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Sons keep their father's World Cup legacy alive

STORY: These brothers are keeping their father’s legacy alive in Qatar

Their father is Brazilian superfan Clovis Acosta Fernandes

He followed the team to seven World Cups

witnessing the team win in 1994 and

2002 before he died in 2015

Clovis became known to fans as the ‘Gaucho da Copa’

His sons Frank and Gustavo Damasceno

traveled to Qatar in his honor

(Gustavo Damasceno, Clovis’ son)

"Carrying his image is a tribute and people start to tell us keep going, carry his trophy, carry his hat! Many people say: after your father died, how can I watch the Brazil match without him? Your father will no longer be in the stands!”

He traveled to more than 60 countries and

saw over 150 Brazil matches in his lifetime