Santos vs São Paulo: When a 115-Year-Old Grudge Match Becomes the World’s Most Watched Metaphor
Rio de Janeiro – Somewhere in the luminous sprawl that Brazilians politely call a city, two footballing tribes prepared last night to re-enact a 115-year-old grudge match whose geopolitical footprint now reaches further than most UN peacekeeping missions. Santos versus São Paulo, the coastal pearl versus the concrete leviathan, is no longer a provincial squabble…
