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Sunday, 30 November 2008

Nery header ensures Colorado defeat La Raposa

Internacional completed their final home Brasileirão fixture of the season in winning fashion as the Colorado second team defeated Libertadores chasing Cruzeiro thanks to a first half header from Gustavo Nery.

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INTERNACIONAL 1-0 CRUZIERO
Gustavo Nery 14

Line up: Lauro, Bustos (Ricardo Lopes), Danny Morais, Orozco, Ramon, Maycon, Guiñazu, Gustavo Nery, Rosinei (Paulinho), Taison, Daniel Carvalho (Walter)

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Felipe Z, said...: Great Taison!! This guy will be a wonderfull player. Have a big future to follow!; 01 December 2008 02:55

Fixtures: Campeonato Brasileiro 2009

* denotes Copa do Brasil
** denotes Recopa

06/05 Inter 3-0 Nautico*
10/05 Corinthians 0-1 Inter
13/05 Flamengo 0-0 Inter*
17/05 Inter 2-0 Palmeiras
20/05 Inter 2-1 Flamengo*
23/05 Goiás 0-1 Inter
27/05 Inter 3-1 Coritiba*
31/05 Inter 2-1 Avaí
03/06 Coritiba 1-0 Inter*
07/06 Cruzeiro 1-1 Inter
14/06 Inter 0-0 Vitória
17/06 Corinthians 2-0 Inter*
21/06 Flamengo 4-0 Inter
25/06 Inter 0-1 LDU Quito**
28/06 Inter 3-0 Coritiba
01/07 Inter 2-2 Corinthians*
05/07 Náutico 0-2 Inter
09/07 LDU Quito 3-0 Inter**
12/07 Atlético-PR v Inter
15/07 Inter v Fluminense
19/07 Grêmio v Inter
22/07 Inter v São Paulo
25/07 Botafogo v Inter
29/07 Inter v Barueri
01/08 Santos v Inter
06/08 Inter v Atlético-MG
09/08 Inter v Sport
15/08 Santo André v Inter
19/08 Inter v Corinthians
23/08 Palmeiras v Inter
30/08 Inter v Goiás
05/09 Avaí v Inter
13/09 Inter v Cruzeiro
20/09 Vitória v Inter
27/09 Inter v Flamengo
04/10 Coritiba v Inter
07/10 Inter v Náutico
10/10 Inter v Atlético-PR
18/10 Fluminense v Inter
25/10 Inter v Grêmio
28/10 São Paulo v Inter
01/11 Inter v Botafogo
08/11 Barueri v Inter
15/11 Inter v Santos
22/11 Atlético-MG v Inter
29/11 Sport v Inter
06/11 Inter v Santo André

A-Z of Inter / Inter de A a Z

Continuing with the A-Z of Inter, we end the year reaching a key letter. The letter ‘F’ represents many of the club’s most historic and celebrated figures.

In the second part written by Flávio Bonfiglio, we look at the one and only Falcão.

Born in Abelardo Luz, in Santa Catarina state on November, 16th, 1953. Paulo Roberto Falcão, after turning two years, moved down to Rio Grande do Sul and spent all his childhood in Canoas (one of the cities that composes the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre). His father, Bento, encouraged Falcão’s football career at an early stage, making sure the footballs were occasional gifts for the kid. Falcão began playing as a goalkeeper, but after a ball hit him in his eye, he decided he would play outfield.

Playing considerably better than most children of the same age during school time, Pedro, his elder brother, took the slim boy to the “Factory of Aces” to see whether Falcão could cut it at Inter.

He could and became one of the club’s crafted aces. His eventual success as a footballer was no surprise for those who had had the opportunity to watch him playing. Summoned to play for the Seleção “juniors” at that time he was already impressing with his football, and after the negotiation of Carbone, Falcão signed his first professional contract when he was only 19, in 1973.

Inter supporters found that it was easy to identify the star to come. With a remarkable sense of positioning, Falcão helped his side defensively by helping cover spaces, not to mention his astonishing technique with the ball in possession where he would provide the forwards with lethal short passes and long balls. His golden curly hair became iconic. When Falcão was with the ball, he would stride through the field with his head up, developing a very classy way of playing as a defensive midfielder at that time (some say Falcão was the prototype of the modern defensive midfielder, going against the trend of the classic ‘volante’ who knew a lot about man-marking but little about passing). He was such a good player with the ball once he entered a very important game against Botafogo with an injury on his right foot (his good foot), therefore he spent all the time touching the ball with his left foot and he even managed to be chosen as the ‘man of the match’!

With all these tools, Falcão played a key role in Internacional from 1973 to 1980, scoring 78 goals, some of them of rare beauty and crucial to Inter campaigns, like the one against Atlético-MG, on the semifinal match of the 1976 Campeonato Brasileiro, when he and Escurinho entered the penalty area exchanging passes using their just thier heads, scoring one of the most beautiful goals in the competition’s history.

At Inter he won the state championship in 1973, and again consecutively from ‘76 to ‘78. He also was part of the Inter side which won three Brazilian champion (‘75, ‘76 and ‘79). In 1980, Falcao left Inter for a very high fee to join A.S Roma where he became an idol in the Italian capital, leading Roma towards the ‘scudetto’ in 1983, their first major title since the 1940’s. He also won the Copa Italia in ’81 and ’84 and became known by Roma supporters as “The 8th King of Rome” or just “The King”.

For the Seleção, he played in the 1982 and 1986 World Cup’s, being part of the galactic midfield composed of Toninho Cerezo, Sócrates, Zico and himself in 1982, a side which is often remarked as the greatest ever team not to win a World Cup.

In 1985, he returned to Brazil with São Paulo F.C, to treat a serious knee injury, incidentally the club had the most advanced medical technology available at the time which was one of the reasons why Falcão didn’t return to Internacional. In 1986, Facoa retired from football and later coached Brazil national team, América (Mexico) and even Internacional during early 90’s. Nowadays he is a sports commentator for Rede Globo and he has a daily column in Zero Hora newspaper.

Falcão has always been a very intelligent and well-articulated person, skills which made it easy for him to be a appreciated and highly respected football commentator. On the other hand, his coldness and lack of emotion towards all things Inter has raised a debate amongst supporters. Usually younger supporters don’t consider him an idol at all (with Fernandão being a modern day comparison, always showing his love and gratitude for the club at every opportunity). Older supporters hold Falcão at the highest esteem and debate may continue for the decades to come, but both sides eventually end up recognizing him as the greatest football player ever to wear our loved red shirt.

Sources: Goool Magazine - special edition for the 100th year (with adaptations of the translator) and Flávio Bonfiglio.

Beginners Guide to Inter! / Guia do Inter para iniciantes!

Since forming in 1909, Internacional are one of most respected clubs in Brazil with a rich history and a proud repuatation of producing talented players. The club has a historic and fierce rivalry with neighbours Gremio. The derby between Inter and Gremio is regarded as one of the most passionate in Brazilian football and is widely known as GreNal.

The club play the Estádio Beira-Rio (56,000) in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul which is often shortened to just RS. People from RS are commonly known as Gaúcho's and this is reference which is oftened referred to when discussing the club and it's supporters. The club and it's supporters are nicknamed Colorado (translates literally as The Red) or the club is also known as O Clube do Povo (The Peoples Club).

In the Brazilian calender (see below) the club competes in two main competitions each year- the regional state championship, Campeonato Gaúcho and also Brazil's top division- Campeonato Brasileiro.

Inter have won a record 38 state championships and have also won the Brasileiro on three occassions (1975,76 and 79) as well as winning the Copa do Brasil (Brazilian Cup) in 1992.

To the delight of the red half of Porto Alegre, Inter have recently had somewhat of a golden era. In 2006 Inter won their first Copa Libertadores title (equivilant to Champions League). This was followed later that year by arguebly the clubs greatest achievement, the 2006 Fifa World Club Cup. Inter travelled to Japan where they beat Barcelona 1-0. The club then lifted the Recopa (South American Super Cup) in 2007. In 2008 the club celebrated success again, this time in the Dubai Cup- an invitational only tournament for current or former champions of national and international competitions. Inter were victorious after defeating VfB Stuttgart and then Inter Milan in the final. It would only be a matter of time before the Colorado achieved another international title as later this year, Inter became the first Brazilian club to win the Copa Sudamericana. Without losing a single game in the competition, Inter saw off the likes of Gremio, Boca Juniors, and Chivas before defeating Estudiantes over two legs in the final. 2009 is again set to become another historic year for the club as Inter mark their centenary.

Feel free to ask me any questions, welcome to Inter UK!
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The Brazilian football calender / O Calendário Brasileiro

The Brazilian football calender is unique to most other countries. Running from Jan-Dec the Brazilian football season has two main competitions.

The season begins with the State Championships, due to sheer size of Brazil these competitions have a rich history where the clubs fiercely compete for local pride. The standard of these competitions vary greatly as does the format of each competition. There is often a mismatch in standard during matches as a top clubs will often need to play a third division or non league side. Despite this the championships are of great significance to the Brazilian people.

The Paulista (Sao Paulo) and Carioca (Rio de Janierio) state championships are well followed and considered to be strongest. The Campeonato Gaúcho in which Inter competes is considered to be one of the more important state compeitions but it is dominated by Inter and Gremio (73 titles between them!) who are by far the biggest clubs competing. Juventude and Caxias are probably the next two strongest clubs but they both have only won a single title each.

Once state competitions finish the Campeonato Brasileiro (national league) begins and run from May until Decemeber. There are three divisions (Serie A, B and C) with promotion and relegation from each. The format is more recognisable with 20 clubs playing each other twice to decide the champion with the bottom 4 clubs being relegated. The top 4 clubs qualify for the all important Copa Libetadores (equivilant of Champions League) whilst 5th-12th qualify for the Copa Sudamericana (similar to UEFA Cup).

In addition to all of this, there is also a knockout cup competition - Copa do Brasil which runs from Jan - June with it's winners gaining a place in the Copa Libertadores.

As always, feel free to ask any questions!

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10,160 Km (6,313 miles) from the home of Sport Club Internacional, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre is the small country of Wales. Despite the enormous distance, the Gaúcho passion which has made Inter such a great club has caught the imagination of Colorado living in the UK.

I have created this blog to try and share my love of Inter in the English language. I hope this blog is not purely for Brazilian English speaking Inter fans but will also attract non-Brazilians to the beautiful Brazilian game.

Welcome, Bem-Vindo!

Sunday, 30 November 2008

Nery header ensures Colorado defeat La Raposa

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