Brazilian soccer club Corinthians, the team turning over its stadium for the first NFL game ever to be played in South America, dislikes anything green so much that its executives tried to paint the field black about a decade ago.
Corinthians face Flamengo in a Brazilian soccer league match in the Neo Quimica arena, which is set to host an NFL football game the week after, in Sao Paulo , Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. Men work to prepare the Soccer Neo Química Arena in Sao Paulo , Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, as Brazil prepares to host its first ever NFL match on Sept. 6, 2024, between the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles .
On Friday, however, NeoQuimica Arena will be awash in green when the Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles play the second game of the NFL season in Sao Paulo. Earlier on Thursday, the Packers made a gaffe by giving Corinthians goalkeeper Hugo Souza a green Packers jersey with the name of the Brazilian club on the back, which irritated many of its fans on social media.
Since Gambini joined Palmeiras, the rivalry between the two Sao Paulo soccer giants only grew as they often played each other for trophies. The animosity between them reached a new high in 1969 after a car crash that killed two Corinthians players, 22-year-old defender Lidu and 24-year-old striker Eduardo.
Green has been a forbidden color wherever Corinthians was playing since the 1970s. Back then, it was usual to hear chants of “take it off” whenever an unwary fan appeared in the stands wearing any clothing of that color. The tradition is so embedded in the club’s culture that the only people wearing green during matches at the NeoQuimica Arena are visiting players and fans.
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