Brazil's EPIC Football Pyramid Explained

[@realityfloor9356]

Europeans think that the Brazilian Football Championship is slow, they don't understand that Brazilian states are bigger than European countries, Brazilian clubs usually travel 8 thousand km between matches, which means that, with a favorable score, the players have They have to play at a slower pace to preserve themselves physically. .

[@williamthierry5976]

A lucid comment. An example is a team from the South visiting the North, which already travels 4,000 km to get there and then 4,000 km to get back. This is very physically exhausting during the season, and there are also continental games that require visiting neighboring countries. South America is twice the size of Europe. The physical exhaustion due to the continental size of Brazil is the worst barrier, and the clubs reduce the intensity to preserve their physique and avoid muscle injuries. In Europe, the countries are the size of Brazilian states, the distance is infinitely shorter and the physical exhaustion is also much lower during the season because the trips are much shorter, even the trips in continental competitions.

[@PYPN]

NOT SO

[@ricardotabone3231]

At 6:40, there's a mistake about Campeonato Paulista = Paulistão. There are 4 groups of 4 teams, correct, but each team plays every team OUTSIDE its group once, totalling 12 matches. There's a simple reason for this: São Paulo, Corinthians, Palmeiras, and Santos are always in their own groups, so they will always play each other through the group stages and will usualy meet in the smifinals. As many derbies as possible!

[@ricardotabone3231]

At 7:10, you're talking about the Countryside (Interior) Trophy. It was created to give the São Paulo countryside teams a chance to win trophies AND its champion earns a spot in "Copa do Brasil" 😊 The "BIG 4" teams are not allowed to compete for this trophy even if they finish out of the top 8 of the group stage, since they are not "countryside" teams.

[@lucasandreoli7447]

It happens in other states too and it was made to keep these small teams operating year-round and not just a few months to play, to give their brand more exposure and also give some players financial security

[@davidparkes1917]

A small note about Serie D, there is a preliminary round before the group stages. This sees the 8 runner ups from the lowest ranked states being paired for a two-legged play-in with the winners qualifying for the group stage, the losers being eliminated

[@FootyLeaguesAroundtheWorld]

Thank you

[@mariusvr]

Great video! About the Campeonato Paulista, though, you got the stage group wrong. Instead of playing the teams within the group, each team play only once with every team in the other groups (eg, a team in group A, would only play teams in groups B, C and D). This system of play is equivalent to chess Scheveningen tournaments

[@FootyLeaguesAroundtheWorld]

Thanks for the clarification, and thanks for watching!

[@SupremoFut]

As a brazillian and a Palmeiras fan, and you explained all the Brazil's soccer very well, congrats.

[@FootyLeaguesAroundtheWorld]

Thank you!

[@depp8714]

Not quite... Overall structure was fine, but being a Palmeiras fan you should know that in the Paulistão teams do NOT play against the teams in the same group (at all). They rather play against all the teams in the other groups. Of course all of the state championships are different and have tricky formats, but IMO that is precisely what would make them interesting for a channel which focuses on know how leagues work. Another somewhat important omission is that in the Campeonato Brasileiro (not brasilYEro) number of victories is the first criteria to untie (unlike goal difference or direct results between teams involved). Anyway, overall it was a good video.

[@ΝικόλαςΛυσίκατος]

Finally he is back

[@owenthornhill9671]

South America held several wprld cups before 2014 including 1930 in Uruguay and 1950 in Brazil and 1 in Argentina 1978

[@mariusvr]

The Uruguayan WC was held in 1930

[@marlonvieiradasilva6999]

1962 Chile

[@dimi5881]

Brazilians sure do love football 🇧🇷⚽️

[@renanalencar2369]

Cruzeiro em 14º da série B nesaa época. Dá um aperto muito grande ver isso 😢

[@brenocostateixeira]

Calma. Somos celestes!

[@pedroaqw123456789]

Sim foi complicado, mas agora vamos voltar a ser um time vitorioso.

[@RafaeljaGH]

Very informative video, great work! Regarding broadcasts, today we have more options such as SBT (another Brazilian free TV channel), and the YT channel called CazéTV, which has obtained broadcasting rights for several competitions in recent years.

[@Caio3]

You even forgot to mention the regional championships, such as the Copa do Nordeste and the Copa Verde, which qualify their champion for a more advanced stage in the Copa do Brasil and used to qualify for the Copa Sudamericana. Both are very important for the clubs in the regions.

[@mannytuzo]

Just found your channel, looks amazing!

[@FootyLeaguesAroundtheWorld]

Thanks and welcome!

[@MithridatesIX]

It sounds like there are a lot of games for there to be a national and state league, especially for clubs that have to play in continental competition. Do they just have heavy rotation in their squads or do players play all these matches?

[@dannieldf]

Eu não sabia que a série C era dividida em dois grupos, um para cada região do país (norte e sul). Isso até faz sentido, já que são times com mesmo dinheiro para pagar as viagens.

[@davisantana6183]

12:31 actually thats due to the increasing of the prices tha came with the modernization. The governors forgot that the normal population can't aford that modernity.

[@MithridatesIX]

So in Brazil is the State Championship more or less important than the Serie A? And would they rather win the State Championship than the Copa Do Brasil?

[@heitorclv]

It depends, the big teams have a large schedule of games in a year, being able to play in order of schedule, but the state championship, Brasileiro Serie A and Copa do Brasil take place almost simultaneously, Super Copa do Brasil single game (Brazilian Champion Serie A X Champion Copa do Brasil), Copa Libertadores or South American Championship, and finally if they win the Copa Libertadores, they compete in the Recopa Sudamericana single game (Libertadores Champion x South American Champion) and ends with the world championship clubs FIFA. So a Serie A team that was champion of everything, can have up to 85 matches in a year, on average 60 games in Serie A and B. But the little ones may only participate in the state playing 16 official games in a year.

[@domwis7075]

forget Verde Cup and Northeast Cup

[@Bielgv1]

You portuguese is so "interesting" that you managed to say "welcome" in spanish And São José that you also said in spanish for some reason

[@rogeriopenna9014]

Why English speakers saying EI things in Portuguese, like brasilEIro, ALWAYS invert the EI sound... brasil-IE-ro instead of brasil-EI-ro?? EI sounds just like the sound of the letter A in English. Like AY. Brasil AY ro.

[@depp8714]

Yeah, it hurt my ears hearing about palm-YE-ras and cruz-YE-ro playing the Campeonato Brasil-YE-ro. But other than that and errors about the Paulistão, the video was decent.

[@pedroaqw123456789]

Porquê ele não tem que dizer corretamente ele não é Brasileiro Nativo se você for falar outra linguagem vai ter erros ao pronúnciar é totalmente normal.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

@@pedroaqw123456789 eu sei que é totalmente normal. Você não respondeu minha pergunta entretanto. Veja que ela foi BEM ESPECÍFICA. É como perguntar pq brasileiros tem dificuldade de terminar palavras em inglês com T ou D ou outras consoantes sem colocar um som de vogal no final. Existe uma resposta pra isso TB que não é simplesmente "pq é uma língua diferente" Se vc não sabe o motivo desse erro em particular que estou perguntando, fica quieto ao invés de querer dar uma de defensor dos estrangeiros, pq não é uma crítica que estou fazendo, mas uma pergunta LINGUÍSTICA

[@rogeriopenna9014]

@@depp8714 not a criticism against the video. I see many English speakers doing the same mistake. I want to figure out why.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

@@pedroaqw123456789 aqui está a explicação 1. Familiar Phonetic Patterns in English: In English, there is a more common occurrence of the "-ier" or "-eiro" sound being spelled with "ie" (like in "tier" or "pier") rather than "ei." English speakers are accustomed to seeing "i" before "e" and interpreting that combination based on English phonetics. When they encounter the "ei" combination, they might instinctively swap the letters to match the familiar "ie" pattern. 2. Phonetic Ambiguity: English speakers may not be used to seeing the letter combination "ei" pronounced as it often is in Portuguese. In English, the letters "ei" often produce a long "a" sound, as in "weight" or "neighbor." This leads to confusion when English speakers see "ei" and are unsure how to pronounce it. Swapping the "e" and "i" to "ie" might seem more intuitive to them because of the English words where "ie" is a familiar and distinct sound (e.g., "believe").

[@fernandocamargo6590]

Excellent video, thoroughly researched. In my opinion, the problem with Brazilian League is that 20 clubs is way too much. I advocate for 16 clubs in Serie A, B and C each with 4 relegated and promoted every season. Every match would be worth something. Currently, many teams play with their reserves many matches.

[@FootyLeaguesAroundtheWorld]

Thanks for the kind words! Having a 16-team league with four automatic relegation spots is a really interesting idea. It would definitely make every game feel more important.

[@emigaming751]

Impossível, aqui tem time grande demais

[@JVRD27]

Ta maluco KKKKKKK todo jogo no brasileirão já é pedreira pra caramba

[@renatatenorio7400]

😮......🤐

[@leandrosousa6625]

Just updating now Palmeiras has 12 " Brasileirão" Championships.

[@Piazaogames]

Do you mean on the court, 4 cups off the field, the famous Brazilian way, palmeiras trees have 8 on the field and 4 on the court

[@lucianopivetta6066]

Têm 8 ganhos em campo, 4 por FAX. E 87 é do Sport!

[@Piazaogames]

palmeiras has 8 Brazilians, the same as Flamengo, 4 Brazilians from palmeiras were won in the famous pen (Fax) because it was won off the field, Flamengo and a legitimate cup that many football experts agree that 87 is Flamengo's was taken in court , the same person who doesn't know the difference between a cenolra and a sausage

[@lucianopivetta6066]

Eu concordo contigo na parte dos FAX, mas 87 é do Sport, mulambo! Vocês são hepta, igual os gambás.

[@vitorcustodio5899]

Se em inglês já parece analfabeto imagina escrevendo em portugues

[@phillipemacedo5734]

Falou um monte de merda! Os 4 primeiros Brasileiros do Palmeiras foram conquistados DENTRO de campo. O erro foi terem parado de considerá-los na hora de contar os títulos

[@jubasss]

@@phillipemacedo5734 o primeiro brasileirão foi em 71. Antes disso, eram torneios amistosos de 4 partidas.

[@PedroHenrique-lg4cr]

Não consegui ouvir o cara dizer "Brisilieiro" 2x. Não dá, tive que encerrar o vídeo

[@FootyLeaguesAroundtheWorld]

Me desculpe, Pedro Henrique, eu tentei 😅

[@Igor_054]

@@FootyLeaguesAroundtheWorld When you see an "ei" in Portuguese, just pronounce it as "ay", which is a common sound in English, so it shouldn't be difficult. I think the only reason you struggle with that is because your brain keeps trying to make Portuguese sound like Spanish, and Spanish has lots of "ie" but not "ei". Spanish also explains you saying "bienvenidos" instead of "bem-vindos", and pronouncing José as Rossé.

[@axxessmundi]

The Brazilian League is the best league of the Americas talent wise...hands down. Financially, it's MLS, it will be the Premier League equivalent media wise in the Americas. Brazil needs to reform its corrupted leagues and dismiss the outdated state championships.

[@huarache5]

Least delusional american lol

[@Pedrok12990]

The only thing missing is for the United States league to be good at football lol

[@axxessmundi]

@@Pedrok12990 Lol..so true..they play so bad maybe they will get humiliated at home hosting the 2026 WC by losing 7-1 like Germany did to that Sub-Saharan country in 2014. Lol...those Africans were crying. Eh Penta!!

[@williamthierry5976]

​@@axxessmundiThe only time school shooters hosted a football World Cup they were eliminated early and the greatest football national team in history was champion, in 1994. How ironic. If they spent more time training football and not training the heads of children in schools, maybe they would be more relevant in the sport and not an atom.

[@Olinocop]

Ninguém liga pra MLS…