Any game between River Plate and Boca Juniors is always full of emotion.
Buenos Aires is bracing itself twice over for the events of Tuesday. First, heavy rain is forecast. Second, there could already be enough thunder and lightning supplied by the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinal between River Plate and Boca Juniors — a half anticipated, half dreaded meeting of historic rivals.
Last year, of course, they met in the two-legged final. The whole saga proved too big, too dramatic, too intense for the city, and after fan violence outside River’s stadium the…
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The FIFA FIFPro Men’s World XI, announced at Monday night’s The Best awards, was whittled down from a shortlist of over 50 — which included only one player based in South America. And the name of Dani Alves did not figure because of anything he has done since recently joining Sao Paulo. It was a consequence of his deeds in the last European season with Paris Saint-Germain and — probably at least as important — his outstanding displays for the Brazil team in the Copa America, where he was chosen…
Luiz Felipe Scolari, 70, has been fired by Brazilian side Palmerias.
Luiz Felipe Scolari, the coach who led Brazil to the 2002 World Cup title, has been fired by Brazilian club Palmeiras.
The Sao Paulo team issued a statement Monday announcing the sacking of Scolari, whose squad was eliminated last week from the Copa Libertadores tournament. No replacement was named.
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It was Scolari’s third term at Palmeiras, which he led to the Brazilian championship last year. They won the Libertadores in 1999.
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In the early hours of Thursday a violent storm broke over Buenos Aires — mere prelude, perhaps, to the matchup in the semifinal of the Copa Libertadores that has been both desired and dreaded.
Historic rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate will meet over two legs in October for the right to play in this year’s final. Last year, of course, it all proved too much and, following fan violence outside River’s stadium, the decisive second leg was controversially switched to Madrid. The rumblings have yet…
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On Sunday River Plate meet Boca Juniors in Argentina, while Flamengo face Palmeiras in Brazil.
These are huge league games involving giant clubs who are fighting for the domestic title. And by strange coincidence, they may also serve as rehearsals for the semifinals of the Copa Libertadores, South America’s Champions League.
The last four of the competition will be defined over the next three days and, on the evidence of last week’s quarterfinal first legs, the most likely scenario in the next round…
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Dani Alves says that he has joined Sao Paulo so that he can keep in shape for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, when he will be 39 years old.
More than 40,000 Brazilian fans showed up on Tuesday night to see the former Barcelona, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain defender join his boyhood club.
The captain of Brazil’s title-winning Copa America team signed a contract that runs to December 2022. He left PSG on a free transfer after his contract expired in July.
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AC Milan will be excluded from the Europa League for the 2019-20 season, the Court of Arbitration (CAS) has ruled.
The Rossoneri finished the previous campaign in fifth place, missing out on a Champions League finish to their city neighbours Inter by one point.
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But despite qualifying for the Europa League, they will not play in the competition next season after being found guilty of failing to adhere to UEFA’s financial fair play (FFP) regulations.
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ESPN Brazil reporter Debora Gares joins Get Up to provide the latest from Flamengo’s training center where a fire killed 10 teens.
A fire on Friday left 10 people dead and three people injured at Flamengo’s training centre in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian police have charged Flamengo’s former president with manslaughter for a fire that killed 10 teenage players in February.
An investigators’ report obtained by The Associated Press shows Eduardo Bandeira de Mello and seven others were charged over the fire at the club’s training facility.
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Mello did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. The Rio de Janeiro-based team said it didn’t know of the charges.
The report signed by investigator Marcio…
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There are few more explosive issues in Brazil than the thorny question of how many genuinely big clubs the country can count on. It is a subject where once the touch paper has been lit, it is advisable to retreat to a safe distance.
A leading local analyst of football finance was in the eye of the storm last week for arguing that, in truth, just four of Brazil’s clubs are currently worthy of the title — Flamengo of Rio plus the trio of Sao Paulo and their local rivals Palmeiras and Corinthians.
To…