{"id":593,"date":"2009-07-10T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=562"},"modified":"2009-07-10T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T10:00:26","slug":"lula-teases-obama-about-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/lula-teases-obama-about-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Lula Teases Obama about Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this week’s G-8 summit in Italy, President Lula of Brazil gave President Obama an official Brazil soccer jersey<\/a> signed by members of the national team.<\/p>\n

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The signatures included those of<\/a> “Edm\u00edlson, Gomes, L\u00facio, V\u00e1gner Love, Daniel Carvalho, Gilberto Silva, Ronaldinho Ga\u00facho, Elano, Robinho, J\u00falio Baptista, Alex and Dida.”<\/p>\n

President Lula also teased President Obama about the US team’s 3-2 loss to Brazil last week, chanting “Yes, we can” several times. Obama joked about the game and took the teasing lightly, making a sad face<\/a> while holding up the shirt to show his disappointment in the US loss. Lula also gave the same signed shirts<\/a> to members of the G-5 earlier in the week.<\/p>\n

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At this week’s G-8 summit in Italy, President Lula of Brazil gave President Obama an official Brazil soccer jersey signed by members of the national team. The signatures included those of “Edm\u00edlson, Gomes, L\u00facio, V\u00e1gner Love, Daniel Carvalho, Gilberto Silva, Ronaldinho Ga\u00facho, Elano, Robinho, J\u00falio Baptista, Alex and Dida.” President Lula also teased President Obama…<\/p>\n

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