|
Home>News Center>Sports | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Brazilians set the rhythm at Barca and Real
BARCELONA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Clashes between Primera Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid will have a distinctly Brazilian flavour this season. Barcelona, or "Brasilona" as some commentators have christened them, have six Brazilian-born players on their books including world player of the year Ronaldinho, defender Juliano Belletti and midfielder Deco, who hails from Sao Bernardo do Campo but now plays international football for Portugal. Real have four in their squad -- Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Julio Baptista and the spectacular youngster Robinho -- and former national team boss Vanderlei Luxemburgo is in charge of the team. The nine-times European champions have also secured an option on Brazilian international defender Cicinho, who is expected to join the club from Sao Paulo during the January transfer window. It is not just in Spain that Brazilians have made their mark; the Italian, German, English, French and Russian leagues have all looked to the South American country for new players. "In almost every country teams have been hiring Brazilians and I don't think
it is just a passing fashion," Ronaldinho told Reuters in an interview. "I think
Brazilians do a good job and have brought good results with them so that makes
them very interesting for teams like Barcelona and Real Madrid."
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
