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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Flamengo, Botafogo 2-2 in Campeonato Carioca’s Final
By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – After the Taça Rio conquest on April 19th, Flamengo proceeded to Campeonato Carioca’s final stage, as did Botafogo when they conquered Taça Guanabara on March 3rd. Campeonato Carioca is the Rio de Janeiro state’s main soccer championship, and its final stage is divided in two matches [...]
Semi-Finals of Taça Rio
By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – Campeonato Carioca is nearing it’s end for the year. The second leg of the state championship, Taça Rio, is now at the Semi-Finals stage, and on last weekend, the four big Carioca teams dueled to see who was getting to the final. Botafogo played Vasco da [...]
6th Round of Taça Rio
By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – The eight games of the 6th round of Taça Rio were played this Saturday (March 29th). Four matches started simultaneously at 4PM: Duque de Caxias against Bangu (the former won 3-1 against the latter), Boavista against Madureira (another 3-1 victory for the former), Mesquita against Tigres [...]
Flamengo Victories Alieve Worries
By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – After a great effort, the Flamengo directors managed, against all odds, to get the players’ delayed salaries to their bank accounts just before the important match against Vasco da Gama, Flamengo’s greatest rival, on last Sunday, March 22. This, and the fact that the last time [...]