Cassiano Gobbet
Brazilian sports journalist covering international football for the last 13 years.
Title decider? No: league format wins headlines in Brazil
One round left and Fluminense kept the leadership under its arms to play the title decider against relegated Guarani at home on Sunday. However, discussion raging in Brazil nowadays is not over the qualities of the league. The intense debate in the country is over an old obsession: the format of the tournament.
Welcome to Rio, land of football…and civil war
What is in the news today, may surprise some, but hardly anyone who hasn’t been in Rio de Janeiro. Well, maybe if you came to Rio with French League director Redha Chibani, who said he feels perfectly safe in the city. Clashes between police and drug cartels are going on for five days now, with…
How Good Is The Brazilian Championship?
Brazilian Championship or “Brasileirão”, as it is better known, approaches its end after the 36th round with league leaders Fluminense carrying a meagre 60% overall performance so far. Can it be identified as a sign of balance or a proof that the league itself is far poorer technically than it could be?
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