Everyone knows that football is a religion in Brazil, but religion itself finds its expression in the game, and the players' behaviours on and off the pitch reveal much about the country's changing religious landscape.
You will still see players making Catholic gestures such as the sign of the cross, but recent years have seen more evangelical expressions of Christianity. After their victory in the 2002 World Cup final, the whole team knelt in a huge prayer circle, with some players stripping off their shirts to show t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan "I belong to Jesus."
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