Big Loser:   Chile and Colombia.  If there is a tiebreaker it would hav to be based on the result.  So La Roja woud have to earn that honor.  These were the only two that lost at home.   But it was not their loss on the scoreboard, it was their offensive ineptitude that raised questions- again. Click to continue reading...

En un partido lleno de fuertes entradas y tarjetas, Brasil goleó 3-0 a una selección chilena que nunca se encontró en el campo de juego, y decendió al sexto lugar de la clasificación sudamericana rumbo a Sudáfrica 2010.

Había muchas expectativas por lo que pudiera hacer el equipo dirigido por el argentino Marcelo Bielsa, frente a una selección brasileña debilitada en los últimos tiempos, pero "La Roja" nunca fue efectiva y dio todas las facilidades al rival para que los venciera en casa. Click to continue reading...

BRASILE-CILE

Baptista«In tribuna? no problem». Juan fermo

Di MASSIMO LIMITI
Julio Baptista è venuto a Roma per ritrovare
il ruolo a lui tanto caro, ma
anche nel suo Brasile è destinato ad
adattarsi in qualche modo alle circostanze.
Nell'ultimo allenamento della Seleçao,
in vista del match di domani a Santiago
contro il Cile, Dunga ha fatto intendere
che proporrà un Brasile molto offensivo
e per Julio potrebbe non esserci spazio
a nemmeno a centrocampo: «Con Robinho,
Ronaldinho e Luis Fabiano punta
centrale, per gli altri aumenterà il lavoro
di quantità – afferma il neo acquisto giallorosso
– però il calcio di oggi prevede che
tutti i giocatori in campo debbono impegnarsi
per aiutare i compagni. Click to continue reading...

The man hailed as the new Ronaldinho, Giovanni Dos Santos has said that Mexican team-mate Carlos Vela, will only be a foe on the pitch. The emerging Spurs star insists that he is good friends with Arsenal's new striker despite the great long running rivalry between the two's new clubs. Giovanni told FourFourTwo: ''We're only enemies on [. Click to continue reading...

Ronaldo'dan sonra Ronaldinho'ya geçelim. Malum olduğu üzere Milan, SerieA'daki ilk maçında, üstelik San Siro'da Bologna tarafından tokatlandı. Maçın epeyce uzun bir özetini dün akşam izleyebildim ancak. Takımı mağlup olmasına rağmen Ronaldinho şov varmış, canlı izlemediğime yandım. Click to continue reading...

Dedicated YouTuber Maestro 21 has put together highlights of Ronaldinho's debut for AC Milan against Bologna. Yes, Milan lost 2-1 and yes, any player can look good if you edit together their best moments. But there's definitely enough evidence here to suggest old Gaucho has still got it. Lots of shimmys and even a few flashes [. Click to continue reading...

I mentioned earlier today a rather rich chap from the Middle East bought himself a football team the other day. Reports say that in a frenzy of activity on the final day of the transfer window, he was reponsible for Manchester City putting out bids in the £30 million range for Mario Gomez, David Villa, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Samuel E'too and Dimitar Berbatov - not to mention he's going after C'Ron, Kaka, Ronaldinho and Torres in the near future. Click to continue reading...

It's a good thing the emir of Abu Dhabi was born to inherit the wealth attached to one of the earth's richest pool of hydrocarbons. Because he is clearly intent on pissing away hundreds of millions of dollars at Man City.

Just so there's no mistaking my meaning: this is a disaster. There is literally no chance whatsoever that this project is going to work out. Click to continue reading...

IL COLPO PIÙ IMPORTANTE SARÀ IL RITORNO DI FRANCESCO TOTTI

Il Capitano tornerà a Palermo

Il dottor Brozzi: «Sì, può farcela il 13
come Taddei». Montella da Champions

Di PIETRO TRIA
Totti tornerà con il Palermo. Potrebbe
essere questo il vero "colpo di mercato"
per i tifosi giallorossi dopo la sosta per
la Nazionale. Click to continue reading...

Ronaldinho in in his element as he manoeuvres the ball against rival team Bologna. AC Milan and Bologna just kicked off their first game for the Series A title win - August 31, 2008 at the San Siro-Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy. "Milan begin this new season with high hopes, despite not taking part in the [. Click to continue reading...

Ronaldinho in in his element as he manoeuvres the ball against rival team Bologna. AC Milan and Bologna just kicked off their first game for the Series A title win - August 31, 2008 at the San Siro-Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy. "Milan begin this new season with high hopes, despite not taking part in the [. Click to continue reading...

Hands down the goal of the week goes to Francesco Valiani of Bologna FC for the winner against AC Milan at the San Siro. (AC Milan 1 - 2 Bologna FC) Goalscorers - Di Vaio 18 (B), Ambrosini 42 (M), Valiani 79 (B) Line Ups Milan: Abbiati; Zambrotta, Maldini, Kaladze, Jankulovski (Shevchenko 46); Flamini, Pirlo, Ambrosini (Emerson 85); Seedorf, Ronaldinho; Inzaghi [. Click to continue reading...

By way of a complement to our weekly look at German football called Bundesbag, we're going to be regularly updating you on the other leagues vying for your attention around Europe and indeed the world at large.

This week, we're checking out the first weekend of action in Serie A, and we begin with reigning champions Inter who were playing away to Sampdoria on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan silenced at San Siro, the party for the thousands of Rossoneri fans ruined, all gathered to see Ronaldinho in action. There just is something that still isn't working in Carlo Ancelotti's team... The star on the field today was undoubtedly the Brazilian nº80, but in the end Bologna were the real victors, walking away [. Click to continue reading...

Serie A başladı. Büyükler memnun değiller. Ronaldinho ve Shevalı AC Milan evinde mağlup. Bologna maçı sonrası Milan'ın durumunu Ronaldinho'nun yukarıdaki ifadesi en iyi biçimde anlatıyor. Senelerdir dönüşümünü tamamlayamadı Milan, yaşlı ve kalecisizler. Ancellotti'nin yapabilecekleri de sınırlı. Click to continue reading...

The eyes of the every milanista were set on this date.  It was well over a year in the making.  The speculations, the on again- off again of the entire operation.   From the "Gordinho" headlines to his flashes of brilliance here and there all led up to his triumphant arrival to the San Siro where [. Click to continue reading...

Ufffffff !!!!!!! Olimpica !
Originally uploaded by super MOP Johanna Almgren - Seleccion Sueca de Futbol Femenino

Esto de los olímpicos da para realizar parejas entre atletas, pero en este caso Ronaldinho se fue con las manos vacías ni oro , ni juego ,ni amor.

Estas son sus declaraciones a un diario sueco:

"Nosotras (las jugadoras de la selección sueca) corrimos a la
recepción del hotel para pedirles autógrafos a los brasileños.

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The Spanish side loves the 28 year old. And what's not to love?

This guy was Spain's best player in Euros and has shown the class to be a worldwide superstar. And recently he rose up the third in all-time appearance for the club.

That record has meant that the club now feel that they should reward Xavi and will offer him the first (lifetime) contract of any member of the current squad.

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The Spoiler reported quite an odd story the other day. Apparently the reason that former world player of the year Ronaldinho forgot to actually play football during the Olympics was that he was too distracted by a certain female footballer. Word is that the now-unspectacular Brazilian ended his time in Beijing by asking 24-year-old Swedish international Johanna Almgren to marry him. Click to continue reading...

81972852DM091_Olympics_Day_
Originally uploaded by azzurri_nr1 Una de las imagenes menos esperadas de los Juegos olímpicos fue la visita de Diego Armando Maradona y aun menos esperada que besara la mano de Ronaldinho.
A final de cuentas el yerno de Diego el Kun Aguero junto con Messi le ganaron la partida al carioca. Click to continue reading...

Serie A Talk readers have probably noticed the headline change but I've changed more than that. After some deliberation I trashed the first post on 'Shevchenko's Triumphant Return' as Andriy hasn't been triumphant since leaving Milan and it looked likely he wasn't going to find an opening to return or showed a desire to do so [. Click to continue reading...

Peter Kenyon, a supposed life-long Manchester United fan, famously blew our deal with PSG's Ronaldinho. Having agreed a fee for the player, who would become the FIFA World Player of the Year for the following two seasons, Kenyon got wind that Barcelona's last bid was a couple of million quid short of the price we [. Click to continue reading...

This is one of those too good to be true stories.

Apparently the crazy Brazilian proposed to a Swedish footballer named Johanna Almgren within hours of meeting her at the Olympics.

She was getting all star-struck and flirty, then hours later she got a call on behalf of 'dinho. Click to continue reading...

I am not a patient man. At all.

I suppose it's a combination of being 1) a man, 2) Portuguese, 3) Irish, and 4)stubborn. I liked Dark Knight until that part where Harvey Dent becomes Two-Face. It should have ended right there. Cue the credits, check out the sequel in two years. Instead, it dragged on another hour, and by the time all those people were trapped on the ferries, I just wished both of 'em blew up simultaneously and ended it right there. Click to continue reading...

The discussion before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing began largely centered around Brazil's quest for their first ever Olympic title. The question of how the Olympic gold medal could escape the most successful and internationally recognised football nation of all time was one which was frequently asked in the build-up to the games, and one which would often baffle. Click to continue reading...