The Maracana, what can I say, this is the stuff of boyhood dreams and everybody who likes football knows of this colossal stadium and is one of the most famous in the world and only second to Wembley for fame. When I first thought of South America as a destination, football was always one of the main reasons and couldn’t wait to see this stadium and even better to watch a few games. Over the years the Maracana has been rebuilt and modernised and now I think it’s a 100,000 all seated stadium but not sure as when I try and find out the internet gives different numbers from 80,000 to 105,000! From history the record attendance was the 1950 World Cup final against Uruguay where the official attendance was just under 200,000 fans but people
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