always sad when I watch this...Brazil have never been the same since

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23014707

 

and this was that Brazil team hammering the scots earlier in the competition:

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8692985.stm

Edited June 22, 201313 yr by The Brit

always sad when I watch this...Brazil have never been the same since

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23014707

If they have never been the same and still managed to win 2 world cups since I dread to think what would have happened had they been the same...

never played with anywhere near the same style since that 82 side...they chose to tighten up and play a more European way...yes two world cups since then, but those teams weren't that memorable

I remember the 2002 team pretty well. Ronaldo having a great tournament with 8 goals (imagine a striker scoring like that in next years WC), Rivaldo having an arguably better tournament than Ronaldo, Ronaldinho emerging onto the scene.Probably not as good as the 82 team (haven't seen them play) but still a great team IMO.

I remember the 2002 team pretty well. Ronaldo having a great tournament with 8 goals (imagine a striker scoring like that in next years WC), Rivaldo having an arguably better tournament than Ronaldo, Ronaldinho emerging onto the scene.Probably not as good as the 82 team (haven't seen them play) but still a great team IMO.

 

And with Cafu and Carlos bombing forward playing like wingers.

The 94 team had some great players in it, headed by romario. I think I get your meaning though brit.. although a bit before my time.

Yeah, even nostalgia is worse than it used to be...

Yeah, international football was great back in the old days...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtC1pByt-os

I thought Ronaldinho's lob over Seaman in 2002 was fairly stylish.

International football has been sh*t the last few years because Spain have been mincing everyone and their style of play is so boring, but with them possibly on the decline, and the likes of Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Belgium starting to come back, hopefully 2014 will be the best international tournament for quite a while.

Edited June 23, 201313 yr by Jonty

 

 

Chile v Italy in 1962 World Cup

 

David Coleman was not chuffed...

 

 

Claudio Gentile (what a great name for an Italian Hard Man) v Maradona in 1982 World Cup.