The Maracana was built for the 1970 World Cup and basically after lobbying for a national stadium by a journalist...the ground being subsequently named after him (no he´s not called Mr Maracana)...can´t see that happening in the UK somehow. It is really impressive, and holds about 120,000 people currently, down from the record of nearly 200,000. Jesus again remained behind the cloud so the piccies weren´t as perfect as we´d hoped but myself and Neil enjoyed a good hour or so wandering round, looking at the dressing rooms, and a couple of great views frfom the stand. The girls are on the beach currently, probably sunburnt.