Welcome to the Copinha, home of The Wall, Rudigullithi and the future of Brazilian football

Mirror: Welcome to the Copinha, home of The Wall, Rudigullithi and the future of Brazilian football

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

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