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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…
Chelsea to snap up Benfica midfielder Ramires in £20m swoop?
According to ESPN Soccernet, highly-rated Benfica midfielder Ramires has snubbed Manchester City and other suitors and will sign for Chelsea next week in a £20m deal. As per their sources, the 23-year-old is already headed to Stamford Bridge, and the finishing i’s and t’s are expected to be dotted and crossed in the next few…
Samba No More!
One overwhelming question has stuck with me since the completion of the World Cup. Is it possible to do it “samba style” anymore? Not since ’86, when Maradona dazzled the crowd, have we witnessed a team win the World Cup by playing free-flowing, attacking football. Even Brazil, who invented “samba style”, have not been there…
The Nominees For The FIFA ‘Golden Shinpads’ Award
With a conspicuous absence of any defensively-minded players on FIFA’s Golden Ball award shortlist, you could be forgiven for thinking that there weren’t any outstanding back-line performers at this summer’s World Cup – but one quick delve into glorious retrospect reveals this not to be the case. In a tournament which came to be defined…
World Cup Brazil 2014 Logo Launched (Video)
Brazil has launched its logo for the 2014 World Cup finals and the Brazilian president Luiz Inacio da Silva has stressed that his country has a ‘tremendous responsibility’ to match the show put on by Africa. “The success of our African brothers represents a tremendous challenge to the Brazilian people.” “We are learning from them…
Has European Flair Triumphed Over South American Pragmatism?
Ah! There’s that word again. ‘Pragmatism’. It surely is the most overused term at this summer’s World Cup and probably for a good reason. Whereas as beforehand I’d only ever heard it used in a footballing context by the more ‘scholarly’ amongst the punditry circle, this summer the word has found it’s way into the…
World Cup News: Fidel Castro Doesn’t Fancy Holland Much!
Welcome once more to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Today’s ‘Who Asked You?’ award goes to former Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro, who wins hands-down for his oddly selective summary of the Netherlands victory over Brazil (see below). For example, where many saw Felipe Melo petulantly stamping all over Arjen Robben‘s upper thigh,…
World Cup News: Julio Cesar Receives A Heroes’ Welcome, Felipe Melo Doesn’t!
Good morrow and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Four games left people. Four…games…left. Here’s your round-up of all this morning’s World Cup-related news… (If you would like to subscribe to this column – and others like it on Soccerlens – then please feel free to follow this link, or you can…
Dunga: “I consider myself the first person to blame for this elimination.”
Brazil manager, Carlos Dunga, who played for many years in the Italian Serie A, responded directly after the elimination by the Netherlands to the Milan sports daily, La Gazzetta dello Sport. Former Selecao star, Ronaldo, weighed in with heavy criticism on Dunga and Felipe Melo. Romario, Dunga’s teammate on the 1994 Brazilian team, also provided…
World Cup News: Paris Hilton Arrested As The Netherlands March On!
Goedemorgen and welcome to the daily World Cup column on Soccerlens. Now forgive me if this sounds a little bit over-dramatic, but I think that yesterday may have been the greatest day’s-worth of football I have ever witnessed. In my life. Ever. Goals, red cards, tense drama, technique, passion, misery, extra-time, penalties, heartache, jubilation, awful…
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