are missing football matches are a rare event the city seems to have washed its hands of the stadium. in front of the shuttered entrance marcio pele still hopes a tourist might stop by. its boss the football is finished it s totally corrupt no one loves sports any more just money. cash strapped rio has been left with huge debts much of rio s political and economic elite and its building contractors ruthlessly lined their own pockets. well the games they just brought more money to the system a rotten system already rotten by corruption and you only bring more field to the fire you bring more money to a rotten system it s residents call rio the sea dodging mud of the u.s. the marvelous city but today it is sinking into poverty rio s new poor survive on