Brazil defeated Chile 4-2 in the first game of South-American Under 20, the tournament that will select two South American National Teams for the next Olympics in Pequim 2008 and four to the U-20 World Cup in Canada.
Alexandre Pato, the 17-year-old wonder boy who played for Internacional in the Fifa Cub World Cup, played just the last 30 minutes because he is recovering from a injury but scored twice.
His first goal, Brazilian third, was a amazing goal. Leandro Lima, from Sao Caetano, scored the two firsts in a come-from-behind victory and Pato finished the job.
WATCH ALL SIX GOALS OF THE GAME HERE
BRASIL 4 X 2 CHILE
Estádio Río Parapití, em Pedro Juan Caballero (Paraguai)
GOALS: BRASIL: Leandro Lima, a 1 and 20 minutes 2º half. Alexandre Pato, aos 26 e 31 2º half.CHILE: Isla, 28 - 1º half. Sanchez, aos 28 - 2º half.
BRASIL: Muriel; Amaral, Eliezio, Thiago Heleno e Carlinhos; Roberto (Fernando), Lucas, Leandro Lima (Danilinho) e William; Edgar (Alexandre Pato) e Fabiano OliveiraCoach: Nélson Rodrigues
CHILE: Leyton, Martínez, Larrondo e Suárez; Isla, Currimilla (Felipe Flores), Medel (Sepúlveda), Vidal e Carmona; Sánchez e Medina (Vidangossy)Coach: José Sulantay
segunda-feira, 8 de janeiro de 2007
quinta-feira, 4 de janeiro de 2007
What about Rivaldo?
Readers from El Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona’s sports newspaper voted for the best Barcelona of all times. And guess what? Rivaldo is not in it.
Rivaldo always have been known in Brazil as a player without any charisma. Not a hell of a merchandise boy. Not much a good speaker. Not a guy you want to be your friend. But, definitely, he is a tremendous player.
For Brazil, he was the leader of the 1998 runner up campaign when Ronaldo had problems in the final. In 2002, he was, my point of view, the best player in the tournament by far, although everybody remembers Ronaldo and his incredible recover from surgeries (not to mention Fifa gave Oliver Kahn the MVP!!??). Rivaldo also won Copa America in 1999.
For Barcelona, Rivaldo won two Spanish Leagues and 1 Copa del Rey. He played as a culé from 1997 to 2002. In this period, he was a magician and had probably the best individual appearance from a player in one game when he scored a hat-trick against Valencia in the last game of the Season. The last goal was a bycicle kick from the edge of the area in the 90th minute.
Now take a quick look in this all-time Barcelona team.
Zubizzareta, Puyol, Guardiola, Koeman and Sergi; Deco, Laudrup and Maradona; Cruyff, Romário and Ronaldinho.
I know Maradona is a legend. Probably the best player I have ever seen playing.. But face the fact he didn’t have a good season in the team.
At least with the FC Barcelona colors, Rivaldo was a better player than Maradona was.
Rivaldo always have been known in Brazil as a player without any charisma. Not a hell of a merchandise boy. Not much a good speaker. Not a guy you want to be your friend. But, definitely, he is a tremendous player.
For Brazil, he was the leader of the 1998 runner up campaign when Ronaldo had problems in the final. In 2002, he was, my point of view, the best player in the tournament by far, although everybody remembers Ronaldo and his incredible recover from surgeries (not to mention Fifa gave Oliver Kahn the MVP!!??). Rivaldo also won Copa America in 1999.
For Barcelona, Rivaldo won two Spanish Leagues and 1 Copa del Rey. He played as a culé from 1997 to 2002. In this period, he was a magician and had probably the best individual appearance from a player in one game when he scored a hat-trick against Valencia in the last game of the Season. The last goal was a bycicle kick from the edge of the area in the 90th minute.
Now take a quick look in this all-time Barcelona team.
Zubizzareta, Puyol, Guardiola, Koeman and Sergi; Deco, Laudrup and Maradona; Cruyff, Romário and Ronaldinho.
I know Maradona is a legend. Probably the best player I have ever seen playing.. But face the fact he didn’t have a good season in the team.
At least with the FC Barcelona colors, Rivaldo was a better player than Maradona was.
sábado, 30 de dezembro de 2006
Gilberto is a better captain than Henry
It was not me the one to bring this discussion (Jon Brodkin, from Guardian Sport Blog among them), but I have to take part on that. Yes. Gilberto Silva can be a better captain for Arsenal than French-star-legend Thierry Henry.
I am not just talking about the results in last seven matches, when Arsenal were undefeated. Nor even the 5 goals in seven matches, a lot for a defensive midfielder who had scored 15 times in his previous 180 games.
But I have at least two reasons to be sure about that. The first one is all about Gilberto. He is a team player and more than that, he comes from behind, where he can see the game much better than an offensive player.
The second one is all about Henry. He doesn’t seem to be much a communicative player and also not a very good team player and you don’t have to pay to much attention to see the number 14 complaining about his team-mates in every other game. In this transition period of Arsenal, it seemed obvious to choose him as a captain, but this can also be bad even for the young players.
They can have a lot more support from a player like Gilberto, who had some bad and good moments at the club and is far from being a star. I don’t believe Henry will loose his armband. It doesn’t make any sense. But I think Gilberto Silva is better for the team and the captaincy made the Brazilian a more self-confident player for the team.
And Henry, anyway, he doesn’t really seems to care, does he?
I am not just talking about the results in last seven matches, when Arsenal were undefeated. Nor even the 5 goals in seven matches, a lot for a defensive midfielder who had scored 15 times in his previous 180 games.
But I have at least two reasons to be sure about that. The first one is all about Gilberto. He is a team player and more than that, he comes from behind, where he can see the game much better than an offensive player.
The second one is all about Henry. He doesn’t seem to be much a communicative player and also not a very good team player and you don’t have to pay to much attention to see the number 14 complaining about his team-mates in every other game. In this transition period of Arsenal, it seemed obvious to choose him as a captain, but this can also be bad even for the young players.
They can have a lot more support from a player like Gilberto, who had some bad and good moments at the club and is far from being a star. I don’t believe Henry will loose his armband. It doesn’t make any sense. But I think Gilberto Silva is better for the team and the captaincy made the Brazilian a more self-confident player for the team.
And Henry, anyway, he doesn’t really seems to care, does he?
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