Tuesday, July 18, 2006

12th ROUND OF BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Hi, folks!

How are you? I missed you, but I decided to wait a little longer to post here because of the 12th round of Brazilian Championship (do you remember about it? hahaha). So, here we go.

FIRST HALF
Well, you might ask me how I am feeling after a World Cup and keep watching soccer matches.
Honestly it is still very funny because here in Brazil we are very disappointed about the brazilian team on World Cup, so we prefer to support our teams we cheer for since we were children.

15/07 Botafogo 4 x 1 Ponte Preta
Ponte Preta is falling down, but Botafogo is now showing what it really is. Just wait. It will fall down together.

15/07 São Paulo 2 x 1 Figueirense
And Sao Paulo now is the leader. Nice result, but most part of its supporters think the players are acting like brazilian players on World Cup: they are not focused as much as they needed to be. Well, wednesday Sao Paulo will face Estudiantes form Argentina. Let's see how focused they are.

16/07 Palmeiras 1 x 0 Corinthians
HAHAHAHAHHAHA And now, Corinthians was overtaken by Palmeiras and it is now on one of the last positions. The crisis approaches!!!!!!!!!!!!
Palmeiras, on the other hand, seems to leave the red zone. It is the first time on the championship it won 2 games in-a-row.

16/07 Cruzeiro 0 x 0 Goiás
Goiás surprised me. After a terrible loss, it was able to draw with Cruzeiro, until then the leader of the championship... Nice result to Goiás. And to Sao Paulo too.

16/07 São Caetano 2 x 0 Santos
This was an unfair result. The referee mistook two times (two penalty shoots for Sao Caetano). But Santos did not deserve to win.

16/07 Grêmio 4 x 4 Fluminense
Wow, great game!!! Let me tell you about the evolution of the score:
Gremio scored 2-0. Then Fluminense scored 2-4. And on the last minute, Gremio was able to draw 4-4.

16/07 Fortaleza 1 x 4 Santa Cruz
Two terrible teams but Santa Cruz is now near Corinthians on the classification table. I wish it
overcomes Corinthians! hahaha

16/07 Paraná 2 x 1 Atlético Paranaense
And the traditional match involving two teams from same state. And, surprise, the richest did not win.

16/07 Juventude 2 x 0 Internacional
Internacional has the excuse of not playing at its home. And Juventude belongs to Rio Grande do Sul state, in which every game is difficult.

16/07 Flamengo 0 x 1 Vasco
Vasco even playing with its reserve players was able to beat Flamengo. And Flamengo's team is a real shame for its supporters, as much as it has been for 10 years.

CLASSIFICATION TABLE
POINTS WINS WITHDRAWS LOSSES
1st Sao Paulo 26 8 2 2
2nd Cruzeiro 25 7 4 1
3rd Internacional 24 7 3 2
4th Fluminense 23 7 2 3
5th Parana 21 6 3 3
6th Santos 18 5 3 4
7th Figueirense 18 5 3 4
8th Goias 18 5 3 4
9th Juventude 17 5 2 5
10th Gremio 16 4 4 4
11th Vasco 16 4 4 4
12th Sao Caetano 15 4 3 5
13th Atletico Paranaense 14 4 2 6
14th Flamengo 14 4 2 6
15th Ponte Preta 14 4 2 6
16th Botafogo 14 3 5 4
17th Fortaleza 11 2 5 5
18th Palmeiras 10 3 1 8
19th Corinthians 9 3 0 9
20th Santa Cruz 9 2 3 7

SECOND HALF

A tourist watching the expelled lava by Etna, the biggest active vulcan in Europe, in Italy.


The space bus Discovery arrives with no problems on Kennedy Space Center after 13 days on mission.


Sao Paulo Fashion Week, which ends tomorrow.

I don't want to talk about the earthquake or the typhoon in China. We must start the week with good news!!!!!

OVERTIME

Reona: Thank you!!! I really thank you!!!! The places you often go look very beautiful, very pleasant!!!!!