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Brasile-map.gifThe Brazilian championship, the Brasilerão as it is called, using the common suffix “ão” to indicate its importance, its weightiness – literally this could be translated “Big or Great Brazil” – will start on Saturday with three early matches, while the remaining seven games will be played on the Sunday. As in Argentina, in Brazil, all the teams are more or less on the same footing, even though, in recent years, the São Paulo and far-south teams have always battled it out for the title. At Sao Paulo, the largest city in South America, there are three well-known squads: Corinthians, Palmeiras and São Paulo. To these must be added Pelé’s old team, Santos, which is the port of São Paulo.In the beautiful town of Florianopolis (Santa Caterina) plays Figueirense. In the Rio Grande do Sul, the country’s southernmost state, are Internacional (recent winner of the Copa Libertadores) and Grêmio, which competed in the local derby of the city of Porto Alegre, and Juventude, which represents the town of Caxias do Sul. The best known teams of course are those of Rio de Janeiro: Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco de Gama and Botafogo: teams that have made the history of Brazilian football. Always in the south, in the state of Paraná, taking part this year in the A league are Atlético Paranaense and Paraná, both from Curitiba.
In the state of Minas Gerais, historically fundamental for Brazil, we have the big match between Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro, the classic of Belo Horizonte, the state capital. At Goiania, there is Goiás, a team that is always competitive. Finally, of numeric importance are the teams of the Nordeste, Brazil’s poorest area: Náutico and Sport are from Recife, in Pernambuco, América is from Natal, in the Rio Grande do Norte, a place about to be “launched” on the tourist market.

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