By-line: By Logan
Sterling
Monday, November 7, 2016
Brazil Wins Gold: First Ever for Brazilian Men's Soccer
For the first time in Brazilian history, they have won the
gold medal in men’s soccer. They had a
rough start early in the tournament with several no scoring games. The heat really got turned up when they beat
Denmark 4-0 in the third game.
Brazilians started out losing faith in their star player, Neymar, but
quickly gained it back as soon as he scored his first goal of the
Olympics. He set the Olympic world
record for quickest goal scored in the first 14 seconds of the game. Brazil was now on a streak of winning and it
just kept coming. It came to the gold
medal match, which was between Brazil and Germany. The game continued to stay tied throughout
the entire match. After extra time, they
then went to penalty kicks to determine the winner of the gold medal. Neymar was up for the last penalty kick of
the game and the score was 4-4. With one
kick the ball was in the goal and Brazil had the gold. The first gold in Brazilian soccer history.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2016/08/20/watch_neymar_score_the_winning_penalty_as_brazil_wins_first_ever_olympic.html
Worldwide Tradition: How Other Countries Ring in the New Year
It seems here in America all of our holidays have specific
uniforms. Easter is pastel; Christmas is red sweaters; and Independence Day
everyone has to wear red, white, and blue.
New Years Eve’s uniform is obviously glitter, sparkles, and
sequins. In the United States, most of
our traditions revolve around overly expensive raves, watching a previously
recorded video of a bunch of people having fun in New York City an hour before,
and looking around desperate for someone to kiss before midnight. But some countries seem to have it a little
more figured out. For Chinese New Year
the history revolves around a large beast Niam who would eat people in a single
bite, but it turns out he’s afraid of the color red, so everyone paints their
door red so Niam doesn’t come eat them, too.
In Brazil, instead of watching the ball drop at midnight, Brazilians go
to the beach and jump seven times into the ocean while throwing flowers at the
stroke of midnight. In the Philippines
they wear polka dots and eat round fruits, Irish women can leave a mistletoe
under their pillow to get a husband, and in Chile they go celebrate in the
graveyard. Learning about cultural
traditions in other countries always seem a little weird, but then again
Americans just wear a lot of sequins.
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