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The Strange Death of Brazilian Flair
Charlie Rhodes • Apr 27 2011Ahead of tonight’s semi-final clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona, Real’s Brazilian left-back Marcelo has pointedly suggested that he prefers ‘to win and not play well’ over defeat. He sums up an increasing trend in Brazilian football away from the flair and ingenuity which made the golden shirt a symbol of The Beautiful Game’.
Beyond Lionel Messi: An Alternative List of the Top 25 Football Players in the World (25-11)
Charlie Rhodes • Jan 10 2022In my previous article, I argued that the process by which we decide who the world’s best players are has been grossly distorted. A combination of mainstream media hype (backed…