Key Highlights
- A mosaic of São Paulo soccer culture has arrived. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe plaza outside the old Victorian warehouse-turned-pub, One Over the Ait, is filling up with black-and-white-clad SC Corinthians Paulista fans from all over the world.
- It is still two hours before Corinthians kick off against NJ/NY Gotham FC in the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup semifinals at the Gtech Community Stadium, a short six-minute walk away. The atmosphere is building as more fans congregate, pinning up their flags and banners, and joining in with the chorus of chants.
- Soon, a few hundred will march through the streets to the match. Holding a 12-foot pole with the Corinthians flag at the top proudly flying high, Deborah, who lives in London but was born and raised in Brazil, says that around 400-500 Corinthians supporters are expected to be at the semifinal. No matter the physical distance from Corinthians, the passion for the club endures.
- “We are born like this.
- We live Corinthians.
