 3 x 3 Atlético-MG

Vasco is really horrible... Alex Dias can't hold the team on his back like Petkovic... Romário should have played
But we still in front of São Paulo

Current Classification:
1º Atlético-MG
Goiás
Palmeiras
Ponte Preta
5º Santos
Botafogo-RJ
Fluminense
Coritiba
9º São Caetano
Vasco
11º Corinthians
Juventude
Cruzeiro
Flamengo
Brasiliense
São Paulo
Fortaleza
Paraná
19º Atlético-PR
Internacional
Figueirense
Paysandu
Tomorrow there's more

 

[Lean]

Laughing my arse off at Luizão's penalty kick.

 

[Lean]

São Paulo beat Corinthians 5-1 at the Pacaembú and Passarella got fired. Santos are leading the competition.