Object of desire, Cup trophy cannot be touched by just anyone

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Coveted by all players and coaches in the world, the FIFA Cup has restricted access. There are few people authorized to hold it or simply touch it.

The solid gold trophy, which weighs 6.14 kg and depicts two human figures holding a globe, remains at all times in the possession of FIFA, soccer’s highest governing body.

Every four years, it travels to the host country of the Cup, and the captain of the winning team has the privilege of putting his hands on it, adoring it, kissing it and lifting it before passing it on to teammates. team.

Text on FIFA’s website states that “the original FIFA World Cup Trophy can only be touched and held by a very select group of people, which includes former World Cup winners and heads of state”.

There is no mention of the FIFA president himself having authorization, but it is deduced that this is allowed because the current one, Gianni Infantino, took it this Sunday (18) before giving it to Argentine Lionel Messi.

According to FIFA, “The winning team of the World Cup temporarily retains the authentic trophy and permanently receives the tournament edition trophy, the FIFA World Cup Winners’ Trophy [que é banhado a ouro, em vez de ouro maciço, e gravado com o ano, o país anfitrião e os vencedores do respectivo evento]🇧🇷

In the year of the World Cup, FIFA promotes, in an event organized by one of its sponsors, a tour around the world of the original trophy, offering people the opportunity to be close to it – only close, because playing is not for the “ordinary” .

At least once, however, the “do not touch me” regulation was not complied with, and by the action of a Brazilian.

After Brazil won the fourth championship, in 1994 in the USA, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, with the cup in his hands, paraded through the lawn of the Rose Bowl stadium, in Pasadena, saying several times to the nearby fans: “You can touch it, it’s ours “.

And the “mortals” were able to touch the trophy.

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