Fever Pitch: Chapter 7 Summary & Analysis

Even though football is played all around the world, English people didn’t have much of a conception of South American teams or players until 1970. At this time, Pelé is considered the greatest football player in the world, and the televised game between Brazil and Czechoslovakia is the first time English audiences see him in action. Nick, as well as the rest of the England, is awed by the embellished Brazilian style of playing. England plays Brazil soon after, and though it’s a close game, Brazil wins. “In a way,” Nick thinks, “Brazil ruined it for all of us.”