7/17/2019 Cultura Do Futebol

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Football culture

Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. Football quickly became a

passion for Brazilians, who often refer to their country as "o País do Futebol"

("the country of football". !er #$,$$$ Brazilians play professionally all oer

the world.

Football has a ma%or e&ect on Brazilian 'ulture. t is the faorite

pastime of youn)sters playin) football on the streets and indoor Futebol de

*al+o elds. -he orld 'up draws Brazilians to)ether, with people skippin)

work to iew the national team play, or employers settin) up places for

employees to watch. -he /eneral 0lections are usually held in the same year

as the orld 'up, and critics ar)ue that political parties try to take adanta)e

of the nationalistic sur)e created by football and brin) it into politics. Former

Brazilian footballers are often elected to le)islatie positions.

!ne unique aspect of football in Brazil is the importance of the

Brazilian *tate 'hampionships. For much of the early deelopment of the

)didaticoame in Brazil, the nation1s size and the lack of rapid transportmade

national competitions unfeasible, so the competition centered on state

tournaments and inter2state competitions like the -orneio 3io2*+o Paulo. 0en

today, despite the e4istence of a national tournament, the state tournaments

continue to be hotly contested and the intrastate rialries remain intense.

 -here is, howeer, a )rowin) tendency of dealuation of the importance of 

such championships as continental and national competitions hae )rown in

releance since the early 5$s.