Brazilian Soccer Schools

Samba school comes of age

May 17, 2011
By Robin Hackett
When the highly-rated young Brazilian midfielder Juninho arrived at Middlesbrough in 1995, it was a step into the unknown for English football. Mirandinha had already been and gone at Newcastle, but the fact that Juninho's arrival was met by masses of fans wearing Mexican sombreros illustrates the sizes of the cultural leap at that time.

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