The 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup will not be our Cup. It will be the Cup of the tourists and some rich Brazilians. It will generate temporary jobs and leave behind some foreign currency. For the Brazilians, what will remain will be the pride of having been the site, especially if we win the championship and thus break with the unforgettable 1950 defeat.
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World Cup 2010 written by Ricardo C. Amaral,
July 16, 2009
It is time to change the coach of the Brazilian soccer team.
I don't believe Brazil can win in 2010 with Dunga as the coach of our team.
The Brazilian team was lucky to win many the games that played in the last year.
A good nick-name for the Dunga squad would be "the Heart Attack Boys".
In my opinion, the CBF should replace - ASAP - Dunga with Felipe Scolari.
When Brazil losses a World Cup it is a real heart-breaker for everyone; rich and poor Brazilians.
Right now we should concentrate in winning the 2010 World Cup, and we can start doing that by replacing the current coach "Dunga" and some of his players.
With Dunga and the current team we will not win the 2010 World Cup.
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Ricardo Amaral written by João da Silva,
July 17, 2009
When Brazil losses a World Cup it is a real heart-breaker for everyone; rich and poor Brazilians.
Why is so, Ricardo?
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Reply to Joao da Silva written by Ricardo C. Amaral,
July 17, 2009
The average Brazilian is fanatic about soccer, and I understand why…
Soccer is the number one sport in the world, and being the best country to play that game is a source of great pride for the Brazilian people – rich or poor.
Brazil is the country that produced the best soccer players of all time including soccer players such as Pele, Garrincha, Leonidas da Silva, Didi, Vava, Zito, Gerson, Rivelino, Tostao, Jairzinho, Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Arthur Friedenreich, and so many others.
By the way, Pele is in a class by himself, and after him comes everybody else.
Brazil is the only team in the world that has participated in all World Cups since the inception of that tournament, and for all practical purposes Brazil has already qualified for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.
Brazil was in the final of the World Cup 7 times – winning 5 times – and Brazil is the only country that won World Cups in the Americas, in Europe, and in Asia. That is why it is important for Brazil to win the World Cup in Africa.
And I am sure that if Brazil sends the national team with Dunga as the coach and with the members of the current team, then Brazil will not be able to win the World Cup in Africa.
The Brazilian team has been winning a lot games by luck – extraordinary luck – and I believe Dunga’s luck is going to run out during the next world cup – Luck just take you so far, and you can’t rely on luck to win every game.
Brazil needs a coach such as Felipe Scolary, someone who brings some discipline to the team during the entire world cup tournament and keeping the players focusing and concentrating on the task at hand – win the 2010 World Cup Tournament.
In the 2006 World Cup Tournament coach Parreira lost control of everything regarding the Brazilian team on that tournament resulting on a Brazilian failure on that World Cup.
Most Brazilians that I know enjoy watching soccer games of our national team, or other teams that they follow.
My number one team in Brazil has been “Santos” since the days of Pele, and I can’t remember the Santos team losing other games by 6 goals.
My number two team - has been always Botafogo from Rio de Janeiro since the days of Garrincha.
The only team that I follow outside Brazil is Juventus from Italy, and I am glad they got two Brazilians to reinforce the team for next season – Diego and Felipe Melo.
Here in the New York Metropolitan area is a great place for people to watch soccer on a regular basis from many countries around the world – they show games a lot of games – live broadcast – from the Italian league, the English league, some games from the Spanish league, from the Argentinean league, from the Mexican league, some games from Brazil, all the games of the Libertadores Cup, they even show games of the US soccer league (but I don’t know anyone who watch their games.)
It seems to me that the majority of Brazilians that I know who live in the New York/New Jersey area – the reason they got Globo International was to watch the soccer games from Brazil – and their wives enjoy watching the Brazilian soap operas. .
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Reply to Joao da Silva written by Ricardo C. Amaral,
July 17, 2009
Only people who know the history of soccer would understand that soccer players such as Arthur Friedenreich and Leonidas da Siva belongs on the top of the list of the best soccer players of all time.
When I was a kid Pele was a soccer superstar, but my father’s generation saw Leonidas play when he was the superstar – and my grandfather saw Arthur Friedenreich play when he was the superstar of his time.
I would not expect that people who are under 50 years old of age to recognize the name of Arthur Friedenreich or of Leonidas da Siva for that matter – since Leonidas retired from soccer on December 24, 1950.
Anyway, from 1910 until 1930 - up to that point the best soccer player in the world was Arthur Friedenreich.
Pele replaced Leonidas as the best soccer player in the world by 1960 and until today Pele still is considered as the best soccer player of all time.
Basically, there were 3 Brazilian football legends over time - the world had 3 Brazilian kings of soccer and they should be on the top of anybody’s list regarding the best soccer players of all time.
Brazilian Soccer Dynasty – best soccer player in the world:
Arthur Friedenreich (1910 – 1930)
Leonidas da Siva (1930 – 1960)
Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Pele (1960 – 2009)
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Misplaced pride written by jakob,
July 17, 2009
When Brazil losses a World Cup it is a real heart-breaker for everyone; rich and poor Brazilians.
It is not a given that Brazil should and must win the World Cup every time.
In fact I think Brazil is falling behind; while Brazil remains a source of incredible talent, the state of art in futeball is now in Europe.
Finally, Brazil won 6 World Cups, while European nations, taken as a whole, won 9 Cups.
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Why is so, Ricardo? written by ch.c.,
July 18, 2009
Because it is the only place where brazil is good at !
Certainly not in the - doing business ranking - wealth and social inequality ranking - corruption ranking - crimes ranking - cleanliness & environmental ranking - education ranking - poverty ranking - health & sanitation ranking - infrastructure ranking etc etc etc !!!!!
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Reply to ch.c written by Ricardo C. Amaral,
July 19, 2009
The 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup will not be our Cup. It will be the Cup of the tourists and some rich Brazilians. It will generate temporary jobs and leave behind some foreign currency. For the Brazilians, what will remain will be the pride of having been the site, especially if we win the championship and thus break with the unforgettable 1950 defeat. 
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I don't believe Brazil can win in 2010 with Dunga as the coach of our team.
The Brazilian team was lucky to win many the games that played in the last year.
A good nick-name for the Dunga squad would be "the Heart Attack Boys".
In my opinion, the CBF should replace - ASAP - Dunga with Felipe Scolari.
When Brazil losses a World Cup it is a real heart-breaker for everyone; rich and poor Brazilians.
Right now we should concentrate in winning the 2010 World Cup, and we can start doing that by replacing the current coach "Dunga" and some of his players.
With Dunga and the current team we will not win the 2010 World Cup.
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