Everyone loves Brazil

[boyofbadgers]

Except that they don't. Maybe.

I was going to write an entry wondering how on earth the Brazilian football team maintain their unusual levels of popularity among fans from other countries. Is it memories of amazing sides past? Is it Ronaldinho's cheeky grin? Or is it because of complex socio-economic factors and/or patronising Western views of plucky poor kids playing barefoot on the beach?

But after reading a fair bit of criticism, both pre and post last night's match, it increasingly looks like your average punter is starting to get sick of the media's sycophantic coverage of Brazil. It remains to be be seen whether this will translate over time into actual dislike of the team, or even ambivalence towards them, but it might just be the first step on the road towards Manchester United style hatred.

So, as is traditional, a poll:

[Poll #747774]

Comments

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

I like watching them because, well, how can you not like watching Ronaldinho really? As Sean Lock said in BBC3's otherwise p1ss poor show where they showed something like all the goals from previous world cups, "He's Ronaldinho! He's fvcking great."

But the BBC coverage last night was absurd. If I was the kind of person who wrote to the Daily Mail I'd probably rename them the Brazillian Broadcasting Corporation. They were stupidly hard on them when they failed to win 15-0 as well, not noticing that Croatia were, um, quite good really.

[tansu.livejournal.com]

Prso is brilliant.