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So It Begins


Last night’s friendly in the Pacaembu gave Santos’ fans their first glimpse of the team’s new face in action. The visage was pleasing to look at. The new look starting XI jumped out to a 2x0 lead in a energetic first half before handing the baton off to the reserves. Two more goals were added in the much more pedestrian second phase to leave Grêmio Barueri recovering from a 4x0 battering. Bring on Saturday and the new season.

The lineup for the first half was:

Rafael Cabral, Rafael Galhardo, Neto, Durval, Guilherme Santos; Arouca, Renê Júnior, Cícero, Montillo; Neymar, André.

The new year has brought a return to the 4-4-2 diamond formation with Renê at the base, Montillo at the tip, and the sides being occupied by Arouca and Cícero.

Santos controlled the game as expected. Grêmio Barueri spent most of their time building a wall in front of goal to prevent what seemed to be inevitable. A number of good opportunities were created and wasted before Neymar’s penalty and Rafael Galhardo’s deflected shot gave Santos a 2x0 lead going into the half.

Renê Júnior was the standout performer before the break. He was equally adept at breaking up play and providing good passes to facilitate smooth attacking sequences. Sorry, Adriano. You have already been replaced.

Muricy made eleven changes at the break, and sent out the following players for the second forty-five.

Aranha; B. Peres, Jubal, Gustavo, P. Henrique; Adriano, Alan Santos, Patito, Miralles; Bill, Victor Andrade

The surprising inclusion were the Copinha centerbacks who have a last 16 game on Thursday to prepare for (not Friday as I said last time), and the soon to be departing Bruno Peres.

At this point, the players obviously weren’t too bothered and the game’s tempo fell off quite a bit. Grêmio decided to be a bit more positive but created little of note. The opposition wasn’t the best, but it was encouraging to see Jubal and Gustavo looking so composed at the back. Up front it was Patito and Bill who were most visible. Yes, that is Bill’s name in a sentence that implies competence. He scored an absolute cracker to add cream to the cake.

With about fifteen or so minutes to go the new wunderkind, Gabriel Barbosa, got his debut. I doubt he touched the ball. Doesn’t matter. I’m sure we’ll be seeing more of him in the upcoming weeks.

Without further ado, here are the highlights.

http://www.youtube.com/w…YohUO-nfnKE

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Så er der forstærkning til Vasco, den pruanske landsholdspiller Yoshimar Yotún, der skulle være tale om en låneaftale på et år.

Yoshimar Yotún es nuevo jugador del Vasco da Gama

El lateral izquierdo pasará exámenes médicos la próxima semana y se oficializará su contrato. ‘Yoshi’ llega al ‘Vascao’ a préstamo por un año.

Lima. En declaraciones para RPP, el presidente de Sporting Cristal confirmó que ‘Yoshi’ fue prestado por un año con opción a compra por el ‘Vascao’.

“Yotún fue prestado por un año con opción a compra por Vasco. El título del mejor lateral izquierdo de América fue fundamental para que el pase de Yotún se concrete. La próxima semana el jugador viajará para arreglar todo con su nuevo club”, indicó Felipe Cantuarias a RPP.

De esta forma, ‘Yoshi’ será el cuarto futbolista peruano que milite en el fútbol de Brasil, tras Paolo Guerrero (Corinthians), Luis Ramírez (Ponte Preta), Raúl Ruidíaz (Coritiba) y Junior Ponce (Deportivo Pelotas), aunque el equipo de este último no es de la Primera División.

Neymar plays down Bayern Munich speculation

Santos forward Neymar has once more dismissed speculation linking him with a move to Europe this year, following reports in Spanish newspaper AS suggesting he will join Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich this summer.

Neymar, 20, who was attending a ceremony for a planned Sports Complex in Praia Grande did not avoid media questions on the matter, but was quick to reject the speculation.

Paying tribute to the former Barcelona coach, Neymar once more politely reaffirmed his desire to remain at Santos for the time being.

"He [Guardiola] is a great coach—one of the best in the world. I would like to work with him, the same as with other great coaches," Neymar told reporters. "But, I will repeat my "record": I want to continue with Santos. I am happy here."

Heavily linked with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester City, Neymar has no shortage of willing European suitors. The young star, though, has a contract with Santos until June 2014 and has always insisted he will see out his deal with the club.

Santos, for their part, are still hopeful of retaining his services past the scheduled expiration of his current contract with the club and hope to begin talks with the player soon.

Venezuela - Uruguay 1-1 ...efter 30 minutter...

Josef Martínez har brændt straffe for Venezuela efter 15 minutter, og bragt El Vinotinto foran efter 20 - Diego Rolán har udlignet for Uruguay på Straffe.

Juan Pablo Añor har bragt Venezuela på 2-1 i San Juan....

2-2 Nicolas López - El Negro Aguirre med assist....

Slut i San Juan - Uruguay - Venezuela 2-2 ...Uruguay videre til sluspillet - Venezuela er ude....

Brasil


12 Matheus

3 Luan
15 Igor Juliao
4 Doria
6 Mansur

10 Felipe Anderson
5 Misael
20 Antonio Carlos
18 Lucas Cándido

13 Bruno
9 Ademilson


Perú

12 Angelo Campos

3 Marcos Ortiz
20 Edwin Gomez
5 Miguel Araujo
13 Renzo Chavez

8 Rafael Guarderas
14 Cristian Benavente
19 Wilder Cartagena

11 Andy Polo
17 Yordi Reina
18 Jean Deza

Så er vi klar til endnu en omgang Brasser bold! Grêmio kvalificede sig til Kvartfinalerne i Copinha!! Ungdommen ser lovende ud! IMMORTAL TRICOLOR

shit...der burde det have været 1-0 peru....