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...hardly surprising that the legends of Brazilian football - Pele, Garrincha, Rivelino, Socrates, Zico all the way through to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho - are mostly strikers and attacking midfielders best remembered for their dazzling goals. German fans and international cognoscenti will certainly concur that their country's greatest ever footballer is Franz Beckenbauer, who patrolled in front of his defense in order to win the ball for his midfield. By contrast, the only Brazilian defenders who enter the pantheon of greats are those such as Junior and Roberto Carlos, remembered not for the goals they prevented but for those they scored...
...today's Brazilian teams, for every Ronaldinho playing the Mozart role in midfield, there's a Dunga or a Kleberson or an Edu playing Salieri - a hardworking ball-winner who is ensuring that the opposing midfielders get little possession. And gone is that best-form-of-defense-is-attack sensibility of their forebears who always looked like they were having as much fun as a bunch of guys playing on the beach. The Brazilian teams of 2002 (winners), 1998 (beaten finalists) and 1994 (winners) have looked a lot more dour and efficient than their fabulous forebears. Then again, the fabulous...
...midfield, Harvard was led by its top line of tri-captain Jeff Gotschall, sophomore Jake Samuelson and Mahler for much of the season, though they weren’t the only players to see action...
...Last year, we basically ran three middies,” Kane said. “It was great to have three solid midfield lines [this season]. It speaks for our recruiting and development...
...recruit offensive players,” said Anderson. “That’s how we think of them. Physically, Brian is more suited for midfield. He’s better at operating in space and he gets up and down the field well...