Brazil 0 x 0 Argentina

Brazil faced Argentina yesterday for the World Cup 2010 qualifies and tie 0 to 0. The fans didn’t like what they paid for and booed the team the whole game, specially the coach, Dunga. After the bad result against Paraguay last week Brazilian fans were expecting a different game yesterday.

With the last results Brazil occupy the 5th place with 9 points in the qualifies. With only 50% of the points disputed Brazil’s position isn’t good because today Venezuela is going to face Chile and who else wins the match will pass Brazil in the qualifies.

Only the first four teams guarantee the participation in World CUP of South Africa 2010, the fifth team will need to face one Concacaf opponent to the last spot, something that never happened with the Brazilian National Team, the only one to participate in all editions of the World Cup.

Bad situation for Dunga

The situation isn’t worrying the coach Dunga who participated in three World Cup edition as a player. “You should’ve seen the numbers in my participation. The qualifies didn’t end today, we are only in the sixth round of 18. In 2002, we had difficulties and in 1994, too.”, he said.

Asked if the result against of Argentina threatens his stay in command of the Brazilian National Team, Dunga has shown irritation. “This question was addressed to the wrong person. You have to speak with Ricardo Teixeira (president of the Brazilian football confederation), who is the boss,” he said.

The Union of Industry Sugar cane (Unica) reported this Monday that until the 1st day of June, the production of ethanol grew 6.15%, however the entity is reviewing the forecasts of the 2008/09 season because of the possibility of rain in the region of harvest in the coming months. On the other hand, sugar production was 10.77% lower in the same period last year.

Alcohol sales in the home market by the end of May (adding up anhydrous and hydrated) recorded an increase of 31.6% over the same period in 2007. In the case of hydrated ethanol, growth was 43.6%. Antonio de Padua Rodrigues, technical director of Unica, said that the product exporting in the months of April and May, totaled about 600 million litres, exceeding 59% in the volume board in the same period of last year’s harvest.

Brazil 0 x 2 Paraguay

As if the fiasco Brazil soccer team played in the USA tour exhibition wasn’t enough, they did no better in the match against Paraguay in the World Cup 2010 qualifies. In the last 10 days this is the second consecutive loss for Brazil soccer team.

The game

Even though Brazil had an extra player through the whole second half, it wasn’t enough to score against Paraguay. The Seleção Canarinho didn’t play good and lost again. With the loss, Brazil went to 4th in the Conmebol qualifies while Paraguay leads with 13 points out of 15 disputed in this year qualifies.

Roque Santa Cruz and Salvador Cabañas were the ones who scored against Brazil in the match. They’re very known for Brazil players, specially Salvador which has been a threat to Brazilian clubs at Libertadores da America Cup.

In the next match, Brazil will face Argentina at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, MG. Argentina has 10 points in the qualifies after tie 1 to 1 against Equador today.

Hope

In the eighteen FIFA World Cup tournaments held, only seven nations have won the title. Brazil is the most successful World Cup team, having won the tournament five times.

With five titles, Brazil is the most successful World Cup team and also the only nation to have participated in every World Cup tournament to date.

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by Brazil, the first held in South America since 1978, and will be the first occasion where consecutive World Cups are held outside Europe.

One of the greatest things in life is to travel. Seeing new places, meeting new people, learning about different cultures, great adventures. Of course there’s the challenge of the language, which also makes it a little more fun as we try to get around using the few simple words we may had practiced like crazy, and thinking how much you should have payed attention to your language classes while in school. Well, here’s a little tip about Portuguese language when visiting Brazil:

The Days of the Week (Os Dias da Semana)

Monday - Segunda-feira
Tuesday - Terça-feira
Wednesday - Quarta-feira
Thursday - Quinta-feira
Friday - Sexta-feira
Saturday - Sábado
Sunday - Domingo

The Months of the Year (Os Meses do Ano)

January - Janeiro
February - Fevereiro
March - Março
April - Abril
May - Maio
June - Junho
July - Julho
August - Agosto
September - Setembro
October - Outubro
November - Novembro
December - Dezembro

Reading long dates

The year is given as a complete number in Portuguese. So for example, 1999 is given as ‘one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine’ rather than ‘nineteen ninety nine’. The day of the year is given as the cardinal number rather than ordinal, (for example, they say the equivalent of ‘day 4’ rather than ‘the fourth’) – except for the first, which is normally ordinal (‘primeiro’).
21st February 1763 - 21 de Fevereiro de 1763 (Dia vinte e um de fevereiro, de mil setecentos e sessenta e três)
19th July 1974 - 19 de Julho de 1974 (Dia dezanove de julho, de mil novecentos e setenta e quatro)
1st May 2002 - 1 de Maio de 2002 (Primeiro de maio, de dois mil e dois)

Roman numbers

Going back further into history, you may need to refer to dates as ‘AEC’ or ‘EC’ – that is ‘antes era comum’ (before our common era), or ‘era comum’ (of our common era). You will probably also come across the less accurate but more common ‘AC’ (antes [de] cristo) which means ‘BC’ or ‘Before Christ’, and ‘DC’ (depois [de] cristo] – which means ‘AD’ (anno domini – the year of our lord). Whereas in English we tend to just say the letters (eg. ‘B.C.E.’), in Portuguese you have to say the full words (eg. ‘antes era comum’). Also, the implied words ‘de’ and ‘nossa’ (‘of’ and ‘our’) are usually omitted, or sometimes contracted to ‘da’.

537 BCE - 537 AEC (Quinhentos e trinta e sete antes era comum)

33 CE - 33 EC (Trinta e três era comum)

1336 BC - 1336 AC (Mil trezentos e trinta e seis antes [de] cristo)

305 AD - 305 DC (Trezentos e cinco depois [de] cristo)

The Seasons (As Estações)

Spring - Primavera
Summer - Verão
Autumn - Outono
Winter - Inverno

The Time (A Hora)

1 O’Clock uma hora
2 O’Clock duas horas
3 O’Clock três horas
midday meio-dia
midnight meia-noite
half past one uma e meia
half past two duas e meia
quarter past one uma e um quarto (quarters are not used in Brazil)
quarter past two duas e um quarto
quarter to one uma menos um quarto
quarter to two duas menos um quarto
five past one uma e cinco
five past two duas e cinco
ten to one dez para uma
ten to two dez para duas

Conclusion

These should help you understand not only what to say but why it is said. It should help you get around, telling people when and where and understanding when people tell you when and where.

Last night Sport Club became the Brazil Cup Champion of 2008 after defeat Corinthians in the final. In the first game Sport Club lost 3 to 1, yesterday they won 2 to 0. Even though they scored the same after the two games, Sport Club was the champion because the goal outside is more valuable.

That is the second time Sport Club is the champion of a big competition, in 1987 it was the champion of Brazil Championship for clubs, although Flamengo still claims that they are the champion because Sport was from B Series.

On the way to the cup, Sport Club defeated big clubs like Palmeiras, Internacional and Vasco, who succumbed to the pressure of the stadium.

Corinthians, which hoped to become a champion for the third time of the tournament, now turn their attention to the Brazil Championship B series, which has always been the priority of the club in this season.

The next Sport Club match it will face Figueirense at Orlando Scarpelli stadium on June 10th. On Brazil Championship 2008 it occupies the 6th position tied with Atletico Paranaense.