O Brasil dimensionado pelo Futebol

The theme of football is not, on the part of the great majority of historians and academics, attention. At least until the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many see it as something minor. Perhaps because of prejudices acquired through the vision of anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists, socialists and communists, who saw in sport a factor of alienation from the cause of the working class. Perhaps because it was used as a vehicle for a popularization of governments, especially in the military period. Perhaps more recently, allegations of corruption during the organization of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. There is no denying that, particularly Brazil, a physical practice is embedded in social relations, as such, subject to new participations, new senses and new meanings. In this way, it is an integral part of the changes engendered by the Brazilian historical process. In this way, to despise the theme is to reject the daily, the playful, the feeling that permeates generations, where dissatisfactions, frustrations and exploitations are spilled, even without clarity, of a people who always fought, who continues fighting, even almost always following the sina of loss, of daily defeat. Football is a reflection of who we are and how we look at the world.O tema futebol não recebeu, por parte da grande maioria dos historiadores e acadêmicos, atenção. Pelo menos até os anos finais da década de 1970 e início dos anos 1980. Muitos o veem como algo menor. Talvez por preconceitos adquiridos através da visão de anarquistas, anarcossindicalistas, socialistas e comunistas, que viam no esporte um fator de alienação à causa operária. Talvez por ter sido usado como veículo para a popularização de governos, especialmente no período militar. Talvez, mais recentemente, pelas denúncias de corrupção por ocasião da organização da Copa de 2014 no Brasil. Não há como negar que, particularmente no Brasil, a prática futebolística está inserida nas relações sociais e, como tal, sujeita a novas participações, a novos sentidos e a novos significados. Desta forma, é parte integrante das mudanças engendradas pelo processo histórico brasileiro. Desta forma, desprezar o tema é rejeitar o cotidiano, o lúdico, o sentimento que permeia gerações, por onde insatisfações, frustrações e explorações são extravasadas, mesmo sem clareza, de um povo que sempre lutou, que continua lutando, mesmo quase sempre seguindo a sina da perda, da derrota diária. Certo é que o futebol é um reflexo do que somos e de como temos olhos ao mundo. ABSTRACT The designed by Brazil footballThe theme of football is not, on the part of the great majority of historians and academics, attention. At least until the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many see it as something minor. Perhaps because of prejudices acquired through the vision of anarchists, anarcho-syndicalists, socialists and communists, who saw in sport a factor of alienation from the cause of the working class. Perhaps because it was used as a vehicle for a popularization of governments, especially in the military period. Perhaps more recently, allegations of corruption during the organization of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. There is no denying that, particularly Brazil, a physical practice is embedded in social relations, as such, subject to new participations, new senses and new meanings. In this way, it is an integral part of the changes engendered by the Brazilian historical process. In this way, to despise the theme is to reject the daily, the playful, the feeling that permeates generations, where dissatisfactions, frustrations and exploitations are spilled, even without clarity, of a people who always fought, who continues fighting, even almost always following the sina of loss, of daily defeat. Football is a reflection of who we are and how we look at the world