Comments on: Campeonato Brasileiro review

By: Fabricio Presilli

Fabricio Presilli — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:04:15 +0000

Geoff thank your for getting back! I don’t think that the slim presence has a big effect in the performance, obviously they love to play in bigger crowds but for games of the regional Championships and even some of the Brazilian League it is normal to get an attendance of less than ten thousand. It is sad but true!

By: Geoff Edwards

Geoff Edwards — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:20:24 +0000

Ah yes, the Campeonato Carioca. I was lucky enough to catch a game or two in the Maracana a few years back. One was a CC game between Flamengo and Olaria. Flamengo lost 0-3! What fans there were in the stadium made their anger known to the board that day. For both games i saw in the Maracana the crowds were tiny in such a huge stadium and there wasn’t much atmosphere. Do you think that has an negative effect on how they perform? Looking forward to hearing more!

By: Fabricio

Fabricio — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:03:15 +0000

Hey Geoff good to hear from you! From some 15 years the carioca clubs have not been at the top of their game. Some say that the problem is the lack of training, in Rio the usual is to train only in the afternoon, others that the local chamionship (Campeonato Carioca, from january to may) is really packed with bad teams and helps underdevelop the big ones. In my opinion the main problem is administrative, the clubs are often managed by elected presidents that either make really bad business and/or just “take” money from the club. now the clubs are poor, this happens alll over Brazil, but in a much larger scale in Rio because of the dimension of the team and the number of supporters. Now Flamengo is kind of well, Botafogo is sttrugling but I think they will stay in Fist division. Fluminense is doomed and I don’t really know if they will came back. Vasco were relegated last year and ‘sanitized’ this year and it is coming back for sure. I maybe write a colunm about that just to clarify some points.
Regards.

By: Geoff Edwards

Geoff Edwards — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:39:18 +0000

Fabricio, what has gone wrong at the Rio clubs? I don’t know much about Brazilian club football but were they not traditionaly some of the big hitters?

By: Steven Jones

Steven Jones — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:21:35 +0000

Thanks for the heads up Fabricio – hopefully we’ll get to hear about the stand out players from the league, especially ones which have a future in Europe and on the International scene!