Initially I would like to introduce myself, I
want to show the honor and gratitude to be
debuting my column about soccer in essence
for such a prestigious magazine and such a
select audience. My name is Igor Moura, the
sports reporter at News System Journal of
Commerce & Communication, located in
Recife, and arguably the greatest communication system in the North / Northeast of
Brazil. My passion for the sport came from
the crib with a professional athlete father,
and today I work with what I love and I'll be
happy from now on to share it with all readers, opinions about the most popular sport
in the world . Soccer.
To start, nothing better than to draw a parallel between the Brazilian soccer and Soccer
in the United States, which in my opinion,
is among the three countries in the world
where the practice evolves with more notoriety. The numbers prove this thesis. Growth
in average attendance at MLS games, or Major League Soccer is huge, reaching more
than 20,000 people per game, average even
higher than the Brazilian Championship.
Of course, the technical discrepancy between Brazilian and American clubs is still
great, but the organization and aspiration
to higher flights of US Soccer is what makes
the difference making a parameter with the
CBF, the Brazilian Football Confederation.
The highest entity in Brazilian Soccer-CBF
is extremelly disorganized, with stagnation
due to the success of the Brazilian team
throughout history and the changes of results on the pitch in the courts that happened at the end of 2013, the legal battle
between Fluminense and Portuguesa, in
which Fluminense got away from demotion
due to the fact that Portuguesa assigned an
irregular athlete, and at the end, winning
the Brasileirão championship in a regretful
way. Unlikely, the exciting MLS US Season
in which Sporting KC deservedly won the
title in a frantic final against Real Salt Lake.
Two surprises that showed everyone how
the tournament is balanced, since the LA
Galaxy, New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC
of Canada usually invest more in their casts
and still fell by the wayside. Just now the
American teams must front against Mexican rival in ConcaChampions, with such an
exaggerated hegemony of Latinos, who, despite having really good times, do not usually perform a good role in the FIFA Club
World Cup.
Brazil has no mystery. A Selection of medians and maximum good for clashes against
Brazil to face Brazil. Coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was able to draw the most of every athlete, implement a system of effective and
psychologically swinging game from each
player, something his predecessor Mano
Menezes failed to do. Result:undisputed title in the Confederations Cup and beautiful
presentations in pre - Cup friendlies. His rivals surely will put a fight for the vacancy in
2nd place in the group. Croatia with some
good values as Mandzukic and Modric on an
average team, speedy team Mexico still unsure whether or not they will have their talents playing in Europe, highlighting Chicharito Hernández and Andrés Guardado and
Cameroon betting on phsical strength and
two athletes of above average quality : Song,
of Barcelona and Eto from the Chelsea .
Another point on which I favor is the inclusion of at least one MLS team in the Libert Yܙ\