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  • Lionel Messi Needs to Both Help and Then Beat Neymar

    Lionel Messi Needs to Both Help and Then Beat Neymar

    It’s hard to imagine Lionel Messi being any better, doing any more, on the pitch than he already has over the last few seasons. Yet in 2013-2014, he’ll face two very different tests, with both Barcelona and Argentina, and both of them have to do with Neymar, in one way or the other.

  • The New Brazil Kit for the 2014 World Cup

    The New Brazil Kit for the 2014 World Cup

    There’s no way Brazil will be holding a World Cup for the first time in more than 60 years and not have a new kit design in honor of the occasion.

  • Roger Federer – What if he was Brazilian

    Roger Federer – What if he was Brazilian

    Alas, Roger Federer was born in the boring (at least when it comes with international perception) nation of Switzerland. The Swiss don’t have the certain “sexy” appeal other nations have, like, well, a lot, and certainly not like Brazil, where a Gillette commercial takes us into an alternate universe, in which the greatest tennis player in the world takes a different direction.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Neymar Will Stay With Santos

    Despite the obvious interest from pretty much every big club in Europe and especially and most recently Barcelona, with their vice president talking about the likelihood of Barca making a move towards Neymar, the Brazilian star, according to Santos president Luis Alvaro de Oliveira Ribeiro, isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

  • Transfer Rumors 2012 – Neymar will be Barcelona’s Next Big Signing

    It’s no secret that Neymar will eventually land in Europe and play for one of the big clubs? In a relatively quiet summer regarding Brazil’s biggest name over the last couple of years, it looks like Barcelona are the team to look at in regards to who will make the first move towards the 20 year old striker.

  • Pele Keeps His Own Legend Alive

    At 71, Pele is still walking around telling everyone how great he was, how he’s the greatest footballer ever, and how there will never be another him. One of a kind.

  • I Hate the Copa America

    With Brazil and Argentina deservedly getting the axe during the 2011 Copa America Quarter Finals, I must confess that this is the worst tournament I’ve seen since Italy 1990.

  • Getting Ready For Sunday – Remembering the FIFA World Cup Finals

    Four days away from the end of the 19th FIFA World Cup and, we take a stroll through history lane and check out the previous World Cup Final matches from 1930 to 2006.

  • Netherlands – Brazil, Afterthoughts

    After both teams have been criticized during the tournament for playing dull and un-imaginative football, far from the traditions both nations’ sides have shown in the past, Dunga’s “European” style didn’t work against a Netherlands team that have won every match during this tournament but have been far from impressive during those four wins.

  • 2010 World Cup Diary – Day 18

    The Netherlands and Brazil cruised through the quarter finals, beating Slovakia and Chile, setting up for another classic quarter final in this World Cup with Argentina-Germany also to look forward to.