Pele is the name that right away alerts you to the inexplicable bond between the great sport of football and Brazil. Their life is centered on football fascination in Brazil. During the past two decades, the famous footballers of Brazil were Eder, Falcao, and Zico or the likes of Dunga, Ronaldo and Romario, not to speak about Socrates and Junior.
Brazil has scores of football clubs, the most important of them all being the Flamengo, the cornerstone of Zico's career. And many players who had played for Flamengo are now playing in the Old World, because of the lure of the exceptionally high compensation packages that the Europeans pay. However, this fact does not deter all Brazilian talents.
Brazil has lost its standings because of the drain of their players leaving to seek higher wages. This does not make any difference to the Brazilians and they remain faithful to their Brazilian football clubs. You will find some more clubs in Brazil They are Vaso de Gama, The Fluminense, Soa Paulo and the Botafogo.
In view of the fact that the Brazilian is infatuated with football, football is almost always, a main issue of conversation. Football clubs have thousands of fans; you must be for a team or condemn it. It is a topic that can be discussed in an office, in a club, or with the driver of your hired taxi, or with your bar pals.
Among the clubs, Flamengo is ranked first and Vasco de Gama follows as second. And their fans are sure to despise one another when these two teams play against each other. Fluminense is thought to be an open- minded club, and because their followers come from the richer urbane class, they tend to despise the fans of the other clubs thought inferior in status. The Botafogo is a smaller club, but their members are more cultured than the members of other clubs. The clubs face strong rivalries.
Brazil gets united only when the World Cup arrives; the people do nothing else but discuss the World Cup. They discuss the team members and the games in detail. The game that the Brazilians hold closest to their hearts is the 1982 world cup that Brazil won. It is not only because they won the cup but because the game was splendid, a beautiful attacking one. The people of Brazil love an attractive game which for them seems a greater priority than simply winning a game.
Maradonna is one of the football super-stars who are not popular in Brazil, for the simple reason that he is Argentinian, and they find it difficult to understand how anyone other than a Brazilian could dominate the hearts of football fans. The World Cup of 1994 brought them the cup, but they were not happy with it because, they felt, somewhere down the line, the game had lost its appeal, beauty and charm, because it was defensive football. To them beautiful football (Jogo bonito) is always in the attack.
The Brazilians are fanatical about the fact that the World Cup of 2014 is to be held in Brazil itself. And they are hoping and praying that they win the World Cup. The Brazilians cannot contemplate a defeat in football. They will not be able to pull through from the defeat. The team on the whole, is being discussed and the team is under immense pressure to win, for Brazil cannot contemplate a defeat on its own soil. The football fascination in Brazil is at its crescendo.
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