the brazilians said France fixed the game and bribed Brazil with 25 million
euros, double the amount of the World Cup winner prize, so the Brazilian
soccer players threw the match and gave up the glory of the World Cup
championship.
In fact: Brazil's technical and mental mistakes (1998,2006) probably contributed to
its "failure", but the large gap between the two teams' levels of play
during the match makes many suspect that something more was going on.....
Brazil, commonly revered as the best team in the
tournament, lost to France 0-1 in the quarterfinal. All the Brazilian
stars looked like they were sleepwalking on the field as they managed....
2007-03-18
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