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Brazilian club update and results of Tournament in Sao Paulo
Alexandre Mathias

Last weekend, Portuguesa-SP won the Tournament held in Sao Paulo. The event had 4 teams : Portuguesa, São Caetano, Caldense and São Bento

Nildinha, that played in Flamengo, in the last Rio de Janeiro Championship, was named as the best forward of this event, with13 goals.

In September there will be a Diadema Cup Women Soccer, with 14 teams from Sao Paulo.


Vasco da Gama is Champion of Rio de Janeiro with 2-0 win over Flamengo in Final
By Alexandre Mathias

Vasco da Gama beat Flamengo 2- 0 in the final game of the RIo de Janeiro Championship 2000. Adrianinha and Pretinha scored the goals. The first half finished with an 0- 0 score and Flamengo missing a lot of chances.

Andreia, goalkeeper of Vasco was voted as the best player in the game.

Juliana Salla, goalkeeper of Flamengo and Brazilian Team, had medical problems and didn't play the game. Paula, the third goalkeeper of Flamengo, played and did very well.


Flamengo crushes Botafogo 7-0 and will play Vasco in the Rio de Janeiro Championship Final this Sunday
By Alexandre Mathias

Flamengo's women's l team crushed Botafogo 7-0 last Sunday in Gavea, and guaranteed its place in the Championship's Final against Vasco this Sunday.

Nildinha was the highest scorer in the team with 4 goals, Elsi had 2, and Catarina 1.

It was a great soccer show in Gavea, and a large crowd attended the game.

Flamengo

  • Juliana
  • Debora
  • Catarina
  • Tatiana
  • Renata
  • Valeria (Robertinha)
  • Deva
  • Danda (Val)
  • Maicon
  • Nildinha
  • Elsi (Janaina)

One of the great player comes from the Brazilian Team- Maicon - who brought great excitement to the Flamengo supporters.

The Director of Women's Soccer in Flamengo, Romualdo Taranto, is training this weekat Fla-Barra (Center of Training of the Professional Soccer of Flamengo), so that the team can get ready in the best way for the finals.


The Championship in Rio de Janeiro reaches the semi-final stage
By Alexandre Mathias

Flamengo, Vasco, Portuguesa and Botafogo are the semi-finalists of the Championship of Rio de Janeiro. This year will be shorter because the Brazilian team will leave for the Gold Cup in the USA. Vasco has the best chance, followed by the Flamengo, who has 4 players of the Brazilian team (Nildinha, Maicon, Deva, and goalkeeper Juliana Salla). In the first semifinal, Vasco won against Portuguesa by 9- 0, and Flamengo beat Botafogo 2 -1. The highest scorer of the competition is Pretinha, of Vasco, with 21 goals, followed by Nildinha, of the Flamengo, with 15 goals.


The new team of Flamengo wins its first game
By Alexandre Mathias

The new team of Flamengo won 8 -0 against Sao Cristóvão in the morning of Saturday, April 8th in their first game. It counts now on some players of Brazilian selection.

Goals were scored by Robertinha (2), Adrianinha (2), Nilza, Daniela, Catarina, and Marcela. The forward Nildinha and the goalkeeper Juliana Salla are in Teresopolis, preparing themself for the Olympic Games of Sidney and they did not participate.

The Flamengo counts on nine reserves for the championship, amongst them Renata, Valéria, Rose and Elsilene who had already been selected.

The game wasplayed in Fla-Barra, where some of the games of the Rio de Janeiro Championship will be played beginning the May, 7th. With the participation of 12 teams.


Portuguesa wins Brazilian championship with 4-0 win over Palmeiras
By Alexandre Mathias

In a game with heavy rain Portuguesa, from Sao Paulo beat Palmeiras (SissiÕs team) 4 - 0, and is the new Brazilian Champion.

Sao Paulo was the third place winner beating Vasco 5 -1. Pretinha didn't play, because she received a red card in the semi-final.


Palmeiras and Portuguesa-SP in final of the Brazilian Championship , in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais.
By Alexandre Mathias

Roseli, of Vasco scored two goals, but Palmeiras has Sissi, and who has Sissi has everything. The final will be played on Sunday, at 11:00 am. It will be televised live by Sportv.

Vasco and São Paulo Paulo wil lplay for third place, on Saturday, at 15:00 h.

The Director of the Referees, Urias Crescente , may appoint Maria Edilene (FIFA) to referee this game.

Luiz Miguel, Director of CBF, will come to Uberlandia to the final game of the championship.


Semi-final games set in Brazilian Championship
By Alexandre Mathias

Palmeiras (Sao Paulo), Portuguesa (Sao Paulo), Sao Paulo (Sao Paulo), and Vasco da Gama (Rio de Janeiro) all advanced to the semi-final matches.
Results of last games of the quarter-finals
Vasco da Gama 6 Juventus 0
Palmeiras 7 Santa Isabel 1
Portuguesa 6 Internacional 0
Sao Paulo 6 Sport Recife 0

Next Games February 9, 2000

  • Palmeiras v Vasco
  • Sao Paulo v Portuguesa

Comments:
Kátia Cilene, from São Paulo, has 15 goals in the championship so far, and is the top scorer.


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