Women’s World Cup : Fútbolita’s Postcard From Brazil’s Rosana!
Brazil’s ‘Mulher of the moment‘ is undoubtedly Rosana, who scored the winning goal against Australia in Brazil’s opening game of the Women’s World Cup last week. The midfielder – who plays for Centro Olimpico in Sao Paulo – told Futbolita …
Seleção Bootcamp, Rosana’s Strike & More!
The Copa America officially kicks off today, and like Neymar’s hair, everyone will be staying up to watch the best in South American football as they fight for the trophy. Of course, it’s normal for the Seleção to be …
Candid Moments From The Selecao Bootcamp!
Welcome to Seleção Bootcamp… a Fútbolita tradition! To make up for lost time (desculpe, desculpe), here’s a series of candid shots featuring Mano’s manos getting ready for the Copa America which officially kicks off on Friday. First up, we …
Seleção Bootcamp feat. Robinho’s Swag!
TGIF, amigos!! Unfortunately, this doesn’t apply to the Selecao who are training hard to face the Dutch tomorrow (vai, vai vai!!) Under the watchful eye of Mano Menezes, the squad was divided into two groups (wearing red and grey vests) …
Seleção Bootcamp : The Arrival!
So the selecao promptly arrived at the Castro Park Hotel last night where they’ll be bunking till this Saturday before flying off to Sao Paulo. They didn’t do much except have dinner and possibly fight over the right to …
Dani, The Misunderstood Blaugrana
Dani Alves (seen here when we were in Barcelona!) recently gave an interview to FIFA where he spoke about playing for Brazil – and this weekend’s crucial game against Man United. Here are a few quotes worth reproducing from this …
The Return Of The Sassy Seleção?
Here we go again! Mano Menezes has finally unveiled his 28-man Sassy Seleção for friendly matches against Netherlands and Romania on the 4th and 7th of June (Thank God they left good ol’ Felipe Melo out this time!) You know …
Monday’s Menino!
You’re looking at Brasil’s menino of the moment… Neymar! Well, of course he could’ve easily been Sunday Senor as well but you can’t have everything. After his brace in yesterday’s 2-0 victory over Scotland, he was ‘whisked away’ to do …
Noticias : Seleção’s TV Rights Issue, Leandro Damiao & Competition!
Here’s a photo of US President Barack Obama playing football with children from a favela in Rio de Janiero during an official visit to Brasil two days ago. He also gave a national speech on TV hailing the Brazilian economy …
Noticias : Neymar’s Quadruple, Puyol & That Infamous Dona Pic!
Of course, Tuesday’s biggest honour goes to Neymar aka The Future of ‘O Jogo do Brasil’ who is holding up very well at the u-20 Championships. He scored all four goals in their 4-2 victory over Paraguay last night. Meu …
The Seleção’s French ‘Affaire’…
Brasil has decided to play France in one of those unnecessary friendlies when we’re in Spain (como muito conveniente!) next month. And while we can cover the match, we still have other futbol matters to take care of. Sadly, you …
Neymar’s “Man of the Year” Photoshoot!
To make up for our really pathetic posting schedule as of late (yes, it has been really crazy on our side), here’s Neymar and his porcupine / Mohawk hairstyle posing in the latest edition of VIP magazine. Best of all, …
Seleção Bootcamp : Neymar’s Tambourines & Tea Cups
So we’re hours away from the Brazil-Argentina ‘friendly’ in Doha, Qatar… but this doesn’t mean we can’t squeeze in one last day’s worth of Seleção Bootcamp activities! Neymar has finally realized there’s no point standing in front of the mirror and …
Seleção To Face Argentina…With The Dinho!
Desculpe for the slow update on this one, but The Dinho has finally been called up to play against Argentina in a friendly later this month – one day after my birthday (cough) – on November 17! And Manooooo says …
Noticias : Laporta Was Obsessed With Piqué, Mano’s Dinho Issues & The Ballon d’Or ShortList!
That’s probably the look Gerard Pique is giving to Joan Laporta’s display photo right now – one which screams “Cómo te atreves?!” (How dare you?) According to Marca (who may be slightly biased in this, who knows?) new evidence has …
Seleção Bootcamp : MatchDay!
So we’re onto Match Day today, and we’re pretty sure you already know Brazil defeated Andriy Shevchenko‘s nation (Ukraine) 2-0! As the Brazilian press would say, the “veterans” did it again with goals from Pato (doing the …
Seleção Bootcamp : Preparing for Ukraine!
So it’s a few hours to the Ukraine-Brazil friendly scheduled to be played out at Pride Park Stadium! The plethora of pink boots/shoelaces in that photo above is definitely a sign that you chicas need to watch the game …
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