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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Richard Jolly

Carlo Ancelotti’s old habit inspires dramatic Brazil comeback to break Japan hearts

So this was what Brazil hired Carlo Ancelotti to bring. The Italian won the Champions League three times with Real Madrid. Each brought a crucial injury-time goal in either the semi-final or the final; at times more than one.

And so, as Bruno Guimaraes pierced the Japan defence and Gabriel Martinelli angled a 95th-minute shot into the far corner of the net, the manager with the lowest heart rate in football had seen it all before.

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