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In South America, futbol is religion. I think in Brazil it is raised yet another level if that is possible. Rio de Janeiro is home to the largest soccer stadium in the world, The Maracana. The stadium holds over 100 000 dancing, screaming and overall enthusiastic fans. Do to a break in the schedule over Easter I was unable to witness a game live here, only on TV. But if its anything like seeing games live in Argentina (which was wild) the it is something that you should not miss if you have the chance! Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Futebol – as the locals call it – is the national sport in Brazil. Actually it is much more than a sport; it a passion and art and is in the minds and hearts of many Brazilians (if not all Brazilian).
At the beaches in Rio there is always a beach soccer match going on. Some games are just friends playing together, but there is also a beach soccer tournament in Rio. Sit down for a while and watch these players. They are very skilful and do tricks I have never seen or heard of before… Theme: Sports Watching
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The Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho - commonly called “Estádio do Maracanã” (Maracanã stadium) – is a temple of soccer, and one of the largest football stadiums in the world. The stadium is named after the Maracanã neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro.
It was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup and to the final game between Brazil and Uruguay there were nearly 200000 spectators! Currently Maracanã seats 95000 spectators, and is mainly used for football matches between the major football clubs in Rio de Janeiro (Flamengo, Fluminense, Botafogo and Vasco da Gama).
It will host the World Cup Final in 2014, becoming the second stadium to host football's most important match twice after the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
My visit to Rio wasn’t very well planned – it was out of the football season!!! Anyway a visit to Maracanã is still recommendable. There is a sports museum with photos, posters, cups and more. You can also visit the dressing rooms and have a look at the pitch. Theme: Sports WatchingDirections: Enter through Gate No. 18 - on Rua Professor Eurico Rabelo.
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ALWAYS SEARCH FLUMINENSE F.C. MATCH AND STAY WITH THE "NORMAL" FANS (NOT ORGANIZED FANS, with flags). You can see the flags from a safe distance, inside the stadium. Fluminense fans are known as the most beautiful, or handsome, and the calm ones. There's never a riot in a Flu match, so you shall go to Maracana only when this team plays. When it plays against another Rio de Janeiro team, stay next to a Flu fan (it's safeeee) and, WHEN YOU LEAVE THE STADIUM, keep yourself side-by-side with some Flu fans, as if you were one of them, until you take the cab. ALWAYS FLU!
neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeever wear a team jersey to go to Maracana. If you win, the non-Flu fans will be angry; if you loose, they'll annoy you very, very much. I know what I'm saying about annoying. Leave a Comment Theme: Sports WatchingAddress: Maracana is the center of the universe.Directions: - the world is around Maracana; - 2km far from my appartment.
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If you like futebol (soccer), you've come to the right place. Rio's Maracana Stadium was once (and may still be) the largest soccer stadium in the world.
You're in for a real treat if your visit coincides with World Cup play, no matter where the games are actually held. This is another topic altogether, but suffice to say, if you do not go to Carnaval, and you can't go to the games themselves, Rio during World Cup play is THE place to be in the entire world. What a blast. Even though it is not Carnaval time, I guarantee you will witness Carnaval in the streets after every Brazilian victory.
Back to Maracana Stadium . . . if you get the chance, take in a game of futebol. Tours are available at every hotel. You'll pay much more than if you went on your own, but you'll be with a group of people who will get you in and out of the stadium without any problems. Well worth your time.
Flamengo, generally speaking, has the hearts and minds of most Cariocas. Their cross-town rival Fluminense has all of the rest. When the two battle at Maracana, true Carioca passions explode.
I only went to a single game at Maracana, a World Cup qualifier against archrival Uruguay. Another complete topic: Uruguay somehow managed to beat Brazil inside Maracana Stadium for the World Cup championship in 1950. So now, whenever the two meet there, it is bound to be a great game. Brazil won when I went.
Maracana owns the record for the largest stadium-based concert attendance when Paul McCartney and Wings played to a crowd of 184,368.
Record: 199,854 (Uruguay v Brazil, World Cup Final, 1950)
Check it out online at:
http://www.soccerstadiums.homestead.com/brazil.html
Special Note: Maracana Stadium is not in the Southern Tourist Zone of Rio. If you take a camera to the game (Very Bad Idea in my opinion), be prepared to GIVE IT UP if someone is intent on taking it from you. A tourist from Argentina refused to give up his camera and was killed. Just like being killed in Detroit, Miami, New York, Phildelphia, Phoenix, or Washington, D.C. for tennis shoes, $20.00 speakers, or in a carjacking. GIVE IT UP, people. Better yet, buy post cards and don't take the camera. This tip applies everywhere . . . Got it? Leave a Comment Theme: Sports WatchingAddress: Maracana StadiumWebsite: http://www.sportz4u.com/isport/Football/GROUND/maracana.htm
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