Comments on: A Map of Campeonato Brasileiro 2009 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/03/18/a-map-of-campeonato-brasileiro-2009/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bruno Romani http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/03/18/a-map-of-campeonato-brasileiro-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7031 Bruno Romani Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:44:23 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=1048#comment-7031 prestige yes, but compared to the main european leagues, the brazilian lost only for the premiere league. the spanish league has only two teams every year. the italian has 3 (this season not even that). the german, french, portuguese all have very crappy sides. prestige yes, but compared to the main european leagues, the brazilian lost only for the premiere league. the spanish league has only two teams every year. the italian has 3 (this season not even that). the german, french, portuguese all have very crappy sides.

]]> By: Tom Dunmore http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/03/18/a-map-of-campeonato-brasileiro-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7028 Tom Dunmore Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:50:34 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=1048#comment-7028 Bruno, the key word in the post is "relatively" to other "major footballing powers". Compare the prestige and strength of Brazil's national league to Spain, Germany, Italy etc, who don't have major state tournaments taking up much of the year. That doesn't mean the Brazilian league is weak or that it's easy to win the tournament. Bruno, the key word in the post is “relatively” to other “major footballing powers”. Compare the prestige and strength of Brazil’s national league to Spain, Germany, Italy etc, who don’t have major state tournaments taking up much of the year.

That doesn’t mean the Brazilian league is weak or that it’s easy to win the tournament.

]]> By: Bruno Romani http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/03/18/a-map-of-campeonato-brasileiro-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7023 Bruno Romani Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:06:34 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=1048#comment-7023 many mistakes in this post. or at least poor arguments. Brazilian league weak? 17 different champions since 1971. no other league in the world that produces one champion per year (in argentina, mexico, colombia there are two) has seen such variety. it is not easy to win this tournament. Also, every great Brazilian talent, from Pele to Kaka, played this league - very often sharing the stage with other great names. Finally,the state leagues never 'eclipsed' the national league. They were more prestigious in the past, indeed, but never took the lights from the national tournament. And altough they should be shorter tournaments, the state leagues are important to keep the pool of talents alive. Brazilian football is great also due the great number of clubs it has, which is equal to more players working. many mistakes in this post. or at least poor arguments.

Brazilian league weak? 17 different champions since 1971. no other league in the world that produces one champion per year (in argentina, mexico, colombia there are two) has seen such variety. it is not easy to win this tournament. Also, every great Brazilian talent, from Pele to Kaka, played this league – very often sharing the stage with other great names.

Finally,the state leagues never ‘eclipsed’ the national league. They were more prestigious in the past, indeed, but never took the lights from the national tournament. And altough they should be shorter tournaments, the state leagues are important to keep the pool of talents alive. Brazilian football is great also due the great number of clubs it has, which is equal to more players working.

]]> By: Nombres de Niñas http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/03/18/a-map-of-campeonato-brasileiro-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-7019 Nombres de Niñas Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:48:30 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=1048#comment-7019 Very, very cool! I checked out Bill's site. Interesting concept, although I couldn't find anything on Ecuador. The NCAA map was nice, though. Very, very cool! I checked out Bill’s site. Interesting concept, although I couldn’t find anything on Ecuador. The NCAA map was nice, though.

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