The 'winter' World Cup offers Brazil and Argentina an opportunity to break free from the grip of European hegemony
The picture of Ronaldo's run towards the corner flag, waving his right index finger and flashing a toothy smile, from that celebratory evening in Yokohama hangs like a yellowing diploma on the wall. In twenty years, the collective memory of the world has shrunk to barely minutes if not less. Though a little fresher, but still gradually fading, is the image of Lionel Messi walking dolefully past the World Cup at the Maracana eight summers ago.
