Global rituals in transformation: a case study of the finals of the Union of European Football Associations Champions League, 1993-2016

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Author
Mesa López, AníbalULL authority; Castilla, José Luis; González Ramallal, Manuel
Date
2020
URI
http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/36212
Abstract
The Champions League finals, the most important football competition in the world, are a perfect global screen for Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the European football government body. Through those finals, UEFA sends messages through the performance of a ritual that is increasingly complex with each year. The historic evolution of that ritual and its different elements helps to explain the configuration of a ‘neo-ritual’ or ‘global ritual’ with the goal to articulate the idea of universal citizenship among football fans. The sport has become, in a short lapse of time, a very powerful globalization agent.
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