Brazilians are too sensitive when it comes to soccer or anything related to it, that is why when Brazilian FA and FIFA twined together to choose a name for Armadillo Mascot and asked Brazilians to select a name from three given options, it was treated as a forced democratic way to seek the fans’ opinions. Whether anyone liked it or not, Brazilian FA and FIFA offered three names to fans to choose from; the names were: Fuleco, Zuzeco, and Amijubi, and as per majority of votes, Fuleco has been chosen as the name of Armadillo Mascot for 2014 world cup. Fuleco received 48% of total votes casted by Brazilians; other names got 31% and 21% respectively. There was another poll being run by various news channels, which say majority of Brazilian were not in liking of any of these three names, perhaps, they wanted to be given an opportunity to offer their own names. But according to FIFA, the word: Fuleco “seamlessly represents the way in which the FIFA World Cup can combine the two to encourage … [Read more...]
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