Grêmio vs Botafogo: When Porto Alegre Meets Rio in the World’s Most Expensive Mid-Table Therapy Session By Diego “Still Waiting for VAR to Fix My Life” Molina RIO DE JANEIRO—Somewhere between the tenth replay of a dubious offside and the thirtieth drone shot of floodlights, the planet’s attention briefly flickered to Brazil this weekend. Grêmio…
The Curious Global Phenomenon of Brasileirão: How Brazil’s Chaotic Football Carnival Became the World’s Favorite Morality Play By Dave’s Locker International Desk RIO DE JANEIRO—Every Sunday from May to December, a country roughly the size of the continental United States momentarily forgets its inflation, its political telenovela, and the fact that half the Amazon is…
Corinthians vs. Athletico-PR: A Tale of Two Cities and the Planet’s Slow Collapse By Our Man in São Paulo, nursing his third caipirinha since dawn Somewhere between the 37th parallel south and the International Space Station’s nightly pass, Corinthians and Athletico-PR will meet tonight in the sort of football match that makes the rest of…
