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Brazil Soccer History
There is no doubt that football in Brazil is the national sport; wherever there is an open space you will find children and grown men kicking a ball around. The worker's idea of a lunch-time break is to organize a "pelada" - (a scratch game, with coats as goalposts, and as often as not, two rolled-up socks as the ball). In the interior of Brazil, wherever there is a small settlement you will find a football pitch. Even in the almost unexplored forests of Amazonas and Para, you will find a clearing surrounded by lofty trees and dense undergrowth, hundreds of miles from the nearest electric installation, and two teams hotly engaged in a football match watched by a group of Indians as fanatical as any supporters in the world. On Copacabana beach several championships are played, some pitches are even floodlit and every Saturday afternoon goalposts and nets are erected and league games are played. The teams play 30 minutes each half barefoot. The sides of the "field" are bordered by the sea on one side and the roadway wall on the other. The championships are organized by the C.B.F. and some 10,000 clubs register for the competition. The teams play in their own strip. As one can imagine, considerable skill is required to control the ball on the soft sand, and from this ready made "nursery" several players have graduated to professional teams. These games attract large crowds and support for the teams is considerable, especially when local districts are facing each other.
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