Word: pacaembu
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...world champions--a good bet to defend their title in Germany--where the beautiful game is part of the nation's soul, the professional league is a money-losing shambles, with poorly paid players performing in mostly empty arenas. Except for one team. In São Paulo, at Pacaembu Stadium, 35,000 fans are on their feet, pounding samba drums. Legions of shirtless young men are cheering, "Corinthians, my life! Corinthians, my past! Corinthians, my true love!" Above them in the director's box sits the unlikeliest of futebol moguls, and the man who made it his goal to save...
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