JAPAN - FIFA Clubs World Cup 2011 & 2012

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by larsul

Where is this tournament being held in 2013?

Originally Posted by copa olympic

Morocco in 2013 and 2014.

MOROCCO - FIFA Clubs World Cup 2013 & 2014

[Gadiri]

1000 yens = 9,4 euros = 12 $




Could people assist to M2-M3, M4-M5 and M7-M8 with 1 ticket ?

[Gadiri]

Corinthians x Al Ahly 0-1

Attendance : 31,417.

I've never seen so many foreign fans in Japan ! How many brazilians are they ?

[Gadiri]

Corinthians à l'entrainement.

[Gadiri]

15,000 Corinthians fans turn up at the airport to cheer their team

Originally Posted by O.Mehdi

Bientôt en aéroport MedV !
Ici les fans de Corinthians à l'aeroport Sao Paulo int en direction du Japon
Les travaux d'extension ont intérêt à accélérer la cadence ..

[Ranma Saotome]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Corinthians x Al Ahly 1-0

Attendance : 27 314

I've never seen so many foreign fans in Japan ! How many brazilians are they ?

~25,000-30,000, between residents in Japan and tourists from Brazil, USA, Australia etc. Could be more, but FIFA didn't reserved more tickets for Corinthians fans. The correct attendance was 31,417.

Timão played bad in 2nd half, I've suffered too much! We can (and need) to play much better next sunday.

[Gadiri]

Originally Posted by Ranma Saotome

~25,000-30,000, between residents in Japan and tourists from Brazil, USA, Australia etc. Could be more, but FIFA didn't reserved more tickets for Corinthians fans. The correct attendance was 31,417.

Timão played bad in 2nd half, I've suffered too much! We can (and need) to play much better next sunday.

Yes it was 31,417.

I wonder how many Chelsea fans will be there.

[Ranma Saotome]

I've read FIFA expects 5,000-8,000 Blues fans.

[TEBC]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

Corinthians x Al Ahly 0-1

Attendance : 31,417.

I've never seen so many foreign fans in Japan ! How many brazilians are they ?

about 30k, for this match a little less, maybe 20k

[Ranma Saotome]

Some pics of the today's game:

















Complete album: http://www.lancenet.com.br/fotos/FOT...827367257.html

[Gadiri]

How much cost travel from Brazil + 5-6 days hotel + tickets ?

[TEBC]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

How much cost travel from Brazil + 5-6 days hotel + tickets ?

Tickets about 70 dollars

Airplaine tickets around 1500-2000 dollars

[TEBC]

The official travel agence had from 2500 to 5000 dollars

[Isaaac]

Originally Posted by TEBC

Tickets about 70 dollars

Airplaine tickets around 1500-2000 dollars

Depending on where in Europe, could cost less than 1000 dollars an air ticket to Brazil, if bought in a few months in advance...

Originally Posted by Gadiri

How much cost travel from Brazil + 5-6 days hotel + tickets ?

It depends on the period of the year, type of hotel, which city in Brazil and so on... I would guess from europe would be from around 2000-3000 dollares.

[TEBC]

Originally Posted by Isaaac

Depending on where in Europe, could cost less than 1000 dollars an air ticket to Brazil, if bought in a few months in advance...



It depends on the period of the year, type of hotel, which city in Brazil and so on... I would guess from europe would be from around 2000-3000 dollares.

he wants to know FROM Brazil TO Japan

[Isaaac]

Originally Posted by TEBC

he wants to know FROM Brazil TO Japan

my bad.

But I guess many of the Corinthians fans already live in Japan. It is estimated Japan has the third largest Brazilian diaspora. More than 100,000 Brazilians live in Japan, and mostly from Sao Paulo. So, there is already a large Corinthians fan base in Japan.

[TEBC]

Originally Posted by Isaaac

my bad.

But I guess many of the Corinthians fans already live in Japan. It is estimated Japan has the third largest Brazilian diaspora. More than 100,000 Brazilians live in Japan, and mostly from Sao Paulo. So, there is already a large Corinthians fan base in Japan.

Yes, statistics shows that 40% of the brazilians living in Japan are Corinthians fans.

From Brazil, the Japanese embassy conceded in the last two months around 10k visas, most of them for Corinthians supporters.

Many other fans from around the world also went to Japan. That´s how the midia concluded that around 25 to 30k corinthians fans went to japan, already considered the biggest diaspora of a team supporters to a FIFA WCC

[Gadiri]

Very interesting. I guess that never a club has so many supporters coming from homeland (Brazil).

Someone have figures of foreings supporters for the last WC clubs in Japan and EAU ?

[Gadiri]

1/2 final, Monterrey vs Chelsea 1-3, 13/12/2012

Attendance : 36648

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Invasion corinthienne, chapitre deux

(FIFA.com) Mercredi 12 décembre 2012



La veille, de façon inattendue, l'autoroute était congestionnée. Ce n'était pourtant pas une période de départs en vacances. C'était un week-end ordinaire. A Rio de Janeiro, tout le monde ou presque était vêtu de noir et de blanc. Voici l'explication : le 5 décembre 1976, quelque 70 000 supporters de Corinthians se rendaient au Maracanã pour partager les tribunes avec les partisans de Fluminense, après un voyage de plus de 400 kilomètres en provenance de São Paulo. La politique de rationnement du carburant et la promesse d'une retransmission en direct du match n'avaient pas découragé les voyageurs. On parla alors d'une véritable "invasion corinthienne". L'épisode reste à ce jour l'un des chapitres les plus marquants de l'histoire du football brésilien.

Ce mercredi 12 décembre, 36 ans et six jours plus tard, les restrictions étaient encore plus sévères, à commencer par la distance à parcourir. Cela n'a pas empêché des milliers de fans de Corinthians de se rendre au Stade de Toyota pour tenter d'aider leur équipe à décrocher une victoire contre Al Ahly en demi-finale de la Coupe du Monde des Clubs de la FIFA, Japon 2012.

"C'est le meilleur public du monde. Il n'a pas d'égal. Je le définis ainsi : toute équipe a des supporters, mais nos supporters sont une équipe", estime Alex de Andrade, fan de Corinthians, au micro de FIFA.com. Le Pauliste de 33 ans et ses amis avaient déjà réservé leurs vacances pour l'été prochain à Cancun et au Canada. Mais le soir de la victoire de Corinthians en Copa Libertadores, ils ont chamboulé leurs plans. "J'ai tout annulé. Je préfère Corinthians."

Un tel dévouement ne passe évidemment pas inaperçu auprès des joueurs sur le terrain. "C'est merveilleux. J'en avais déjà entendu parler mais sentir cela et le voir de ses propres yeux, ça n'a pas de prix. C'est incroyable ce qu'ils sont prêts à faire pour l'équipe. C'est de la folie. Je suis certain que pour la finale, le stade sera plein à craquer", affirme le défenseur Paulo André.

Pont aérien

Le nombre de supporters corinthiens et l'ambiance qu'ils ont mise à Toyota ont impressionné, mais comme l'indique Paulo André, on pouvait s'y attendre. L'euphorie qui avait marqué le départ de la délégation à destination du Japon avait déjà donné une idée de l'enthousiasme d'un public pas comme les autres. En outre, la fièvre qui entoure aujourd'hui Corinthians n'est pas sans précédent.

Quand les hordes de supporters alvinegros ont pris d'assaut le Maracanã en 1976, c'était déjà pour une demi-finale, en l'occurrence contre Fluminense, dans le cadre du championnat du Brésil. Sous une pluie torrentielle, les deux équipes avaient fait match nul 1:1, mais Corinthians l'avait emporté aux tirs au but. En finale, le Timão, qui n'avait plus gagné le moindre titre depuis 22 ans, avait rendez-vous avec l'Internacional. Le match tournera l'avantage de la formation de Porto Alegre. Ce n'est que l'année suivante que Corinthians renouera enfin avec les lauriers, en gagnant le Paulistão.

Le légendaire chroniqueur Nelson Rodrigues a résumé ainsi, dans les pages du journal O Globo, ce qui s'est passé à Rio : "La rencontre a commencé la veille, quand les supporters ont envahi la ville. Toute la matinée, les fanatiques du Timão ont fait la fête à Leme, Copacabana, Leblon, Ipanema. C'était un véritable déluge de supporters corinthiens. Un touriste a même écrit dans son calepin que Rio était une ville occupée".

Ce qui se passe depuis quelques jours au Japon est très similaire. "Il y a plus de monde que je ne l'imaginais. Beaucoup plus. Il y a des supporters de Corinthians absolument partout", fait observer Alex.

90 minutes, c'est peu

Certains supporters étaient là avant même le débarquement des joueurs. Dans le complexe résidentiel de Homi Danchi, à environ un quart d'heure du stade de Toyota, il y a une importante colonie brésilienne, qui se prépare depuis des mois, avec une impatience grandissante, à accueillir les compatriotes venus du pays natal.

La plupart arrivent de très loin, comme par exemple les frères Mateus et Murilo Fernandes, 21 et 19 ans. Ils sont originaires de São Paulo, mais étudient à Santa Catarina. Ils ont entrepris le voyage jusqu'au Japon à la période la plus importante de leur année scolaire. "C'est la semaine des examens dans notre université. Nous allons devoir tout passer lors du rattrapage de février", explique Mateus. Une chose est sûre : aucune remontrance n'est à craindre du côté de leur père pour cette semaine buissonnière. C'est Francisco, le papa, qui a décidé de faire le voyage avec ses deux fils.

"Nous allons être champions. Nous nous sommes décidés il y a deux ou trois semaines. Depuis la finale de la Libertadores, je réfléchissais. J'avais peur et il y avait la question du prix. Mais un matin, j'ai eu comme une illumination et j'ai lancé : 'Vous savez quoi ? On y va ?' (Rires) Nous avions prévu d'aller à Las Vegas, mais finalement nous sommes venus ici", raconte-t-il.

Maintenant, c'est au tour de Yokohama d'ouvrir ses portes à cette "bande de fous", comme ils se définissent eux-mêmes. C'est dans cette ville en effet qu'aura lieu dimanche 16 décembre la finale de la Coupe du Monde des Clubs de la FIFA. Le phénomène s'était déjà produit lors de la finale de la première édition du tournoi, en 2000 à Rio de Janeiro, contre Vasco. À cette occasion, les supporters de Corinthians avaient été au nombre de 30 000, pour une assistance totale de 73 000 spectateurs. Les visiteurs s'étaient alors imposés aux penalties.

Cette année, l'objectif sera de décrocher le titre dans le temps réglementaire. Mais s'il faut attendre un peu plus longtemps, qu'importe… quand on a fait un si long voyage. De toute façon, le pèlerinage des supporters corinthiens ne s'arrête jamais.[



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Corinthian invasion, chapter two

(FIFA.com) Wednesday, December 12, 2012



Yesterday, unexpectedly, the highway was congested. But this was not a period of holiday departures. It was an ordinary weekend. In Rio de Janeiro, almost everyone was dressed in black and white. Here is the explanation: December 5, 1976, some 70,000 fans at Maracana Corinthians went to share the stands with supporters of Fluminense, after a journey of more than 400 kilometers from Sao Paulo. Policy of fuel rationing and the promise of a live broadcast of the match did not deter travelers. We then spoke of a real "invasion Corinthian." The episode remains to this day one of the most significant chapters in the history of Brazilian football.

This Wednesday, December 12, 36 years and six days later the restrictions were more severe, starting with the distance. This has not prevented thousands of fans of Corinthians to go to Toyota Stadium to try to help their team win a victory against Al Ahly in the semi-final of the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 .

"This is the best audience in the world. He has no equal. I defined as: any team supporters, but our fans are a team," said Alex de Andrade, a fan of Corinthians, the microphone FIFA.com. The Paulist 33 years and his friends had already booked their holidays for next summer in Cancun and Canada. But the night of the Corinthians win the Copa Libertadores, they messed up their plans. "I canceled everything. Corinthians I prefer."

Such dedication is obviously not going unnoticed by the players on the field. "It's wonderful. I had heard but feel it and see it with your own eyes, it has no price. It's amazing what they are willing to do for the team. C is madness. I'm sure for the final stage will be packed, "said defender Paulo André.

Air lift

The number of fans Corinthian and the atmosphere they put Toyota impressed, but as shows Paulo André, one could expect. The euphoria that marked the departure of the delegation to Japan had already given an idea of ​​the enthusiasm of an audience like no other. In addition, the fever surrounding today Corinthians is not unprecedented.

When the hordes of supporters alvinegros stormed the Maracanã in 1976, it was already a semi-final, in this case against Fluminense in the Brazilian Championship. Torrential rain, both teams had 1-1 draw, but Corinthians had won on penalties. In the final, Timão, who had not won any title for 22 years, had an appointment with Internacional. The game turn benefit the formation of Porto Alegre. It was not until the following year that will renew Corinthians finally with laurels, winning the Paulistão.

The legendary writer Nelson Rodrigues summed up in the pages of the newspaper O Globo, which happened in Rio: "The meeting began yesterday, when supporters invaded the city. Throughout the morning, fanatics Timão partied at Leme, Copacabana, Leblon, Ipanema. It was a deluge of Corinthian fans. A tourist even wrote in his notebook that Rio was a busy city. "

This has been happening for a few days in Japan is very similar. "There are more people than I ever imagined. Much more. Ago Corinthians supporters absolutely everywhere," noted Alex.

90 minutes, this is not

Some fans were there even before the landing of players. In the residential complex of Homi Danchi, about a quarter of an hour on the stage of Toyota, there is a large colony of Brazil, which has been preparing for months, with growing impatience, to welcome fellow came home country.

Most come from afar, such as brothers and Murilo Fernandes Mateus, 21 and 19 years. They are from São Paulo, Santa Catarina but studying. They undertook the trip to Japan in the most important period of the school year. "It's exam week at our university. We'll have everything go at catching up in February," said Mateus. One thing is certain: no admonition is to be feared on the side of their father to skip this week. Francisco is the dad, who decided to make the trip with his two son.

"We'll be champions. We decided there are two or three weeks. Since the final of the Libertadores, I thought. I was scared and there was the question of price. But one morning I had as a illumination and I started: 'You know what we go?' (Laughs) We had planned to go to Las Vegas, but eventually we came here, "he says.

Now it is the turn of Yokohama opened its doors to this "band of fools," as they define themselves. It is indeed in this city will take place Sunday, December 16 final of the FIFA Club World Cup. The phenomenon had already occurred during the final of the inaugural tournament in 2000 in Rio de Janeiro, against Vasco. On this occasion, the fans of Corinthians were the number of 30,000, for a total attendance of 73,000 spectators. The visitors were then imposed penalties.

This year, the goal is to win the title in regulation time. But if we wait a little longer, whatever ... when it was a long journey. Anyway, the pilgrimage of Corinthian fans never stops.

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