Ticket prices rise for classic Santos x Corinthians

Santos F.C raised the ticket price for the classic game this Sunday at Vila Belmiro(Santos Stadium) against Corinthians. The worst seats went from R$30 to R$80. This irritated many fans but this change was justified by Luis Alvaro (Santos president).He simply said that when a game brings together so many oustanding players, such as Robinho, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos, Neymar and others, the expected show should be more expensive. He also reminded that this is a classic that happens over 80 years, and is once more bringing together the best football players in Brazil. Santos president mentioned that in order to maintain a high level squad they need more resources, therefore takes advantage of these great games that everyone wants to watch.
Inspite of using Robinho as one of the reasons for elevating the price, he may not play the classic against Corinthians. Robinho was called to play for the Brazilian national team and should leave on Sunday. But Luis Alvaro is trying to convince the national team to allow Robinho to take a night flight. Dunga appears to have allowed Robinho to fly out later, but Ricardo Teixera (CBF president) still hasn`t decided. All Santos fans are anxiously waiting for his decision, and hoping to see the man of the hour play on Sunday.

Cesar Cielo vs. Frederick Bousquet

These two great swimmers are both rivals and good friends. The brazilian swimmer Cielo currently owns the 50m record, but Bousquet said he will become the fastest swimmer once more. They are practice partners even though they are the greatest rivals in the pool. Bousquet said that every practice now seems like a competition, which has helped them both evolve a lot as fast swimmers. Cielo now has the Olympic gold medal and last year he broke Bousquet record at a competition in Rome. Both swimmers do not enjoy loosing at all, especially Bousquet which is extremely determined to take Cielo`s crown back, but humbly admits that it`ll be a tough task. They trust each other a lot and seem to care for one another. But both said in an interview that inside the pool they become very fierce competitors. Bousquet even said he was glad that Cielo broke his world record and not any other swimmer. Now he can observe Cielo in practice to see if he can get any good tips from the brazilian.

Neymar: the man of the hour

The 17 year old kid of Santos F.C is playing like never before. He turns 18 this week, and will have lots to celebrate. He is the lead scorer in the Paulista Tournament with 6 goals, mostly beautiful goals. And if not scoring a goal in a match he is providing the other players with incredible passes to score. Neymar is fast, skillfull, calm, almost a complete player. He only lack some physical strength but that he will soon develop. He is truly a nightmare for the defense. There is no doubt that various European teams have an eye on the rising star, and sadly for the Santos fans he is most likely to in a couple of years go play in some grand european squad. Coming soon is also Robinho a former Santos player which hoper to improve his football here so that he can go to the world cup. But the question is if Neymar will steal Robinho's attention with all of his incredible performances. We'll see both of them playing probably this Sunday against Sao Paulo a classic in match. I belive that in a couple of years Neymar and Ganso, another amazing Santos player, will be together in the national team. These towo friends are bound to great things in the football world.