Brazil vs Uruguay

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Aussides Gije, one of the Uruguay wingers, gets the ball and dribbles down the right side toward the goal. He notices that the goalkeeper, Babosa, was actually walking to try to anticipate a cross. The recriminations came thick and fast and soon racist accusations started to fly. After that game, black goalkeepers were regarded as less reliable than white ones in Brazil.

Back in 2017 we ran an episode about the history of Brazil's iconic, yellow national soccer jersey. We were reminded of that story during the recent world cup, and then again on January 8th as a mob of right wing rioters attacked the Brazilian capital, many of them wearing those iconic yellow shirts. Needless to say the story of the yellow jersey has taken some real twists and turns in recent years, so today we’re going to rerun the original story about the jersey’s origins, and then producer Emmett Fitzgerald is going to update us on everything that has happened since.

A Sea of Yellow