When Saturday Comes

1. "Better" Italy will accept no excuses against England: (World Cup 2014); ... e is whether Prandelli should drop Mario Balotelli in favour of Ciro Immobile, Serie A's top scorer last season with 22 goals for Torino, who staked a claim for a place with a hat-trick in a 5-3 win over Flum ...; Created on 14 June 2014
2. In low spirits: (South America); ... the media is less intrusive. If anything it is fans who are trying to regulate the players. Fluminense's international striker Fred was pursued by members of an organised supporters' group who spotted ...; Created on 01 November 2011
3. Domestic disputes: (Race); ... Fluminense’s black players daubed white powder on themselves as a way of circumventing the race bar in Rio football. The Brazilian federation blithely supports international anti-racist campaigns that ...; Created on 21 June 2011
4. Prodigal sons: (South America); ... trong local currency makes playing at home more attractive, especially when paid by sponsors rather than directly from club funds, as with Fred at Fluminense and Adriano during his turbulent spell with Fla ...; Created on 21 April 2011
5. Catching the flu: (South America); The biggest problem for the Brazilian champions is how to sustain their recent success. Robert Shaw reports Fluminense's Brazilian National Championship success in 2010 was a remarkable turnaround b ...; Created on 21 February 2011
6. Grounds for appeal: (South America); ... to prepare the 12 venues. Fluminense and Flamengo were effectively evicted from the Maracanã in early September, midway through the national championship, while Atlético Mineiro's and Cruzeiro's prospe ...; Created on 21 November 2010
7. In low spirits: (Players); ... drinking, in Brazil the media is less intrusive. If anything it is fans who are trying to regulate the players. Fluminense’s international striker Fred was pursued by members of an organised supporters’ ...; Created on 21 April 2010
8. Brazil Serie A 1991: (Season in brief); ... top division throughout. Moved furthest away Nautico, from the northern city of Recife, have only been in Serie A for six of the intervening seasons since 1991, while Fluminense suffered relegation to ...; Created on 21 August 2009
9. Party pieces: (South America); ... that could provoke a problem as it did in Avaí versus Figueirense.” Hamburg’s Thiago Neves was at the centre of a similar storm earlier this year while playing for his previous club, Fluminense. Neves ...; Created on 21 January 2009
10. Explosive impact: (South America); ... president João Havelange and former Brazil legend Junior, who are more closely associated with rival clubs Fluminense and Flamengo respectively. A fortnight after Dinamite’s election win, Vasco’s new ...; Created on 21 September 2008
11. Sao Caetano 2002: (As good as it got); ... big names up. In 1996 one of the big Rio clubs, Fluminense, finished in a relegation place only for the championship to be expanded from 24 to 26 teams. (Flu did go down subsequently, as far as the third ...; Created on 21 April 2008
12. High fives: (South America); ... Pelé’s Santos in the Sixties, paid more attention to lucrative foreign tours once the state leagues were over. The Flamengo-São Paulo rift is one of many from Brazilian football’s past. Botafogo and Fluminense ...; Created on 20 February 2008
13. Rogerio Ceni: (The strange case of...); ... argued it was a distraction, but has since admitted he wasted Ceni’s talent. The drill is now well rehearsed, but has gone horribly wrong in the past. Playing against Fluminense, Ceni netted a free-kick ...; Created on 14 October 2006
14. Life's a beach: (Players); ... from another of the big Rio clubs, Fluminense, whom he had joined from Vasco in 2002. Romário’s star status had grated among some at Fluminense, notably because he received his salary directly from sponsor ...; Created on 14 February 2006
15. Santos and sinners: (South America); ... all 26 teams played each other once), 13 points behind São Paulo at the top. Two other semi-finalists – Grêmio and Fluminense – finished fifth and seventh. Hence the pressure for next year’s championship ...; Created on 14 February 2003
16. Relegation game: (South America); The Brazilian league is structured so it's nearly impossible for the big clubs to lose dominance, but Brian Homewood notes that Fluminense have remarkably been relegated If you want to meet somebody ...; Created on 14 January 1998
17. Conduct unbecoming: (South America); ... however, for accumulating three yellow cards. This led to several cases of players, such as Fluminense midfielder Claudio, deliberately getting themselves sent off. Claudio was given his third yellow late ...; Created on 14 July 1996

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