Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Brazilians are known to be crazy for football. Crazy for men's football. For forty years, women in Brazil were banned from even playing the Beautiful Game. Narrator Trevor Noah reveals how a new generation of Brazilian female players has begun to claim their place in the pantheon of football greats and how they are campaigning for greater women's rights across Brazil.

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