The Brazilian game has become synonymous with excellence, success and beautiful, irresistible football. Supporters from every part of the globe can recount joyful tales about Brazil's unmatched achievements, especially those of World Cup glory, unlike England fans who have endured almost fifty years of hurt. But few realise that the most crucial transformations undergone by Brazilian football came as a direct result of Seleção's failures. Shocking Brazil looks at six crucial World Cup campaigns that radically altered the face of Brazilian football and that had repercussions far beyond the sport. Behind ignominy lurk narratives of racism, corruption, authoritarianism, corporate power and greed. This tour de force through the history of Brazilian football, told through the prisms of these six famous defeats, is by turns fascinating, enlightening, shocking, and utterly compelling. ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 48 FREE POSTAGE
Publisher: Arena Sport
Price :£9.99
Published: 2014
Softcover: 240 pages
