Folha acknowledges: World Cup exceeds expectations.
In writing this Thursday about "The World Cup as it is," the Frias family newspaper, which had been emphasizing negative aspects of the World Cup organization, now admits that there was no chaos and that the failures are localized episodes; airports are functioning normally, fans are satisfied, and the technical level is one of the best of all time, with the highest average number of goals since 1958; "The slogan 'Imagine during the World Cup,' repeated before the World Cup as a crisis in infrastructure and a possible failure of the event, did not materialize," the text says; at this rate, the tournament is on track to be #theworldcupofworldcups.
247 at the World Cup - Even Folha de S. Paulo has surrendered. The newspaper, which had been dedicating the most negative coverage to the organization of the 2014 World Cup, the publication owned by the Frias family acknowledged this Thursday that "The World Cup begins with flaws, but without the feared chaos."
"The slogan 'Imagine during the World Cup,' repeated before the tournament to highlight the infrastructure crisis and potential failure of the event, did not materialize," the text says.
On the contrary, what we see is a great party. The fans are satisfied with the stadiums, Latin American fanatics have invaded the country, coming from Argentina, but also from Chile, Mexico and Colombia, and the general perception is that the World Cup in Brazil is really on its way to being #theworldcupofworldcups.
That's because, on the field, the technical level is already one of the best in history, with the highest average number of goals since 1958, when Brazil won the championship in Sweden. Off the field, the airports are functioning well, with flights departing on schedule from new or renovated airports and relatively easy access to the stadiums.
"At the airports, the only problem so far has been a few days of queues at immigration in Cumbica," the text says.
In other words: those who bet against it, lost. And what we've seen so far is a thesis already presented earlier on 247. Expectations have been so lowered by the defeatist discourse that even a minimally normal tournament will be perceived as a great success.