
Compared to the average American my age I have been around the beautiful game for quite a while, but to the average human being not so much. I heard an announcer calling a La Liga game I believe it was state that 4 billion people can't be wrong when it comes to the greatest game on the planet. I believe he was and is correct. That being case I love the sport just the same. Though I did not grow up kicking the ball down the beaches of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, or battling it out in the horrendous weather or northern England, or kicking anything that resembled a ball down the market alley of some southern African country I am slowly grasping what I believe the game to means to so many. One easy way to realize this is the structures in which these games are played. The stadium shown is Estádio do Maracanã. This structure can be found in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It was built after Brazil won the right to host the 1950 FIFA World Cup. There is much history around this stadium and so I will allow you to do you own research if you so choose. I will leave you with this. The Estádio do Maracanã holds 95,000 people. That means that roughly everyone in Lowndes County GA will fit inside the stadium. Those of you that have been to the Georgia Dome it holds 71,228 people and Sanford Stadium holds 92,746 people and yes Vols fans your Neyland Stadium holds 102,037 but your going to have to add a few seats if you want to top Michigan Stadium with its 107,501 capacity.
