Small Time

[Leroy]

Just read this from Reuters 15000 out at stadium. there parade ON A TRUCK

The last line got me.

 

 

SAO PAULO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - World club champions Sao Paulo were welcomed home with a huge victory parade which brought the centre of South America's largest city to a near standstill on Tuesday.

 

Thousands of jubilant fans lined the route from the airport to the city centre as the team paraded through the streets in a specially converted open-top truck.

 

Having completed a 22-hour flight from Tokyo, the team took around 10 hours to travel from the airport to their Morumbi stadium on the other side of the city where they were greeted by a crowd of around 15,000.

 

Many of the players appeared exhausted by the end of the marathon.

 

An estimated 5,000 fans gathered at the airport, where goalkeeper and captain Rogerio Ceni waved at fans from the plane's cockpit before the team were whisked away through a back exit.

 

The truck took around four hours to make the journey to the city centre for a brief meeting with mayor Jose Serra. After that, it made a stop at the Bandeirantes Palace to meet Geraldo Alckmin, governor of Sao Paulo state.

 

Sao Paulo won their third world championship on Sunday when they beat European champions Liverpool 1-0 in the final of the six-team tournament in Japan.

 

The result was a surprise as South American club sides survive on only a fraction of the budgets of the big European clubs and have to sell their top players to stay afloat.

 

The Tricolor also won the trophy twice during the 1990s with a memorable team coached by Tele Santana.

 

"It was an heroic and emblematic victory," Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said in a television interview.

 

"A team made here in Brazil imposed themselves against Liverpool, which is in reality a European Select."

[Stevie H]

they won. best of luck to them.

[Ronnie Whelan]

emblematic.

 

 

Thats my new thing for today.

[sean]

Strange how that competition is seen by the different entrants. We saw it a s a distraction, whereas that was probably their biggest game of the season.

[Guest Red Mist]

LOL

 

Sad Paulo.

"A team made here in Brazil imposed themselves against Liverpool, which is in reality a European Select."

"Imposed" my @rse. These Brazillians are truly deluded.

[Jeff guitar]

Strange how that competition is seen by the different entrants. We saw it a s a distraction, whereas that was probably their biggest game of the season.

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We saw it as a distraction because it does distract us from our domestic duties. They are in close season so it isn't a distracton for them - it's a jolly.

[Huyton_Red]

Lads your all sounding dead bitter

 

Did we deserve to go on our final parade in 2001 cos we were jammy in winning the FA cup finbal when arsenal battered us and the ref didnt give them a certain pen

 

Remember you show your true class when you lose, not when you win

 

Well done to Sao Paulo and good luck to them

[forde]

Lads your all sounding dead bitter

 

Did we deserve to go on our final parade in 2001 cos we were jammy in winning the FA cup finbal when arsenal battered us and the ref didnt give them a certain pen

 

 

Remember you show your true class when you lose, not when you win

 

Well done to Sao Paulo and good luck to them

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Well said Huyton! Edited December 21, 2005 by forde

[The Hitman]

Lads your all sounding dead bitter

 

Did we deserve to go on our final parade in 2001 cos we were jammy in winning the FA cup finbal when arsenal battered us and the ref didnt give them a certain pen

 

Remember you show your true class when you lose, not when you win

 

Well done to Sao Paulo and good luck to them

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Aye,well in.

We lost,it's not the end of the world,let's move on to bigger and better things.

[Ombudsam]

Aye,well in.

We lost,it's not the end of the world,let's move on to bigger and better things.

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What's bigger than being

 

Champions of THE WORLD THE WOOOOORRRRLLLLLD

[mally]

What's bigger than being

 

Champions of THE WORLD THE WOOOOORRRRLLLLLD

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snapping essien's knee?

[floyd]

snapping essien's knee?

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snapping Joe Cole's neck

[R A Softlad]

Sad Paulo.

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Yes he was...

 

[wacko]

What's bigger than being

 

Champions of THE WORLD THE WOOOOORRRRLLLLLD

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Masters of the Universe?

[Guest Marshy]

What's bigger than being

 

Champions of THE WORLD THE WOOOOORRRRLLLLLD

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I'd say being European Champions.