>>150405516
Let's start a debate over this. Is there a single football club in Brazil bigger than Botafogo (the neighbourhood)? If you say 'Brazil' anywhere in the world, this is the first or second image that will come to the person's mind, Cristo Redentor obviously being the other one. Although not many know the neighbourhood by name, Copacabana and Ipanema being by far the most famous one, anyone in Sweden or Namibia can look at Botafogo and say 'Brazil' without faltering. Is there a football club in this country more iconic than o bairro?

The only club I can even imagine myself making an argument for is Santos. And even then I'm not sure if Santos (the club) is bigger than Botafogo (the neighbourhood).