BRASIL,TERRA DO FUTEBOL
BRAZIL,THE LAND OF FOOTBALL

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O futebol no Brasil nao e um esporte. E o jogo da bola, da malicia e do drible. E o jogo que reflete a propria nacionalidade de uma terra dominada pela paixao da bola. No espaco do jogo, o futebol brasileiro e capaz deesquecer o proprio objetivo do gol, convicto de que a virtude sem alegria e uma contradicao. Ganhemos a copa ou nao, somos os campeoes da paixao despertada pela bola!
(Trecho extraido do livro "Brasil, o Pais do Futebol" de Betty Milan)

Football in Brazil isn't simply a sport. It's the ball game of cunning and dribbling. It's the game which reflects theown nationality of a land dominated by the passion of the ball. In the game space, Brazilian football is capable offorgetting even the objective of scoring, certain that virtue without joy is a contradiction. Winning the World Cup ornot, we are the champions of the passion aroused by the ball!

(Extracted and freely translated from the book "Brasil, the Land of Football", by Betty Milan)

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- Brazil's team captain and defender Cafu hoists the World Cup trophy after Brazil won 2-0 against Germany in match 64 of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea Japan final 30 June, 2002 at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan. Brazil has now won a record five World Cup titles.Brazil previously was a FIFA World Cup winner in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 AND 2002. AFP PHOTO GABRIEL BOUYS [143003]