Brazil: Great At Football, Not So Great At Celebrating.

By: chris | June 3rd, 2009

For the second time in as many months, a Brazilian celebration went all kinds of wrong – and this time it resulted in serious injuries.

Last month Corinthians won the Sao Paulo state championship and, upon receiving their trophy and hoisting it along with a player and two suits in the club into the air in a bucket, they decided it’d be a smart idea to fire flammable paper into fireworks displays. Fire ensued (after the jump) and, luckily, everyone walked away unscathed. Not exactly brilliant planning or supervision, a worrying trend which is repeating itself.

Fast forward and we’re still in Sao Paolo, where Sertaozinho FC were relegated from one smallish Brazilian step of the ladder to another. So a party was thrown with a bus which looks like it would’ve been unsafe to carry Pele around in his prime hired out to carry the players. And with that bus appearing past its prime, too many people climbed aboard and it did the predictable, falling over on its side and dumping its passengers harshly onto the ground. 29 people – many reportedly players – were injured, though fortunately there were no fatalities.

Maybe it’s time the Brazilian government’s arm of national safety created a cabinet to deal exclusively with football celebrations.

The Corinthians mishap:

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Category: South America, World Football

Tags: accident, bus, celebration, Corinthians, fire, fireworks, Sao Paolo, Sertaozinho, South America, tip, World Football

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• wob |  June 3rd, 2009 at 7:43 am

  
  
  

  And the boy with the towel over the shoulder sees it all happening!

  Posted from Netherlands

  

• OhYes |  June 3rd, 2009 at 9:38 am

  
  
  

  No reaction from towel boy. Just a typical day for him.

  Posted from United States

  

• Bruno Romani |  June 3rd, 2009 at 9:48 am

  
  
  

  and don’t forget:this is the country that will host the 14 World Cup. Oh boy…

  Posted from United States

  

• laurie |  June 3rd, 2009 at 9:57 am

  
  
  

  Those videos are both mesmerizing and disturbing. Yet it’s hard not to laugh.

  I’m pretty sure this makes me a horrible person.

  Posted from United States

  

• laurie |  June 3rd, 2009 at 9:59 am

  
  
  

  Bruno, but at least you have South Africa taking the plunge first to set the bar low.

  Posted from United States

  

• Angelo |  June 3rd, 2009 at 11:14 am

  
  
  

  Americans insulting an African country, and the best football nation in the world, yet i find myself supporting Their developing league, while they ignore that and support a European one….wow.

  Posted from United States

  

• Bruno Romani |  June 3rd, 2009 at 12:15 pm

  
  
  

  I’m not American. I’m as Brazilian as you are. The Cup in our country will be a mix of shame and corruption.

  Posted from United States

  

• laurie |  June 3rd, 2009 at 1:40 pm

  
  
  

  Angelo, there’s a huge difference between “insulting” a country and believing that there is no way said country will be able to develop the necessary infrastructure for an event of the magnitude of a World Cup. In my case, it’s definitely the latter.

  Posted from United States

  

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