Gil Braga
I'm a 35-year old Brazilian journalist who has also played football in Brazil for a long, long time. I had the privilege to play with and against some great names and I'm an avid student of the game. I do not consider myself the "one who's always right" but I'll never be afraid to give my opinion. I have interviewed many players, covered different leagues and aspects of football, written for different websites. It's an honor to be now here writing and discussing football with the Soccerlens Team. So as I usually say, no matter what you call this game Football, Soccer, Fútbol, Futebol, Calcio, Fußball, Футбол, Voetbal, サッカー This is the beautiful game and I'll be talking about it!
Brazil fails to schedule a friendly
Brazilian boss Mano Menezes called up his second group of players this Friday morning in Rio de Janeiro. More new names such as youngster Phillipe Coutinho, who’s gets his first opportunity as a senior player, and Hulk, the Porto striker who had only one opportunity with Dunga. Goalkeeper Gomes from Tottenham Hotspur comes back to…
Neymar is bringing the spectacle back for Brazil. It’s show time!
In 1953 Garrincha was a 19 year-old man who signed for Rio’s top club of Botafogo FR. In his first training session Garrincha put the ball between the legs of experience national team defender Nilton Santos. Mané Garrincha soon became the most loved and the most hated player in Brazil. Botafogo supporters and fans of…
Mano Menezes is Brazil’s New Manager – “Project 2014″ Begins!
As many of you might already know Mano Menezes is Brazil’s new manager. Menezes may not be an internationally known coach such as Luis Felipe Scolari or Carlos Alberto Parreira or even Wanderley Luxemburgo. He was actually not even CBF’s first choice but one thing is for sure: He’s much more of a coach than…
Brazilian League: Bruno goes from champion goalkeeper to probable convict
Now that the 2010 FIFA World Cup is history (by the way congratulations to Spain for getting a spot among our select club of world champions) we can go back to our local leagues, transfer rumors and criminal athletes. I’m itching to start writing about the top leagues in South America here at Soccerlens but I…
Uruguay stands alone to represent South America
After an amazing group stage performance for the South American nations participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Chile Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina failed to deliver in the final stages of the competition. That left Uruguay as the last one standing in the race to lift the trophy. Chile’s defeat to Spain in the last…
2010 FIFA World Cup: South American Trios Lead Their Teams to the Quarter-finals
Kaká, Robinho and Luis Fabiano; Godín, Forlán and Suarez; Messi, Tevez and Higuain. I would walk into a dark room and randomly pick any of these players for my team on any given day. They are arguably the main reasons and hopes for their countries to succeed in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South…
South America dominating the 2010 FIFA World Cup
I’ve been saying for quite some time that the 2010 FIFA World Cup will end in South America. Football is one of the hardest sports to predict and I’ve been wrong so many times so don’t go around putting all your bets on what I say. However if we take in consideration the performances and…
Brazil scores twice and confirms superiority in Group G
Before we get to talk about Brazil’s debut against North Korea let’s have a quick review on what I saw these past few days from Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay in their first matches in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Let’s also not forget that there’s still another South American side to play their opening match….
World Cup 2010 Preview: The South American Edition
The 2010 FIFA World Cup is right around the corner and for those who like to base their predictions on tradition the title should be coming to South America. Europeans teams never won a World Cup played outside their continent and Brazil is the only South American team to win in European soil but that…
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