Category Archive: Brazil

U20 World Cup Review: New Look Brazil the pick of South Americans

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED ON OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT Having spluttered and stumbled to a 4th place finish in the Sudamericano earlier this year, expectations surrounding Brazil were surprisingly low for one of the perennial… Continue reading

Nacional march on, Superclasico semi & all Belo Horizonte final

  Article first featured on Outside of the Boot as part of a fortnightly column on the biggest news coming out of South America. Recoba magic keeps Nacional on course for title Uruguayan… Continue reading

Clasicos, Sudamericana quarters & Ceni breaks record

Article first featured on Outside of the Boot as part of a fortnightly column on the biggest news coming out of South America. Central win Clasico Rosarino, River stay top Rosario Central walked… Continue reading

The one that got away…

(Article first featured on Lovely Left Foot 16/08/12) With the final curtain now drawn on the fantastic London Olympics, Brazil’s young charges will still be scratching their heads thinking about what could have… Continue reading

Interesting Lessons to be learnt from South American Superclásico

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 24/09/11) In the first of two games in the recently revamped Superclásico de las Américas Brazil and Argentina played out a disappointing 0-0 draw in Cordoba.… Continue reading

Copa Libertadores 2012: Brazil dominate knock out stages

(Article first featured on Lovely Left Foot 03/05/12) Last week saw two vastly different but equally fascinating Champions League semi-finals played out, epitomising the drama and emotion of continental competition.  Over in South… Continue reading