Henrique,1. Sorry about the rage, but you really pissed me off! 2. Dont pay attention to any of our sports journalists, they are biased as fuck. They will just follow the trend and try to make their viewers and the general ignorant public happy (specially Globo). The only place to be trusted is ESPN BR, Mauro Cezar and PVC are the only ones making good arguments and analyses. The things Sportv say are absolutely laughable, but dont compare it to mine, please. I base my opinion from what I see from both teams (Brazilians ans English). 3. I dont understand! You were the one criticizing me for saying it would be a huge zebra if we lose CWC (dont try to deny it). What changed your mind? 4. Your analyses about Corinthians, Figueirense, Fluminense, Al Alhy, Boca Juniors and Palmeiras has no value. Any team could lose any game vs. any team, Corinthians playing poorly against Al Alhy and Figuerense does not provide any evidence of one being good or not. Same applies to Chelsea losing for West Ham and West Brom. Also, the fact Boca is a team in pure decline does not take away the fact Corinthians was a much better in Libertadores 2012 and Brasileirao 2011 than they are at the present time. 5. I wont even compare Chelsea and the Manchester Teams, they are light years ahead of the best Brazil has to offer. As I posted, we are still behind the likes of Everton, Spurs, Arsenal and Liverpool, we are better than the worse of EPL though. It does not mean our best teams are like Reading, Stoke, etc. I would fairly compare us (Fluminense, Atletico, Sao Paulo) with NewCastle, for instance. Do Arena Sportv exercise and compare player by player from SP/Fluminese/Atletico with NewCastle/Stoke/WestBrom and tell me the result. If they can fight for Europa League, so can we. 6. Corinthians is a good team, their best time has probably passed, but they can try to replicate that on Sunday (they have been preparing themselves for months). They are different than our famous Brazilians teams, they dont have an outstanding talented starting 11 (far from it), but their team is very disciplined and their players complement each other. What gives them a slightly chance is that they only know how to defend and score on opposition`s mistakes (Santos SF, Vasco QF, Boca Juniors, etc). This makes them very hard to beat. How is it a team like Reading and Stoke? How would they not have a chance of finishing in mid table? 7. Santos beating Barcelona? Tell me this wasnt Sportv again? In ESPN, Juca and Trajano were saying it would be 5-0, 6-0, etc. The only people who can be listened are the ones who actually follow both leagues, and they do. Santos was so shit, they won the easiest Libertadores ever (remeber that blackout wednesday, when every great team lost?), they only have Neymar. Barcelona, on the other hand, was the best team in two decades. 8. I hate when people have prejudice towards BraSil. Look at FIFA ratings, Oscar was 77 at Inter. He hasnt done anything better than what he has done in Brazil and, because he is in Chelsea, he is 81 now. Everyone watches one game and then we are shit (or amazing)... 9. Ultimately, I agree we have a bad and overhiped league. However, we are not so shit as many people make us. Half of the teams that play Campeonato Brasileiro doesnt even deserve to be on nPower League 1, but the ones that are great are honestly worth of an 8th place in EPL. Well, I think I have made myself clear. I hope you finally agree!
