english: Journalist Xico Sá recalled in his column in the newspaper Folha de São Paulo that Garrincha was the hero of the first two world titles won by the Brazilian National Team, an icon who made the country overcome the mongrel complex on the pitch. He has condemned FIFA's attitude towards the baianas de acarajé and Garrincha's memory as "cultural terrorism".
non_english: Il giornalista Zé Reinaldo, che scrive della resistenza nei movimenti sociali e culturali, ha così dichiarato nel suo blog: