All five brazilian clubs made to the eightfinals of the 2008 Copa Libertadores. Cruzeiro had some bad luck, for the team will face the holders Boca Jrs from Argentina, while São Paulo shall have a difficult task against Nacional from Uruguay.
Santos will meet the colombians from Cúcuta once more, after two difficult battles during [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Flamengo’
April 25, 2008
everybody to the party
April 16, 2008
not coming back
Romário, the historic 42-year-old player, announced his retirement. One of the greatest strikers ever, his last game was in november 2007. During his 23-year career, he won the 1994 World Cup title, some “player of the year” awards and scored more than one thousand goals, by his own count. Rumours say he was waiting for [...]
April 8, 2008
Wuthering Heights
Despite all the protesting, Flamengo will have to play against Cienciano in the city of Cuzco, 3.400 meters above the sea level. The fans of the peruvian club, known as “burro” (donkey), are making fun of the brazilian club. During their arrival, a man dressed as a donkey taught Flamengo players that “height doesn´t kill”.
Donkey [...]
April 1, 2008
too high to play
Flamengo awaits an official statement from Conmebol to decide wheter or not the team will depart to Cuzco, a city with altitude above 3.300 meters (over 10 thousand feet), located in Peru. Flamengo would play against Cienciano for the group stage of the Copa Libertadores. Fifa already suggested Conmebol not to schedule matches in cities [...]
January 3, 2008
Flamengo signs midfielder Gavillán
Playing Libertadores for the second year in a row, Flamengo signed paraguayan midfielder Diego Gavillán, who played the 2007 Libertadores in Grêmio. The one-year contract allows the club to release the player in case of serious injury. Last week, the deal was almost cancelled because of a diagnosed bad knee. Now the club from Rio [...]
