Unable to watch the game in its integrity, my comments will be limited to a few, short observations: Valdivia, again, played well and seems at ease. His interview earlier this week also points in that direction. Maikon Leite is a game changer when he comes on. If only his speed could be matched by ability, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wtorre’
Palmeiras 1-1 Portuguesa
Posted in Administration, Advertisement, S. Paulo Championship, tagged daniel carvalho, fiat, flamengo, jac motors, new arena, pitch size, ricardo bueno, vagner love, wtorre on January 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sonar pings #24
Posted in Administration, Players, tagged aeg, marcos, new arena, palmeiras b, primeiro tempo, tirone, wtorre on October 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today Anything Palmeiras brings you some older news mixed up with the latest buzz. It’ll be short and sweet. AEG today published a press release on their partnership with WTorre/BlueBox: check it out on their official website. As you will notice, Palmeiras aren’t mentioned at all (at best: WTorre and its stakeholders). My educated guess [...]
We have a winner!
Posted in Administration, Opinion, tagged aeg, new arena, revenues, tirone, wtorre on October 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
This morning, at the construction site of the New Arena, WTorre announced the much awaited partnership with world-leading American sports and entertainment promoter AEG (more info here). The partnership not only raises the outlook for great revenues for Palmeiras, but also constitutes a major blow to rivals São Paulo and Corinthians as the New [...]
Match of the year
Posted in Administration, tagged aeg, kleber, new arena, scolari, wtorre on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In a few hours, Palmeiras receive América-MG at the Canindé Stadium. Believe it or not, but the game taking place before an expected 5.000 head strong [sic] crowd against the worst team of the Championship could be labelled “match of the year” for Palmeiras. The collective meltdown at the Verdão is obvious. Kleber might not [...]
Tirone: sign the damn thing!
Posted in Administration, tagged new arena, tirone, wtorre on May 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »
After several weeks of uncertainty, Palmeiras president Arnaldo Tirone might today (Tuesday) finally sign the document that formally gives WTorre green light to continue construction of the New Arena. Although the imbroglio has been touched upon briefly before at Anything Palmeiras, you’ve deliberately been spared the details in the ongoing negotiations, and this for two [...]

