This creativity has another side; with the improvisation, the thing which makes the Brazilian game so beautiful to watch, comes a disregard of tactics, of system. Again this is rooted in the origins of the game in Brazil and its development in a country plagued by racial and social inequality. According to Brazilian myth, soccer was brought to Brazil by the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother. Sent to England for school, Charles Miller came back with a different type of education. Legend has him debarking in Sao Paolo with a soccer ball in each hand. When his father asked him what they were he replied “My degree. Your son has graduated in soccer” (Wilson, 98). From the beginning of soccer in Brazil it is depicted as impertinent, and perhaps the reason why this myth has become so popular is because it shows
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In Germany the beginning of soccer was very different than it was in Brazil. Where in Brazil soccer was the game of the British upper class, and the lower classes adopted the game and shaped it through that insubordination, in Germany the game was middle and working class from its start. While in Brazil soccer did not encounter any kind of sporting competition (some of the upper class played cricket, but it had not transferred to the working classes) in Germany it had to take on the deep seated aristocratic sport of Gymnastics (Wilson). Over time the working and middle classes adopted the game, much like in Brazil, but while in Brazil the first players were of the upper class, in Germany it was the aristocrats who followed the working classes (Wilson). Germany has had almost as much success as Brazil, winning four World Cups (West Germany won three, Unified Germany has only won one), but while the Brazilians are known for their flair and individuality, Germany is all about efficiency, each player doing their
In Germany the beginning of soccer was very different than it was in Brazil. Where in Brazil soccer was the game of the British upper class, and the lower classes adopted the game and shaped it through that insubordination, in Germany the game was middle and working class from its start. While in Brazil soccer did not encounter any kind of sporting competition (some of the upper class played cricket, but it had not transferred to the working classes) in Germany it had to take on the deep seated aristocratic sport of Gymnastics (Wilson). Over time the working and middle classes adopted the game, much like in Brazil, but while in Brazil the first players were of the upper class, in Germany it was the aristocrats who followed the working classes (Wilson). Germany has had almost as much success as Brazil, winning four World Cups (West Germany won three, Unified Germany has only won one), but while the Brazilians are known for their flair and individuality, Germany is all about efficiency, each player doing their