An American football player holds the ball during a training session of the Rio Football Academy team inside the luxury condominium Peninsula, located at the Barra da Tijuca neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on January 24, 2024
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Screaming and gesturing at the TV in his San Francisco 49ers jersey and scarf, Brazilian computer programmer Carlos Marins wills his team to come from behind and make it to the Super Bowl. He is not an uprooted expatriate watching the NFL playoffs in the United States. This is a bar in tropical Brazil, the land of Neymar, Ronaldo and Pele, where another football -- the American kind -- is booming. "Three Super Bowls ago, I watched the game with my brother. Two Super Bowls ago, I watched with my brother, my fiancee and some friends. Today, I'm watching with all these peop...
