All posts tagged "Brazil national team"

  • Brazil suffer embarrassing Copa Centenario exit after Peru handball goal

    Brazil thought it couldn’t get any worse for their national side after the humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany in the 2014 World Cup on home soil. Two years later, however, and they have moved from one disastrous...

    • Posted June 12, 2016
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  • The story behind Roberto Carlos’ immortal free-kick

    “Who is the best free-kick taker in the world?” Roberto Carlos didn’t miss a beat: “David Beckham.” Speaking in an interview with UEFA during his time at Fenerbahce in Turkey, Carlos answered without a moment’s thought. Then...

    • Posted January 7, 2016
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  • One year on: Fred’s plight with Brazil

    There has only ever been one man to play in a World Cup final at the Maracana and watch another.  Alcides Ghiggia, who sadly passed away over the summer, scored the winning goal in Uruguay’s famous Maracanaço...

    • Posted December 3, 2015
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  • Ballon d’Or nomination the latest accolade for Neymar’s growing maturity

    There’s a word, ginga, that was formed on the streets of Rio di Janeiro, in the Brazilian favelas. It was spawned as a derogatory term (more on its fascinating etymology here), but evolved into a widespread slang...

    • Posted November 30, 2015
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  • WC MOTD: Brazil 0-3 Netherlands

    Coming into Brazil’s final match of World Cup 2014, the tournament that they have played host to, hopes were high. It was their seventh match of the tournament, and while it wasn’t the seventh match that they...

    • Posted July 12, 2014
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  • WC MOTD – Brazil 1-7 Germany

    #451869464 / gettyimages.com World Cup semifinals are reliably among the hardest fought, tightest World Cup matches. To be knocked out at the semifinal stage is one of the most painful of tournament losses: you are so close,...

    • Posted July 8, 2014
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  • Semifinal MOTD Preview: Brazil V Germany

    Not since Brazil last win the World Cup have they been this close to glory. In 2006, they found themselves knocked out at the Quarterfinal stage, and in 2010, the Netherlands knocked them out at the last...

    • Posted July 8, 2014
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  • MOTD: Brazil 2-1 Colombia

    Brazil are through to the World Cup Semifinals, but almost as many cornering issueswill be taken away from the Quarterfinal meeting as positive things for Brazil. They scraped away with the win over Colombia, but will have...

    • Posted July 4, 2014
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  • Brazil V Colombia – LIVE Blog

    • Posted July 4, 2014
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  • WC MOTD Preview: Brazil V Colombia

    At every World Cup, there are some nations who are handed a straight shot through to the latter rounds of the tournament. Some teams who have luck on their side. Argentina, for instance, are one of those...

    • Posted July 4, 2014
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