Hello from Brazil!

Hi everybody!
I'm new here and wish I could share some thoughts with you about Milan, italian & european football etc. I'm a Brazilian journalist and I live in São Paulo, the biggest city in Latin America.
I almost forget to say this: forgive me if I make any grammar mistake. My English is a work in progress.

WoooooW....man, at last new member from my dream land....

Welcome to Inferno

It seem to me that you like Nirvana... then you become my mate here right from the start...

btw, yer english is quite nice

enjoy yer stay and I am looking forward to read yer posts...

Cheers.

!Forza Milan per sempre!

Welcome Kurt

as Rae said, your English is fine

Oi! Como vai? welcome to MilanMania!!

Brazil huh? the land of the beautiful garotas

your English is good, as for me, eu so falo um pouco de portugues...but just very little

Saude!

Welcome to MM, nice to have you here

Thank you for your words of welcome!
Goirre, bom saber que alguém fala alguma coisa de português por aqui!
Cool!

Originally Posted by Kurt Cobain

Goirre, bom saber que alguém fala alguma coisa de português por aqui!
Cool!

well, my first language is Spanish, so I kind of understand Portuguese and, in a lesser way, Italian.....they are not THAT different after all

btw, I assume you are a Sao Paulo fan?

Welcome Kurt!

Well, your English is fine, certainly much much better than my Portuguese.

Originally Posted by Goirre

well, my first language is Spanish, so I kind of understand Portuguese and, in a lesser way, Italian.....they are not THAT different after al?

Bingo! I agree that the difference is not that much in most Latin languages, which will explain why most footballers from South America or Latin speaking countries find it easier to settle in Spain, Italy or Portugal as compared to say, England or Germany.

I can understand a fair bit of most Latin languages, though I can't speak them as fluently as a native speaker. But I know enough to tell the difference between muchas gracias, muito obrigado and molto grazie.

Originally Posted by Goirre

btw, I assume you are a Sao Paulo fan?

Being a Paulista, I can safely assume Kurt is a fan of one of the following teams:
1) São Paulo
2) Santos
3) Corinthians
4) Palmeiras

didn't Kaka' play for Sao Paulo??

anywho...BIG WELCOME! glad to have ya onboard

Welcome onboard Kurt! Enjoy the forum!

welcome, hope you enjoy your stay

how popular are milan in brazil by the way?

Originally Posted by Kurt Cobain

Thank you for your words of welcome!
Goirre, bom saber que alguém fala alguma coisa de português por aqui!
Cool!

hey, I do almost understood everything you said even I know only a bit spanish.... it loox that if I know well espanol I could comrehend portugues too

Originally Posted by Goirre

well, my first language is Spanish, so I kind of understand Portuguese and, in a lesser way, Italian.....they are not THAT different after all

Yeah, all languages have the same root: latim. It helps a lot!

btw, I assume you are a Sao Paulo fan?

Yes, I am. We're really bad over the last decade but we'll overcome this situation. Hope so!

Originally Posted by ilgenio

Bingo! I agree that the difference is not that much in most Latin languages, which will explain why most footballers from South America or Latin speaking countries find it easier to settle in Spain, Italy or Portugal as compared to say, England or Germany.

It's really easier to go to Spain, Italy and, of course, Portugal. But there are some other explanations. Until three seasons ago, Premiership wasn't showed in out television and it complicate the things to the players. It was like living in oblivion.
We watched the 90/91 season, then a long break and a start over in 97/98 season. Another break until 2001/2002 when a local sports channel, SporTV, started to show the games and, last two seasons, ESPN Brasil buy the rights to show Premiership here in Brazil.

Being a Paulista, I can safely assume Kurt is a fan of one of the following teams:
1) São Paulo
2) Santos
3) Corinthians
4) Palmeiras

First choice.

Originally Posted by almilan

how popular are milan in brazil by the way?

Pretty popular! And it's easy to explain this popularity. After the WC 82, an open channel started to show Serie A here in Brazil. I was a kid at that time, but I assume that the people were curious trying to discover the secrets of italian game, who beat us in Spain.
Some seasons after it Milan started to play a magnificent football, the Gullit, van Basten & Baresi team, and to watch Serie A on Sunday morning was a fever here in Brazil.
Milan vs. Maradona's Napoli was a happening here in the late 80's and early 90's!
Other thing that really helped was the fact that the major television station here aired the Champion's Cup final from 1989 until 95. Most of them Milan was involved and Baresi lifted two times the trophy - can't remember who was the captain in 1994. Rossi? Albertini? Il Genio? Donadoni?
In recent times Real Madrid, with Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Zidane, became popular too. Don't know if it'll change in the long term because nowadays, to watch Serie A, you have to subscribe pay tv (ESPN International or ESPN Brasil). RAI International comes in the package too.