The 2025 Copa Libertadores Final crowned Flamengo as four-time continental champions after defeating Palmeiras 1–0 at the Estadio Monumental in Lima, a match that encapsulated the current challenges of South American football: strategy, spatial control and defensive pragmatism. Both teams, two footballing and economic powerhouses of the continent, arrived with...
A Copa night, in every sense of the word, opened the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores. The Maracanã witnessed the first leg of the semifinal between Filipe Luís’s Flamengo and Gustavo Costas’s Racing Club, two teams with very different paradigms and playing approaches, further contrasted by the context and the...
AS Roma are a club historically marked by legendary Brazilian right-backs such as Cafu and Maicon. Now, I Giallorossi have signed potentially another one in Wesley França. The deal reinforces Gian Piero Gasperini’s squad with a quality right-back capable of upgrading the team’s balance, solidity and threat on that flank....
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup group stage served as a captivating tactical analysis case study, particularly through the performances of Brazilian clubs Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo, and Palmeiras. This report provides a detailed Club World Cup data analysis examining how these teams navigated difficult groups and delivered some of the...
Who Is Filipe Luís? After finishing his playing career a year and a half ago, former Deportivo La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, and Chelsea defender Filipe Luís began a new journey in coaching with the youth teams of Flamengo, his final club. Luís quickly made an impression on the sidelines with...
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is poised to usher in a bold new era for global football. For the first time, the tournament has expanded to feature 32 clubs, so fans are no longer just witnessing a showdown between European giants and South American powerhouses. Instead, this revamped format...
After the sacking of the Argentinian coach Jorge Sampaoli, the historical Brazilian side CR Flamengo hired their fourth 2023 manager, Adenor Bachi, most known as Tite. The 62-year-old Brazilian led Brazil's national team for seven straight years, and although he failed to conduct them to the long-awaited sixth World Cup:...
In his third adventure in Brazil, Argentinian Jorge Luis Sampaoli was appointed as head coach of one of the biggest clubs in South America: CR Flamengo. They had a rough start to the season under the Portuguese manager Vítor Pereira, and due to his experience in South American football, Sampaoli...
Brazil, year by year, continues to be one of the hottest countries to sign wonderkids, and this is not a new tradition; it has been a recurring trend throughout the history of football, as almost all of them bring ball control, distribution ability, bravery, and dribbling technique to any team....
For the second time in four years, Flamengo have conquered the glorious Copa Libertadores. In one of the club’s most successful eras, the Rubro-Negro have once again confirmed their dominance by winning the continental title just a week and a half after lifting the Copa do Brasil trophy. Flamengo’s start...
In May 2019, Jorge Jesus was appointed as the new manager of Flamengo. In a brief stint, the Portuguese created one of the most legendary teams in Brazilian football history. In a little over a year, Jorge Jesus had won five titles and lost four matches. For the first time...
Following a disappointing season under both Rogério Ceni and Renato Gaúcho, Flamengo have turned to Portuguese manager Paulo Sousa. Since Jorge Jesus’s victorious spell in 2019/20, when he won five titles in 14 months, Flamengo has not settled on a manager. With high expectations and high pressure, Paulo Sousa hopes...
Apart from Haaland, Borussia Dortmund have another of the hottest commodities in world football at the moment: Jude Bellingham. The 18-year-old midfielder has been phenomenal for Dortmund and is already attracting interest from Chelsea, Man United and Liverpool among others. These clubs are rumoured to be willing to pay fees...
Brazil is one of the most popular countries when it comes to football. Any fan has either seen or heard of legends of the game like Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, or Neymar—all talents produced in South America's largest country. Although Brazil prides itself on consistently producing such prodigies, it’s not due...
