Sunday, July 24, 2016

Olympic hoodoo still haunts hosts Brazil (Reuters)

Football Soccer - Brazil training session - 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches- Teresopolis, Brazil- 22/3/16- Neymar (C) during a training session prior to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match against Uruguay at CBF training center. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Soccer fans of a certain age will always remember Falcao at the World Cup in 1982 and his starring role alongside Zico, Socrates and Cerezo in one of the greatest Brazil sides of all time. The 1972 Munich Olympics was a disappointment for Brazil's players but losses to Denmark and Iran, sandwiching a draw against Hungary, tell only half the story. The Olympics, Falcao told Reuters, was something special.


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