Animation web EuroBola series [Bola = Ball], created for the Bola nas Costas [“ball in your back”] humor blog from Globoesporte.com*. The episodes were shown before each match of the European Football Championship – Euro Cup 2012 (UEFA), held simultaneously in Poland and Ukraine. The main objective of the characters was to “scientifically explain” – with a Freudian humor – which would be the winning team in the match. EuroBola series was the origin of the characters of Professor Paulako and his Ukrainian Bear, later reused in the web-series SochiBola (2014).
The quality of the videos may not be the best as Bola nas Costas is no longer active. Most of the posts were lost and the files available here were recovered in downloads and uploads to Youtube.
NOTE 1: Only these two episodes (3 and 6) are available.
NOTE 2: THE EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE IN PORTUGUESE ONLY.
Concept and Screenplay: Mário Leite and Fabio Penna
Characters Design: Cláudio Roberto
Dubbing: Mário Leite
Storyboard: Cláudio Roberto
Animation: Cláudio Roberto
Sound Edition: Fabio Penna
Vignette: Fabio Penna and Alexandre Lage
Final Edition: Fabio Penna
© Globoesporte.com
01 – Spain vs. Italy
02 – France vs. England
03 – Netherlands vs. Germany
04 – Greece vs. Russia
05 – Sweden vs. France
06 – Czech Republic vs. Portugal
07 – Portugal vs. Spain
08 – Germany vs. Italy
09 – Spain vs Italy
(*) Work performed by Cláudio Roberto as an employee of Globoesporte.com