Gary Blume-Invicto

There is only one team that has ever finished the Brasilian championship undefeated.  If you guessed Internacional you would be correct.  In 1979 we won the national championship and won or tied every game we played.  No defeats.  In Portuguese we call that "invicto."

My dad has been to Brasil 6-7 times but for some reason or another we've never been able to take him to see our favorite sports team play very much.

Four years ago he was able to go to a Libertadores (South America's biggest championship) game with us.  We played a team from Mexico and got behind 2-0 but came back and won 3-2. We then went on to win the championship.  My dad had a great time.

This trip he got to go to another Libertadores game with me and Ansley.  We won 2-0.  We are starting to think this guy is good luck. We are hoping his presence spurs us on to another South American (and world) championship this year.  

This past Saturday night Garrett and I took him to see a game in the state championship.  It was the semi-final.  We won again.  We had a great time together.

He leaves tomorrow to go back to the United States (my mom is going to be able to stay a few days longer).  We'll be sad to see him go but are thankful that he got to spend 2 weeks with us and got to go to more games with us and continues his undefeated streak.  Gary Blume is still invicto.

In fact, after losing or tying the previous six games before his arrival Inter has won all 4 games they've played while my dad is here.  I repeat, Gary Blume = invicto.

Bronwyn, he has done a great job of keeping up your winning streak.  Wish you could have been here to go to games with him.  Just remember, four years from now we'll all go to the World Cup together here in Brasil.

I know Bronwyn is following Inter and watching highlights in Africa, so these highlights of the best moments from the semi-final game are for you other Inter fans.  Enjoy.