Charles Shaar Murray, Q, April 1988
THE BIGGEST FOOTBALL stadium in the world is the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro: a big game such as a World Cup Final can pack 120,000 revved-up Brazilians into the terraces and balconies, no problem.
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