| Five-time winners, Brazil, may have to do more than | | | | Dunga's selection of players reflects the same |
| win the FIFA World Cup 2010 if they want to please | | | | pragmatism. Arsenal rejects Filipe Melo and Gilberto |
| their fans back home. They will need to play Samba | | | | Silva man Dunga's midfield; fans see this as a negative |
| style and not muscle their way to the crown. | | | | move by the coach. In Dunga's game plan, players in |
| The 1970 World Cup was a seminal event in Brazilian | | | | the mould of Robinho and Kaka must concentrate on |
| -- and world -- football. Having established their | | | | tracking back to regain possession. |
| post-war football supremacy, in 1958 and 1962, Brazil | | | | Also, Dunga prefers Luis Adriano's in-your-face |
| lost in 1966. Their winning the title back in 1970 served | | | | aggression, as a forward, to the pace and flair that |
| to shed any plausible doubts about the quality of | | | | Nilmar and Pato deliver. Brazil's fans refuse to be |
| Brazilian soccer. Also, it was Pele's last World Cup. | | | | consoled by the fact that Adriano netted 9 times |
| Most importantly, that Cup was won playing with | | | | during the qualifiers. |
| unmatched Brazilian flair. | | | | Coaches are sacked when their teams lose. So |
| Coach Dunga, of the current squad, is himself a World | | | | Dunga's unpopularity appears counter intuitive. He is |
| Cup winner of 1994. And Dunga wants results, first. He | | | | rebuilding the team after the 2006 World Cup defeat |
| is also a self-confessed admirer of the organised | | | | to France in the second round. That team relied on flair, |
| defence at which Italy have become so adept. | | | | with a line-up that comprised Kaka, Ronaldo, |
| Dunga's style is akin to strangling the rival, rather than | | | | Ronaldinho, Robinho and Adriano. But lacked |
| being creative on the field, for which Brazil are | | | | teamwork, which is Dunga's mantra. |
| celebrated, worldwide. Including the Copa America in | | | | If the coach's plans succeed, and Brazil go on to win |
| 2007 and the Confederations Cup a year ago, Dunga | | | | the title, this year, Dunga could still emerge a national |
| has delivered decisively, with the team winning 36 of | | | | hero in native Brazil... |
| the 53 played under his helm. | | | | |