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O BLOG DO ALEX
Alex Bellos is the author or Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life. He lives in London but travels to Brazil a fair bit, and will be following the Seleção as closely as possible as they go for the Hexa.
BRAZIL UNCOVERED BLOG
Doug Banks and Dan Osborne went on a pilgrimage to Brazil to re-ignite our faith in football and rediscover just what made us passionate about the game in the first place.
Read the book and thought it was great. One little thing though - are you not a bit unfair to the Hungarians in your description of the Battle of Berne? All the articles I can find on the matter seem to suggest that the Brazlians were the main perpetrators of the violence. Also Ferenc Puskas was apparently assaulted with a bottle rather than the other way round (Continues)
Here at Ofutebol towers we've been putting our energies into looking good for the world cup. Allan Sieber, possibly the coolest cartoonist in Brazil, has designed as an excellent T-shirt. Check it out (and is your Portuguese good enough to get the joke?)
Read summaries on the 2005, 04 & 03 seasons, and a statistical history of the competition.
FEATURED ARTICLE RECOGNITION AT LAST FOR ZE ROBERTO
February 1994 and a skinny kid named Jose Roberto da Silva Junior makes his professional bow for Portuguesa in the Campeonato Paulista ...
CLUBS AND CLUB COMPETITIONS
We have compiled the most extensive resource for Brazilian club information on the web, detailing clubs’ records and honours, player achievements and current squads.
CLUB LEGENDS
Learn about Atlético Mineiro's most famous players in our legends section
Club Competitions: Libertadores, Copa and State fixtures listed Press Releases: Ronaldo launchs his latest boot, MERCURIAL VAPOR III Doug Banks: tells us about the reopening of the Maracana Readers Stories: Canadian Joe Raso has played pro futebol in Brazil. Read his story here Fans Write About Their Teams: I support Fluminense: By Fernando Salazar Foreign Legion: Thanks to StSulpice for tracking down every Brazilian player in France Brazilian Football Show Sport Club: Follow Europe’s only pure Brazilian side eBay: View the latest Brazilian football items for sale on eBay See Futebol: Luiz Fantozzi plans the perfect match day in Rio