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Millonarios ([The Richest]in English ) Club is a member of the "Dimayor" association in Colombia which it was "expelled" from the FIFA during the early 1950's for contracting with footballer players without compensating their original teams. This illegal business "manuever" allowed the team Millonarios to obtain some of the best players in the world at the time: Alfredo D'Stefano, Rossi, Cozzi, Pedernera etc. from Argentina. Also, very good players from England, Uruguay, Brazil and of course Colombia. The nick name given in Colombia to the team of Millonarios was the "Blue Ballet" because after scoring five goals against the opposit team, the "Millos" will play soccer like a group of dancers, similar to the "Globetrotters" playing Basket Ball. The team won the championship in Colombia something like eight times in ten years but they could not compete in international tournements because of the disqualification by the FIFA. However, the team Millonarios was invited a few times to play "friendly" games against "National" Teams preparing for the World. Anecdotally, they beat the Brazilians and the Spanish teams preparing for the "Cup" so badly that subsequent games were cancelled in both instances. The "Blue Ballet" was disbanded in the late 50's when the colombian professional league "Dimayor" returned to the FIFA's organization.