Pelé, the Global Face of Soccer, Dies at 82

Re:Pelé, the Global Face of Soccer, Dies at 82 by quetzthecoatl on Thursday December 29, 2022 @04:47PM (#34178473)

while france does have a great squad, this sort of prediction goes against world cup history. Hardly ever the favorites win the world cup. In fact, imo the last time the favorites won the world cup was in 2002.

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Re:Pelé, the Global Face of Soccer, Dies at 82 by thiagocmoraes on Thursday December 29, 2022 @07:03PM (#34179845)

Think most Brazilians would disagree Brazil was favorite in 2002. It was a very messy campaign before getting to the world cup.

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Re:Pelé, the Global Face of Soccer, Dies at 82 by quetzthecoatl on Friday December 30, 2022 @03:44AM (#34183202)

yes the campaign wasn't so good, and the copa before that was disastrous for brazil, but brazil were still the favorites. They had ronaldo, rivaldo, roberto carlos, cafu, kaka, ronaldinho, lucio, juninho in their line up. Granted Ronaldinho and Kaka were yet to hit their peak, but they were the team. If not for injuries and partying, even romario would have been there.

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