Posts Tagged ‘Brazil’

Ronaldo – Defining Moments (Part 1) 13

Ronaldo – Defining Moments (Part 1)

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A footballing phenomenon hangs up his boots this week as Brazilian legend Ronaldo calls time on a sensational career. In the first of a 5 part series, Kevyn Doran looks at the special moments that defined a superstar.

Football Scholarly of the World 2

Football Scholarly of the World

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As England continue to struggle on the international stage, their rivals reap the rewards of putting their faith in youth, and Eliot Prince looks at the lessons that can be learnt from the success of Germany, Holland and Spain amongst others.

One 2 Watch – Arsenal’s Wellington Silva 1

One 2 Watch – Arsenal’s Wellington Silva

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In this week’s One 2 Watch, Kevin features Brazilian attacker Wellington Silva who recently made the switch from the Brazilian top division to the Arsenal youth system, where it looks like he will go on loan to a European club to further develop his ability. Wellington is regarded as one of the finest talents to come out of Brazil over the last eighteen months, and was fought hard to get by the Arsenal scouting team, fending off some of Europe’s biggest teams.

U17 Women’s World Cup: Brazil 2 – 1 Ireland 0

U17 Women’s World Cup: Brazil 2 – 1 Ireland

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While most of the nation focuses on the men’s senior side’s European Championship qualifier with Andorra on Tuesday, the Republic of Ireland under 17 women’s team have gotten their World Cup campaign underway in Trinidad and Tobago. Noel King’s side put in a good showing in their opening group game against Brazil, but went down [...]

Holland 2-1 Brazil: Mistakes and indiscipline costs Brazil 3

Holland 2-1 Brazil: Mistakes and indiscipline costs Brazil

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A shock victory from the Netherlands knocks the in-tournament favourites Brazil out of the World Cup in rather freakish circumstances. After Brazil cruised through the first half clearly the better team, Holland struck back out of nowhere, helped by some poor goalkeeping from Julio Cesar. From there, Dunga’s men lost any structure and discipline. A [...]

Quarter-Final Preview: Holland v Brazil & Uruguay v Ghana 0

Quarter-Final Preview: Holland v Brazil & Uruguay v Ghana

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Netherlands v Brazil Port Elizabeth, Friday at 3PM Brazil breezed past Chile somewhat unsurprisingly in the second round. So far, Dunga’s men are looking fantastic and are well on course to deliver yet another world title. The tactics and the structure of their side is unbreakable, and with the right mix of quality and skill [...]