53 athletes: the 'invisible' adaptation of the NFL for the Maracanã game
To host the Cowboys and Ravens, Maracanã adapted dressing room and logistics to the 53-player NFL roster, showing that the game begins off the field.
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Before the game: when Maracanã is no longer just football
The Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens face off on Sunday in the NFL's regular season opener. For Brazilian fans, the event appears like an American football game at a soccer-consecrated stadium. Before the first pitch, however, Maracanã had to abandon the usual routine of a local team and prepare for a much larger cast sport.
The basis of this change is in the numbers: each franchise in the league has 53 players. By match day, 48 can be related. The volume is more than twice that of a football squad, which changes the occupation of the dressing room, circulation in the corridors and logistics of the technical committee.
In preparation: the line of scrimmage was just the beginning
The adaptation process of the Maracanã to receive the confrontation went beyond simply painting lines on the pitch.
The main concern of the operation was in the dressing room. With 53 players on the roster and the possibility to relate 48 for the match, the space no longer followed the logic of a football game. Benches, cupboards, passing area, entry of materials and stay time of teams began to require a larger design.
For the reader, this shows that Sunday's game doesn't just depend on the marked turf. In football, eyes are often focused on the goal; in American soccer, part of the experience begins in the locker room. When a team from Dallas and one from Baltimore take to the field, the structure needs to absorb an American-soccer routine: more athletes, more equipment and more time spent in the dressing room.
For Sunday: the stadium enters the field with the operation ready
By the time of the clash, Maracanã had already gone through stages of conversion: the pitch received sports adaptations, and the dressing room was adjusted to the list of 48 related, within a cast of 53.
The game between the Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens for the regular season puts the stadium in an operational stage of a major event.
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