The final match of the first FIFA Club World Championship ever, disputed in Brazil, pitted the two Brazilian clubs which were playing the tournament, Corinthians and Vasco da Gama. After a goalless draw during the 120 minutes, Corinthians won the penalty shoot-out 4–3, becoming the first club to lift the FIFA Club World Cup. It is note-worthy that Corinthians are the only-ever World Champions to beat a side from their home country in the final.
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“Please accept my resignation. I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member.”
—Groucho Marx (1895–1977)
“Children became an obsessive theme in Victorian culture at the same time that they were being exploited as never before. As the horrors of life multiplied for some children, the image of childhood was increasingly exalted. Children became the last symbols of purity in a world which was seen as increasingly ugly.”
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“The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick.”
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