Fluminense Beats Botafogo 2-1 in Taça Rio
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Last weekend saw Taça Rio reaching round three, and the first classic match in the competition: Fluminense versus Botafogo. The two traditional rivals met on Sunday at the Maracanã Stadium, in a showdown that is known in Rio as “o Clássico Vovô” (“the Grandfather Classic”), since Botafogo [...]
Taça Rio Kicks Off in Style
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – One week after Botafogo’s 2-0 victory over Vasco da Gama in the final of the Taça Guanabara, the Campeonato Carioca continued at the weekend with the opening round of the Taça Rio, the second leg of the state championship. As expected, the ‘big four’ of Rio [...]
Botafogo Wins Taça Guanabara
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Botafogo beat Vasco da Gama 2-0 to win the Taça Guanabara on Sunday evening, the first leg of the Campeonato Carioca, Rio de Janeiro State’s hotly contested annual soccer championship. The match took place in front of a packed Maracanã Stadium, with an attendance of almost [...]
Vasco in Taça Guanabara Final
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Vasco da Gama fans had one extra reason to celebrate Carnival: their team defeated Fluminense in the Taça Guanabara semifinal and advanced to the next stage of the competition.
The match happened on Saturday night at the Maracanã Stadium, and even though Fluminense was superior the whole [...]
Big Four Reach State Semis
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Round seven of the Taça Guanabara (Guanabara Cup) came to an end without any big surprises at the weekend; Rio’s big four Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama all advanced to the state competition’s semifinals.
On Sunday, Flamengo consolidated itself at the top of Group A [...]
Flamengo Upsets Fluminense 5-3
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Eight more Campeonato Carioca matches happened this weekend, completing the fifth round of Taça Guanabara. The round saw this year’s first FlaFlu, a classic match-up between rivals Flamengo and Fluminense.
The FlaFlu happened on Sunday night at a crowded Maracanã Stadium and gave justice to the legend that [...]
Vasco Crushes Botafogo 6-0
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – This weekend saw the third round of the Campeonato Carioca and the first “clássico” of this year’s competition when Vasco played Botafogo on Sunday. Both teams went into the match with high expectations due to new signings and good results in the previous two rounds.
Playing at home [...]
Campeonato Carioca’s First Round
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Botafogo, Flamengo, Fluminense and Vasco da Gama, the four biggest soccer teams in Rio, were all victorious in the first round of the Campeonato Carioca, the Rio de Janeiro state soccer championship, last weekend.
Vasco was the first of the ‘top four’ to play, facing Tigres, a team [...]
2010 State Championship Kicks Off
By Jayme Monsanto, Senior Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – Campeonato Carioca, the Rio de Janeiro state’s soccer championship, will have its 110th edition beginning on next Saturday, January 16th.
Sixteen teams are involved in the competition, split up in two groups: Flamengo, Fluminense, Bangu, Boavista, Americano, Duque de Caxias, Volta Redonda and Olaria are on Group [...]
Flamengo Claims Record 31st Cup Win
By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO – After a match of high drama Flamengo once again won the Carioca Cup on Sunday, surpassing Fluminense’s 30 wins to become the undisputed state champions .
The team defeated Botafogo in an exciting duel that saw four goals, a missed penalty, the retirement of an important player [...]
