I miss the old Brazil “Beautiful Game” teams.
Today’s Brazil team is a mere shadow of those teams.
Pele is the reason I got so enthralled with soccer. He was amazing to watch. It totally was the “Beautiful Game”. When our kids were little, we gave them Brazil jerseys for Christmas one year, and they proudly wore them whenever the mood struck. Especially our oldest.
I didn’t get that feeling of the “Beautiful Game” very much in this Cup. It was there, but not as it has been in the past.