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03-03-2025
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📽 With Neymar's Goal and 'Scare', Santos Advances to Paulistão Semifinals
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. Santos defeated RB Bragantino 2-0 on Sunday (2), at Vila Belmiro, in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Paulistão. The Peixe opened the scoring early in the game when Neymar (8') took a tight free-kick from the left side of the penalty area, with a deflection on the way that left goalkeeper Cleiton with no chance of defense. O GOL DE FALTA DO PRÍNCIPE NEYMAR! ⚽️ — Santos FC (@SantosFC) March 3, 2025 + 👑 Neymar scores another goal, does a little dance, and the web rejoices: 'Brazil celebrates' However, overall, the first half was not dominated by either team. Both attacks created chances, but their own players made many errors in finishing. After the break, defender Pedro Henrique (6') headed the ball against the post, scaring the Santos fans at Vila Belmiro. However, shortly after, Neymar took a tight corner, goalkeeper Cleiton tried to punch it away, but the ball landed at Guilherme's feet, who ended up assisting João Schmidt (10'), who turned on the marking in the area and extended the lead. Comemora, nação santista! É o Peixão ampliando o placar! ⚽️ — Santos FC (@SantosFC) March 3, 2025 After forcing Cleiton to make another save, Neymar (30') held his left hamstring, stayed on the field, and was substituted by Gabriel Veron. The "scare" stirred fans on social media. Eu pensei... Você pensou... 👀O Neymar recebeu uma massagem após deixar o campo mancando. Que não seja nada grave! 🙏 #Paulistão2025 — TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR) March 3, 2025 Neymar saiu sentindo um pouco, mas graças a Deus saiu andandoAparentemente nada demais — Noite de Copa (@Noitedecopa) March 3, 2025 NEYMAR LESIONADO?OS DOUTORES CONFIRMARAM RETORNO APÓS QUARTA-FEIRA — Goleada da Zoeira (@goleadadazoeira) March 3, 2025 Pepe, a historical idol of Santos, was honored at Vila Belmiro for his 90th birthday. Canhão da Vila, #ÍdoloEterno, artilheiro e muito querido pela nação santista. A homenagem pro nosso maior artilheiro humano durante o amamos, Seu Pepe! 🤍9️⃣0️⃣ — Santos FC (@SantosFC) March 3, 2025 Canhão da Vila. LITERALMENTE! 💣 — Santos FC (@SantosFC) March 3, 2025With the victory, Santos secured their spot in the semi-finals of the 2025 Paulistão. The Peixe will face Corinthians or Palmeiras in the next stage of the tournament. The decision will depend on São Paulo's game on Monday (3). If the Tricolor from Morumbi beats Novorizontino, Santos will face Corinthians. If São Paulo is eliminated, the Peixe will take on Palmeiras. 📸 Miguel Schincariol - 2025 Getty Images
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03-03-2025
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🎥 Corinthians Defeats Mirassol, Returns to Paulistão Semis After 2 Years
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. At the Neo Química Arena, Corinthians defeated Mirassol 2 x 0, this Sunday (2), in the quarterfinals of the Paulistão 2025. Ainda estou aqui... em Itaquera!!!!! 🙌🏾⚫⚪O Timão vence o Mirassol e está classificado para a semifinal do Paulistão 2025!!!!!!!!! 🦅VAAAAAAAAAAAAAI, CORINTHIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Corinthians 2 🆚 0 Mirassol⚽ Romero⚽ Memphis#VaiCorinthians — Corinthians (@Corinthians) March 2, 2025 The initial stage was hot in Itaquera. The visitors even had ball possession at the beginning and caused some difficulties for Timão, who had Romero as a great novelty in place of Garro. The Paraguayan (21'), in fact, was the highlight of the first half, opening the score with a header, after a corner kick from Memphis Depay. Memphis cobrou o escanteio e encontrou Romero sozinho na pequena área, que cabeceou a bola para dentro do gol. ⚽️Abriu o placar e se tornou o artilheiro do século do Timão! 🇵🇾1️⃣1️⃣#SCCPxMIR#VaiCorinthians — Corinthians (@Corinthians) March 2, 2025 Corinthians gained confidence with the lead in the score, but the Fiel lived moments of apprehension in the extra time, when Carrillo tackled Clayson from behind and got a yellow card, despite the rivals' complaints for a red one. The second half was more exciting! 2T | 00 min: COMEÇOU A SEGUNDA ETAPA!!!!PRA CIMA, CORINGíO!#SCCPxMIR (1-0)#VaiCorinthians — Corinthians (@Corinthians) March 2, 2025 Yuri Alberto (11') tried to deflect Carrillo's cross in the small area with a heel, but missed. Then, Memphis (15') forced Muralha to make a great save from a bomb inside the area. Romero (16') and José Martínez (20') also had chances to extend the lead, but failed in the finalizations. Mirassol, on the other hand, managed to tie with a bicycle kick goal from Lucas Ramon (22'), but the play was annulled for offside by João Victor at the moment of the free kick in the area. However, it was up to Memphis Depay to secure the goal of tranquility for Corinthians. The newly arrived Argentine, Angileri, crossed perfectly from the left, and the Dutch owner of the number 10 shirt headed (30') to the ground to extend the lead for Timão. Fabrizio Angileri subiu com a bola pela esquerda desde o meio-campo até encontrar um espaço para cruzar. Memphis, de cabeça, marcou o segundo do Timão! 🔟🇳🇱#VaiCorinthians — Corinthians (@Corinthians) March 2, 2025 The friendship between Neymar, from Santos, and Depay, from Corinthians, was proven once again. After the Santos star did the 👉🙂👈 celebration of the Dutchman after scoring in the last round, now, the number 10 of Timão returned the friend's tribute with his celebration. ✋😛🤚With the victory, Corinthians qualified for the semifinals of the Paulistão, after two years without a title. The last time, therefore, was in 2022. Owner of the best campaign of the first phase, Timão will face the team that had the fourth best campaign. Thus, the possible opponents would be Santos or Novorizontino or RB Bragantino. ALÔ, SEMIFINAL! O TIMíO ESTÁ CLASSIFICADO!!!!!! ☑️#VaiCorinthians — Corinthians (@Corinthians) March 2, 2025 Corinthians returns to the field on "Ash Wednesday", March 5, when they visit Barcelona de Guayaquil, in Ecuador, for the first leg of the third phase of the Libertadores. Featured photo: Reproduction/CazéTV Broadcast
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02-03-2025
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🎥 Tetra dream lives! Estêvão shines, Palmeiras advances
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. At the Primeiro de Maio Stadium, Palmeiras defeated São Bernardo 3-0, this Saturday (1), in the quarterfinals of Paulistão 2025, in what should have been their best collective performance of the year. As it was a single game, Verdão remains firm and strong in the fight for the unprecedented state tetrachampionship. Eu? TÔ NA SEMIFINAL! 😎Deu ruim pra quem secou. Vitória no ABC Paulista e classificação carimbada pra próxima fase do @Paulistao! 👋🐷🏆 São Bernardo 0x3 Palmeiras⚽ Estêvão (2x) e Flaco López#SBDxPAL — SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) March 2, 2025 The match marked the debut of defender Micael, but the great highlight was Estêvão. The alviverde jewel scored two beautiful goals still in the first half to give Palmeiras tranquility in their quest for a spot. QUEM SEGURA? 👀Autor de dois gols, o Estêvão também está dando um show de dribles no #PaulistãoSicredi.#RaBIScando #Bis — Paulistão (@Paulistao) March 2, 2025 Although the first scoring chance was São Bernardo's, when lateral Hugo Sanches (2') unleashed a bomb for Weverton's defense, Verdão opened the scoring in a masterful way. After Weverton's long pass, Flaco López gave a header, and Estêvão (15') unleashed a left-footed rocket from outside the area, into the corner. The ball hit the post before dying in the back of the net. Desculpa aí, coruja… A CRIA TE ACORDOU! 🦉QUE GOLAÇO, ESTÊVíO! 😮💨 — SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) March 1, 2025 At the end of the first half, Estêvão (46') received the ball well open on the right wing, pulled it to the center, and kicked it from the edge of the area to increase the score. O moleque é embaçado mesmo, não tem jeito! 🤪 — SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) March 2, 2025 After the interval, after being stopped by goalkeeper Alex Alves, Flaco López scored the third goal. Richard Ríos - the new alviverde number 8 - crossed perfectly from the right, São Bernardo's goalkeeper failed miserably in trying to cut the cross, and Flaco López (57') didn't even need to get off the ground to head the ball into the empty goal. O-POR-TU-NIS-MO! 🔥Flaquito 🤝 terceiro do #MaiorCampeãoDoBrasil! 🇦🇷 — SE Palmeiras (@Palmeiras) March 2, 2025 Estêvão's hat-trick (64') almost came after dribbling Alex Alves, but the goal was disallowed due to the young star's offside the qualification, Palmeiras - the owner of the second-best campaign in Paulistão - will face the team with the 3rd best campaign in the semifinals, which is also a single game. Besides the State Championship, Verdão is already thinking about the Brasileirão. The debut will be on March 29, against Botafogo, at home.
New York Times
26-02-2025
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- New York Times
If you think Neymar's career is a disappointment, it says a lot about unrealistic expectations
Most of the time when a player scores direct from a corner — an 'olimpico' — they're not necessarily trying to score. Stick it in the right area to cause some chaos, sure. If it happens to go in, great. But actively aiming for the opposite top corner? Not so much. Then there's Neymar. Brazil's record goalscorer has recently returned to his boyhood club, Santos, after a fairly calamitous spell in Saudi Arabia. Inevitably, he has been on the receiving end of some lively treatment from the stands, most recently from fans of Internacional de Limeira when Santos faced them in the Paulista Championship last weekend. After receiving some choice feedback while taking a corner, Neymar encouraged those fans to ramp up the abuse. They did. Neymar took the corner. You know what happened next. UGASUAGSDUASGDUAGSUDGA O NEYMAR METEU UM GOL OLÍMPICO! O ADM TÁ COMPLETAMENTE MALUCO! NíO É POSSÍVEL! KKKKKKKKKKKKKK #Paulistão2025 — TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR) February 23, 2025 Neymar's return to Santos has not been treated by some as a glorious homecoming, but rather as a symbol of disappointment, another piece of evidence to support the idea that his career has been… if not a failure, certainly a bit of a letdown. It's not an unreasonable charge. Some things haven't gone to plan. He hasn't won the Ballon d'Or, he hasn't won the World Cup, Brazil won their only Copa America since he made his international debut when he was injured, he went to Saudi Arabia aged 31 when he could have enjoyed another few years playing at the highest level. Advertisement But it feels wrong to write him off as a disappointment. And if he has been, that says more about the expectation than it does about him. Because most of Neymar's career has been played under the weight of crushing expectation. He made his senior debut for Santos in 2009, aged 17, by which time the hype machine was well underway. He had already visited Europe for trials with Real Madrid, courted by Zinedine Zidane and the rest. His father, Neymar Snr, was merrily teeing up endorsement deals, the start of what would eventually become Neymar Inc, a whole industry that trades on his image that has also meant Jnr and Snr haven't had a real father-son relationship for the better part of two decades. Kids would approach him and ask in hushed tones, 'Are you really better than Messi?' He was almost immediately marked out as the next great hero of Brazilian football. Pele advocated for him to be part of Dunga's squad at the 2010 World Cup when he was barely 18. In 2011 he scored the goal that brought him to the worldwide consciousness, an astonishing solo effort for Santos against Flamengo that would win him the Puskas Award. That same year, he led his team to the Copa Libertadores title, their first since the 1960s, the only one they have won without Pele in the team. UGASUAGSDUASGDUAGSUDGA O NEYMAR METEU UM GOL OLÍMPICO! O ADM TÁ COMPLETAMENTE MALUCO! NíO É POSSÍVEL! KKKKKKKKKKKKKK #Paulistão2025 — TNT Sports BR (@TNTSportsBR) February 23, 2025 The following years were consumed by a combination of speculation about when he would move to one of Europe's giants, and how he would become Brazil's talisman, the player to lead them to glory and redemption at their home World Cup in 2014. It's easy to forget how crazy things were around Neymar at that tournament. He was 22 years old and the most historically successful football nation in the world was asking him to carry them on his back. When that back was fractured, by Colombia defender Juan Zuniga's knee, his team-mates held up his shirt in tribute, as if he had passed away tragically. He was still alive, but without him they had essentially admitted their hopes weren't. Advertisement After that, it was a cinch. All he was expected to do was become the best player in the world, measure up to Lionel Messi at Barcelona, then lead Paris Saint-Germain to their first-ever Champions League title. He had the misfortune to emerge as a brilliant, thrilling young footballer at a time when Brazilian football was at a low ebb, when they needed a figurehead to pin all their hopes on. People will also judge him because he couldn't do what previous greats have, which is to inspire his nation to winning the World Cup. But the idea that this should necessarily take too much shine off a player's legacy has always been a silly one. Would we think less of Messi if Lautaro Martinez and Gonzalo Montiel and Paulo Dybala had missed those penalties in 2022? Messi winning the World Cup is a great story, and provides a satisfying and complete end to his narrative, but he wouldn't be any less of a player if he hadn't. Just as Cristiano Ronaldo or Johan Cruyff or Alfredo Di Stefano aren't any less great. But if this is a game of 'show us your medals', Neymar has a decent collection: league titles in four countries, a Copa Libertadores, a Champions League, an Olympic gold. He's also his country's all-time leading goalscorer, more than Pele, Ronaldo, Vava, Garrincha, Ronaldinho and the rest. And then there are the intangibles. It's perfectly understandable if you don't really like Neymar: the diving, the brattish attitude, the array of stupid haircuts. But if you've watched Neymar and there haven't been dozens of moments where he made you feel joy, or remind you why you watch football, it's possible you're letting your personal distaste cloud your judgement. Neymar did invite some of this colossal expectation on himself. He's rarely been shy about self-promotion. By leaving Barcelona for PSG in 2017, he was actively saying he wanted to be The Guy, rather than The Guy Just to the Left of the Guy. He very publicly set himself some aims that he hasn't achieved. He has been held back by injuries, scandal and bad decisions. Advertisement But to judge him harshly by those standards ignores basically everything else that has happened in his career, or life. From when he was a boy, people expected him to become a god, Pele Mk II. All they got was a genius. And if that's a disappointment, if Neymar's career has not lived up to the expectations we have placed upon him, that's our problem, not his.
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16-02-2025
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📽 Corinthians seek comeback, draw with Portuguesa
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. In Pacaembu, Corinthians drew 2-2 with Portuguesa, on Saturday (15), in a match valid for the 10th and third-to-last round of Paulistão 2025. Fim de jogo no Pacaembu. Pela 10° rodada do Paulistão, o Timão ficou no empate com a 2 🆚 2 Corinthians⚽ Matheus Bidu⚽ Talles Magno#VaiCorinthians — Corinthians (@Corinthians) February 15, 2025 The return of Timão to the traditional stadium after six years was lively. Lusa was much better in the initial stage, showing greater aggressiveness and finishing more (10 x 2). After hitting a beautiful shot on the post at 34 minutes, Jajá opened the scoring for Portuguesa four minutes later, taking it first after a chest assist from Cristiano. NO CANTINHO!Jajá acerta um belo chute da entrada da área para abrir o placar!#PaulistãoSicrediÉDoBrasil #Betano — Paulistão (@Paulistao) February 15, 2025 After the interval, Corinthians - with a practically all-reserve team - improved a lot on the field. In the beginning of the second half, Talles Magno (7') activated Matheus Bidu, who, even without an angle, finished crossed and sent under the legs of goalkeeper Rafael Santos to leave everything equal. Ten minutes later, Talles Magno was knocked down by a tackle from Gustavo Talles in the area. The same white attacker (19') took the penalty, displacing the goalkeeper to decree the turnaround of Timão. But Lusa didn't give up. Gustavo Talles made a good play on the right and hit a cross in the area, where Maceió (28') took it first to equalize the traditional classic. VOCÊ PISCOU E TEM MAIS GOL!Jogadaça de Gustavo Talles para a grande finalização de Maceió! Tá tudo igual de novo!#PaulistãoSicrediÉDoBrasil #Betano — Paulistão (@Paulistao) February 15, 2025 In the final minutes, Rildo (40') risked from the left and also hit Matheus Donelli's post. TIMíO SALVO!Na primeira, na trave ajudou. Na segunda, defesaça de Matheus Donelli!#PaulistãoSicrediÉDoBrasil — Paulistão (@Paulistao) February 15, 2025With the draw, after two consecutive victories, Corinthians remained in the overall lead and in Group A with 26 points. Meanwhile, Portuguesa, with their second consecutive draw, remained in second place in Group B with 11 points. Leader Guarani has the same score, but one game less. Timão returns to the field on Wednesday (19), when they visit Universidad Central, from Venezuela, for the first leg of the second qualifying phase of the Libertadores 2025. In the Paulistão, Corinthians' next match is only on February 23 (Sunday), when they host Guarani, at Neo Química Arena, for the last round of the first phase. Featured photo: Mauri Horita/ X Paulistão
