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  • Andre Trindade – The Modern-Day Defensive Midfielder

    Remember Felipe Melo? The robust defensive midfielder who was pretty much a walking yellow/red card and was your creative midfielder’s worst nightmare because of a potentially career-ending crunch tackle? Yes, that Felipe Melo, cut from the same cloth as Nigel de Jong, Mark van Bommel, and others, who’s currently plying his trade at Fluminense at…

    May 25, 2023
  • Brasileirão Week 7: Ecstasy at Engenhão, Flamengo Find Form and Suárez the Showman

    The Brazilian top flight’s seventh gameweek boasted some seismic fixtures this week, and the world’s most competitive league did not disappoint. Clashes at both ends of the table as well as the 413th edition of one of Brazil’s most famed rivalries created a stage for the league’s big players to step up, with coaches’ futures…

    May 25, 2023
  • Brasileirão Week 5/6: Troubled Timão, Botafogo Finally Beaten and Athletico’s Crazy Clássico Comeback

    We enjoyed 20 matches across two rounds of ultra-competitive football this week in Série A, as the top of the table tightened up amidst last-minute shake-ups and breathtaking wonder goals whilst pre-season title hopefuls remarkably fell into the relegation zone – it’s all covered in this week’s bumper Brasileirão round-up.    It has been quite…

    May 15, 2023
  • Brasileirão Week 4: Flu Frustrated, Botafogo Still Unblemished and Yet Another Setback for Sampaoli

    It wasn’t just the standout fixtures that caught the eye in Brazil this weekend as the goals flew in across the country once again. The most beautifully unpredictable top league in the world was indeed still at its erratic best – but we didn’t quite get a repeat of last week’s six red cards, despite…

    May 9, 2023
  • Brasileirão Week 3: Flawless Fogão, Formidable Fortaleza and Six Sending-Offs

    A weekend which promised to be fiery did not fail to meet expectations in Brazil, where rivals met in Rio and São Paulo as we were treated to no less than 32 goals across all the action. After a busy midweek of cup action, the clubs’ packed schedules continued as Zago took Coritiba into Serie…

    May 3, 2023
  • Brasileirão Week 2: Fluminense Flying, Surprise at Serrinha and Maurício Magic

    Just two matchdays into the new campaign, Fernando Diniz’s men alongside Botafogo are the only two sides with a perfect league record in the most competitive top-flight in the world. There were also no less than three managers making their dugout debuts with their new clubs as Brazilian football got busy again, on and off…

    April 25, 2023
  • Brasileirão Week 1: Endrick’s Explosive Entrance, Sampaoli Watches From the Stands and Vasco’s Shock Victory

    The Brasileirão is back, and eight months of uniquely enthralling football are finally underway. With some of the most reputable players in the world having been brought to Brazil in the transfer window and the division’s four newly promoted sides each being among the nation’s most recognisable, there is a sense that the 2023 Serie…

    April 17, 2023

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