Going to a Brazil game at this tournament can feel like attending an ancestor-worship ceremony. Spectators wear canary-yellow Pelé shirts, wave banners celebrating their country’s pentacampeão of five World Cups, and cheer Brazilian legends shown on the video screen watching from their VIP seats.
The Seleção is overshadowed by its past. Only when the ball reaches Brazil’s forward Vinícius Júnior, scorer of four of their seven goals so far, are fans jolted into the present.
This team is built around “Vini”. Even Brazil’s ability to overcome Japan in Houston on Monday depends largely on their one essential player.
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