sexta-feira, 28 de setembro de 2012

Brazil is the country of football really?

This phrase has been repeated so many times, inside and outside the country, which seems to be an absolute truth, universal, with no room for disagreement. But will reflect reality?
 
 

First we need to understand some "absolute truths", which in most cases is nothing true.
Example:
"Brazil is the country of football"
If ever was, is no longer a long time.
In the item "consume football," we are behind many countries, including Argentina. Yes, our hermanos more like football than us.
Our average attendance in stadiums is like the 3rd (yes, THIRD) division English.
Programs socio fans still crawl in the country, and in Europe are already traditional for years.
"Brazil form the best players in the world"
Another untruth. Firstly, our athletes training is deficient and incomplete, as players reach the professional burning several basic steps. Our sides does not know crosses, not kicking midfielders medium / long distance, do not know our center-nod.
Second: Fame export of "superstars" should best be summarized: export quality socks and attackers. Quarterbacks, steering wheels, side and goalies a much smaller scale.
Perhaps a truer epithet would be "Brazil is the country where most practicing football."
So yes it is true. Around here football is played on courts, fields, beaches, floodplains, streets, sidewalks, anywhere.
A friend who lived in Liverpool tells me that caught her attention that every child that goes there to play football, makes the boot, meião, cinnamon, and official ball on a lawn immaculate.
Here just one ball half can be of plastic or rubber, and football is already rolling.
Nor can we overlook the different cultural issues between us and the Brits, for example.The excitement of the Brazilian fan club is totally dependent on winning titles for his team.When a team is "in the queue" for several years, the crowd goes into a downward spiral, declining attendance at games, consumption of licensed products etc.
In England we have clubs like Tottenham Hotspur, for example, that only won two British Championships, the last in season 1960-61. And why not let your fans to fill the White Hart Line (their stadium) throughout the match. The same goes for Sunderland, who was champion of the Premier League for the last time in 1935-36!
It may be that Brazil is the country where most football practice. Either one of the most practical. But we still need to learn a lot about organizing major events.

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