How do we do it?

Interesting… this guy, Gabriele Marcotti, must have some Brazilian correspondent, since he wrote with such accuracy about the chaos we have in our football field. However, he is wondering how Brazil can produce so many super stars for the beautiful sport. The guy is very well-traveled, born in Italy (great football tradition), lives in London (with the hooligans) so I understand he knows a lot about football. After living many years in the US he may call our sport soccer, but he surely have good sources to write his reports. Our football is a real mess!

The truth of this matter is simple: football is still the kids’ first option to have fun here in Brazil. I wrote about this before. While in Europe you can hardly find a little field for the kids, here in Brazil there is an enormous mass of poor little kids playing at every opened area they can find and, believe me, Brazil is big. The talents are not built during the championships or in the clubs. The great little players are presented to the clubs by scouts that collect talents in public auditions. It is still a kid’s play.

It doesn’t matter if the coaches are like disposable pieces of a bad machine, it doesn’t matter if players are easy to lose like dripping oil from a loose gear, the fact is: our football talent is born and developed before coaches, teams and clubs can grasp it. The Brazilian talent factory is always opened.

I suggest Gabriele to read my post about it: Why is Brazil such a talent breeder?

I suggest you read his report: How do they do it?