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[spoiler] BRUNO CAZARINE CONSTANTINO. Remember the name as he may become as infamous as Jean-Marc Bosman.
Cazarine, you see, is the reason Brazil could be banned from playing in next summer's World Cup finals.
That's right, Brazil, the world's favourite football team, could be kicked out of South Africa 2010.
A tournament without them may be unthinkable but a legal case brought against the Brazilian FA (CBF) by one of the smallest clubs under its jurisdiction is threatening exactly that.
And at the centre of the whole affair is the unlikely figure of Cazarine, 26, who could be about to become public enemy No 1.
Cazarine is an unlikely villain in such a major drama, especially one of the scale which has unfolded in Brazil in the past two months.
He's a journeyman player - a very average midfielder who has bounced around nine clubs in the last six years.
It's his last three, however, which have put FIFA at odds with the CBF and could yet carry the ultimate sanction for the Brazil national team.
The row revolves around the outcome of the Brazilian Serie B - and the final placing of two teams.
Guarani, for whom Cazarine plays, came second and were promoted, while Portuguesa finished fifth, meaning they missed going up by one place.
Portuguesa then filed an official complaint against Guarani to the CBF on the basis that Cazarine has played for three different clubs in the same season.
In doing so, he was in clear violation of the FIFA Players' Status rules - Article 5, Paragraph 3.
Both Guarani and the CBF brushed off the protest as insignificant and cited exceptional circumstances.
The player left Brazil's AC Chapecoense on May 10 this year to sign for South Korea's Gyeongnam FC, where he played until joining Guarani on July 13.
Guarani argued he was exempt because FIFA rules allow a player to have three clubs in a season if one club's championship competition is not on the same calendar as his new club.
The excuse was flimsy at best as the K League ran from March to December, while Brazil's season ran from May to December.
Yet, amazingly, the CBF still accepted this explanation.
Portuguesa appointed the highly-respected legal team to take the case to FIFA.
SunSport has acquired copies of the documents sent on Portuguesa's behalf to FIFA, citing the CBF and Guarani's transgression.
We also have the acknowledgement of the citation by FIFA's legal director Marco Villiger and the deputy head of the Players' Status Committee, Daniel Pose.
A meeting is scheduled for January 5. FIFA will decide how the case should proceed.
Paulo Teixeira, who is leading Portuguesa's case, also has proof that the CBF failed in their responsibility as the association in charge of the clubs to punish Guarani.
In doing so, what should have been a local spat between clubs the size of Grimsby and Rotherham has become an issue which could rock soccer to its very core.
Since the complaint is now very much against the CBF as well as Guarani and has been passed to FIFA, it's the world body which must now act by applying its own law.
And that law states that any member association which fails to punish correctly a club which breaks FIFA rules will have its national team suspended from playing in the next official tournament.
Now the cynical among you (me included) will no doubt argue there's no way Sepp Blatter and Co will allow the greatest show on earth to go on without its biggest star.
Surely they'll find some loophole to ensure Brazil take their place in the Group of Death alongside Portugal, Ivory Coast and North Korea.
Maybe. But with a presidential election at FIFA in which Blatter is hoping to win a fourth term, can anyone be seen to so blatantly flout their own rules?
Make no mistake, Portuguesa mean business and will not go away quietly.
Of course it would be a shame for football fans if Brazil were absent.
Yet one team's loss is normally another's gain, and should FIFA replace Brazil, at least they have a country with a strong claim to be there next summer.
Maybe the luck of the Irish is about to change?[/spoiler]
so will we see another failure to abide by the rules by FIFA?
Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
as an irish man, i read that and about half way down i was spilt, sure it would be bad to see brazil leave, one can always dream. although, france are still in the world cup, undoubtedly brazil will also be there.
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
yeah i was gutted when Ireland went out i hit the roof literally with a bar stall lol at that hand ball
but this time the president is up for the vote so will be interesting to see if he enforces their rules
but as it says there will be a loop hole somwhere
im 80% sure he'll keep brazil in but the other 20% knows it won't be Ireland that gets in it'll be the next South American team due to the ruling of how many teams from each continant
but this time the president is up for the vote so will be interesting to see if he enforces their rules
but as it says there will be a loop hole somwhere
im 80% sure he'll keep brazil in but the other 20% knows it won't be Ireland that gets in it'll be the next South American team due to the ruling of how many teams from each continant
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
All this for that?
That'd be silly to ban Brazil for that!
That'd be silly to ban Brazil for that!
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
there are rules and the rules should be enforced if it was any other country outside the big 4 it would hype up massivly outside the regular 8 then it would be auto ban
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The Cardinal wrote:there are rules and the rules should be enforced if it was any other country outside the big 4 it would hype up massivly outside the regular 8 then it would be auto ban
Yes indeed but seriously they should unselect this player from the team...
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
he's not in the brazilian team though lol
brazil should start on minus 3 points
well i think fifa is gone to pot what ever happened to the "fair play"
personally i would have made france re-play ireland although i think france would have won
and brazil would be put out due to it being one of the CBF teams that forwarded it - thats why i think fifa will dis-miss it due to a club wanting to punish the CBF
anyway personally i think footbal isn't a sport anymore just a business
brazil should start on minus 3 points
well i think fifa is gone to pot what ever happened to the "fair play"
personally i would have made france re-play ireland although i think france would have won
and brazil would be put out due to it being one of the CBF teams that forwarded it - thats why i think fifa will dis-miss it due to a club wanting to punish the CBF
anyway personally i think footbal isn't a sport anymore just a business
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
The Cardinal wrote:anyway personally i think footbal isn't a sport anymore just a business
That's why only national teams matches really matter to me now.
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
nah, local footy is the best.
thats where the real love of the sport lies.
standing in a crowd of 3,000 on a freezing cold night? perfect.
thats where the real love of the sport lies.
standing in a crowd of 3,000 on a freezing cold night? perfect.
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
Maddog wrote:nah, local footy is the best.
thats where the real love of the sport lies.
standing in a crowd of 3,000 on a freezing cold night? perfect.
yep lol i love watching my local team play and the guy that owns it pays half out his own pocket too very good lad hopefully we will get to division 2 this year
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
my local team got promoted last season to the premier division. then came fifth. quality stuff. going for a europe spot next season.
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
Local football doesn't really interest me..
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
Jim, don´t be silly, local football might not interest you, but the consequences of Brazilian stupidity make this particular 'local player' (not so much local, because he played in Korea too) quite relevant.
Would laugh so hard if Brazil would be kicked.
Go Ireland, take your rightful place, and kick those French out of the WC.
Now THAT would be sweet justice..
Would laugh so hard if Brazil would be kicked.
Go Ireland, take your rightful place, and kick those French out of the WC.
Now THAT would be sweet justice..
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
Local football doesn't interest me because it's not on tv.
And you know there are concerned people here not only from "one side"...
"Sweet justice" in the world cup, what I think about it...**Filtered** this **Filtered** and go Henry skilled players ftw!
And France to the finals versus Spain. (well if both teams remain long enough to meet each others)
Looking to see Brazil doing good like usual. No bannings.
Got to love the fact Henry is reputed to not be another Materazzi (the cheater) or C. Ronaldo (the bragger) and did a pretty career so far, and one mistake and it's all like he's worst kind of scum ever seen for millions of people.
That's the other reason I tend to dislike nowadays football. Gossip whinning bs into sport.
What a wonderful mentality football world has!
At least it did one good thing, it revealed & strenghtend the true supporters faith into the team and its class A players. Now I doubt it would do same for Brazil given it's different circumstances and kind of player.
And you know there are concerned people here not only from "one side"...
"Sweet justice" in the world cup, what I think about it...**Filtered** this **Filtered** and go Henry skilled players ftw!
And France to the finals versus Spain. (well if both teams remain long enough to meet each others)
Looking to see Brazil doing good like usual. No bannings.
Got to love the fact Henry is reputed to not be another Materazzi (the cheater) or C. Ronaldo (the bragger) and did a pretty career so far, and one mistake and it's all like he's worst kind of scum ever seen for millions of people.
That's the other reason I tend to dislike nowadays football. Gossip whinning bs into sport.
What a wonderful mentality football world has!
At least it did one good thing, it revealed & strenghtend the true supporters faith into the team and its class A players. Now I doubt it would do same for Brazil given it's different circumstances and kind of player.
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Re: Will Brazil be in the world cup 2010?
i can see why people call for france to be kicked, but what has brazil done wrong, maybe sanction the player and the club at fault, but why should a national squad be punished for something that happened in a lower division of a league where most of the national team dont even play.