Entries Tagged as ‘Corinthians’

April 1, 2008

purple rain

Corinthians is painting everything purple, for that´s the “color of passion”. Although some fans reacted and sprayed “Black + White = Tradition” in the club´s purple wall, the new purple shirt is selling like water. Last weekend, over 3.000 of those were sold in the club´s store.

Deep in Purple: Corinthians guys look happy.

January 31, 2008

Corinthians and the purple shirt

Currently dwelling to escape from the second division of the national league, Corinthians released a controversial homage to their loyal fans. Their third uniform now consists of a purple shirt, a very different palette considering their classic colors (black and white). Luís Paulo Rosenberg, the vice-president of marketing of the Timão, claims that the color [...]

January 28, 2008

São Paulo X Corinthians: another 0-0 classic

After the draw without goals between Santos and Palmeiras last week, another classic for the SP state league ended up scoreless. It was a good game, but São Paulo left it complaining about an annulated goal from striker Adriano, after a head-to-head dispute with Corinthians’ defender William.

Adriano X William: the referee blowed his whistle for [...]

January 24, 2008

Corinthians beats Paulista

After a 3-1 defeat against São Caetano, in which the uruguayan Acosta scored an own goal, Corinthians beat Paulista de Jundiaí for the third round of the state championship. The second goal of the 2-0 victory was a beautiful trick play from Acosta.

Acosta is now 1-1 with himself.

December 26, 2007

Corinthians: hiring to get out of hell

Relegated to the second level, Corinthians started hiring like crazy. The first one was the former defender Antônio Carlos as a football manager, wich doesn´t make much sense. Then, the coach Mano Menezes, after a three-year period in Gremio. The list to comfort the second largest fan-base in the coutry continued when the uruguayan striker [...]