Hey there

Lestners.

Back in 2017, we ran an episode about the history of Brazil's iconic yellow national soccer

jersey.

We were reminded of that story during the recent World Cup and then again on January 8th as a mob of right-wing

riders attacked the Brazilian capital many of them wearing those iconic yellow shirts

needless to say the story of the Yellow Jersey has taken some real twists and turns in recent years.

So today we're going to rerun the original story about the Jersey's origins,

and then producer Emmett Fitzgerald is going to update us on everything that has happened since.

This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

Schenius.

Incrivial, Acceptable! No! When a Brazilian soccer player scores a goal, the announcer starts slow, and it builds.

When a Brazilian soccer player scores a goal, the announcer starts slow.

And it builds.

Until it reaches a glorious crescendo. They do this all over the world now, but it started in Brazil and there's something

particularly triumphant about it there.

That's producer Joe Sykes. That's

because soccer means so much to Brazil. How can I explain what soccer means to

Brazilians without sounding corny but I think I I'm going to have to sound corny, okay?

That's Fernando Duarte, a BBC journalist who wrote a book about Brazilian soccer.

Soccer, or football as I call it, being British, arrived in Brazil in the late 19th century.

At first it was a game played in elite circles and in cities,

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