He played for Sao Paulo (who beat Liverpool this morning) for 6 months I believe and had problems with the coach, so he returned to futsal. I heard about a month ago that he may be coming back.
Sao Paulo beat Liverpool! Goodjob Brasil!! Now hopefully Benfica can do the same thing P.S: Does nike ad a new episode to the Ginga series everyweek or what?
So, I just saw Ginga on Fox Soccer Channel. Pretty awesome little video. I think it would have been cool to have made a whole show about this...or at least a mini-series. I'm sure Nike and the film-makers have tons of unused footage... When I read that Romarinho was going to be in the video, I really expected it to be Romario's son. haha. He's suposed to be a pretty solid youngster. I think he's like 10 or something...and yes, his nickname is Romarinho.
All my friends have been to Brazil (Bahia Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Sao Paulo...) and I have a ton of Brazilian friends who give me futsal games and pro football matches and watching them makes me realize why the US will never be a great soccer nation. We don't love the game. If you want to be great, you have to love it, thats all. These kids don't have anything, and even the ones who do still just want to play. All the guys I've played with here just play soccer then they wonder who won the Ohio State game, or whats going on in College Basketball. They're just sports fans. Its really sad when all the guys on my college soccer team hate playing futsal because "the ball is too small" or heavy. They just don't get it. I'd play with a cell phone or a snow ball if thats all we had. Americans...
that's funny, because when I was in Colombia, in school (I used to go to a private school), we weren't allowed to bring a soccer ball for recess into the school. During our breaks, we would buy a yogurt drink and use the plastic bottle to play, that was fun as hell. But man, I watched and it reminded me of when I was living in Colombia, that's straight S.A. life right there, just awesome. I would literally spend from sun up till sun down in the street playing soccer, and after school take the bus to go to practice. Great stuff on Ginga. I would like to visit Sao Paulo (or Brazil for that matter) some day.
Kinda points out an advantage Brazil has, at least in respect to the game, especially in the skills department. The kids here who love the game, for the most part, also love their video games, trips to the mall, on and on.. Far fewer have an obsession for the game that can overpower what wealth often brings. And far fewer here see it as the way out of poverty, and their families best chance. Most of the kids in Brazil wake up dreaming soccer and act on that dream with every waking hour that permits them to.
Its just amazing how much talent there is in brazil. Those kids can't make the junior squads there, but here in US they would be the best player on the field. Good show!
OMG !!!! That's exactly what I used to do as a kid in Brazil. Get a little yougurt bottle, smash it flat and play with that. It was fun as hell !!!
Good stuff man. I was down there this summer and unfortunatly I didn't get to play much futebol. I wish I could experience some street soccer games down there. I was a pretty good player in high school but if I was down there for a while just playing street soccer every day I probably could be a lot better.
yea man, that's exactly what I'm talking about. yea, I was down in colombia in summer 2003, and played a little, both street and on the field, and I feel the exact same way, if I stayed down there and played everday for a while, I would be so much better than I am right now.
Yep, that about sums it up. I totally agree with you. Plus soccer is competing with baseball, american football and basketball; all of these sports have been around for at least 100 years. Hard to fight tradition.
It can change, though. Brazilians invent games that keep them close to soccer. That's key. American do it, too, but with baseball, basketball, etc. They wad up pieces of paper and practice "shooting" into a wastebasket. They pick up a stick in the park and hit rocks like infield practice in baseball. Americans do these things but they still freeze up a bit when it comes to inventing soccer games. I think that'll change.
Anything that can be kicked, in fact. Ever tried "embaixadinhas" with those metal corks that were around when they used to make glass bottles in the 80's? Really effective when you're trying to impress the girl of your dreams back in 6th grade!!
Haha yes when I was in pre-elementary school we weren't allowed too, so we played football in our breaks with tree nuts or rocks, the closest to a round thing we had at hand
someone help da brotha out with the music from this show. i cant get the beats out of my head. they blew me away. the editing of the music with the style & elegance of the players was great. it inspires me to play everytime i see it. does anyone know who the artists are on the show? is this brasilian hip hop???? electronica????? regaee hip hop?????
This reminds me of the Portuguesa coach in the documentary, when he says something along these lines: "Nowadays, a professional player must be 90% physically apt and 10% skill... It's not enough for a small player to be great, he has to be a genius..." Even with such approach, Brazilian players around the world are still admired for their incredible skills. Amazing. That's why they are the best. I have no info on the music from the film, but I'm curious myself. I know FSC is still showing it, I'm yet to tape it, and I'll take a look at the credits. Great stuff indeed.
Wow ... wouldn't that be too small ? Must be tought. I used to play also with tennis ball in the bottom of my building that had a tiled entrance.
just saw the whole thing today. poor paulo cesar. made me want to cry. Maybe someone in the US can adopt him He would be a huge star here!