Glorious history
The world's first football stadium can accommodate 200,000 spectators, and the Rimet Cup, which is permanently reserved by Brazilians, is stored here. The football museum in the stadium shows the history of the stadium construction and various pictures, videos and models reflecting the grand occasion of the game. The footprints of famous Brazilian stars are all on the platform of superstar footprints. 1969+0 19, Pele scored the1000th goal of his career at Maracana Stadium, which was a penalty. People even rushed into the stadium to stop the game to celebrate. Later, Santos Club designated 1 1.09 as "King of Ball Day" to commemorate the achievements of King of Ball. The Brazilian president declared Pele a "national treasure" and refused to allow him to transfer to a foreign country to play football. Even more amazing, Bailey can stop the war! 1970, Bailey came to Nigeria where the civil war raged and played an exhibition match in Lagos, the capital. So the government forces and the opposition reached an agreement to cease fire for 48 hours, because they all wanted to watch Pele play football!
design
The course was designed by the famous Brazilian designer Raphael and architects Orlando, Antonio and Pedro Paulo. It was started in August/948 and completed in June/950. It took less than two years to build the world's largest stadium, Maracana Stadium. Maracana Stadium is located in the Maracana Sports Center in Rio Diyucca District. It not only records the history of Brazilian football, but also records the history of players and Brazilian fans. Today, Maracana Stadium has gone far beyond its sports significance, and Brazilians, especially Rio people, don't even know what language to use to describe this stadium. After the completion of Maracana Stadium, its official name was Rio Municipal Stadium, and 1966 was changed to Mario Jr. Stadium to commemorate Mario Jr., a journalist who made great contributions to the stadium construction. Because the stadium is called Maracana and there is an artificial river near the stadium, people are used to calling it Maracana Stadium. Until now, many people don't even know the official name of the stadium. All they have in mind is Maracana.
inner structure
The construction area of Maracana Stadium is118500m2, the total lawn area of the stadium is14610m2, and the lawn area of the football field is 8250m2. Design capacity155,000 people, including 30,000 stations, 93,500 ordinary seats and 30,000 advanced seats. In the history of Maracana, according to official statistics, the stadium with the largest attendance was a World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Paraguay on August 365,438+0,969, with a total of 65,438+08,438+0 million fans. However, in the eyes of Brazilians, the biggest number of fans is a match between Brazil and Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final. According to official statistics, the number of viewers is 173850, but the actual number of viewers is about 200,000. It is said that the stadium was crowded with fans at that time, and the whole stadium was crowded with people inside and outside. In addition, in the history of Maracana Stadium, paul mccartney, a famous British rock singer, and Frank Sinatra, a famous American jazz singer, held large-scale open-air concerts in Maracana Stadium at 1980 and199/kloc-0 respectively, and each performance attracted more than180,000 audience, setting a Guinness World Record. According to statistics, in the competition history of Brazil's national team in Maracana Stadium, the average number of spectators in four games exceeded 6.5438+0.7 million, while in the whole club competition, the average number of spectators in five games exceeded 6.5438+0.6 million.
change
In the past 50 years, Maracana Stadium has undergone many renovations, the largest of which was in 2000. This renovation not only installed a modern turf sprinkler irrigation system, but also installed all seats for fans to stand and watch the ball on the stage according to FIFA regulations. Therefore, Maracana Football Stadium currently has 65,438+003,022 seats, excluding the public seats that can accommodate tens of thousands of people around the football stadium. Because the areas are all stations, it is impossible to count them.
meaning
Maracana Stadium is not only a place for Brazilian players to yearn for, but also a place for Brazilian fans to vent their football enthusiasm. There, the bitter tears and joyful tears of the fans almost permeated every corner of the stadium, and the most memorable game for the fans was the loss of Brazil to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup final, which left a scar in the hearts of Brazilians for 50 years. More than 50 years have passed, and almost a generation has changed, but Brazilian fans still have lingering fears. It seems that everyone still holds that account in their arms. Maracana Stadium Maracana Stadium not only recorded the bitter history of Brazilian football, but also created the glory of Brazilian football. 1969165438+1October19th night, in the "Rio-Sao Paulo Championship" at Maracana Stadium, Santos scored the thousandth goal of his football career. Since then, Bailey has formed an indissoluble bond with Maracana. During his lifetime, he played 22 games for the Brazilian national team at Maracana Stadium and scored 30 goals, becoming the player who scored the most goals for the national team in the history of Maracana Stadium.
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Maracana Stadium is the largest non-comprehensive stadium in the world today. /kloc-0 started construction on August 2nd, 948, and was completed on June 6th, 950, specially built for the World Cup held in Rio that year. Covering an area of 195600 square meters, designed to accommodate 166396 people. 1969 World Cup qualifiers, Brazil's match against Paraguay welcomed fans of 18 and 334 1, setting a historical record. On the ground at the entrance of the stadium, the footprints of many football stars in Brazilian history were cast with cement, and tourists rushed to take pictures. In addition to hosting sports competitions, Maracana Stadium is also the venue for many large-scale events in history. Such as 1980 gathering of Pope Paul II and his parishioners, music festival "Rock in Rio", performances by the Rolling Stones and famous singers.
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Putin once visited the Maracana Stadium in Brazil! Speaking of football, we can't help but think of the famous Maracana Stadium, which records the honor and disgrace, joys and sorrows of Brazilian football and creates the names of the morning stars in football history: Didi, Pele, Gacharin, Zico, Socrates, romario and Cristiano Ronaldo today. It was also here that Pele scored the 65,438+0,000th goal of his football career. Similarly, Bailey shed tears here and bid farewell to his beloved shady field and the national team on which his soul and dreams depend. Maracana Stadium is located in the central area of Rio, and you can clearly see this attractive green space from the top of the hump! Pele's farewell match was also held at Maracana Stadium. 1971July 18, Brazil and Yugoslavia played a game at Maracana Stadium, which was the farewell match of Pele, the king of the ball. Nearly140 thousand spectators watched the game, and the result was 2: 2, thus Bailey ended his brilliant football career. In addition to Pele, the famous Brazilian star Zico is the player who scored the most goals in the history of Maracana Stadium. He played 435 games at Maracana Stadium and scored 333 goals. Therefore, the glorious history of Maracana Stadium goes far beyond the boundaries of sports. It not only created the best in the world, but also recorded the history of Brazilian football, which is the eternal pride of Brazilians. In recent years, in order to maintain this "football heritage", the local government has spared no expense to transform and strengthen the Maracana Stadium. It is said that if a new stadium is built, the government will invest more than enough in this area. In 2000, the transformed Maracana Stadium became a famous cultural, sports and tourism center.
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exhibition room
In the renovated exhibition hall, people can enjoy the wonderful historical footage of the construction site when this huge stadium was completed, as well as the football photos used by the Brazilian team in different years, including the football photos used by Pele when he scored the 1000 th goal at Maracana Stadium. In the central part of the exhibition hall, except for the design model of Maracana Sports Center and some statues, there are no physical exhibits, but there are thematic photo exhibitions on both sides of the surrounding walls, with the glorious images of stars of different eras and pictures of Brazil's "five champions". A commemorative bronze medal is hung on the front wall of the hall to commemorate Brazil's national football team winning the World Cup for the first time in 58 years. The bronze medal is engraved with the names of all the members of the Brazilian delegation. There are only two bronze statues in the hall. One is Zagaro, the only pro-Maracana stadium in the world who has experienced five World Cups and won four championships and one runner-up, and the other is Mario Jr, a senior Brazilian journalist who has made outstanding contributions to the stadium construction and is named after the stadium. In the other corner of the hall is a sporting goods store, which sells high-quality football and national team uniforms, as well as jerseys and souvenirs of some famous players of local teams.
Honor corridor
At the exit of the exhibition hall, people can enjoy the "honor corridor" where 90 football stars left their footprints or signatures. The "corridor of honor" was built in 2000, mainly to commemorate the most outstanding football star in Brazil. The so-called "honor corridor" is a 12 pattern with a diameter of about 60 cm, which is made of tiles on the ground on both sides of the corridor. The pattern is a terrazzo floor cast with dark green cement, which is on the same level as the floor tiles. There is a round copper plate in the center of the pattern, engraved with the names of football stars of various periods selected by the Brazilian Sports Journalists Committee. Below the name are the footprints left by the athletes on the concrete floor. At present, the names and footprints of 90 athletes have been left there. These include Bailey, Zagaro, Zico, Garrincha, Zico, Socrates, Fa Erkao, Rai romario, Etimondo, Bei Beituo, etc. Maracana Stadium has gone through a glorious history of 56 years and will continue to be brilliant. The opening and closing ceremonies of the 2007 Pan American Games will be held here. At present, the renovation project of the whole stadium is coming to an end. According to the person in charge of the stadium, the rebuilt stadium is not only the largest stadium in the world, but also one of the most modern stadiums in the world. Just like football that has been replaced from generation to generation, Maracana Stadium is changing. In the deep ditch around the stadium lawn, Gerard, who once carried the passion of countless Brazilian civilian fans, will now be transformed into the most expensive grandstand; Plastic seats occupying more space were built on the original cement bench in Maracana, replacing the space where tens of thousands of fans used to enjoy themselves and vent. This is the progress of an era, this is the demise of an era, and we are all looking forward to what kind of running and competition will be staged in Maracana.