Fabulous, fantastic, and beautiful are the words that can be dubbed as the perfect synonym of Copacabana Beach, the hub of million people every day with a serene tranquility.
Copacabana begins at Princesa Isabel Avenue and ends at Posto Seis (lifeguard watchtower Six). Beyond Copacabana, there are two small beaches: one, inside Fort Copacabana and other, followed by: Diabo (“Devil”) Beach. Arpoador beach, where surfers used to go after its perfect waves, comes in the sequence, followed by the famous area of Ipanema. The area will be one of the four “Olympic Zones” during the 2016 Summer Olympics. The borough of Ipamena is the most visited part as almost all the hotels including the Rio Othona Palace, the biggest; is located opposite the blue waters separated only the ever busy road.
There is always however always a touch of football is there. Men, women, boys, and girls were playing football, and the big Fifa Fan-Fest stage with a big screen held thousands of people where on Friday game, that saw Spain being mauled by Netherlands the celebration of the Dutch supporters were wild. It was not only the Dutch supporters who celebrated the victory; a good number of Chilean fans also celebrated their success over Australia. Notable was that the celebration was the same for the fans as it were for the Chilean players and their coach over their success. Interestingly everytime a goal was scored a bottle of bear was bought and shared by a group of fans. Just think about the business, thousands of bottles sold in a just a minute. The bikini clad women enjoying the sun were also found kicking a football occasionally.
While walking down the road you will see a lot of sand made sculptures where are marvelous. Using fine white sand, water and glue these sculptors presented their creations to visitors. Two works, one by Jojita and one by Vierra, Jojita crafted out a castle and Vierra crafted a group of women enjoying the beach with a replica of the World Cup. The finishing of their craft were superb and it attracted almost any one who passed by.
Rio has a strong and competitive beach football league and the school team of Flamengo FC was seen practicing under the lights. Beach football is something special as it requires different technique and tactics. The superb skills of Brazilan flavour were evident when the players curved and chopped the ball, went aerial to receive and generated power in side volleys. In beach football aerial side volleys are lethal weapons as you don’t have the fear of getting injured. Former England defender Rio Ferninand working as a columnist of Daily Mail enjoyed the late night football yesterday.
Copacabana Beach is not only marked for its water it is superbly blended with football.
