www.brazilianpost.co.uk • Issue n. 77

The Brazilian Post celebrates its second birthday in this edition. Find out what we have been doing, our proposals to attempt to bring Brazilian and British cultures closer and to provide the best quality information to our readers, in both languages Portuguese and English.

Read more on pages 2, 3, 4 and 7 >>

FREEL. AMERICA: p09

Brazil and Argentina: How both countries can pave the way to develope the region

SPORT: P12

Chelsea and Corinthians are ready to go foward in the Clubs World Cup title in Japan

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LONDON EDITION

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2012 will stay in our memory

By Ana Toledo

A nd we talk about this with a huge smile of happiness.

The Brazilian Post was born in 2010, the year that Brazil was

propping up its new position on the inter-national scene. Created when internation-al relations were being strengthened and perhaps because of that, today we are a vehicle that has crossed borders. Despite our young age, we appear ripe for major changes to sustain what we can celebrate as our major steps.

We started 2012 emphasising our goal of sustaining a channel that creates a two-way relationship between Brazil and the UK. Then we worked to bring both coun-tries closer, disseminating news about them through culture, economy, politics, sports, education and more, engaging with the Brazil that exists in London.

In March of this year we launched our Web Portal (www.brazilianpost.co.uk) and plugged into social networks to be closer to our readers and attuned to the world of possibilities that the internet provides. In July, in full fervor of the Olympic Games, we took our newspaper to become biweek-ly, bilingual, with 40 pages of content and a unique design format with two cover pages.

All of this has been possible for one very simple reason: the competence of our team! Partners, friends and contrib-utors, totaling 19 people who specialise in different areas. This plurality of ideas is presented through the different views in TBP, revealed through each edition of the newspaper.

We can not fail to mention our Cool Hunter, Zaza Oliva, who has been with us since the first edition of The Brazilian Post (page 23). Zaza produces unique content for every edition and that shows it is London’s streets that dictate fashion trends for the whole world.

To complete the team and continue the fusion of Brazilian and English, on the subject that is a common passion for both nationalities, we enrich our content with sports writer, Englishman Jamie Jubon.

A TOP LINE TEAM

These are just two names from many of our team whose work in synchronsed har-mony creates great results in our printed publication.

This quest for diversity of thought, ide-as and referrals is what drives us and provides the differentiated content that reaches Brazilians and foreign readers of The Brazilian Post.

Today we present to you, our readers, advertisers and partners, issue 77, to cel-ebrate two years of this transformation. Valuing news and information focusing on our exceptional Brazil, but produced direct-ly from the heart of the British capital.

So here’s to 2013!Good reading.

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WEB PORTAL(brazilianpost.co.uk):

The news and features published in the news-paper are also available on our web site, whe-re you can also find cultural tips of London and what’s happening in the Brazilian scene in the capital. Be sure to check our blog ne-twork - there are themes for all tastes, from sports to cooking, through to tourism and en-tertainment.

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CONNECTING INFORMATION (brazilianpost.co.uk/conectandoinformacoes):Introducing a new project of The Brazilian Post that opens space for journalism students and all those who are interested in collabora-ting with us by asking them to contribute to news in various editorials. Learn more via the link http://migre.me/cbz6u.

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ANA LUISA TOLEDOEditor-in-chief

GUILHERME REISPortuguese Editor

Web Site Editor

CIBELE PORTOWhat’s on

MARCELO MORTIMERCEO

KATE RINTOULEnglish Editor

CAROLINA BEAL ShowBizz

INNER SPACEDANIELA BARONESacred Chat

JANINNE VELOSOTravel

NATHÁLIA BRAGACommunity

ROBERTA SCHWAMBACH

Feel Good Public Relations TBP

JAMIE JUBONSport

JEAN ARLIN PEIXEGraphic Designer

RICARDO SOMERAEntertainmentSocial Network Analist TBP

RÔMULO SEITENFUSProfile

RONALDO BATALINILondon by night

SAULO CALIARIFood

TICO SILVÉRIOSport

ZAZÁ OLIVAFashion

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CHRISTIANO HOLANDAEconomy

BABAK GANJEICartoon

RICARDO COIMBRACartoon

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ON DEBATE

IN LONDON

Understanding Brazil and approaching cultures

Londoners can’t get enough of Brazil

By Guilherme Reis

Two years ago, in the first edi-tion of The Brazilian Post our first headline for this new Lon-don publication was: “Dilma has

15 days to chose team”. This marked an ex-citing period for the first woman to take the top job of executive power in Brazil but also for the entire country and its expats living in London.

Since then, we have followed the pro-gress of those who, more now than ever, are moving towards becoming one of the great nations of the world: Brazil.

This has not always been easy, how should we report this transition? How to keep the Brazilians who live in London informed about the country? And, even more difficult, how to take the opportuni-ty of reaching the growing number of for-eigners interested in Brazil and show our

country beyond the stereotypes, the ‘easy-going’ news and shallow reflection?

In these two years of TBP, Dilma Rouss-eff has basically followed the same line of former President Lula: strengthening so-cial programs to end poverty and give the base to the so-called new C-Class (worth mentioning inclusion of affirmative ac-tion as the social system of quotas for black students in universities) and inde-pendent foreign policy, not based solely on the interests of the major economic pow-ers (with closer relations with the BRICS countries and Mercosur).

New challenges and obstacles, howev-er, are essential in true development. And here comes a key issue in the editorial ap-proach of TBP: to understand Brazil be-yond the smile and the sun tanned skin, we must explore its contradictions. Only then is it possible to understand the real Brazil that changes and presents itself be-

hind the poster of good economic times - which, after all, is the reason that we have the attention of the world like never be-fore.

From this position, TBP has broken some barriers and has sparked debate on sensi-tive issues of Brazil, whether political, so-cial, cultural and even in sport.

We are the sixth largest economy in the world, but for the most part of coun-try still treats the indigenous who, until now, haven’t regained their rights over their lands, with contempt. In two cover stories, we addressed the situations faced by of the Indians of the Xingu and Gua-rani-Kaiowá, in contrast to the supposed miracle of development.

We will host in 2014 the World Cup, but at what expense? We raised this question when dealing with the powers that FIFA has on an entire political system to ensure that its interests will be met at the event.

It is true that poverty in Brazil has de-creased at record levels, the middle class now exceeds 50 per cent of the popula-tion and sees on the horizon a world of possibilities that we have previously been denied. But how to believe these improve-ments can be sustainable without good public education, access to culture and ba-sic health services accessible to all?

We have already discussed this and more here on these pages, which reflects the Brazil that we want to transmit: a country that recognises its merits with-out forgetting the obstacles that still need to overcome to become truly developed.

Not to forget that, as a bilingual news-paper published in London, the relations between the UK and Brazil are of interest to us and of our readers - be they govern-mental or artistic, business or social - as a way to improve relations between these two cultures.

By Kate Rintoul

I t’s a Thursday evening in a packed city center churrascaria. All around caiprinhas has are flowing, a never-ending stream of wonderful Brazil-

ian meat is coming from the kitchen and the Brazilian pop music can hardly be heard over the conversations and laugh-ter of the diners.

There is nothing unusual about this in Brazil, where people come together to spend and time with each other and meet new friends over platefuls of delicious cui-sine, often several times a week. Only this churrascaria is not found in one of Brazil’s metropolises but in the centre of London.

I went to Rodizio Preto in the heart of Soho to share a meal with a class of stu-dents who have been learning Brazilian Portuguese at the Waterloo Academy. The school offers several classes and caters for all levels of knowledge, many of the group I joined are a few months into their stud-ies and so are able to sustain good basic conversation in Portuguese. The school

has seen an increase in the number of stu-dents looking to learn specifically Brazil-ian Portuguese in the last two years and this again is a sign of how people’s per-ceptions and interest in Brazil is changing.

Many who enroll and indeed whom I met at the meal have met Brazilian part-ners while living in London, most I spoke to were learning so they would be able to be more included when visiting their part-ner’s Brazilian family during trips planned in the next few months.

Amongst the learners there was also a real mix of nationalities, several British, a Russian, a Kurd and a Slovenian, this highlights one of the key factors in the growing connection between the UK, spe-cifically London and Brazil. London ‘s tol-erance and opportunities means that there is brilliant cultural vibrancy and diversity here, much like in Brazil.

The increasing number of Brazilians meeting their long-term partners here in the UK also shows how the life of Bra-zilians has changed here. Whereas in the past people might have come here to

work extremely long hours, sending mon-ey home and frequently socialising only within the Brazilian community here an increasing number of Brazilians are com-ing here to study, expand their profession-al CV and life experience by integrating into London’s multicultural social life.

Rather than just meeting other Brazil-ians through friends more are meeting people and partners through work, at bars, music festivals and university and this is dramatically changing the relationships between Brazilians and Europeans.

Equally Europeans have become more aware and welcoming of Brazil’s colour-ful and more laid back culture through the dissemination of music, film, fashion and media which is attractive to those looking for adventure or a different away of life. In fact some of the students I spoke to at the meal were learning Portuguese pure-ly so they could better understand Brazil-ian lyrics and films, which are growing in popularity here.

None of this would have been possible without major changes at home in Bra-

zil, even ten years ago many Europeans had only heard of Brazil in terms of fave-las, gang wars and kidnappings, huge improvements in the country and the welcomed boom in the economy have changed this. Ask people what they think of Brazil now and many will speak about carnival as the greatest show on earth, the people that are beautiful inside and out and the fantastic nature to be enjoyed in the country.

One can really get the sense of a great shift in thinking in the UK, cheap world travel and the internet have done a lot to ‘shrink’ the world and with Europe going through a tough time it is only natural that people will star casting their atten-tion further and look to the optimism of Brazil. As many, including myself will tell you, there is nothing more welcomed and restoring when you’re feeling a little weary than seeing the warm smile of a Brazilian, whether it’s on the face of the person you love, a new friend or inscribed in the Bra-zilian landscape and it’s this charm that is the heart of Brazil’s universal appeal.

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PAULA GIL LARRUSCAHIM, 36Brazilian, living in Canterbury and studying for a PhD, always takes TBP at Borough Station, but also reads the on-line version. What interests her more are the news about Brazilian Culture in England.

ROGÉRIA BARBOSA, 35Lives in Ouro Preto-MG, Brazil. Got to know the TBP because of a friend, and reads it on-line. She likes the thematic concerning Brazil and loves the ones that concern our culture. “I admire a lot the serious work that you’ve been doing, looking for showing cle-arly and truth thematic that are not publi-shed in Brazil, the TBP is Brazilian’s voice in the world!”

ANA LARSON Brazilian and lives in Virginia, USA, whe-re she works as a Tourism Agent, she found TBP at Facebook and likes to read news about Brazil and mainly, about what’s going on in London, capital that she admires a lot.

JOÃO SANTOS, 39Brazilian and lives in Nothing Hill Gate. He knew the newspaper through a friend, and reads it on-line and printed. Likes the level of information, because it is intelligent and embracing.

ASAAD, 26 From Minas Gerais, lives in Oval, London for 40 days now, but he want to stay for a lon-ger period. What grab his attention was the bilingual format, because it is even possible to study (the languages) a little bit when you read both sides.

PATRÍCIA, 29Lives in Brazil and is here for tourism, took the TBP at Tower Hill Station one day after seeing the picture of the front-page (graffiti of Crânio) at Brick Lane, she liked a loot the way TBP connects Brazil – UK in the diffe-rent thematic.

PROFILE

TBP by our readersThe special TBP Birthday edition brought up to the newspaper office the usual birthday’s questions, and in our case, the first concern is about “who reads” what we’ve been writing. Searching for the answer for this question, we went out on the streets, we contacted readers on Facebook and we ana-lyzed the statistics on our website. See what some readers told us about the TBP:

Who reads us

Gender

Nationality

Age

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56,6% female41,4% male

65% Brazilians45% Other nationalities

58,8% 18 to 3433,8% 35 to 54

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INTEGRATION

Brazil and Argentina: are we brothers or not?

By Guilherme Reis

B razil and Argentina are the two biggest economies in South America. Together, both coun-tries have almost 250 million

people and the fifth biggest economy on the world. But, although we call each oth-er hermanos (brothers), the high compe-tition over shares in the markets around the globe in a time of crisis in the devel-oped countries (which have bought less growth for us since 2008) have created a not so friendly relationship between Bra-zil and Argentina. Protectionist measures have built up invisible barriers between the two nations, undermining the bilater-al integration all over South America.

The bilateral trade between Brazil and Argentina in 2011 hit a record high reach-ing $39.6 billion. The expectation, howev-er, is that this total should be $34.5 billion dollars for 2012 (13 per cent less than last the previous year).

In 2011, Argentina imported goods the equivalent to $22.7 billion from Brazil. On other hand, Argentina exported $16.9 billion to the Brazilian market, record-ing a surplus of about $5.8 billion in Bra-zil’s favour.

This year things have changed. Brazil-ian exports to Argentina have fallen 20 per cent between January and October, and sales from Argentina to Brazil have reced-ed 4.7 per cent over this same period com-pared to the same stage last year. Brazil’s industrial products, cars, trucks, agricul-tural machinery and so on were the most affected by this trade modification.

The presidents Dilma Rousseff (Brazil) and Cristina Kirchner (Argentina) held a meeting close to Buenos Aires (the Argen-tinian capital) last month to try and ad-dress this problem. While the negotiations between the two countries has some-times been seen with and air of skepti-cism, on this occasion, it seemed clear that both presidents want more efficient integration.

In reference to Argentine protectionism, Rousseff said that “the balance can not be obtained based on the reduction, but at in-creasing levels of trade”. Rousseff said she wants to see intensification of relations between all countries, including the areas of credit and financing. Among the needs mentioned by the Brazilian president to overcome bilateral obstacles are strength-ening industries, the integration of pro-ductive chains, and cooperation in areas

such as science, technology and education.For all of the observers of world politics,

it is not so difficult to see that the main point for most South American countries in their external politics is to overcome the dependency on developed economies. Lat-in American countries cannot sit and wait for more ethical behaviour of consumers in the developed countries any more, nor can they expect a comprehensive industry competition, it does not exist.

If South America, and even Latin Amer-ica, want to achieve a powerful econom-ic level, Brazil and Argentina should start things by changing the current model to forge ahead not as exporters of commod-ities, but as great competitors in indus-trial products. From this example, other countries could develop their economies outside of free trade agreements with United States, which always lead to un-fair competition.

To achieve this goal, however, invest-

ment in infrastructure facilities such as roads and ports is urgently the need to, so our products can compete more equally. This applies not just to Brazil and Argenti-na but across the whole continent as im-provements in thee two countries alone would lead them to become new imperi-alist countries in the region, which cer-tainly not the proposal.

Having all of this in mind, it’s easy to understand why the Rousseff and Kirch-ner meeting was so crucial.

Beyond these initial troubles, it’s also very important to consider the possibili-ty of the incorporation of new member, Bolivia, into Mercosur, which would be a new player with Brazil, Argentina, Uru-guay, Paraguay and Venezuela. The deci-sion will be made this month and in 2013, due to the expectations, Ecuador should be officially invited to join the group as well.

In this way, Mercosur can consolidate itself as a powerful group in contrast

The balance can not be obtained

based on the reduction, but at increasing levels of trade

with the United States’ leadership in the north. Although it’s not a time for intense anti-Americanism a greater distance is essential for the region along with a de-velopment model that is outside of the in-fluence of the Yankees.

Brazil and Argentina have this in their hands, both countries have the chance to transform their economies in an attempt to develop not only their own nations, but all of the region.

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TechnologyCROWDFUNDING

Internet: a tool to

finance good ideas

In the UK

ONE PROJECT CURRENTLY LOOKING TO CROWDS FOR FUNDING IS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE TRUTH COMMISSION DURING THE YEARS OF DICTATORSHIP IN BRAZIL: CATARSE.ME/PT/VERDADE12528

By Nathália Braga

The ability of the Internet to serve as a means of disseminating and sharing cultural projects and cre-ative ideas has been well proven

in recent years. What many people prob-ably do not know is that there is an on-line tool that not only helps in promoting these ideas, but also for them to become a reality. These are not government-backed incentives but sites where people can gener-ate publicity and funding for their project.

Known as crowd-finding this type of platform is taking off around the world. In Brazil, Catarse (www.catarse.me) brings together the best initiatives and tries to help them in funding from fans or online philanthropists.

Most of the groups fit the following cate-gories: visual arts, circus, dance, film, pho-tography, music, theatre, and other areas such as journalism, comics, design, fash-ion and technology yet Catarse is always open to new proposals.

“Catarse is a space for exchange to help

Another similar initiative, in the UK, is Crowdfunder, created in November 2010 following in the success of Kick-starter (an American crowd funding site that came to the UK in October this year).

One of the most successful ideas of the site was the “Roll with the Soul,”

which raised funds for the creation of a “bike-cafe”, a meeting place for cy-clists that offers good food, workshops and information on the world of cy-cling. Learn more and get involved at www.kickstarter.com and www.crowd-funder.co.uk.

Any person or entity that has a bank account in Brazil can subscribe

creative projects to be undertaken. We act as a platform for collaborative funding of cre-ative projects from the online crowd,” says founding partner of Catarse, Reeberg Diego.

“Any person or entity that has a bank account in Brazil can subscribe. We accept projects that somehow, do not only try to bring a return for themselves buy also for a community, which is a more a collective return,” says Reeberg.

The donations begin with a minimum value of 10 reais (around £3) and support-ers, no matter how large or small are giv-en a kind of reward. The most common rewards are seeing the names of the crowd on t-shirts worn by the people involved in

the project or having their name included in acknowledgements.

The project is online and seeking dona-tions for up to 60 days. There is a mon-etary goal set and if by the end of the chosen period the full amount has been raised the money is paid to the project. If the donations do not meet the goal, all of the money is refunded in a scheme that Catar-se own site classifies as “all-or-nothing.”

So far Catarse has engaged more than 47 000 supporters and raised more than 5 million reais (around £1,5 million). At the moment, the site currently has just over 114 000 users, 379 successful projects and 74 in the air, waiting contributions.

One of them is from the 24-year-oldjour-nalist Paula Sacchetta, who wants to make a documentary to record the expectations of society in relation to the Truth Commis-sion, which aims to investigate the crimes and torture carried out by the State during the military dictatorship in Brazil (catarse.me/pt/verdade12528).

According to the Catarse site: “The idea came after we observed in conversations

with friends, the widespread ignorance of Brazilian society on the Commission. We hope to make this film to explain didacti-cally what it was, how it worked and the role of people involved.”

The asking price is 17,000 reais and if raised will go towards the purchase of camera equipment, travel to film inter-viewees and other production expenses. The prediction is that the documentary will be released in the second half of 2013, if the money is collected.

“We got almost 20 per cent of the total in five days, more than 3 thousand reais, but more than that could great contacts. Many people wrote wanting to participate and help. more than raising money, we add-ed people to this project. This is quite in-teresting and surprising,” explains Paula.

At the time of going to press, this project had 32 supporters and 4,145 reais collected, with just over a month to go.

Other projects currently on the site in-clude funding the publication of a book of photographs, recording CDs, theatre com-panies and many more.

Briefings…

U.K. Banks Warned on Capital

U.K. banks will have to raise “ma-terial” amounts of fresh capital or sell some businesses, the Bank of England said in its starkest warn-ing yet to banks to restore investor confidence and stimulate credit.

Barclays Fights $470 Million Ferc Fine

Barclays said it would go to U.S. district court to fight fines of near-ly $470 million from the Federal En-ergy Regulatory Commission for alleged electricity-market manipu-lation.

Aston Martin in Talks Over Equity Injection

Aston Martin has admitted to bond holders that it is in “ad-vanced” talks with potential inves-tors over an equity injection into the business after weeks of deni-als by its owner that a stake sale is underway.

U.S. Blocks Contracts With BP

The Obama administration tem-porarily blocked BP from obtaining new government contracts, citing a “lack of business integrity” that resulted in the Deep-water Horizon oil spill.

KEY ISSUE

U.K. Energy Sector Welcomes Policy Reforms

S ince the Greek crisis exploded near-ly three years ago, the fights at eu-ro-zone summits and finance ministers’ meetings and have been

covered feverishly by the global media. The large number of parties with stakes in the outcome, Greece and 16 other members of the euro zone, the European institutions and the International Monetary Fund have further complicated matters.

Despite these obstacles, this week’s deal on Greece’s debt points to an (almost) iron rule of sovereign-debt crises: Significant

losses fall on taxpayers in creditor countries because debt originally extended by private creditors, one way or another, ends up on the balance sheet of the public sector. Euro-zone governments haven’t publicly admit-ted that they expect to suffer losses, but that is the almost inevitable conclusion from the agreement on Greece reached by finance ministers in the early hours of Tuesday. Even if ministers aren’t admitting it now, they will have to at some more politically convenient point.

Government creditors usually prefer to

pick up the tab through the time-honored practice of “extend and pretend”: reducing interest rates to below their costs and ex-tending maturities into the distant future. This is partly because public accounting rules in many countries make it hard to cut excessive debts via the most transpar-ent route of writing down capital. There is, however, a limit to what can be achieved by extending and pretending. If Greece’s econ-omy sinks further, its government will be even less equipped to pay its debts and ex-plicit write-offs of capital.

By Christiano Holanda cholanda@brazilianpost.co.uk

The UK government can be pleased with most of the reaction to its pro-posed energy market reforms. At first glance, the proposals seem

both to allay industry concerns and to reflect favourably on the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The U.K. energy sector now has the guarantees on pricing it was seeking to enable the sort of large-scale infrastruc-ture investment, in renewable energy, nu-clear and gas, needed to keep the lights on.

Germany’s Siemens SIE.XE +0.52 per cent, Europe’s dominant wind turbine manufac-turer, said the government has addressed “some of the key issues that have previous-ly created uncertainty in the market.” Alstom ALO.FR -0.70 per cent, the French engineering company, described it as “the fundamental building block” upon which companies can look to invest in the U.K.

Support from the likes of Siemens and Al-stom will be one crucial factor in gauging the eventual success of the government’s moves. If the reforms allow companies like these to actually make wind turbines or solar pan-els in the U.K., then the government could be setting into motion a genuine driver for the country’s economy.

The Nuclear Industry Association said the legislation will provide “considerable oppor-tunities for the U.K. nuclear supply chain and a boost for U.K. manufacturing and con-struction.” The Carbon Capture and Storage Association predicted that the “much need-ed investment certainty” the legislation will provide could help create around 95,000 jobs over the next 10 to 15 years.

EURO ZONE

Greek Crisis: buck stops with Taxpayers

RENEWABLE ENERGY KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON

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Economy

Club World Cup FIFA 2012

Sport

Who will rule the world?T he test to see who is the best club

on the planet kicks off on 6 De-cember. Seven clubs (see box be-low) will compete in the the FIFA

Club World Cup 2012 contest in Japan, a speedy and fully packed tournament (the final is the 16th) that will hold the atten-tion of ultimate football fans around the world for ten days. Though many say that the Europeans do not take the competi-tion as seriously as the South Americans, I doubt any fan of Chelsea, the European representative, will remain indifferent to what happens in Japan.

The South American representative is Bra-zil’s Corinthians, champion of the Libertado-res 2012 and winner of the first Club World Cup organised by FIFA in 2000. Everyone is hoping, of course, for a clash between Chel-sea and the Brazilian team in the grand fi-nal, but before that can happen both teams have to win their respective games.

On one side of the table, Corinthians could face the following times: Sanfrecce Hiroshima (the host country’s team), Auck-land City (New Zealand’s Oceania Cham-pions) or Al-Ahly (the Egyptian team that won the African Championship) in the semifinals. Chelsea will face the winner of the semifinal clash between Hynday Ul-san (South Korea) and Monterrey (Mexico).

The last five editions of the tournament have seen the European clubs take the ti-tle: AC Milan, Manchester United, Inter Mi-lan and Barcelona (twice). The last success by South America was in 2006, by the Bra-zilian team Internacional.

This year therefore the performance of Corinthians pits Brazil and South America against the recent European hegemony in club football, which remains a more bitter section of the sport. Brazilian rivals of Cor-inthians are hoping to see Chelsea succeed and equally fans of Tottenham and Arsenal, are hoping to see the London club stumble.

Either way, it’ll be a great championship! If expectations are confirmed, Corinthians and Chelsea will make a memorable du-

FOOTBALL

EMERSON, CORINTHIANS` STRIKER

OSCAR, CHELSEA`S BRAZILIAN TALENT

el in the final, a direct confrontation be-tween Brazilian and English football with many of the British capital’s important players - Oscar, Ramires and David Luiz hailing from Brazil. To keep ahead with the preparation of these two teams, see the analysis our sport columnists Tico Silverio and Jamie Jubon on page 13. And get ready for an electric and emotional tournament.

GAME 16/12S. Hiroshima (JAP)

xAuckland City (NVZ)

GAME 29/12Winner Game 1

xAl Ahly (EGP)

GAME 512/12Winner Game 2

xCorinthians (BRA)

GAME 412/12

Loser Game 2 x Loser Game 3

GAME 716/12

Loser Game 5 x Loser Game 6

GAME 816/12

Winner Game 5 x Winner Game 6

GAME 39/12

Ulsan Hyunday (COR)

xMonterrey (MEX)

GAME 6 13/12

Winner Game 3

xChelsea (ENG)

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Would a world championship be

enough to appease angry

Chelsea fans?

Corinthians should rely on

balance and rapport as weapons in Japan

ANALYSIS 1

ANALYSIS 2

E uropean Champions Chelsea will head out to Japan for the FIFA Club World Cup with an air of uncertainty surrounding the

club once again.The manager who masterminded their

first ever European crown, Roberto Di Matteo, has been sacked and the man replacing him is somebody who himself is no stranger to the FIFA Club World Cup, Rafael Benitez.

Ex-Liverpool manager Benitez won the completion whilst with Inter Milan two seasons ago, having taken over from Jose Mourinho the previous summer.

Since sacking Di Matteo, Chelsea’s for-tunes have taken a dramatic dip. Benitez is still looking for his first win after three Premier League games in charge.

The sacking of Di Matteo, just six months after he had delivered the trophy the own-er had apparently craved most, can be de-scribed as nothing short of scandalous.

The Italian Di Matteo had also collected

the FA Cup too, meaning he had brought two trophies to Stamford Bridge within months of taking charge.

The beginning of the new season was al-so largely positive as well. The Blues began the campaign playing with a new-found confidence and were adopting a more en-tertaining, expansive playing style.

The ‘three amigos’, as they had been dubbed, of Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and the Brazilian Oscar had gelled together instantly and Di Matteo’s team led the Premier League table in early Autumn.

However, their first defeat of the sea-son, a 3-2 home defeat to Manchester United in late October, seemed to severe-ly dent confidence in the camp.

Di Matteo would not taste a league vic-tory again, and after a 3-0 defeat in Turin against Juventus, a result which incred-ibly leaves the Champions League hold-ers on the verge of being eliminated at the group stage, the Italian was given the bullet by Abramovich.

By Tico Silverio

T he day is 12 December and the venue is the Toyota Stadium, all Corinthians’ supporters cer-tainly already have this date

marked on their calendar. On this day Corinthians will make its debut in the FIFA Club World Cup, and then are only 2 games separating the Corinthians and the biggest title of their history.

The planning for the Club World Cup began shortly after the victory over Boca Juniors in the final of the Libertadores. This means that the club have been ful-ly focused for the competition for almost 6 months, which explains the use of the Brazilian Championship only as training for the tournament.

But despite this, Corinthians made a convincing national campaign, finishing the championship in the top of the table. The 23 warriors, summoned by the com-mander Tite, are ready for battle. Rather than following the example of other Bra-zilian teams who have reached this ti-tle race, Corinthians have made no great signing for the tournament.

If Chelsea were considered the fa-vourite a few months ago recent strife at the club and lack luster team perfor-mance means that the Corinthians have been enjoying months of stability and strengthening their players. It is often felt that the Club World Cup has never been a priority for the European clubs, but despite this, it is Europeans who have won the last five tournaments, including

the Barcelona in Santos last year.The current Corinthians is a balanced

team in all sectors. With the same coach for two years, further work has yielded good results. Tite built a team with tac-tical maturity, with a strong defence, a midfield that values possession and an attack that does not waste opportunities.

While Chelsea have to bank on the sometines fleeting performances of Fer-nando Torres, Oscar Mata, Ramires and Hazard Corithians can rely on safety and experience of the sector formed by de-fensive Chicao, Alessandro, Cassio and Paul André, sustained by great Ralf and Paulinho. They do have ensure that Dani-lo and Douglas have enough freedom to create opportunities for Emerson Sheik and the opportunistic Romarinho.

The great strength of Corinthians is their regularity and harmony. Even with-out a big star, the team arrives in Japan with great chances of winning this Club World title.

If they can overcome anxiety, especial-ly in the opening game, I have no doubt that on 16 December (the date of the fi-nal) supporters at the Yokohama Inter-national Stadium will see another party bunch of crazy fans of Corinthians.

While we have to wait for the title to be decided, one thing is certain: the Corin-thians are invading. With estimates that over 20 thousand fans will be departing for Japan (data provided by the Japanese Consulate), compared to the 1,000 Chel-sea fans confirmed, Corinthians should feel at home home in Japan.

However, he did replace him, much to the anger of the Chelsea supporters.

Not only did they love Di Matteo, they

Chelsea now stand on the brink of be-coming the first ever European Champi-on to be knocked out at the first stage of the competition.

do not like Rafael Benitez. As Liverpool manager, he had constant spats with Chelsea’s then-manager Jose Mourinho.

Fans at Stamford Bridge made their feelings clear when they booed Benitez in his first game in charge, displaying ban-ners of ‘Rafa Out’.

Despite the sacking of Di Matteo being utterly preposterous, the Chelsea fans would still be well-advised to get behind their manager for the good of the team.

After all, they could become World Champions next week with two victories. I suspect that will still not be enough to appease angry Chelsea fans, though.

Having gone seven Premier League games with a victory, it’s fair to say that Chelsea will not be jetting out to Asia next week brimming with confidence.

Let’s hope all this negativity surround-ing the English club can contribute to a positive outcome for Corinthians, if as ex-pected, they do indeed meet in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.

It is certainly not an ideal scenario, but too much good work had surely been done by Di Matteo last season for Abramovich to have even considered replacing his manager.

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J ust when Mano Menezes seemed to finally have found the ideal team, the CBF (Brazilian Football Confed-eration) decided to fire the coach

in a move that surprised most. Admitted-ly Mano Menezes has never been a unan-imous favorite (not even close), but after months of consistent words of support the decision to fire the coach, with little tech-nical explanation has come as a shock.

This inconsistency persisted into the se-lection of the new commander: Luiz Fe-lipe Scolari, who led Brazil to conquer the World Cup in 2002. These days Scolari is not the best coach on the market and while he did win the Cup of Brazil with Palmeiras this year, part of this was down to the failings of the only other challengers to the title, Palmeiras falling into the sec-ond division of the Brazilian Champion-ship with the exit of their coach midway through the season. In fact tit could be said that the “Mustache” hasn’t been on form since taking Portgual as far as the semi-fi-nals of the world cup in 2006.

Tite, the champion of Libertadores with Corinthians, Muricy Ramalho, who was the favorite before the appointment of Ma-no Menezes, and even Luxembourg, who reinvigorated Grêmio under his charge this year, were more plausible names in the contest given their recent track records. There was even talk of Pep Guardiola, the innovative former coach of Barcelona coming to Brazil but hiring a foreigner to lead the country in a World Cup at home is something too “revolutionary” for the con-servative directors who dictate the direc-tion of Brazil’s national football.

T he retirement of Michael Schu-macher from Formula 1 after the Grand Prix in Brazil last week means that the competition now

no longer includes any drivers who were contemporaries of Ayrton Senna.

This is a symbolic moment that marks the passage of time and changing face of the sport. Of the 31 drivers who raced alongside Senna in any of the first three stages of the 1994 season, ten left the cate-gory that year, with another 13 leaving be-fore the turn of the new century. Of the remaining eight, six had retired before 2005 leaving only Schumacher and Barri-chello to retain this link.

This scenario is understandable. F1 saw enormous expansion in 1989 when the ban on turbo engines cheapened access to the category. Several teams and driv-ers entered at the time but found it hard to sustain themselves in the competi-tions. Only the phenomenal of longevity Barrichello and Schumacher, two drivers with more GPs under their belts than an-yone in history carrying the link between F1 and Senna.

Schumaker, who ended up winning the fateful San Marino Grand Prix in which Senna lost his life had retired once be-fore only return in 2010 but after this final competition he looks set to leave the sport.

BRAZILIAN TEAM

SCHUMACER OUTPUT

Scolari back with “obligation” to win the World Cup in Brazil

Formula 1 loses the last link with the ‘Senna age’

It seems clear, that the CBF decided to “play to the crowd” in choosing Scolari, who has the sympathy of the fans, albeit the same ones who used to scold the coach before he led Brazil to its last Word Cup ti-tle. On is reinstatement as commander, Scolari said: “We have an obligation to win the title in Brazil. We are playing at home and we have to be world champion”.

During his first stint with the Brazil-ian team, Scolari oversaw 24 matches, in which they accumulated 18 wins, one draw and five defeats. At the time of his

first appointment in 2001, he took over at a time when the team faced similar discred-it as today and also with a short run-in to an impending World Cup. This must have given weight tto the CBF’s choosing of Sco-lari as he is seen as a good coach for quick tournament turnarounds, when a “Come on!” is often more effective than strategies and elaborate tactics.

Though it’s worth remembering that this time round we have don’t have Rival-do or Ronaldo, the last two great geniuses of Brazilian football in the squad. Instead

we have a very young team dependent on Neymar, who despite being a great leader of the team (on technical issues and not personality) has not yet reached the con-sistency required to be “The man”.

Anyway, as we never tire of saying, foot-ball always has the ability to surprise. It is entirely possible for Brazil to be world champion in 2014. But if that does hap-pen it will not be a reflection of consistent and good decisions by the summit, which commands the CBF. Instead all we have to bank on is hope.

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