Internacional

The Case For Them

Here is the argument for Internacional: Brazil, Brazil Serie A, and a ground called Beira-Rio. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Easy weekend

  Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport (POA) is about 10km from the ground, and Esteio station is 24km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

• The calendar you inherit

  Following Brazil Serie A means odd kick-off hours, a new commentary language and a table you will check before your own club's. Brazil becomes part of your week.

• Old enough to matter

  1909 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

• Nothing won, everything to play for

  Trophyless, so far. That is the pitch: be there before the story turns.