Copa Libertadores 2012 – Property of Brazil?
South America’s flagship competition, the Copa Libertadores, is up and running for another season with the group stages kicking off...
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2011 – Year of the Neymar
He struts with the cocksure swagger of a born star and not only that, he can play a bit too....
Continue reading »The Future of Brazil
Brazil’s performance at the Under-17 and Under-20 World Cups this year, where they finished respectively in third place and as...
Continue reading »Photo, Shoot – Robinho, Neymar and Spongebob Squarepants
Neymar and Robinho enjoy some downtime in their own inimitable style. (For previous Photo, Shoots on Just Football follow the...
Continue reading »A Tale of Two 5-4s: Lille v Marseille / Santos v Flamengo (VIDEO)
For every action there’s a reaction. Perhaps it was the football gods repaying the world for an inhibited Copa America...
Continue reading »‘Um Ano com Mano’: The Rebirth of Brazil Continues…
Mano Menezes assumed the role of Brazil’s manager after the last World Cup, promising a completely different approach...
Continue reading »Copa America 2011: Notes on Matchday 1
A few thoughts and observations after Matchday 1 of the 2011 Copa America in Argentina: 1) Barça-no-la Sergio Batista’s desire to mould...
Continue reading »Next Stop, Argentina! Copa America 2011 Preview
by Christopher Atkins The 2011 Copa America kicks off in Argentina this Friday, as South America’s top teams compete...
Continue reading »From Santos to River Plate: Glory and agony on wild night in South America
Roughly 2,050 kilometres separate the city of Córdoba, Argentina, and Santos, the municipality located in São Paulo state, Brazil. Travelling...
Continue reading »Santos – From Pele to Neymar on the road to immortality
by Gordon Fleetwood It has been a long road for Santos this year in the Copa Libertadores. This was Santos’ first...
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