The Patrick Vieira case – a few personal reflections

It was announced yesterday (Wednesday) that offensive midfielder/forward Patrick Vieira will spend the remainder of the year at Japanese second…

Palmeiras 4-0 Icasa

. Against Icasa and at home, coach Kleina initiated with Mendieta replacing Valdivia and Vilson on André Luiz. Good calls:…

Tonight, against Icasa (from Juazeiro do Norte, state of Ceará), expectations are high for the debut of 32-year-old Sebastián Eguren.…

. Friday’s game against Guaratinguetá sported Palmeiras in a classy, white jersey with Djalma Santos’ face stamped on it: a…

One of the greatest of Brazilian football has left us. Djalma Santos, who played for Palmeiras 1959-1968, started his rise…

. Palmeiras were once again put to the test last Saturday, this time against an opponent carrying some weight –…

Against ABC, coach Kleina repeated the formula from previous game, the starting line-up composed of Fernando Prass; Luis Felipe, André…

Palmeiras v2.0 came on last Saturday, still a few players short: Alan Kardek recovering form, Vilson idem, Eguren signed but…

It’s a fattened Palmeiras returning after the month-long Confederations Cup break. The already large squad – mostly due to the…