Archive for August, 2009

Palmeiras hold São Paulo as Goiás crash in Porto Alegre

Muricy Ramalho’s return to the estádio Morumbi may have ended in 0-0, but the Palmeiras coach would have been more than pleased …

Continue Reading Add comment August 30, 2009

Tottenham Hotspur target, Sandro Ranieri, gets Brazil call up

The Brazilian Football Confederation, the CBF, has just announced that Internacional’s 20-year-old midfielder, Sandro Ranieri, has been brought in to replace the injured Josué …

Continue Reading 11 comments August 27, 2009

Tottenham close in on Internacional’s Sandro Ranieri

Spurs are holding talks with Internacional over their defensive midfielder Sandro Ranieri …

Continue Reading 14 comments August 24, 2009

Palmeiras march on against Internacional as Atlético Paranaense stop São Paulo

Palmeiras remained top after a 2-1 win over title rivals Internacional in the Palestra Itália …

Continue Reading 3 comments August 24, 2009

Brazil squad vs Argentina and Chile September 2009 – Flamengo’s Adriano and Liverpool’s Lucas get recall – Tottenham’s Gomes is out

Dunga has called up 22 players for the World Cup qualifying clashes against Argentina in Rosario on September 5th and Chile in Salvador four days later …

Continue Reading 17 comments August 20, 2009

Title challengers close in on Palmeiras

With the season at the halfway stage, just four points separate the top four teams in the Brasileiro …

Continue Reading Add comment August 17, 2009

Estonia 0-1 Brazil August 2009 see the highlights

Brazil made hard work of a testy match against Estonia in Tallinn …

Continue Reading 5 comments August 12, 2009

Brazil x Estonia probable starting line-up August 2009

Brazil take on Estonia this afternoon in the A Le Coq stadium in Tallinn …

Continue Reading Add comment August 12, 2009

Have the champions really returned? São Paulo move up to 4th

“O campeão voltou” or ‘the champions are back” was the cry coming from the 28,000 or so who were in the estádio Morumbi to see São Paulo beat an in-form Goiás 3-1 …

Continue Reading Add comment August 9, 2009

Dunga calls up Filipe Luís for Estonia game

Deportivo La Coruña leftback, Filipe Luís, has been drafted in to replace Real Madrid’s Marcelo for the friendly international against Estonia …

Continue Reading 3 comments August 7, 2009

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A São Paulo based Marmite eating, brown sauce guzzling, Jonny foreigner and his take on Brazilian football

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My name is Jon Cotterill. I am a football commentator for TV Globo in São Paulo, Brazil. Currently we're broadcasting two live Campeonato Brasileiro or Campeonato Paulista games per week plus our magazine show, Footbrazil. Pitacodogringo means something like 'the gringo's opinion'. + Eu trabalho como narrador na TV Globo em São Paulo, Brasil. Atualmente, nos transmitimos dois jogos ao vivo do Campeonato Brasileiro ou Campeonato Paulista por semana e nosso programa de futebol semanal, Footbrazil.

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