Olé!

Garrincha’s Dog gets an awful lot of hits from surfers searching for football adverts. So I thought I’d add a few classic ads, to make sure they don’t leave unhappy.

This is Nike’s offering for Euro 2004. Portugal against Brazil - in the tunnel and on the pitch - to a Papa Loves Mambo soundtrack by Perry Como. Luis Figo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Denilson, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos and Ronaldo all feature in a star-packed 90 seconds. And there are cameos from Eric Cantona and Ruud van Nistelrooy, too.

As good as it is, I still think there’s something to be said for Peter Schmeichel and Danish bacon.

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Brazilian bullfighter

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Drunk Palmeiras fan

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Roberto Carlos goal theorem

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