The Seleção Brasileira de Futebol, Special Thread

[AL SHARPTON]

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Huyu hapa Mpendwa wetu.

Mpendwa yupi?

 

[Roger Sterling]

Names: Paulo Henrique Chagas de Lima(Ganso)
Date of Birth: October 12, 1989
Height: 6' 0"
Current Team: São Paulo FC
Position: Midfielder

Names: Gabriel Barbosa Almeida
Date of Birth: August 30, 1996
Height: 5' 9"
Current team: Santos FC
Position: Forward

Names: Rafael Alcântara do Nascimento
Date of Birth: February 12, 1993
Height: 5' 9"
Current Team: F.C Barcelona
Position: Midfielder

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[Roger Sterling]

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[Roger Sterling]

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[thesym]

hivi huyu ganso alipoteleaga wapi maana ye na neymar ndo walikuwa wanatarajiwa kuibeba brazil

 

[Roger Sterling]

hivi huyu ganso alipoteleaga wapi maana ye na neymar ndo walikuwa wanatarajiwa kuibeba brazil

majeruhi yalimpunguza kasi, never been consistent ever since. Ila umri bado unamruhusu kutoboa, yeye tu sasa.

 

[Roger Sterling]

Luiz Gustavo to miss the Copa America, will be out for 2 months with meniscus damage. Shaktar's Fred will replace him. Check him out in the previous posts.

Luiz Gustavo: "I have been carrying this
injury for 8 months but the doctors told me
it's impossible to postpone the operation
for longer."

 

[Roger Sterling]

The Selecao head coach has already been forced
to make two changes to his initial 23-man party,
with defender Marcelo replaced by Geferson,
and Neto coming in for back-up goalkeeper
Diego Alves.

Brazil open their campaign in Chile against Peru
on June 14, before other Group C fixtures
against Colombia and Venezuela

 

[Roger Sterling]

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  [*=center]Brazil have won the trophy 8 times

1919, 1922, 1949, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007

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[Roger Sterling]

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SUNDAY 14, June 2015
Brazil vs Peru

18:30

Group C - 6

Estadio Municipal Bicentenario Germán Becker, Temuco

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WEDNESDAY 17, June 2015
Brazil vs Colombia

21:00

Group C - 11

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago de Chile


SUNDAY21 June 2015
Brazil vs Venezuela

18:30

Group C - 18

Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago de Chile




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[Roger Sterling]

 

[Roger Sterling]

Expected line-up for tomorrow's friendly

 

[Roger Sterling]

Brazil's best - A look at the Seleção's eight Copa América triumphs​

Brazil are the third most-successful nation in the history of the Copa América having won the tournament on eight separate occasions. Their most recent triumph was in Venezuela in 2007, but things got off to a rocky start as they were defeated by Mexico in their opening group game.

Dunga took a Seleção squad without the likes of Kaká, Ronaldinho and Adriano to Venezuela, but Robinho stepped up to the plate, netting four times in the remaining two group games before scoring twice more in the 6-1 demolition of Chile in the quarter-finals.

Brazil's winning margin in the semi-finals was in no way as emphatic, though, as they let the lead slip twice and required penalties to edge past a formidable Uruguay side. Although Diego Forlán scored in regulation time, his missed spot-kick set the tone for the shoot-out which the Canarinho won 5-4.

The Seleçao came up against an Argentina side including Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Juan Román Riquelme and Javier Mascherano in the final but ran out comfortable 3-0 winners in Maracaibo with Júlio Baptista and Daniel Alves adding to an own goal from Roberto Ayala.

You have to go back almost a century for Brazil's first title, when, after third-placed finishes in Argentina in 1916 and Uruguay in 1917, the Canarinho were continental champions when they hosted the tournament in 1919.

Brazil lost out to la Albiceleste in the final of the 1921 edition but were triumphant once again a year later, when a 3-0 victory over Paraguay secured the trophy on home soil once more, despite only winning one of their group matches.

It was another 27 years - during which they finished as runners-up on four occasions - until the Canarinho got were crowned as kings of South America once more, with Jair's nine goals leading them to glory; the benefit of a home advantage once again working in the Samba nation's favour in 1949.

More than 100,000 spectators flocked to Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã in 1989 to witness Brazil defeat an Argentina side including Diego Maradona 2-0 in their first game of the final round, with Bebeto and Romário on target en route to the title.

It had been 50 years since the country's last continental triumph, and another four defeats at the final hurdle, but the Seleção's fourth turn as hosts ended in celebration in 1989. Six goals from Bebeto inspired the team to the trophy with draws against Peru and Colombia the only blemishes on their record.

In 1997 Brazil won the tournament on foreign soil for the first time. They cruised through the group stages, finding the back of the net 10 times in three games, and Ronaldo doubled his tally for the tournament with two goals in the quarter-final victory over Paraguay.

Although Mexico's Luis Hernández was the 1997 edition's top scorer, Ronaldo was selected as the best player. He may not have found the net in the 7-0 demolition of Peru in the semi-finals, but the striker was back on target in the showpiece event as the Seleção downed hosts Bolivia 3-1.

Brazil travelled to Paraguay in 1999 as reigning champions and took a huge step towards defending their title by coming from behind to beat Argentina in the quarter-finals. Goals from Ronaldo and Rivaldo overturned Juan Pablo Sorín's opener for la Albiceleste.

Rivaldo was on target again in the semi-finals and netted twice more as the Canarinho overcame Uruguay in the final, with Ronaldo adding one more to secure a 3-0 victory that also ensured the pair ended as the joint highest-scoring players.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo was the coach behind the star-studded Seleção side and he was quick to pay tribute to the tournament's best player: Rivaldo.

Following a shock exit to Honduras in the quarter-finals of Copa América 2001, Brazil got their campaign in Peru three years later under way with an unconvincing 1-0 win over Chile. Their next victory proved far more resounding as Adriano put Costa Rica to the sword with a hat-trick in a 4-1 result.

Adriano was on target in the semi-final with Uruguay too, but it was Alex who proved the hero as he scored the winning spot-kick as their encounter with la Celeste went all the way to penalties.

The final proved just as dramatic, with the Canarinho forced to come from behind twice and Adriano's equaliser in the third minute of added time took the final to penalties after a 2-2 draw. La Albiceleste missed their opening two spot-kicks and there was no way back for them as the Seleção maintained a 100 per cent record for a 4-2 shoot-out win.

It was the third time that Brazil had be crowned champions in four editions of the Copa América, a feat which helped reassert them as one of South America's most prestigious footballing nations.


Brazil's best - A look at the Seleção's eight Copa América triumphs - Copa America 2015

 

[Roger Sterling]

OFFICIAL STARTING XI vs Mexico
Jefferson; Danilo, David Luiz,
Miranda, Filipe Luís; Fernandinho, Elias,
Fred, Willian, Coutinho; Diego Tardelli.

 

[Roger Sterling]

This is Seleção's 1st game in Brazil
since the World Cup.

 

[Roger Sterling]

2 corners within 4 minutes, both fruitless.

 

[Roger Sterling]

Coutinho. 1-0.

 

[Roger Sterling]

29 minutes gone.

 

[Roger Sterling]

Fred has been good so far

 

[Roger Sterling]

Tardeli makes it 2. Elias with the assist.