Brazilian Football

Kevster

Hey,

I've just noticed that there's a new channel on Sky (number 465 I think) called SportsXchange and it appears that they have rights to show live football from Brazil. Tonight (Saturday), they have Fluminense Vs Internacional and, tomorrow, they have Sao Paulo Vs Vasco da Gama.

I don't know about tonight's game but I'll definately be watching the SP game.

Anyone know if Romario is still playing for Fluminense though?

Kevin.

Fuzzy_Dunlop

sportsexchange you say?:p

OT, that sounds pretty good. Never really gotten the chance to watch much brazilian league football

Kevster

You gonna start watching it? ... ...Do you even have the channel? Go check!

~Marky~

Going to watch the games tonight have been watching a few of them recently Romario retired a few months ago.
Oh the channel is on NTL as well channel 417

~Rebel~

just took a look, have it \o/

its 456 btw

eZe^

Its channel 456, and yes it is Serie A crazy!!!!

Fuzzy_Dunlop

Kevster wrote: »

You gonna start watching it? ... ...Do you even have the channel? Go check!

Doubt i have it actually cos i get my sky through other means than the directly from sky, so to speak. And dont know how to update new channels

Kevster

Lol, and tonight's game is at the Maracana. I was there many years ago to see Fluminense play against Paysandu. The attendance was just a few thousand then, but the atmosphere was better than any Irish international I've ever been too!

eZe^

Kevster wrote: »

but the atmosphere was better than any Irish international I've ever been too!

So was my 6th birthday party... :pac:

hughes2558

You dont have to be subscribed to the sports mix either.. nice one

mike65

Sócrates what a player, a streak of piss with a great touch. Corinthians are in Serie B these days. Garforth Town are in Northern Premier League Division One North :pac:

Mike.

Kevster

Are Corinthians really in Serie B? What the hell happened to them?

mike65

I know, its like Manchester United being in the second division, oh hang-on!

Mike

Kevster

...careful now - you'll get a lot of prawn sandwiches thrown at you!

~Marky~

They got relegated last year when they came 17th

Big Ears

~Marky~ wrote: »

They got relegated last year when they came 17th

Always seems to be the case with sides that finish very low in the table

Eirebear

Kevster wrote: »

Lol, and tonight's game is at the Maracana. I was there many years ago to see Fluminense play against Paysandu. The attendance was just a few thousand then, but the atmosphere was better than any Irish international I've ever been too!

I went to see Botafogo Vs Sao Cetano a couple of years back.
I'd say there were about 20,000 there and the atmosphere was electric.

The "language of football" was clearly revealed to me that day when this hardened looking Botafogo fan sat beside me and started ranting on at me about the performance, now my portugese extends as far os ordering 2 Caprinha's and saying thankyou, yet i managed to spend 5 minutes giving the referee pelters with this man. It was hilarious.

gixerfixer

Who won the Brazilian league last year?

Eirebear

Team Pts G W D L GF GA GD
1 São Paulo 77 38 23 8 7 55 19 36
2 Santos 62 38 19 5 14 57 47 10
3 Flamengo 61 38 17 10 11 55 49 6
4 Fluminense 61 38 16 13 9 57 39 18
5 Cruzeiro 60 38 18 6 14 73 59 15
6 Grêmio 58 38 17 7 14 44 43 1
7 Palmeiras 58 38 16 10 12 48 47 1
8 Atlético-MG 55 38 15 10 13 63 51 12
9 Botafogo 55 38 14 13 11 62 58 4
10 Vasco 54 38 15 9 14 58 47 11
11 Internacional 54 38 15 9 14 49 44 5
12 Atlético-PR 54 38 14 12 12 51 50 1
13 Figueirense 53 38 14 11 13 57 56 1
14 Sport 51 38 14 9 15 54 55 -1
15 Náutico 49 38 14 7 17 66 63 3
16 Goiás 45 38 13 6 19 49 62 -13
17 Corinthians 44 38 10 14 14 40 50 -10
18 Paraná 41 38 12 7 20 42 64 -22
19 Juventude 41 38 11 8 19 43 65 -22
20 América-RN 17 38 4 5 29 24 80 -56

According to Wikipedia, Sao Paulo became the first team to win tSerie A 5 times.

eZe^

Hernanes for Sao Paolo is so fooking good. Next Kaka..

Kevster

The Morumbi looks empty... ...but just listen to that atmosphere! Oh cool, SP just scored. Neat volley.

mike65

Had thought about lumping on Sao Paulo earlier today, went out came back and forgot until the game was already started, as I have got stung twice with in-game bets I decided to hold fire. Sao Paulo are 4 up

Mike.