Brazil’s Vinicius Jr and Scottish Goalkeeper

As part of my broken collarbone recuperation program, I watched a great soccer football game between Brazil and Scotland. Played in Miami, the stadium was packed with Brazilian and Scots supporters.

Brazil played a great game, with the South Americans winning with a score of 3-0. The announcers seemed to be mostly supporters of the Scots. While Vinicius Junior was taking apart the Tartan defense, all the announcers seemed to talk about was the convoluted mathematics that would allow the Scots to continue after their mediocre showing in the group stage for Group C.

I can understand that the Fox TV audience would take to British announcers more easily than they would a Brazilian announcer with a thick Portuguese accent.

In the end, the announcers finally conceded that the Brazilians played a superior game in every category that they could measure, but the Scottish team was clearly the sentimental favorite. And, in my estimation, the Brazilians played with more heart. It was a pleasure to watch them.