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Team Focus: Corinthians Enjoy Derby to Remember After Sealing Sixth Title

by Jack Lang at Wednesday, Nov 25 2015 11:20
Team Focus: Corinthians Enjoy Derby to Remember After Sealing Sixth Title As victory laps go, this will take some beating - a comprehensive derby win against your most bitter, most ideological rivals. Two goals in the space of three first-half minutes, then another before the interval. A laughable, playground-kick-about fourth that left opposition defenders slumped inside...
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Player focus: Three Forwards Striking for Redemption in the Chaos of the Brasileirão

by Jack Lang at Tuesday, Sep 29 2015 14:50
Player focus: Three Forwards Striking for Redemption in the Chaos of the Brasileirão As we head into the final quarter of the Brazilian season, a couple of certainties are beginning to emerge from the fog of unpredictability that defines the league. The first is that Corinthians will win the title. Tite’s troops continue to grind out win after win and hold a seven-point advant...
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Player Focus: Pato Beginning to Shine for São Paulo After Change of Position

by Jack Lang at Thursday, Jul 16 2015 12:45
Player Focus: Pato Beginning to Shine for São Paulo After Change of Position Like so many other ill-fated schemes, it began with Silvio Berlusconi.Alexandre Pato had begun his Milan career in stunning style, scoring 24 Serie A goals in goals in his first two seasons and cementing his reputation as one of the best prospects in the game. World domination - both at club level a...
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Team Focus: Grêmio Improving Fast Under Roger Machado

by Jack Lang at Thursday, Jul 9 2015 12:10
Team Focus: Grêmio Improving Fast Under Roger Machado There was a moment during Sunday's game against Santos that, more than any other, underlined Grêmio's impressive recent progress. Deep into the second half, striker Yuri Mamute - a substitute, as he has been for much of the season so far - found a bit of space inside the area and slid a finish...
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Team Focus: Win Over Corinthians Brings Santos Some Respite After Shaky Start to Season

by Jack Lang at Thursday, Jun 25 2015 17:50
Team Focus: Win Over Corinthians Brings Santos Some Respite After Shaky Start to Season Last Saturday was, by and large, a pretty special day for Santos.That was partly down to the fixture list: the Peixe welcomed Corinthians to the Vila Belmiro. This is one of the standout games of the year for Santos fans, for whom this rivalry is keenly felt. There's always a spark to the San-S&atil...
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League Focus: Three Teams Thriving in the Early Madness of the Brasileirão Season

by Jack Lang at Thursday, Jun 11 2015 11:30
League Focus: Three Teams Thriving in the Early Madness of the Brasileirão Season The Brazilian season is but six games old and already there is a feeling of familiarity to the proceedings. Not because the table is beginning to take shape in any predictable way - of which more in just a moment - but rather because of an all-too-familiar malaise in the divisions dugouts.It started...
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Team focus: Luxemburgo the Fall Guy as the Old World & New Austerity Collide at Flamengo

by Jack Lang at Thursday, May 28 2015 12:30
Team focus: Luxemburgo the Fall Guy as the Old World & New Austerity Collide at Flamengo Vanderlei Luxemburgo is not a man who tends to mince his words. One of Brazilian football's truculent old guard, he has built a fine - if increasingly nomadic - career on a willingness to ruffle feathers. For example, a sample quote, delivered to an underperforming player in training: You're a s***....
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League Focus: Rotation the Name of the Game as Season Starts in Brazil

by Jack Lang at Tuesday, May 12 2015 16:05
League Focus: Rotation the Name of the Game as Season Starts in Brazil Before the football season, there is a break during which players rest, clubs dip into the transfer market and managers perfect tactics for the campaign ahead. It is something that European fans take for granted – a central tenet of the entire footballing calendar. But there is no such off-sea...
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League Focus: Brasileirão 2015 Season Preview

by Jack Lang at Friday, May 8 2015 10:41
League Focus: Brasileirão 2015 Season Preview The major European leagues may be reaching their climax, but for those troubled souls who like their football blurrily streamed and late at night, there is only one show in town this weekend.The Campeonato Brasileirão - Brazil’s top flight - returns on Saturday after a five-month hiatus...
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Team Focus: Continuity the Key as Cruzeiro Win Second Successive Brazilian Title

by Jack Lang at Wednesday, Dec 10 2014 14:18
Team Focus: Continuity the Key as Cruzeiro Win Second Successive Brazilian Title The Campeonato Brasileiro, to bastardise that neat Gary Lineker aphorism, is a simple championship. 20 teams slog away for the best part of a year and in the end, Cruzeiro win.It wasn’t always thus, of course: the Belo Horizonte side’s dominance is a relatively unusual phenomenon for a l...
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