Ball Boys Also Save Goals

By: Bruno Romani | August 31st, 2007

You’ve heard before of a ball boy scoring. You also heard of violent ball boys . By now, it should be clear that ball boys in Brazil have nothing of boys. They’re old and odd. But the biggest tradition that ball boys have preserved throughout history hasn’t been unveiled to you yet. Ball boys in Brazil have, in many occasions, saved goals against “their clubs.”

Watch for yourself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1F3Jt8XKkw

The interview with the ball man goes like this badly translated:

R: Hey “Macauê”, Didn’t you know that a side can only have 11 players?

BM: Yes, i knew it.

R: Did you want to save Araçatuba ?

BM: no, there was no way to save it. The team was already losing by 3-1, but the keeper left (the area) and I took his position and avoided a larger score

R: What did you feel when you saved that ball?

BM: I felt confident… (here he plays with the word “firmeza” which might mean “good” or “confident”)

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On another note, I’d like to say that AJ from Cruzeiro’s blog will be feeding this blog next week. I’ll be away for some rock n’ roll reasons. AJ, write me an email and I’ll tell you what to do. If you tried to answer the quiz, like Guillermo did, here are the answers:

1) Who are the two players Telê Santana cut from the roster before the 1986 World Cup?
Renato Gaucho and the right back Leandro.

2) In 1995, a defender from a Brazilian club had a diarrhea in the pitch during a match of a South-American competition, and had to run to the locker’s room. Who is this man?
Junior Baiano in a match which Flamengo visited Colo-Colo from Chile for the Supercopa. (I think I got the year wrong…maybe it was 97)

3) What Brazilian club was known in the 60’s and 70’s by the motto “It makes me laugh” (Faz-me rir)?
Corinthians. (maybe the current team will inherite this title soon)

4)What is the name of Luiz Felipe Scolari’s loyal assistant?
Flavio Murtosa

5) What referee was accused of working drunk in 1995?
Oscar Godoy

6) Who is the Brazilian player who flirted (and possibly fucked) a flight attendant when the national team visited Uruguay in 2001?
Romario, off course. Probably this is the reason Luis Felipe Scolari did not call him to 02.

7) What did Neto say after scoring with a bicycle-kick in the first-leg of the 1988 Paulista Championship?
“Eu sou foda”

8 ) Who is the author of the phrase: “a derby is a derby and vice-versa?”
Jardel, striker who played for Vasco, Gremio, Porto and Sporting

9) Who Portuguesa will never forget in the semifinals of the 1998 Paulista Championship?
The Argentinean referee Javier Castrilli

10) What did Edmundo do to get imprisoned in a hotel room in Ecuador in 1994?
He punched a camera man moments after he left the pitch.

11) What’s the name of the gambling boss (bicheiro) who supported Bangu in the 1980’s?
Castor de Andrade

12) What journalist, in a famous conspiracy theory, supposedly had fucked Ronaldo’s girlfriend during the 1998 World Cup?
Pedro Bial

13) What animal did Viola imitate in the first-leg of the finals of the 1993 Paulista Championship?
Pig.

14) Which sponsor did suddenly appear on Vasco’s shirt in the second-leg of the Copa João Havelange?
SBT, TV channel that is rival of Globo, which was broadcasting the match.

15) Who was the veteran goal-keeper from Bahia who had the ball stolen by a young Ronaldo in a match for 1993 Campeonato Brasileiro?
Rodolfo Rodriguez

16) What is the name of the most famous Brazilian homosexual referee who died after being infected by the HIV?
Margarida

17) What was the sponsor of the national squad in the 1990 World Cup which caused controversy with the players before the tournament?
Pepsi

18) The wife of each player was caught cheating on him with his teammate, Palhinha?
Danrlei, keeper of Gremio in the 90’s and early 00’s.

19) Who is the midfielder who after a series of injuries got depressed to the point of considering suicide?
Pedrinho. He plays for Santos now.

20) Which famous midfielder in the 70’s had to run from a Uruguayan player at the Maracanã to escape from getting beat up?
Rivellino