While I was picking my team here in Brasil, I asked the students; 1st who is your favorite team and then who is the best team? The answers were the same around the room each time. I found this fascinating. Now needless to say all Brazilian teams are GREAT and the scores are always low… so probably all teams all have a chance of winning each year. This year my team was in the Finals, but we lost. Truth be told, not only are the Corinthians my husband’s team but they also became my favorite team due to the fact that they were in the finals. I like to win!
Brazilians take football very serious; I was teasing some student about losing to my team the game before the finals. He was seriously hurt. Let me say, I have always been a fair weather fan. I have had a lot of favorite teams in my life and it is true that we do have a lot of different sports and teams to choose from. But Fair Weather Fan is a in the vocab of a lot of Americans. Not here. So next time I see my student I am going to tell him that I have changed my team to “Santos” (The Winners), I can’t wait to see his face. This will throw him for a loop as Brazilians don’t change their teams often in life… I hope he gets it. J
BTW…… I just found out that they don’t teach Girls Soccer here in Brazil. I am told that there is not a girls’ team… Seriously??? I hate to even scratch the surface on Women’s rights here in Brasil… I am going to take this moment of stillness and do nothing; no major thoughts, no stresses other than the norm because I am not ready to find out anything else that I can’t control this month.
