Word: bebeto
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...Some experts wonder why the coach doesn't simply play them both. Other teams have profited from fielding two forwards with similar playing styles?Romario and Bebeto in Brazil's Cup-winning 1994 side, for instance. Bielsa has never really tried the combination, arguing that this would oblige him to play one of the two men out of position, which might mean that he would get less than 100% from that man. "It's not ideal for Argentina to play them together," he insists. For most defenders, the prospect of 100% of Batigol and 50% of Crespo...
...Brazilian coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, guided Romario, Bebeto and company to the 1994 World Cup title before taking on the challenge of American soccer this season. The Italian warhorse, Roberto Donadoni, captained his country in last summer's European Championships, backboned Italy's run to the World Cup semifinals in 1990 and won a hat-ful of European Cups with his previous club side, AC Milan...
...guys like [sophomores] Will Kohler and Kevin Silva up front that you could compare to Romario and Bebeto in terms of style," Locker says of his strike force. "We won't be attacking through the air as much as on the ground...
Come next Super Bowl, most Americans will not remember the name of the Brazilian player who elbowed American star Tab Ramos in the head, sending him to the hospital with a concussion. (For future bar bets, it's Leonardo.) But they will remember that Bebeto's and Romario's skills with a soccer ball rival the gifts Michael Jordan brought to basketball. The ball did everything they told...
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