1.You see, England invented football, but Brazil made it beautiful.
2.Certain countries have dominated certain sports for periods of years, or a couple of decades... but Brazil have dominated football forever.
3.Just when people thought they couldn't get much better, this guy game along and redefined the game.
4.Pele showed us that boundaries were for pushing.
5.He was so popular that games would sometimes have to be paused for 10-15 minutes because fans would storm the pitch to get closer to him.
6.And then when people thought they'd seen everything, along came Zico.
7.Suddenly, with the emergence of colour television, yellow and green weren't just colours, they became a symbol for skill and samba futebol.
8.And Brazilian football is nothing if not colourful.
9.With every new generation of kids comes a new Brazilian hero, a new player for the footballers of tomorrow to mimic in playgrounds throughout the world.
10.And you have to be something special to be the standout Brazilian of a generation, because the Seleção isn't exactly a one man team.
11.And this is what a Brazil team can do...
12.Brazilian football influences the world game more than any other country does.
13.And it's not just about the players, their fans have captured our hearts.
14.Some people have criticised Brazil in the past for not being able to defend, but clearly nobody told these guys...
15.And thankfully, nobody told Roberto Carlos that defenders shouldn't take free kicks, because he's proven some defenders should.
16.Good job he did prove it – because otherwise we might not have got to see this...
17.Even when everything seems lost in Brazilian football, there's always hope.
18.There's always someone to inspire the next generation, and to show new things to those who think they've seen everything.
19.So Brazil, thanks for the memories, and here's to many more.
