Immigrants from Chile

Arsenal, Everton, Liverpool ",just look at the team name, you may think it is in England, but it is actually the name of a South American club. Many European clubs can find their own copies in South America, such as Arsenal in Argentina, Everton in Chile, Liverpool in Uruguay and Barcelona in Ecuador. In addition, the names of European clubs such as Rangers and Rangers are not unfamiliar in South America. It's also in English, but the name added in front is different. They are cities in Uruguay, Chile, Brazil and Bolivia.

History: Because of Europe, so football.

It is not very complicated to find out the origin of these names. You can guess a rough idea just by looking at the name "Palestinian team". This is a first-class team in Chile, founded by 1920 Palestinians living in the country, and currently ranks 1 1 in the standings. South America is a continent of immigrants, which is not only inextricably linked with the old continent Europe, but also has deep roots with other parts of the world. In fact, there are not many Palestinians in South America. The largest number of foreigners are Europeans and Africans, and there are also many Japanese, China and Koreans in Asia. However, the three East Asian countries are not traditional football countries. In the past, there were only Japanese players in Brazil, which was not a climate. There are many people from China in Brazil and Peru, but China's favorite game is not football, but mahjong.

There is a "Portuguese" club in Brazil, which zagallo once coached, but the name of this team is no longer on the list of the first division.

Football entered South America more than a century ago, first on both sides of the La Plata River, namely Uruguay and Argentina. Then it gradually extended to the surrounding areas, first to the south of Brazil, then to Chile, and then to the north-central part of the South American continent. Geographically, Chile and Argentina are separated by the high Andes. Why can they start football earlier? Because football was first played by white people, blacks and mixed-race people have become the protagonists today, which is the result of their gradual discovery and development of sports talent. Chile is a country dominated by white immigrants from Europe, so it became one of the earliest countries to develop football. The America's Cup was originally played by Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile, and these four countries have the largest number of whites. Brazil won the Copa America much fewer times than Uruguay and Argentina, which is why football was promoted late among people of color in Brazil.

Football is foreign, magically rolling in the same foreign crowd, changing a dazzling pattern. Although South American football is half a beat slower than Europe, it has integrated the unique style of South Americans and formed the strength to compete with its birthplace.

On the one hand, soil and water nourish the other, and immigrants from Europe are nourished by soil and water in South America, forming their own new ways of life and entertainment and values. The new world is completely different from the old world. Their grasp and interpretation of football is localized and stands on the land of South America.

Nevertheless, the descendants of immigrants can't forget their ancestors, let alone the ancestors of football. In fact, both the tango in Argentina and the samba in Brazil have the shadow of their origin: tango has a strong Italian flavor and samba has a strong African color. Of course, tango and samba are the products of South America and the wealth of the New World. Just like South American football, it was born and rooted in this fertile soil, but it has various connections with its birthplace.

South Americans have not forgotten this connection and expressed it in different ways, including the name of the club. In fact, at the earliest time of football, the concept in the minds of South Americans was very clear: its hometown was in Europe, and Europe was the owner of football and the object of imitation.

Example: Because of worship, Arsenal

Although it is not appropriate to say that South America imitates Europe now, South America has surpassed Europe in technology and achievements. But imitating Europe and worshiping European football is indeed a kind of existence, although people are trying to smooth this mark.

Argentina has an "Arsenal Club", which is a young team. Established in 1957. In Argentina and Uruguay, there are many clubs with a history of over 100 years. "Arsenal" can at least explain the fact that in 1957, there are still Argentines who worship European football.

Among the people who worshipped this English club at that time, it was none other than today's Argentine Football Association President and FIFA Vice President Grondona. So why do Grondona and his friends worship Arsenal?

In the early 1950s, Arsenal was invincible in England and played a very important role in the old First Division. 1953, arsenal also won the first division championship. Arsenal's influence is not only spread all over Europe, but also plays a great role in South America. Grodona and his partners are loyal fans of this English team, so they formed a new club and named it "Arsenal" directly.

Arsenal in Argentina and Arsenal in England have no internal connection, neither affiliation nor economic connection, but a pure worship relationship. But this worship relationship has been very weak today. One reason is that South American football is getting stronger and stronger. Second, since the Falklands War 1982, the relationship between Argentina and Britain has undergone tremendous changes. The younger generation in Argentina don't even know why Arsenal was founded, and they don't even explore it. People no longer watch the Premier League. In Argentina, it is much more difficult to watch the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga entirely on TV than at home.

In 2002, after years of struggle, Argentine Arsenal was promoted to the first division, and the head coach who commanded this team to achieve a historic breakthrough was the famous star Buruchaga. In 2003 and 2004, he led the team to gain a foothold in the first division, and Buruchaga became the only coach in the Argentine first division for three years.

Bruchaga's name has long been known to many China fans. When Argentina 1986 won the World Cup, he scored a key goal in the final. At that time, 10 Diego Diego Maradona played in the frontcourt of Argentine team. Among the two sharp knives on the front line is Buruchaga, and the other striker is valdano, who has just retired from the position of general manager of Real Madrid.

Grondona, who founded Arsenal, still pays attention to this team, and the current president of the club is his son. Interestingly, little Rondona and old Rondona both have the same name, Julio. If you want to distinguish, you can only call it "old" and "small".

Brand: because of history, Europe

Everton Club in Chile was established earlier, 1909. Today, Chileans are reluctant to describe the reason for their names as a worship of English football, as in Argentina and Uruguay. In Chile, they will now tell you that when the club was founded, a member of the first board of directors was a candy manufacturer; He produced a toffee called Everton mint, so he took it as the name of the club.

In fact, there is a sea route between Val Parasso in Chile and Liverpool in England. British industrial products and Chilean agricultural and mining products are traded through this route, and there is a lot of understanding and exchange between Chile and Britain.

1909, Everton also made a trip to South America, and South Americans became more familiar with this English team. Everton in Chile not only uses the same English club name, but also has the same jersey color and badge design.

South Americans are not opposed to imitation, as long as it is beneficial to them, they don't care what others say.

Boca Argentina's jersey is blue and gold, which is actually the color of the Swedish flag. When the team was formed, everyone couldn't figure out what color jerseys to use at the moment. One day, a ship was far away from Boca Harbor, and there was a Swedish flag floating on it, which looked very pleasing to the eye. As a result, the color of Boca's uniform was determined in this way and has been used ever since.

Uruguay's Liverpool team was founded in 1908, when football became popular in South America. The team was formed by students from a school. I chose Liverpool as my name because I looked at it on the map and thought it was a good place name, so I chose it. It has been nearly 100 years, and now it is impossible to verify whether it is an early worship of Europe like Everton in Chile.

However, choosing a place name as the name of the club is also a common way in South America. Uruguay also has a club team called Danube. If it can't be found on the map, it is inspired by Strauss Waltz.

As the originator of modern football, the British people's influence on world football is obvious. Not only in South America, there are many teams with the same name as English teams. In Argentina, the name of the Riverbed team is still influenced by the British, and it has always used English names, as well as Boca Juniors.

The first division in Chile has European teams such as Everton, Italian League, Spanish League, Rangers and Rangers, and the "Palestine" team, all of which were founded by immigrants. You can also see such marks on their team badges.