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Quite simply, Brazil is very good at football.
They’ve won the World Cup more than anyone else, with five stars above their badge to prove it, and have provided an endless river of ridiculous footballers who have changed the face of the game. And Claudio Cacapa.
Names like Neymar, Ronaldinho and Kaka have lit up the world of football and before them the country that never seems to suffer for a lack of talent enjoyed another Golden Era, with Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Roberto Carlos. And if they weren’t starry enough, before modern football came along and ruined everything for nostalgics, Garrincha, Zico and the awe-inspiring Pele were making jaws drop around the planet.
Football is engrained in Brazilian culture just as gravy runs through the veins of the English. And while their current national side appears to be in a slight rut (only by their...
Quite simply, Brazil is very good at football.
They’ve won the World Cup more than anyone else, with five stars above their badge to prove it, and have provided an endless river of ridiculous footballers who have changed the face of the game. And Claudio Cacapa.
Names like Neymar, Ronaldinho and Kaka have lit up the world of football and before them the country that never seems to suffer for a lack of talent enjoyed another Golden Era, with Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Roberto Carlos. And if they weren’t starry enough, before modern football came along and ruined everything for nostalgics, Garrincha, Zico and the awe-inspiring Pele were making jaws drop around the planet.
Football is engrained in Brazilian culture just as gravy runs through the veins of the English. And while their current national side appears to be in a slight rut (only by their...
- 9/25/2015
- by Michael Potts
- Obsessed with Film
A Brazilian wonderkid – a rare player every football fan secretly wishes their team had. They may not be known for their reliability or work-rate but their creative genius and ability on the ball is world-renowned. Maybe it’s the single name (Neymar, Ronaldo, Pele etc.) but there’s always been something more enthralling and exciting about a Brazilian; something the effort or enthusiasm of a Grant Holt or Scott Parker can never quite make up for.
The worldwide appeal and wealth of the Champions League has proved vital in drawing the major South American stars to Europe. It hasn’t always been this way. The legendary Pele spent most of his career playing for Santos, while Zico – one of the best players of the late seventies and early eighties – transformed Flamengo into one of the best sides in the world, even destroying Liverpool 3-0 in the Intercontinental Cup in 1981.
One...
The worldwide appeal and wealth of the Champions League has proved vital in drawing the major South American stars to Europe. It hasn’t always been this way. The legendary Pele spent most of his career playing for Santos, while Zico – one of the best players of the late seventies and early eighties – transformed Flamengo into one of the best sides in the world, even destroying Liverpool 3-0 in the Intercontinental Cup in 1981.
One...
- 1/21/2013
- by Jamie Callaghan
- Obsessed with Film
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