WILL "LA U" WIN COPA SULAMERICANA 2011?

All is ready for tomorrow night´s first final in Quito, Ecuador. The home team L.D.U will play host to Universidad de Chile, the team that left out Flamengo (5-0 on aggregate) and Vasco da Gama (3-1 on aggregate). The question is will "La U" finally win an international title, after 84 years?
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All set for semifinals of “Copa Bridgestone Sudamericana”

In spite of drawing the first match in Rio de Janeiro at 1-1, it was a confident group of Vasco da Gama players that traveled today to Santiago, Chile, to face local champions Universidad de Chile on Wednesday night. The kick-off is at 8:50 pm local time and the refereeing trio will be formed by Dario Ubriaco, with the assistance of linesmen Mauricio Espinosa and Miguel Nevas, (all from Uruguay). The Vasco da Gama squad will go onto the pitch at full strength, with stars such as Brazilian international Dede, (regarded the best defender in the local league) and Bernardo, one of the most promising young strikers in the country. Also accompanying the group is veteran Juninho Pernambucano, who was at Olympique Lyon for many years, and returned this year to Vasco da Gama, the team that made him famous. However, odds favour Universidad de Chile, currently unbeaten in the past 29 matches, both at Copa Sudamericana and national league, where it is first in the table with a ten point margin. Fans of “La U”(as the club is nicknamed) consider this match as one of the most important in history, since never before has the team shown such impressive form, after having been frustrated several times at international level. You may see the goals from the first match courtesy of Globoesporte at the following link:
http://sportv.globo.com/videos/copa-sul-americana/t/ultimos/v/vasco-empata-com-o-universidad-de-chile-na-semifinal-da-copa-sul-america/1707023/
The other semifinal will be played tonight in Buenos Aires between Velez Sarsfield and L.D.U of Ecuador (that won the first match by 2-0.)

FLAMENGO WINS FLA-FLU: 3-2

Yesterday at the Engenhão Stadium, Flamengo beat its main rivals, Fluminense by 3-2. Now Flamengo has a good chance of becoming champions, at present it is in 4th place of the points table. Its next match is on Wednesday night against Palmeiras. Vasco da Gama lost 3-0 to Internacional in Porto Alegre. Botafogo drew 2-2 with Bahia.

FLU BEATS CORINTHIANS ! UP TO 5TH PLACE

FLUMINENSE IS IMPROVING ....BEAT THE LEADER CORINTHIANS BY 1-0 AT ENGENHAO STADIUM;......FRED SCORED WITH A LUCKY FREE KICK (SEE HERE).

VASCO DA GAMA DREW 1-1 WITH FIGUEIRENSE,,,,,,,BOTAFOGO WENT DOWN 5-0 TO CORITIBA AND FLAMENGO ALSO LOST 1-2 (AGAINST AT.PARANA) ..FLA IS IN A CRISIS...LUXEMBURGO MAY GO !

Vasco da Gama wins! Great goal by Juninho Pernambucano!

VASCO DA GAMA WINS...SEE JUNINHO´S GREAT FREE KICK GOAL...NOW VASCO IS IN THIRD PLACE OF THE BRASILERAO...FLAMENGO LOST 2-1 TO CORINTHIANS....GOES DOWN TO 5TH PLACE ......BOTAFOGO IS IN 4TH PLACE...FLUMINENSE IN 6TH PLACE......TEAMS FROM RIO ARE DOING WELL................

EDMUNDO RELEASED......

In the end, Edmundo was detained for only 18 hours, was released on a habeas corpus .Now he is a sports presenter at Band TV. It seems he will be cleared of the case. Ronaldinho Gaucho is not doing too well, the fans are not too happy with him, too much partying.

EDMUNDO ARRESTED !!

UPDATE !!!!!........YESTERDAY I REPORTED THAT THE RIO DE JANEIRO STATE POLICE WAS SEARCHING FOR EDMUNDO, THE FAMOUS FOOTBALL PLAYER. THEY LOOKED FOR HIM IN FIVE ADDRESSES IN RIO, BUT COULDNT FIND HIM. WHY? BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE CITY OF SAO PAULO, ANOTHER STATE. THEY FOUND HIM LAST NIGHT IN AN APART HOTEL IN A POSH AREA KNOWN AS ITAIM BIBI. EDMUNDO KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED, SO WHY DIDNT HE GIVE HIMSELF IN? THE RJ POLICE SPENT A LOT OT TIME AND MONEY...THIS WAS BAD EDMUNDO, YOU WERE A VERY GOOD PLAYER, NOW THE JUDGE WILL BE ANGRY AT YOU FOR AVOIDING ARREST, GIVE YOU HARD TIME. MAYBE HE WILL GO TO JAIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

VASCO DA GAMA WINS 2011 COPA DO BRASIL!

RJ TEAM QUALIFIES FOR 2012 COPA LIBERTADORES

Vasco put on a great peformance last night in Coritiba against the local team and won the Copa Brasil for the first time its history. Since Vasco had won the first match against Coritiba F.C by 1-0, all it needed was a 0-0 draw to be champions. Vasco started off very well by scoring the first goal in the 12th minute, but the home team fought back and the first half ended 2-1 to Coritiba, that needed to win by a 2 goal margin. After 15 minutes 0f the second half, Elder Luis scored with a long range shot for Vasco and the fans went crazy, sensing the victory to be near. Coritiba scored yet again, but it was too late, the match ended and Vasco is the new champion of the Copa Brasil. Valeu, Vasco !

FLAMENGO WINS FIRST MATCH IN BRASILERAO

The 40th edition of the world´s most difficult football championship began on Saturday, May 21. The 2009 champion, Flamengo of Rio got off to a great start with a 4-0 win over Avai. Ronaldinho Gaucho scored two goals and showed to be in very good form.That same day, another of RJ´s most famous clubs, Vasco da Gama, played its first match in Fortaleza against Ceará and also won by 3-1. On Sunday, May 22, the other teams from Rio did not do so well. Botafogo lost to Palmeiras by 1-0 and Fluminense (the 2010 champions) lost at home to São Paulo F.C by 2-0. Anyway there are still 37 more matches to be played so the teams that lost have plenty of time to recover. Until now many local football experts have stated that two of the favorites to win this year´s Brasileirão are Flamengo and Santos. Flamengo won this year´s Rio de Janeiro State Championships and is coached by the experienced Wanderley Luxemburgo.