Your Guide to Brasileirão 2016
by Jack Lang
at Thursday, May 12 2016 11:15
It seems like only yesterday that we were ushering the 2015 Brasileirão into the sweet hereafter, yet here we are, plunging headlong towards the watering hole once more. The tears in my eyes? Nothing but condensation. We go again.Talking logisticsPub quiz question: what is the opposite of joy...
Team Focus: Corinthians Enjoy Derby to Remember After Sealing Sixth Title
by Jack Lang
at Wednesday, Nov 25 2015 11:20
As victory laps go, this will take some beating - a comprehensive derby win against your most bitter, most ideological rivals. Two goals in the space of three first-half minutes, then another before the interval. A laughable, playground-kick-about fourth that left opposition defenders slumped inside...
Player focus: Three Forwards Striking for Redemption in the Chaos of the Brasileirão
by Jack Lang
at Tuesday, Sep 29 2015 14:50
Player Focus: Pato Beginning to Shine for São Paulo After Change of Position
by Jack Lang
at Thursday, Jul 16 2015 12:45
Like so many other ill-fated schemes, it began with Silvio Berlusconi.Alexandre Pato had begun his Milan career in stunning style, scoring 24 Serie A goals in goals in his first two seasons and cementing his reputation as one of the best prospects in the game. World domination - both at club level a...
Team Focus: Grêmio Improving Fast Under Roger Machado
by Jack Lang
at Thursday, Jul 9 2015 12:10
Team Focus: Win Over Corinthians Brings Santos Some Respite After Shaky Start to Season
by Jack Lang
at Thursday, Jun 25 2015 17:50
Last Saturday was, by and large, a pretty special day for Santos.That was partly down to the fixture list: the Peixe welcomed Corinthians to the Vila Belmiro. This is one of the standout games of the year for Santos fans, for whom this rivalry is keenly felt. There's always a spark to the San-S&atil...
League Focus: Three Teams Thriving in the Early Madness of the Brasileirão Season
by Jack Lang
at Thursday, Jun 11 2015 11:30
The Brazilian season is but six games old and already there is a feeling of familiarity to the proceedings. Not because the table is beginning to take shape in any predictable way - of which more in just a moment - but rather because of an all-too-familiar malaise in the divisions dugouts.It started...
Team focus: Luxemburgo the Fall Guy as the Old World & New Austerity Collide at Flamengo
by Jack Lang
at Thursday, May 28 2015 12:30
Vanderlei Luxemburgo is not a man who tends to mince his words. One of Brazilian football's truculent old guard, he has built a fine - if increasingly nomadic - career on a willingness to ruffle feathers. For example, a sample quote, delivered to an underperforming player in training: You're a s***....
League Focus: Brasileirão 2015 Season Preview
by Jack Lang
at Friday, May 8 2015 10:41
League Focus: Brasileirão 2014 Season Preview
by Jack Lang
at Wednesday, Apr 16 2014 15:24