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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
Sport
David Irvine

World Cup Group G preview: Buoyant Brazil out to end 20-year wait for glory in Qatar

TWENTY years have passed since Brazil last hoisted the World Cup trophy. Many of those named in the national team squad heading to Qatar later this month will have been too young to remember Cafu lifting aloft the title in South Korea. For the five-times winning nation, it’s almost unthinkable.

While Ronaldo Nazario, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho were putting on a clinic in the 2002 World Cup, a significant portion of the current selection would have been in primary school, if not nappies.

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