Oct 102013
 
Brazil Shape up Ahead of South Korea & Zambia Friendlies

Luiz Felipe Scolari’s Brazil face South Korea at midday this Saturday (UK time), with plenty of players in the side looking to make an impression as the 2014 World Cup gets ever closer. The game will take place at the Seoul World Cup Stadium – one of the stadiums used during the 2002 World Cup which was won by Scolari’s Brazil, although they didn’t play there. Brazil will face a South Korean side who have already […]

Jun 152013
 
Confederations Cup Preview - The Brazil Question(s)

Brazil dribbles and shimmies its way tentatively into the 2013 Confederations Cup, with many great questions waiting to be answered. As a nation which churns out footballers for export with an efficiency and regularity only matched by their coffee production, its players cover every corner of the globe, which makes choosing a squad for the Seleção a mammoth task which no manager will ever get 100% right. The choice of personnel is only a minor […]

Mar 302013
 
Selecao Update - It’s Not Like Watching Brazil

At least not at the moment anyway. Luis Felipe Scolari is now three games into his second stint as the manager of the Selecao, but he’s yet to convince the legion of Brazil fans around the world that he’s the man to take them to World Cup Glory on home soil in 2014. A disappointing defeat against England at Wembley was followed by a more exciting, but no more satisfactory draw against Italy in Geneva, […]