[Crazy_T]

They can use it for the 2014 Samba WC :cool:

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Originally posted by Crazy_T:
They can use it for the 2014 Samba WC :cool:

Yes, but Brazil will probably have to choose between Engenhão and Maracanã, and no way Engenhão will be chosen in this case.

Although we can have two stadiums in one of the cities hosting the WC, it's unlikely will do that, as the other states would complain that there are games in Rio that could be played elsewhere. Brazil is too big to justify having two stadiums in the same city hosting WC games.

[Crazy_T]

That's stupid, unless there are better/equally as good stadiums in other states. I don't know really, because i haven't seen them all.

Anyway Engenhão >>>>> Maracanã tbh

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Originally posted by Crazy_T:
That's stupid, unless there are better/equally as good stadiums in other states. I don't know really, because i haven't seen them all.

Anyway Engenhão >>>>> Maracanã tbh

It's not stupid, we don't host WCs every year, so we have to have WC games in as many states as possible. Imagine how it would be if Europe as a whole hosted the WC?

Every country would want to host games. This is the problem we have in Brazil. Every state want to host games.

There will already be problems regarding which city hosts the opening game, who hosts the final game and who hosts Brazilian games.

I guess São Paulo will host the opening match, Rio will host the final and several different cities will host Brazil's games.

Maracanã >>> Engenhão

Engenhão is pretty much a "generic stadium", like all these modern ones that have been built recently all over the world. It doesn't have the history Maracanã has nor is Engenhão as loved as Maracanã is. :thdn:

If it was to demolish one of them, I wouldn't choose Maraca, I would choose Engenhão to be demolished. :thup:

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Besides all the above, there is also the maximum capacity problem.

Engenhão can only be expanded to a maximum capacity of around 60k people.

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Goiás vs Arsenal starts at 17:15 (21:15 in London) this Saturday.


Brazilian teams have never won the Copa Sudamericana (São Paulo, Santos and Inter only reached the semis), so it's about time for us to win it.

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Sudamericana: Cuatro choques entre Argentina y Brasil
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 09/17/2007 07:58:42 AM MDT


BUENOS AIRES—Argentina y Brasil dirimirán su eterna rivalidad en el fútbol nada menos que con cuatro partidos, al iniciarse el miércoles los cuartos de final de la Copa Sudamericana con el debut de Boca Juniors y River Plate.
La actividad de la semana se cerrará un dÃ*a después con el choque en Montevideo entre Defensor Sporting de Uruguay y El Nacional de Ecuador.

Esta etapa marcará la presentación en la edición de 2007 de Boca y River, los dos grandes del fútbol argentino, mientras que el resto de los equipos proceden de la fase preliminar.

Boca, campeón en 2004 y 2005, recibirá en Buenos Aires a Sao Paulo, y River, que perdió la final de 2003 ante Cienciano de Perú, visitará a Botafogo en RÃ*o de Janeiro.

Ese mismo dÃ*a, Lanús será local en esa ciudad homónima ante Vasco da Gama y Arsenal visitará a Goiás, en la ciudad de Gioania.

Boca y River accedieron directamente a esta instancia por invitación, mientras que Lanús, Arsenal, Sao Paulo, Botafogo, Vasco da Gama y Goiás superaron en la etapa anterior a equipos de sus mismos paÃ*ses.

El 25 de setiembre se jugarán otros partidos de cuartos de final entre los mexicanos Pachuca-América (en Pachuca) y Millonarios de Colombia-Colo Colo de Chile (Bogotá), mientras que un dÃ*a después lo harán DC United de los Estados Unidos-Chivas de México (Washington).

Pachuca, América, Chivas y DC United también debutarán en esta etapa por invitación, mientras que Colo Colo y Millonarios debieron pasar por eliminatorias.

Pachuca es el actual campeón por haberle ganado la final de 2006 a Colo Colo. Fue la primera vez que un club de México ganó un torneo frente a sus pares de Sudamérica.

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The article is full of small mistakes.

This round is the Round of 16, not the Q-Fs. And that city is called Goiânia, not Gioania.

[Crazy_T]

I can understand this \o/

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Originally posted by Crazy_T:
I can understand this \o/

The article is from a newspaper called "Los Pasos Times" or something.

Try to read this article (in Portuguese):

River Plate viaja para o Rio nesta terça e não treina na cidade

Leonardo Velasco
No Rio de Janeiro

O Botafogo fará um treino para se acostumar com o gramado do estádio João Havelange nesta terça-feira. O River Plate-ARG, adversário desta quarta-feira, não terá esta oportunidade. Na verdade, os argentinos não farão nenhum treinamento no Rio de Janeiro.

Nesta segunda-feira, os titulares na vitória deste domingo por 3 a 1, contra o Lanús, fizeram apenas um trabalho regenerativo. Já nesta noite, começa a concentração de 20 atletas para o confronto pela Copa Sul-Americana.

Na terça, o time ainda realiza um treinamento no estádio Monumental de Nuñez, Ã*s 9h30 e viaja para o Brasil apenas na parte da tarde. A chegada ao Rio de Janeiro está prevista para acontecer perto das 18h. Desta forma, o time não realizará nenhuma atividade na cidade antes da partida.

O confronto contra o Botafogo acontece nesta quarta-feira, Ã*s 19h30, no estádio João Havelange. Esta será a primeira partida no Engenhão desde que o clube alvinegro venceu a licitação para administrá-lo.

Jogador do elenco do River Plate mais conhecido do torcedor brasileiro, o meia Ariel Ortega não foi relacionado para a partida. Já o principal destaque da equipe no Campeonato Argentino, o também meio-campo Fernando Belluschi, viajará para o Rio.