Entries Tagged as ‘Fluminense’

April 25, 2008

everybody to the party

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 [...]

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 [...]

December 28, 2007

Fluminense: strong for Libertadores

Back to the Copa Libertadores after 23-year gap, Fluminense has opened the money safe and started bringing some names to the Laranjeiras Stadium. Striker Washington left Urawa Reds, Dodô was released by Botafogo and now Leandro Amaral pissed the Vasco´s president Eurico Miranda off, and signed their city rivals. Now, Eurico says he is going [...]