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Showbol SporTV, Sábado, 11/02/2012. Em partida muito equilibrada, Tricolor sai na frente, mas rubro-negro consegue virada no jogo e vai fazer a final, mais uma contra o América.

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gols contra o Mirassol, Oeste, Palmeiras, Fluminense, Atlético-GO 1° turno do brasileirão, internacional e contra o Atlético-GO 2° turno do brasileirão.

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RANGERS are exploring the potential of a formal relationship with the Brazilian club, Corinthians.

Gordon Smith, the Ibrox side’s director of football, is currently part of a trade delegation visiting the South American country, and has already been involved in talks with team officials.

Although British clubs are restricted by work permit regulations to signing only full internationalists, meaning that Rangers could not bring young players over from Brazil, the Ibrox side could benefit from shared commercial and scouting expertise.

It is understood that Smith could announce the tie-up on Thursday, when he returns from the trip.

He is Rangers’ representative on the trade mission, which was organised by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry.

Along with Michael Moore, the Secretary of State for Scotland, delegates from the golf, banking, whisky, oil and legal industries, among others, are taking part in the four-day visit, which began in Sao Paolo, where Corinthians are based, and is currently in Rio de Janeiro.

“Like many football clubs, Rangers are looking to develop their global brand and enter into partnerships with Brazilian clubs, most notably Corinthians,” said Moore. “They’ve also been attending the Soccerex Global Convention, the biggest soccer expo in the world and an opportunity for Rangers to show their wares.

“Rangers have a lot of interesting plans and it shows the world that Scotland can produce not just whisky and golf, but a lot of other cultural wares, such as Rangers.”

Smith’s visit is part of an ongoing bid by Rangers to strengthen their fanbase and income potential abroad. Ally McCoist, the Ibrox manager, spent some time in Argentina during the summer to look at players, while Sunil Chhetri and Jeje Lalpekhlua, two Indian strikers, are currently on trial at Murray Park.

The former was offered a contract two years ago by Queens Park Rangers – where Ali Russell, Rangers’ chief executive, was working at the time – but couldn’t sign for the club due to work permit issues.

With the British government keen to strengthen trade relations with India, it is felt that Rangers could secure the necessary paperwork if they choose to sign either player now.

It is more difficult for British sides to sign South American players, which Gordon Strachan criticised during his time in charge of Celtic. Yet Manchester United had a working relationship with Corinthians, and once sent youth players to Sao Paolo during the summer to train with the Brazilian side.

In June 2001, John Rankin was one of two United youth players to go to Brazil for a two-week training camp, although the pair returned early because there was no translator provided.

Smith’s time in Brazil may result in a similar relationship with Corinthians. The Sao Paolo side currently top Brasileiro Serie A, but only by two points from Vasco de Gama and tension is building in the championship race. “It’s a crunch moment in the Brazilian league and I’m bumping into lots of football fans of differing rivalries,” said Moore. “A lot of it would seem similar to people from Glasgow.”

Rangers, meanwhile, have agreed to play cash strapped Crusaders in Belfast next year. The Irish outfit, who have just settled a £350,000 tax bill, urgently require funds and the Ibrox side, despite their own financial problems, will play a fixture between January and March. “We are delighted Rangers have said yes to our invitation,” said a club spokesman. “Obviously, they are a massive draw and we expect a capacity crowd.”

Liverpool, too, will play Crusaders in their bid to finance a move from their current ground to a new stadium at North Foreshore within the next few years.

Article source: http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/rangers/smith-scouting-possible-corinthians-tie-up-on-south-american-trade-visit-1.1137078

By David Gold

November 26 – Brazil’s controversial football chief Ricardo Teixeira (pictured) has launched a veiled attack on Sepp Blatter by declaring that “racism is not resolved with a handshake”, echoing the words the embattled FIFA President used in an interview last week, as the country launched an anti-racism drive.

Blatter came in for fierce criticism from the British press last week for suggesting that racism could be resolved with a handshake after matches, though there was little outrage across the rest of the football world.

With just two rounds of matches left in Brazil’s league championship, the Brasileiro, the country’s Football Confederation (CBF) declared this week’s penultimate round of action as the “round against racism”.

“The message the body wants to give…is of protest against the intolerance many players suffer on the pitches of various countries and which ought to be vehemently condemned by the whole football universe,” the CBF said in a statement.

Teixeira said: “Racism is not resolved with a handshake and none of those who suffer it forget it the next day.

“It cannot be justified in the heat of a match nor interpreted as the gesture of a fan.

“It’s something intolerable that doesn’t mix with sport.

“People who don’t understand football is for everyone and not just for one race should be banned definitively from sport.”

Teixeira’s remarks were echoed by Brazil coach Mano Menezes.

“It’s very easy for a person to shake another’s hand after a match to say sorry for an insult towards what [the other] holds most sacred and significant,” he said.

“The solution is to find in existing laws a means to give out a very strong punishment.”

Back home, Teixeira is currently in a desperate battle to cling on to his post as a fraud investigation is looking into allegations he was involved in embezzling money.

The 2014 World Cup Organising Committee chief has also taken criticism for the slow pace of the country’s preparations to host football’s biggest competition in three years’ time.

Not wanting to alienate his political base in the country by excluding cities or regions from hosting games at the World Cup, he delayed and passed that decision onto FIFA, putting back preparations.

He has also created some influential enemies for himself at home, including footballing legend Pelé, who Teixeira did not invite to the World Cup qualifying groups draw earlier this year in Rio de Janeiro.

Pelé, considered by many as the greatest player of all time, and certainly the best in Brazilian history, made an appearance when President Dilma Rousseff, who is also a key Teixeira enemy, invited him.

Teixeira, also a member of FIFA’s Executive Committee, could have the pressure cranked up next month as Blatter has pledged to release documents relating to the collapse of the organisation’s former marketing partner ISL.

When announcing the move, Blatter also indicated that members of the executive committee could be forced to stand down, which is possibly a reference to Teixeira, whom he accused of not acting in the spirit of fair play when the Brazilian suggested he would make life tough for English journalists at the World Cup in 2014.

It is alleged that four key FIFA figures accepted payments from ISL, including Teixeira, and if that is the case and they are made public his 22 year reign at the head of Brazilian football could come to an end.

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Article source: http://www.insideworldfootball.biz/worldfootball/southamerica/9980-racism-is-not-resolved-with-a-handshake-sneers-brazils-teixeira

On the 6th February 1958, the ashes that appeared in the Munich sky were those emanating from the Munich Air Disaster. 53 years later, the appearance of ashes once again in the sky of Germany’s third largest city, signalled another tragedy. The suspected act of arson by Breno on his house drew to a close a rollercoaster four years for the defender that began with such excitement, descended into chaos and now leaves him considering his future in the game.

The 22 year old’s career couldn’t have begun under more different circumstances. After four years spent in the Youth Academy at São Paulo, the stocky centre back seamlessly slotted into the starting XI following high praise from former Tricolor star Zé Sérgio. Indeed, 2007 would prove to be a remarkable year for club and player, respectively. São Paulo finished as runaway winners of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A – their fifth Campeonato overall. As for Breno himself, he looked assured when in possession of the ball, was strong and robust in the tackle and proved to be more than a match for opposition strikers. Such consistently excellent performances saw him become the youngest ever winner of the Bola de Prata. At the time there was no doubting that he was a wonderful prospect. 

The Cruzeiro-born youngster’s qualities in his successful debut campaign with the Morumbi outfit earned him a call up, by the then National Team Head Coach Dunga, to the Brazil Olympic Football Team (otherwise known as the Brazil National Under-23 team) to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The 6ft 2in defender was influential in helping A Seleção maintain clean sheets in every game up until the semi-final stage where the team was unceremoniously dumped out of the competition by rivals Argentina. Nonetheless, his impressive displays had caught the eyes of a number of big European clubs and it was German football giants FC Bayern Munich, identified by ex-star striker Élber, who stole a march to secure his services. 

Whilst he had the benefit of easily adjusting to a well-defined defensive system at São Paulo, the centre back’s lack of top-level experience was immediately cruelly exposed as he found it difficult to adapt to the style and pace of the German game. Furthermore, persistent injuries to his right knee plagued his chances of stringing together a successful run of games, prematurely ending his loan spell with FC Nuremberg in 2010 and the 2010-2011 season as a whole. This season brought with it hope of a change in fortune, however his appearances were restricted by the emergence of the highly rated Holger Badstuber. Overall, Breno has made just 40 appearances for the Bavarian outfit over the course of four years. However, matters off the pitch haven’t helped his cause either.

Since arriving in Germany three years ago, the player has lurched from one personal crisis to another. His involvement in a series of bust-ups with opposition players, staff and a marital crisis, culminated in an incident on the 24th September of this year when he was arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with a fire at his home. Despite evidence suggesting his involvement in the incident, the Brazilian was released on bail soon afterwards. This has led some in the German media to question his state of mind, an issue still very much in the public domain following the suicide of the former German International goalkeeper Robert Enke two years ago. And yet one should perhaps not be too surprised to learn of such tumultuous goings on.

It’s often said that Brazilian players are making the move across the pond too early on in their careers. Breno is a case in point. Overexcited and perhaps misguided, he leapt into the great unknown without an understanding of the German game, culture and language. In his first three years with the Bavarian outfit he preferred to speak his native Brazilian Portuguese. So much so that a translator was required to be present for the birth of his son Pietro in 2009. With such high-expectations levelled at him and at such a young age, it’s little wonder he cracked. In hindsight, a few more months to pick up experience in the Copa Libertadores would have done him no harm whatsoever. Instead, he’s now embarking upon a slow road to recovery. 

The defender has many bridges to mend with his current employers who stuck by him through his most difficult times. How can he repay them? Through his performances on the pitch, which, in the early stages of his career, did all the talking. He’s under no illusions that a huge degree of work, commitment and training will be required for him to once again reach those levels that saw him earn a move to the current Bundesliga leaders in the first place. His psychological condition is now as important, if not even more so, as his physical condition. Earlier this month he returned to action with a run out for FC Bayern Munich II – the first step in what he hopes will be a successful return to the starting XI.

Whether he does decide to stay and fight it out or return home to former club São Paulo, who’ve expressed an interest in offering him an escape route from Bavaria, at the age of 22, the Brazilian still has time on his side. Breno must now breath new life into those fading embers and thus reignite a career that’s been, up till now, significantly starved of satisfaction, security and stability.

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Article source: http://www.cherwell.org/blogs/commentary-box/2011/11/24/career-extinguished-

Walcott Van Persie: The Latest In A Long Tradition Of Lethal Arsenal Double Acts

From Henry and Pires to James and Bastin, Goal.com looks at the greatest attacking twosomes to play for the Gunners ahead of the crucial Champions League clash with Dortmund

Article source: http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/572/internationals/2011/11/04/2741968/sao-paulos-lucas-worried-about-losing-place-in-brazil

They weren’t glamorous nor were they spectacular but Brazil’s latest set of tests on the road towards the FIFA World Cup Finals in 2014 could prove to be crucial. And whilst Gabon and Egypt failed to provide the challenge that Mano Menezes might have hoped for, both games showcased the strength in depth of the Brazilian squad, the beginnings of a midfield revolution and signs of a positive collective attitude.

In the build up to both friendlies, the 49 year old former Corinthians manager was hamstrung by injuries to the Real Madrid duo of Kaká, recalled to the National Team squad after more than a year’s absence, and Marcelo. Furthermore, Menezes took the decision to pick a squad without Brazilian-based players with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A season reaching an exciting climax. It therefore afforded an opportunity to those players who had impressed in the early stages of the European football season, for example Benfica’s attacking midfielder Bruno César; those on the fringes of the First Team, namely Chelsea defender David Luiz, and those who had been frozen out of the National Team picture for a prolonged period of time, most notably Lazio central-midfielder Hernanes, to prove their worth to Brazil’s Head Coach.

Many of those who featured in Menezes’ squad made their bow at international level for Verde-Amarelha, one of those being Valencia CF goalkeeper Diego Alves. Whilst the 26-year-old is yet to make an appearance for Els Taronja in La Liga, he was tidy and impressive in between the goalposts for Brazil – that despite being rarely troubled in either game. His shot-stopping capabilities were though tested against Gabon, where he produced a number of excellent saves from the lively AC Milan striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang who provided the Brazilian defence problems with his direct and skilful running. Questions marks still remain over Alves’ ability with the higher ball, especially from set-pieces, however his overall performances were very promising – something that will give Júlio César’s current deputy, Botafogo’s Jefferson, plenty to mull over. 

Once again though it was Brazil’s midfield that impressed. A Seleção dominated proceedings in both games, keeping the ball with ease – that despite the bobbly and, in parts, waterlogged pitch in Libreville which rendered it extremely difficult for the South American outfit to play its trademark passing game. Liverpool’s holding midfielder Lucas Leiva did an excellent job of breaking up the opponents attacking play as well as shielding the back four, however it was Hernanes who really stood out down the right-hand side. The versatile player, who started both games, produced a number of wonderful reverse balls for the wing-backs to run onto and his ability to find both pockets of space to run into along with his excellent timing of runs should seal his place in future Brazilian squads. 

Fears over the National Team’s striking options would also have been somewhat allayed by the encouraging signs emanating from the Jonas-Hulk strike partnership. Whilst the 27 year old Valencia CF striker Jonas made the headlines with his two-goal salvo against Egypt, FC Porto’s Hulk was the unsung hero. Despite the stocky centre-forward, who just three years ago was playing in the second division of the Japanese Football League, not scoring in eight appearances for A Seleção he was a constant threat – fizzing in crosses from the wings, orchestrating counter-attacks and effectively interchanging with the Brazilian midfield. Indeed, his ability to hold up the ball and general movement, drawing defenders from one side of the pitch to the other, ultimately created space for the likes of Hernanes and Bruno César to run into. 

Be it international friendlies or high-pressure situations, these are the times where the core and true colours of the group spirit is simultaneously formed and tested. And whilst there were plenty of excellent individual performances to wax lyrical about, collectively Mano Menezes’ outfit expressed a positive intent throughout – something that has notably been missing from the set-up for a number of months. Every player wanted to touch the ball and looked to get forward at each opportunity. Brazil’s Head Coach will no doubt be delighted with both results and, in particular, with keeping two clean sheets, however he’ll take greater satisfaction from the professional manner of the victories, the opportunity to blood new faces into the squad and, above all, consolidate on what he has already garnered from previous games. 

As for 2011, the statistics read – Played: 16. Won: 9. Drawn: 4. Lost: 3. The big stain on Menezes’ record book this year was undoubtedly the disappointing exit at the Quarter-Final stages of the Copa America to Paraguay on penalties. However, a recent upturn in form, which has seen the Samba Boys end the year on a five-game unbeaten streak, albeit against significantly weaker opposition, means the team can head into 2012 with cautious optimism. Nonetheless, the chorus of critics of Menezes’ work continues to grow with 57-year-old former Brazilian captain Socrates the latest to launch a scathing attack on the current Brazilian team, describing it as “patterned, stigmatized and absolutely conservative.” As far as Mano is concerned, all he can do is to keep on winning and winning well. 

The next leg of Brazil’s World Tour sees a rematch against Egypt in Cairo in late February followed by a trip to Sweden in mid August. And with the likes of Neymar, Leandro Damião, Paulo Henrique Ganso and Kaká all likely to come back into contention in the coming months, competition for places will be fiercer than ever. The Brazilian garden still ain’t rosy, but the seeds have very much been sown.

Article source: http://www.cherwell.org/blogs/commentary-box/2011/11/17/mud-sweat-and-cheers