92 years of World Cup history, five titles but none in two decades. It does not take a mathematical genius to work out that Brazil are due.
The current break between triumphs is the longest since between Pele’s last, in 1970, and the Selecao’s win in the USA in 1994. That gap, though, still included top-four finishes in ’74 and ’78, as well as the brilliant team of ’82, perhaps the greatest not to win the tournament.
