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Good teams are
thickest on the ground in Rio and São Paulo. In Rio, Flamengo and
Fluminense have historically had the most intense rivalry in
Brazilian club football, though the latter are currently in steep
decline and their place has been taken by Vasco; together with
Botafogo they dominate carioca football. In São Paulo there is
similar rivalry between São Paulo and Coríntians, whose pre-eminence
is challenged by Guaraní, Palmeiras, Portuguesa and Santos, the last
of these now a shadow of the team that Pelé led to glory in the
1960s.
The only clubs elsewhere that come up to the standards of the
best of Rio and São Paulo are Internacional and Grêmio in Porto
Alegre, Atlético Mineiro in Belo Horizonte, Vitória and Bahia in
Bahia, and Sport in Recife.
Brazilian football shirts, true to national character, are stylish
and much more colorful than their European equivalents. They make
great souvenirs. Costs range from around $30 for an official repro
shirt bought at a sports shop, to around $10 for unauthorized cotton
copies available in any clothes shop.
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The most common ones
you will see are the red and black hoops of Flamengo, the green and maroon
stripes of Fluminense, the white and black diagonal stripe of Vasco,
the white with red and black hoop of São Paulo, and the blue, white
and black stripes of Grêmio. The instantly recognizable national
shirt, canary yellow and nicknamed canarinho, is also ubiquitous.
See also World Cup
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