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...players like Deco and Joao Moutinho. Germany was not about to trade scoring chances with that offense and opted for a much more basic approach. The Germans simply knocked over Ronaldo & Co. whenever they could - they outfouled the Portuguese 8-3 in the first half. Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari had feared Germany's size, since it's a team that averages 1.849m (6.06 ft.). Yet it wasn't size that put Portugal in the hole, it was the speed of Bastian Schweinsteiger. Playing wide on the right, Schweini made a terrific diagonal run across the field to meet...
...shifting from having the national team coached by a national, to having it coached by a foreigner with good coaching credentials. The Greece team that won the recent Euro 2004 tournament was coached by the German Otto Rehnagel. In the final, they beat Portugal, coached by Brazil's Felipe Scolari. Today, almost every major African national team is run by a coach from France or Germany, England coached by Sweden's Sven Goran Erikson and Scotland is run by Germany's Berti Vogts...
...ever, it was about the talent?and cheek?of Brazil. Though Luiz Felipe Scolari's squad had looked shaky in the qualifying round that led up to World Cup 2002, once the real thing got underway the SeleCao showed what they were made of. They had World Cup legacies to live up to?like their victorious PelE-inspired side of 1970. The 2002 team won all their first-round, Group C matches and then defeated Belgium, England and Turkey to make the final. Even when they played poorly, they prevailed. Their three "Rs"?Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo?provided the World...
...ever, it was about the talent - and cheek - of Brazil. Though Luiz Felipe Scolari's squad had looked shaky in the qualifying round that led up to World Cup 2002, once the real thing got underway the SeleCao showed what they were made of. They had World Cup legacies to live up to - like their victorious PelE-inspired side of 1970. The 2002 team won all their first-round, Group C matches and then defeated Belgium, England and Turkey to make the final. Even when they played poorly, they prevailed. Their three "Rs" - Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Rivaldo - provided the World...
...That used to be Brazil's job, until the team went wacko. First it was just Ronaldo, whose breakdown/seizure/panic attack before the '98 final has never been explained. In its torturous qualifying round, Brazil lacked magic, and the local media have been merciless. Brazilian coach "Big Phil" Scolari was mobbed after neglecting to name onetime hero Romario to the squad. Scolari, who took over 11 months ago when Brazil was in danger of not qualifying, knows that anything short of a fifth world title will be dubbed a failure. "If I don't win," he said, "I'm dead meat...