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BRAZIL
Build-up to the festival of football
KLOSE
TWO MORE GOALS
FOR THE OUTRIGHT
RECORD
SAO PAULO
HOW FOOTBALL
CAME TO BRAZIL
BL AT TER
64TH FIFA CONGRESS
IS A GAME-CHANGER
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Thirteen days to go
The World Cup is looming on the horizon. The
20th edition of the worlds greatest sporting event
gets underway on 12 June when hosts Brazil face
Croatia. We look back over the glorious history of
Brazilian football and examine why a sixth world
crown matters so much to the nation.
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Sepp Blatter
The FIFA President considers the 64th FIFA
Congress: It unites all 209 member associa-
tions and forms footballs democratic basis,
he says. It is a ground-breaking event, even
though neither hosting rights nor elections are
on the agenda.
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Just a ten-minute job
Leroy Rosenior holds an extraordinary record: he
was red after just ten minutes as Torquay United
coach. The English former player considers the
turning point in his life.
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Gunter Netzer
The World Cup features 48 group matches.
Our columnist explains why no-one should miss
the Italy v England clash in the Amazon jungle.
CONT ENT S
World Cup 2014: Groups A-C
Group A
Brazil
Croatia
Mexico

Cameroon
Group B
Spain

Netherlands

Chile

Australia
Group C

Colombia

Greece

Cte dIvoire

Japan
North and
Central America
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Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
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Sao Paulo
Brazilian football's
roots can be traced
back to the country's
commercial centre.
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Ecuador
National coach
Reinaldo Rueda
predicts a tough World
Cup for European sides.
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World Cup 2014: Groups D-H
Group E

Switzerland

Ecuador

France

Honduras
Group F

Argentina

Bosnia- Herzegovina

Iran

Nigeria
Group G

Germany

Portugal

Ghana

USA
Group H

Belgium

Algeria

Russia

Korea Republic
Group D

Uruguay

Costa Rica

England

Italy
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Japan
The Blue Samurai
are being put through
a tough training
programme in
preparation for the
World Cup.
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Miroslav
Klose
Will the German break
Ronaldo's record?
Klose needs just two
more goals to stand
alone at the top of the
all-time World Cup
goalscoring list.
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here are now less than two weeks to go un-
til the 2014 World Cup kicks of in Brazil,
where the hosts will be determined to se-
cure their sixth title and simultaneously erase
the painful memories of the 1950 tournament.
In that edition, A Seleao only narrowly lost
out to Uruguay, as Thomas Renggli explains.
Pele, whose father was moved to tears afer
that defeat, later played a leading role in the
countrys golden years. I dont want to cry on
13 July 2014, Pele said, hoping his compatriots
will be lifing the trophy in the Final.
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eanwhile, Germany forward Miroslav
Klose, who will soon turn 36, is preparing
for what will be his fourth - and nal -
World Cup. The Lazio striker, famed for his dis-
cipline and love of nature, states that I think
this will be my last tournament. Having neted
14 World Cup goals to date, he is only one be-
hind Ronaldos all-time record, giving him the
opportunity to set a new best-mark in Brazil.
Franco Nicolussi paid a visit to Klose in Rome.
W
hat goes on at World Cup training camps?
And where are the teams gearing up for
the four-week tournament? Sven Gold-
mann and Jordi Punti reveal all from the Jap-
anese and Spanish bases respectively.
T
he 64th FIFA Congress will take place in
Sao Paolo from 10-11 June. FIFA President
Joseph S. Blater describes it as a watershed
summit with the target of implementing the
decisions the Congress made last year in Mau-
ritius. Particular emphasis will be placed on
the reform process, but also other current
issues: racism, match xing and football-relat-
ed security maters.
Perikles Monioudis
Counting down the days
Adrenalin rush A World Cup sparks agony and ecstasy among football fans like no other tournament.
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MARACANA
DREAMING
Viva Brasil. After a 64-year absence, the World Cup nals
are returning to the land of unlimited footballing potential.
Not surprisingly, expectations are running sky-high ahead
of the global showdown.
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Final 1970 Pele embraces keeper Ado after the 4-1 victory over Italy.
Thomas Renggli
W
hat do we spontaneously as-
sociate with Brazil? Sugar-
loaf Mountain, Copacabana,
Ipanema and of course foot-
ball, all symbols of beauty
and aesthetic perfection. We
also think of elegance, levity,
joie de vivre, and the concept
of Joga Bonito as an atitude
to life. In the course of the
next month and a half there
is also a spectre to be ban-
ished and pride to be upheld. The national dream
is of the Maracana stadium in the eponymous
suburb of Rio de Janeiro, the stage for the World
Cup nal. If all goes according to plan it will be
the seting for a collective outpouring of joy and
a cascade of yellow, green and blue confeti. This
year they hope carnival takes place in July.
The signicance of football in Brazil almost
dees imagination. The game denes the coun-
trys culture and identity, and is almost cer-
tainly more strongly rooted in public life and
thought than anywhere else in the world. Bra-
zil is football, and football is Brazil, according
to FIFA President Blater. In the book Brasil, o
Pas do Futebol (Brazil, Football Country) au-
thor Bety Milan writes: Football in Brazil is
not only a sport. It is a creative pursuit where
dribbling is an art, outfoxing opponents with
malicious feints. In the course of a match it can
happen that Brazilians forget to shoot at goal,
convinced that success without enjoyment is a
contradiction in terms.
Traumatised by 1950
A Seleo and their followers will be hoping this
literary interpretation is a case of artistic li-
cence. Anything short of winning the World
Cup would be the latest instalment in a national
tragedy, a reload of the Maracanazo, the histor-
ic defeat to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup Final
in Rio. The entire nation and the 200,000 crowd
condently expected Brazil to lif the trophy. A
draw would in fact have been enough, but Uru-
guays Alcides Ghiggia wrecked the occasion
with a 79th-minute goal to make the nal score
2-1. According to contemporary reports, it was
like being at a New Years Eve party where, on
the stroke of midnight, someone pulled the plug
on all the electronics, poured the champagne
down the drain and ordered all the guests to sit
down and complete their tax returns. Brazil, the
land of unlimited footballing potential, became
paralysed by trauma.
It all went against a meticulously prepared
script. Shortly before the decisive goal FIFA
President Jules Rimet lef the VIP box and
headed for the bowels of the stadium, ready to
present Brazil with the trophy immediately af-
ter the nal whistle. In his book The Wonder-
ful History of the World Cup Rimet wrote:
When I came out onto the pitch for the trophy
presentation, a deathly hush had descended on
the stadium. Suddenly there was no guard of
honour, no national anthem, no speech, and no
joyful celebration. I found myself in the middle
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Warm-up 2013 Neymar comes under close scrutiny from national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari (back left) during the
Confederations Cup.
of the crowd, hemmed in from all sides, with
the trophy in my hands but not knowing what
to do. I tracked down the Uruguay captain and
almost furtively presented him with the tro-
phy, ofering him my hand without being capa-
ble of saying a word.
Reviewing the momentous day now, cur-
rent Brazil head coach Luis Felipe Scolari reck-
ons there is a positive dimension to that calam-
itous defeat: The 1950 team actually pushed
open a door and set us on a path that would
lead to ve World Cup titles. This is the inter-
pretation of the 1950 tournament I pass on to
the current internationals.
The perfection of Pele
Eight years later, a 17-year-old prodigy by the
name of Edson Arantes do Nascimento stepped
through the open door onto the global football-
ing stage. At the start of the tournament coach
Vincente Feola lef young Pele on the bench
and sent out his proven and established troops,
Brazilians are convinced that
success without enjoyment is a
contradiction in terms.
Betty Milan
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To date, the 19 World Cups to
have taken place have produced
eight different winners and no
shortage of drama, upsets and
heroes, as well as throwing up
the occasional bizarre moment.
We look back on 80 years of
World Cup history, spanning four
continents from Uruguay all the
way through to South Africa.
1950

Brazil A Seleo stormed towards the title on
home soil but lost the decisive game against
Uruguay in the infamous Maracanazo.
Brazil subsequently abandoned their
traditional white shirts.
1934

Italy Uruguay refused to participate in
retaliation for European countries lack of
interest four years earlier, while England also
boycotted the tournament. Hosts Italy ended
up lifting the title.
1938

France The competition was overshadowed by
the political landscape at the time. Germany
were knocked out in the rst round by
Switzerland, while Italy, wearing black shirts
on Mussolinis orders, defended their crown.
World Cup highlights
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1954

SWITZER-
LAND
The worlds
footballing
community
was left in
raptures
after the
Miracle of Bern, as a seemingly invincible
Hungary team lost to Germany. Sepp
Herbergers side gained the upper hand in
the nal in part thanks to their decision to
don the rst studded football boots.
1930

Uruguay A 42 triumph over Argentina meant
Uruguay became the rst ever World Cup
winners. Security searches prior to the nal
led to around 1,600 guns being conscated.
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Frustration 1982 Toninho Cerozo (5) and Oscar (3) after being outwitted by Italys Paolo Rossi.
the likes of Gilmar, Djalma Santos, Didi and
Garrincha. Pele did not enter the fray until the
meeting with the Soviet Union at the end of the
preliminary stage, but that was the start of a
rapid ascent as the tournament progressed.
The youngster thrilled the crowd with his stel-
lar technique and cold-blooded ruthlessness.
He scored the only goal of the game in the
quarter-nal against Wales, hit a hat-trick in
the semi-nals against France, and crowned his
burgeoning reputation in the Final against
hosts Sweden. His goal to make the score 3-1
dened the art of the game at the time. Some
42 years later the acrobatic nish made it to
third place in the list of the best goals of the
century. Peles personal memories of the mas-
terpiece make it sound simple: I had my back
to goal, I trapped the ball on my thigh, ipped
it up over my own head, turned and shot. Even
the partisan home crowd at Stockholms Ra-
sunda Stadium paid homage to the Brazilian
magician. I was only 17 and it was all like a
dream. The World Cup in Sweden was my
rst-ever trip to Europe. I played with the care-
free ease of a newcomer, and it all basically
took care of itself, Pele said.
The Lord be praised
Peles dream was shared by an entire nation.
The fascinated world watched as football was
hauled up to a new level: playful, unburdened,
stylish and skilful, reecting an entire nation-
al culture. You might even argue that dribbling
symbolises an approach to life in Brazil, a state-
ment of anti-establishment deance, an athlet-
ic representation of creativity and inspiration.
Brazil is indeed a country of dribblers, players
who learn the game on the white sandy beach-
es and whose elegance and agility keeps it in
the spotlight. These were the qualities that saw
the South Americans dominate global football
between 1958 and 1970.
At the heart of it all was Pele, the king
amongst footballers. Thanks to his partnership
with Garrincha, the babe magnet and drinker
with deformed legs, Brazil simply dazed their
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opposition into submission. The national team
never lost when the pair played together up
front. Didi pulled the strings behind them, but
Pele was the undisputed main man. A radio
commentator described him as a supernatural
being and thanked the good Lord for blessing
Brazil and no other nation with this miracle
Creole. On 19 November 1969, a 200,000 crowd
at the Maracana and the watching world saw
Pele tuck away a penalty to score his 1,000th
goal. The rapturous hordes stormed the pitch,
and the referee was obliged to interrupt play
for the great man to take a lap of honour in a
shirt bearing the number 1,000. Throughout
the land church bells rang in honour of the ex-
traordinary achievement. The fact that Amer-
ican astronauts stepped out onto the surface of
the moon at around the same time passed al-
most unnoticed in Brazil.
Peles reputation as the rst superstar of
football was sealed once and for all in 1970 when
he led Brazil to their third world crown. I
played my best football at that tournament, he B
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says today. A Seleo were all but awless, merg-
ing sublime individual class with collective per-
fection. Peles lead partner on this occasion was
Tostao, a lanky striker with a powerful shot and
a previously undreamt-of workrate. Don
Seraphin, the Bishop of Belo Horizonte and a
radio commentator, was a big fan: Pele is the
genius who does it all instinctively, but Tostao
is the talented one, always using his intelli-
gence. Pele opened the scoring in the nal
against Italy in front of a 107,000 crowd at the
Azteca, and Brazil went on to win 4-1. It was
both a ting climax and the end of an era.
The road to the fifth crown
The greatest Brazilian magicians now faded
from the scene. In 1974 they were undone by
the Orange revolution, the Dutch team spear-
headed by Johan Cruyf. Third place in 1978
ofered scant consolation. Good defending
strangled the life out of exuberance and inspi-
ration. National coach Claudio Coutinho said:
Dribbling is time lost.
In 1982 and 1986 coach Tele Santana revived
the inventive, elegant and uid glories of Joga
Bonito. But atack is not always the best form
of defence. The Europeans had come up with
answers. The worlds most successful national
team were thwarted in 1982 by Italy and four
years later by France.
The conclusion was painful but signicant:
Brazil must learn to defend. It felt like a betray-
Brazil had to learn
to defend. It fel t
like a betrayal of
their identit y.
1958

SWEDEN Pele took his bow on the World Cup
stage and red Brazil to a maiden success.
His breathtaking goal in the nal against
Sweden has become an unforgettable part of
the tournaments folklore.
1962

Chile Brazil took the title again as one of the
greatest teams in footballing history bowed
out in style on the international stage. Pele
was injured in the group phase.
1974

Germany Despite the Netherlands jaw-
dropping displays of Total Football,
Johan Cruyff and Co lost out to Franz
Beckenbauers Germany in the title decider.
1978

Argentina A tournament with a difference,
played out under the keen eye of the political
situation in Argentina. Germany suffered the
Disgrace of Cordoba before the Netherlands
nished as runners-up to the hosts.
1970

Mexico Italys 43 victory over Germany in
the semi-nals is still considered one of the
games of the century. Ultimately however,
Pele and Brazil were crowned world champi-
ons again.
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1966

England Geoff Hurst is the only player to
date to have scored a hat-trick in a World
Cup nal, doing so for England as they beat
Germany. His second strike to make it 32
remains controversial to this day.
Hopes on his shoulders Thiago
Silva takes aim in an international
against France.
Determined
Neymar (left)
is focused on
the opening
match against
Croatia.
Prepared
Dante (right)
will marshal
the defence
1982

SPAIN
Italys
Paolo Rossi
dumped
Brazil out of
the competi-
tion in the
second
round, with
the Squadra
Azzurra
overcoming Germany in the nal to secure a
third World Cup title.
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Ricardo Manuel Santos, Trinity
University, San Antonio (USA)
T
his study focuses on the World Cup
and has three main objectives. First,
to develop an econometrical model
that is able to correctly explain recent
World Cup winners. The big advantage
in explaining more than one World Cup
alone is that we can use the model to
forecast future winners as well. Second,
to assess the FIFA rankings predictive
power for World Cup winners. Third, to
evaluate whether a sophisticated gam-
bler could beat the odds and make a
dollar, or in economic terms, investigate
whether the beting market is ecient.
In the rst step, information for
each and every World Cup since 1930 is
obtained. Our empirical analysis reveals that hosting the tournament
potentially helps towards the likelihood of winning (six out of the total
19 winners were hosts). A teams quality is another obvious contribution.
Using FIFAs ranking to quantify the role of teams quality in the last ve
tournaments (the ranking is only available since 1993) we nd that in
three of those ve World Cups the winner was one of the top two ranked
sides. A third factor to be considered is the presence of a star player in
the squad (who doesnt remember Pele in 1958, Maradona in 1986, or more
recently Zidane in 1998?). Using FIFAs World Player of the Year award
(1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions) we can objectively count the number of star
players participating for each team in the tournament. It is found that
teams that win the World Cup have on average two star players compared
to only 0.5 for all other teams.
Most world champions have new coaches
Other ndings were that the winning sides experience is always high
but unlikely to be a diferentiating factor amongst the top ten teams
(which are all highly experienced). However, less experienced nations
try to compensate that shortcoming with more experienced coaches
(Bora Milutinovic with the US in 1994, Nigeria in 1998, and China in
2002; Henri Michel with Morocco in 1998 and Ivory Coast in 2006; Guus
Hiddink, Carlos Alberto Parreira,). Nations that win the World Cup
typically have coaches that are debutants in coaching at the event (it
has happened in 13 of the 19 total tournaments). Distance between each
participating nation and the host country is another variable that could
potentially afect the probabilities. European nations lifed the trophy
nine times in the ten World Cups that took place in Europe, yet only
once in the nine global showcases to have been staged outside Europe
- Spain in the last World Cup in South Africa. Finally, we nd that in
the last 40 years, only twice has a team won the World Cup afer win-
ning any of the previous three tournaments (Argentina in 1986, and
Brazil in 2002). That can typically be atributed to generational cycles
that all national teams go through. One generation of good players
comes by, plays 3-4 World Cups togeth-
er and then a gap of 1 or 2 tournaments
emerges with weaker squads. If our
model conrms this to be an impor-
tant factor, that leaves Brazil, Italy and
Spain (the last 3 winners) in a hard
spot
Germany in pole position
In the second step, a logit model is
used to estimate the probability of
winning the World Cup for each team
in each tournament. The explanatory
variables are all those that our empir-
ical analysis pointed out to be possible
relevant factor in this goal: host, FIFA
ranking, number of star players, team
experience, coach experience, distance,
whether the team won any of the last
three tournaments or not. We focus on tournaments that took place
from 1994 to 2010 since the FIFA ranking is only available since 1993.
The model correctly predicts 4 out of the last 5 winners, having only
missed in 2006 where it predicted the host nation to win. As it was,
Germany nished third in that tournament. The more important mo-
tivation behind developing such a model is that it allows the research-
er to pinpoint which factors contribute the most in the determination
of the winners (marginal efects). Our results show that hosting the
World Cup, having a generation of players that is reaching its peak (not
having won any of the last three tournaments), and the FIFA ranking
are the more important predictors for lifing the trophy. Experience
and having star players also mater but are not the key diferentiating
factors. Finally, coach experience and distance do not have any signif-
icant impact on the probabilities.
With the World Cup 2014 starting in a month, the ambitious test
for our model is whether it can correctly predict the winner. Using each
teams statistics and the coecients that emerge from the regression
analysis, each teams probability is obtained and all teams ranked. We
predict Germany to win in Brazil with 26.6% likelihood, followed close-
ly by Argentina with 21.8%. Spain and Brazil are next, but with prob-
abilities already down to 6% and 5% respectively. In the nal step of
our analysis, we compare the model predictions with FIFAs top ranked
team entering each of the last ve World Cups (ranking in May) as well
as with some of the most well known beting companies in the soccer
business. We nd that the FIFA ranking is a poor predictor for tour-
naments results and also that the team with the highest winning odds,
more ofen than not, does not win the tournament. We therefore con-
clude that the models performance as a forecaster of World Cup re-
sults is superior to either of these two alternatives.
Surprises do happen and randomness (unexplained variance) can
interfere with any researchers results. Therefore, as a Portuguese my-
self, I can only wish and hope Cristiano Ronaldo proves my model
wrong
When scientists dispassionately evaluate their data on the World Cup, the results can be so-
mewhat surprising. According to this study, Brazil will not emerge as winners this summer.
Research provides a fresh perspective
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World Cup oracle
Paul the octopus (deceased) earned global fame as a footballing clairvoyant.
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1990

Italy Germany spoiled Italys party as
Beckenbauer lifted the trophy once again,
only this time as coach. Roger Millas
hip-swivelling dance moves linger long in the
memory.
1994

USA Brazil secured their fourth World Cup as
Roberto Baggio skied the decisive penalty,
while Stefan Effenberg showed the world his
middle nger.
2002

Korea / Japan A Ronaldo-inspired Brazil
went all the way, France failed to hit the net
at all and Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn
was an intimidating presence.
2006

Germany The hosts enjoyed a fairytale summer
but Italy were celebrating come the end.
al of their own identity, but the globalisation
of football had a profound efect on tactics and
physique. Athleticism was suddenly trumping
brilliance. Brazil could no longer aford to play
Brazilian football. The march to the world title
in 1994 ofen felt like the antithesis to the foot-
balling samba of Pele. It is no coincidence that
the abiding memory of the tournament is the
penalty missed by Italys Roberto Baggio in the
Final. Joy and footballing wizardry returned
with a vengeance eight years later though as
Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Roberto
Carlos conclusively showed the world that Bra-
zil still produced the most talented players.
Felipe Scolari led the men in canary yellow to
a 2-0 victory over Germany in the Final. Ron-
aldo struck twice to restore national pride with
the yearned-for Penta, the fh world crown.
Pele: I want no tears
Now, 12 years later and on home soil, the aim is to
add a Hexa and nally banish the haunting
spectre of 1950. Pele too would like to lay a per-
sonal ghost to rest: My father wept uncontrolla-
bly afer the nal in 1950. I was only nine at the
time and didnt understand. I asked him what had
happened. He told me Brazil had lost to Uruguay.
I dont want to be crying on 13 July this year.
A near-obsession with the sixth title has
gripped Brazil, similar to Real Madrids uter
preoccupation with La Decima prior to the
Champions League nal against Atltico. But
12 years on from his rst World Cup triumph,
has Scolari come up with a recipe for success?
He has opted to leave artists such as Robinho
and Ronaldinho out of his squad. Scolari likes
to keep genius on a tight rein. Organisation is
more important than improvisation, and ath-
leticism beats inspiration.
If you consider the muscular power of mod-
el Portuguese athlete Ronaldo, you would nev-
er conceive that the stars of the past were nur-
tured on sandy beaches, or that 1994 World Cup
winner Romario honed his technical excellence
by playing football tennis. But if you stroll the
Copacabana today you will be astonished to
discover the beaches still producing Romarios
and Ronaldos galore. The experts are telling us
that an artistic approach and intuition alone
will lead at best to a consolation prize at the
World Cup. Perhaps Brazil are set to teach us a
diferent lesson over the next few weeks. The
games incurable romantics would certainly
wish it to be so.
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Confetti 2014 Leonardo Moura lifts the trophy as Flamengo celebrate winning the Campeonato Carioca at
the Maracana. The Brazilian dream involves plenty more confetti and another glittering trophy in July.
BRAZI L 2014
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FRANCE
Zinedine
Zidanes
artistry
captured the
imagination
and David
Beckham
was sent off
for England
against
Argentina.
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SOUTH AFRICA The rst World Cup on
African soil stood as a symbol for peace, and
the footballing world had no answer to
Spains tiki-taka.
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Mexico Maradonas
World Cup: The
Argentinian scored
the Goal of the
Century and netted
another with the
Hand of God to help
his country to glory.
In his homeland
Dieguito was
hailed as being on
a par with Pele.
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Thomas Renggli writes
for The FIFA Weekly.
The Bible says that the
rst will be last, and
Australia hope the same
will apply to their World Cup campaign.
The Socceroos were the rst to arrive at
their Brazil camp, 16 days before their rst
match. Coach Ange Postecoglou wants his
players to have enough time to acclimatise
to both the climate and the change in time
zone and ensure that they only have to
head home afer the last call the Final.
He is clearly not concerned about the pros-
pect of cabin fever.
The encounter between England and
Italy in Manaus on 14 June has been
dubbed the Rumble in the Jungle, and
coaches Cesare Prandelli and Roy Hodg-
son have been using unconventional
methods to prepare their charges for the
heat. The Italians have been simulating
the tropical climate with daily sauna
visits at their Coverciano base in Tusca-
ny, while England have been completing
training sessions on the Algarve in
Portugal in long thermal underwear.
The Dutch delegation has also made the
Algarve their training base, staying at the
Cascade Resort, a ve-star holiday home
with an aliated football academy. The
resort describes itself as the most
luxurious hotel in the region. Germanys
training camp is not exactly a budget
hotel either. The three-time world cham-
pions have made the 73 suites of the
Passeier Valleys Hotel Andreus their
home in recent days. In addition to a
football pitch, Joachim Lows team have a
golf course, riding complex, ve tennis
courts and around 7,000 square metres of
grounds at their disposal.
Heat tests and
holiday resorts
Sweat and toil Defender Hiroki Sakai nds the pre-World Cup training camp no laughing matter.
Japan
Tough times in
Ibusuki
Sven Goldmann is a football
expert at Tagesspiegel newspaper
in Berlin.
If the Japanese squad had
expected an easy ride at their
pre-World Cup training camp in Ibusuki, they
were in for a shock. In truth, the majority of
the Samurai Blue selection had known what
lay in store for them when they received the
call-up to Alberto Zaccheronis 23-man squad,
but the knowledge of what was to come did
litle to sofen the eventual blow. Even the
training sessions at Manchester United arent
as tough as this, said Shinji Kagawa on day 1
of the ve-day camp. The creative midelder
is one of the AFC Asian champions biggest
stars, but has been forced to setle for a
bit-part role with the Premier League giants
since joining the club in 2012. Having been
used sparingly by former Red Devils coach
David Moyes this season, the extra tness
work is unlikely to do Kagawa any harm.
Located in the southern prefecture of
Kagoshima, Ibusuki is known for its black
sandy beaches. Not that the players will
have had much chance to go sightseeing.
Defender Gotoku Sakai, who is under con-
tract at German Bundesliga side VfB Stut-
gart, was recently forced to sit out training
due to illness. That was the ocial reason
given for the 23-year-olds absence at least.
The arduous training programme might just
have been a contributing factor. One things
for sure, Italian coach Zaccheroni wont be
able to blame his teams shortcomings on a
lack of tness should the Samurai Blue fail
to achieve their objectives in Brazil. The
former Juventus and AC Milan boss has high
hopes for his side, who are looking to reach
the World Cup quarter-nals for the rst
time in their history. Four years ago in
South Africa, Japan lost to Paraguay on
penalties in the last 16.
On this occasion, Zaccheronis charges have
been drawn in Group C alongside Greece,
Colombia and Ivory Coast, whom they are
set to face in the searing heat of Natal,
Caiaba and Recife respectively. Having
good stamina is vital in places like these,
said striker Shinji Okazaki, one of seven
Japan players who currently ply their trade
in Germany. Okazaki managed to help his
club side FSV Mainz 05 defy the odds by
nishing in a UEFA Europa League place in
the Bundesliga this season, and Zaccheronis
inclusion of the inexperienced Yoshito
Okubo in his squad was no less surprising.
The striker, who plays for Japanese top-
ight outt Kawasaki Frontale, made his
last appearance for the national side in
February 2012 when he played the rst half
of a 3-1 friendly win over Iceland.
AC Milans Keisuke Honda and Inter Milans
Yuto Nagatomo took part in their rst train-
ing session on Saturday, having joined up
with Zaccheronis squad late on Friday afer
recovering from injury. Next stop for Japan
on their pre-World Cup adventure is Tampa,
Florida, and with Zaccheroni expected to
focus more on tactics than on tness levels in
the USA, his players are now looking forward
to a well-earned rest.
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Wanted: reliable
goalscorer
Jordi Punti is a novelist and
football journalist for the Spanish
press.
Vicente del Bosque is in no
rush. While most of his
opposite numbers have announced their
squads for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, not
without a surprise or two, the Spain coach
has still to make his mind up. We dont have
to give FIFA the nal list until 2 June, so
whats the point in doing it early?, he said
with habitual calm last Sunday, while also
admiting to having reasonable doubts
about the make-up of his squad.
Del Bosque was in Lisbon the day before,
looking on as Real Madrid beat Atletico
Madrid 4-1 afer extra time in the UEFA
Champions League nal, a game that allowed
him to draw few conclusions about his
atacking options, even if defensive mainstay
Sergio Ramos did get on the scoresheet once
again. Not for the rst time, Del Bosques
biggest quandary as he nalises his squad is
who to pick up front.
Last summer saw some of Spanish footballs
leading forwards make the move abroad.
Internationals to a man, Fernando Llorente,
Alvaro Negredo and Roberto Soldado followed
the path taken by Fernando Torres and signed
for Juventus, Manchester City and Totenham
Hotspur respectively. In the meantime,
Atletis Brazilian-born top-scorer Diego Costa
took out Spanish nationality, giving the
national coach another and altogether more
combative option up front.
While Del Bosque has plenty of big-name
strikers to choose from, he seems to lack
condence in all of them. Negredo, Soldado
and Torres had their ups and downs in Eng-
land last season, while Llorente, though ready
for the nals if called upon, has never been a
rst choice. As for Costa, his desire to play at
all costs at the end of Atleticos dramatic
season saw him succumb to recurring muscu-
lar problems in the opening minutes of their
last two games, including the Champions
League nal. The forwards impatience could
well cost him a place at Brazil 2014.
Front men usually have a secondary role to
play in Del Bosques midelder-centric game-
plan. On more than one occasion he has even
resorted to deploying Cesc Fabregas as a false
No9 on account of his ability to link up with
the wide players. The way things stand today,
the Spain coach looks likely to go with the
three forwards who featured against the
Netherlands in the Final at South Africa 2010:
Pedro, Torres and David Villa. As well as a nod
to the triumphs of the past, that would be no
bad choice for the world champions World
Cup opener, though the fact is that Del Bos-
que has for some time been planning a gradu-
al, seamless overhaul of the group of players
who have brought him so much success. Part
of that change has involved Xavi, a metro-
nome for both club and country but now 34.
His most obvious replacement was Thiago,
until injury denied the Bayern Munich man a
place at the nals. Fortunately for Del Bosque,
he does have a long list of midelders to call
upon, among them Santi Cazorla, David Silva,
Ander Iturraspe and Cesc.
The coach has one more opportunity to
review his striking options before he an-
nounces his nal list for Brazil, with Spain
taking on Bolivia in a friendly four days
ahead of the deadline. Pedro, Torres and the
20-year-old Gerard Deulofeu a surprise
inclusion are the only three out-and-out
forwards to have been called up for the game.
We have a lot of condence in him. He could
be a good solution, said Del Bosque of the
nimble and gifed Deulofeu, who was called
up to the full national side for the rst time,
having spent last season on loan at Everton
and since been recalled by Barcelona. A
solution is something the Roja coach only
looks for when he has a problem, and right
now, with just two weeks to go before the
World Cup, Del Bosques problem comes in
the shape of a 9.
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COUNT DOWN T O BRAZI L 2014: 13 DAYS T O GO
The World Cup kicks off in Sao Paulo in 13 days time. The economic
metropolis has played a pivotal role in the countrys history and is
also regarded as the birthplace of Brazilian football.
Dominik Petermann
F
ootball is worshipped in Sao Paulo. It is the
talk of the town, whether you are in the
street, at the barbers or at the carnival.
Everyone supports a club and shares a love
for the beautiful game. With a metropoli-
tan area of almost 8,000 km, the city rep-
resents the largest industrial conurbation in
Latin America and is also the countrys most
important economic, nancial and cultural hot-
spot. And it was also here that Brazilian football
rst emerged 120 years ago.
From England to Brazil
It was in 1894 that the Sao Paulo-born Scotsman
Charles William Miller returned to his home-
land from England with a rulebook, two football
shirts, a pair of football boots, an air pump and
two balls. However, the returning 19-year-old
was shocked to see that football was unheard of
in Brazil and made it his mission to introduce
the sport to the South American nation.
Millers job in the railway sector meant he
faced few problems puting a team together.
Within a short space of time, he had founded the
Sao Paulo Railway Team, for whom he played in
the rst public, documented football match to
take place on Brazilian soil on 14 April 1895. The
opponents that day were the employees of a local
gas company and the legendary venue, once
known as the Varzea do Carmo, is now the Dom
Pedro II Park, located between the Sao Paulo mo-
torways. Youngsters still descend on the dusty
pitch to kick a ball about, with two new goals
recently being installed on the playing eld.
Miller was also the driving force behind
the founding of the Sao Paulo state champion-
ship, Brazils rst football league, and actually
won the competition with the citys rst foot-
ball team, Sao Paulo Athletic Club (SPAC), in
1902, 1903 and 1904.
A new stadium for the World Cup
Nowadays, Sao Paulo boasts a rich footballing
history and is home to some of the countrys
most successful clubs, including Corinthians,
Palmeiras, Sao Paulo and neighbouring side
Santos. The citys most famous showdown is
the Derby Paulista between Corinthians and
Palmeiras. The later was founded in 1914 by an
Italian living in Sao Paulo and some of the
clubs rst members who had previously been
associated with Corinthians were subsequently
regarded as traitors by their former team.
There is still a toxic atmosphere between the
two clubs today, with local derbies ofen de-
scending into chaos.
Corinthians home stadium is now located at
the Praca Charles Miller. But despite having a
large fan base in Sao Paulo, they were the only
club in the city not in possession of a stadium
with a sucient capacity until recently. Thank-
fully, the World Cup has resolved this issue, with
the Arena de Sao Paulo recently erected in
Itaquera - a traditional stronghold for Corinthi-
ans fans in the east of the city -all set to host six
World Cup matches.
Football comes home
to Sao Paulo
A city swathed in yellow, green and blue Sao Paulo is ready to host the Opening Match, when Brazil face Croatia.
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T HE I NT ERVI EW
Senor Rueda, all of the previous World Cup
tournaments held on the American continent
have ended with a South American winner.
Why do you think that is?
Reinaldo Rueda: Experience shows that
the tournament can be tough for Europeans
in particular, due to a range of factors such
as the long distances, the climate and the
accommodation. If they prepare as well as
possible, football associations should be
able to reduce the impact of these consider-
ations and help their sides compete irre-
spective of external inuences. It is for this
reason that all the World Cup teams will
probably bring their own chef with them,
for example.
To what extent can Ecuador benet from a
home advantage?
Any advantage we might have is relative,
because Brazil is a huge country with difer-
ent climatic inuences, almost like an entire
continent. During the group stages, were
likely to encounter warmer weather in Brasi-
lia and Rio de Janeiro, and somewhat cooler
conditions in Curitiba. Its a very diferent
picture for the teams who have to play in the
tropical climate of Manaus.
With regard to home advantage, Ecuador are
a force to be reckoned with at Quitos high alti-
tude. During qualication, your team only
dropped points there in the draw against
Argentina. How does the altitude affect your
tactics and playing style?
We always try to play the same way:
aggressively, bravely, and successfully. In
qualifying we proved that we could endure
intense heat too, managing a draw in both
Venezuela and Uruguay.
You even beat Brazil in Quito
Weve got a very impulsive and emotion-
al team, and that denitely makes us
stronger at home. I generally focus on good
organisation and allocating clear roles.
Given the amount of pressure at a major
tournament, its vital to be able to rely on a
Ecuador is one of the newest powers in world football. Their coach Reinaldo Rueda
explains why his team have already beaten Brazil and what South American sides can learn
from the Germans.
It will be tough for the
European sides
stable structure within the team, and you
have to nd the right level of risk.
In 2010, you qualied for the World Cup nals
with Honduras. How did your starting point
back then differ to the one you face with
Ecuador today?
For the players in the Honduran team, it
was the rst time theyd qualied for a World
Cup, and that complicated the situation.
Routine is important at major tournaments.
In Ecuador, were also seeing the start of a
new generation; only ve of our players
featured at the nals in Germany eight years
ago. Having said that, the team proved in
qualication that they can hold their own
with the worlds best.
And your side will meet Honduras, of all
teams, in the group stages
Thats a very special situation for me.
I worked in Honduras for four years and had
a great time there, with many wonderful
encounters and experiences. The people in
that country became very close to my heart
during that time, but at the World Cup,
none of that maters. Its part of the job,
and as such Ill deal with the situation
professionally.
How do you rate your overall chances of
qualifying for the last 16? With a group con-
taining Switzerland, France and Honduras, it
doesnt seem like an impossible target
Its a big challenge. France are favourites,
given the number of well-known names and
exceptional footballers they have at their
disposal. The fact that Manchester City star
Samir Nasri isnt in the squad says it all
about how much quality France have in their
ranks. I probably would have picked Nasri
(laughs) The Swiss are technically and
organisationally strong their formidable
qualifying campaign speaks for itself. And
Honduras are always a dicult opponent;
they tackle well and have experience from
the 2010 tournament in South Africa.
Those in charge of the Ecuadorian league do
not seem particularly optimistic about the
countrys chances, given that the champion-
ship resumes on the very same day as the
World Cup Final
(Laughs) That doesnt really sound like a
big vote of condence, does it? But the play-
ers know that success means playing seven
matches in Brazil. I can only hope that no-
body goes home before the Final.
You come from Colombia but completed your
education at the German Sport University in
Cologne. What can South Americans learn from
the Germans?
My experiences in Germany really helped
me in terms of planning, tactics and football
psychology. We can learn a lot from the Euro-
peans in that respect, but the Europeans can
take much from us too. Nowadays, the difer-
ences between the two continents are geting
ever smaller, given that most of South Ameri-
cas top stars now play in the European leagues.
Who will win the World Cup?
Im going with one of the top favourites;
Ithink Brazil are the number one candidates
for the title. Afer that, I think Germany have
the best chance. Its no accident that an
outsider has never been able to win the World
Cup, because experience plays such a key role
in these tournaments.
Reinaldo Rueda was speaking to
Thomas Renggli
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Name
Reinaldo Rueda
Date and place of birth
16 April 1957, Cali, Colombia
Teams coached
Cortulua, Deportivo Cali, Independiente
Medellin, Colombia U-20s, Colombia,
Honduras, Ecuador (since 2010)
2014 FIFA World Cup
Group matches: Switzerland (15 June),
Honduras (20 June), France (25 June)
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T HE DEBAT E
The weekly debate.
Anything you want to get off your
chest? Which topics do you want to
discuss? Send your suggestions to:
feedback- theweekly@fifa.org
Buenos Aires 2001
At this extraordinary FIFA Congress, delegates
from the member associations passed a resolu-
tion against racism. This resolution invited all
members to assist in the ght against racism in
football, take stronger action against it and
promote values such as tolerance.
Zurich 2011
The Congress approved proposals for extensive
reforms within FIFA, the most noteworthy of
which was granting Congress the power to
award the World Cup Finals to a host nation in
the future, instead of the Executive Commit-
tee. The Ethics Commitee was also divided
into investigatory and adjudicatory depart-
ments to make it more efective, and a new
FIFA Commitee for Corporate Governance was
established.
Mauritius 2013
The 2013 Congress built on earlier reforms. Al-
ready in 2012 the powers of the Audit and Com-
pliance Commitee created were expanded and
the Ethics Commission formally divided into
two chambers. In 2013 they saw the appoint-
ment of the FIFA Executive Commitees rst
ever female member. As well the new resolu-
tion against racism and discrimination was
adopted, based on the three pillars of educa-
tion, prevention and sanctions.
Sao Paulo 2014
The football world is now looking eagerly to-
wards Brazil, and the member associations will
continue the reform process at this years Con-
gress and decide on the limitations on age and
terms of oce. The agenda also includes the
following items: the reform of FIFAs players
agents system, extending the mandates of the
Executive Commitees female members and
the project Football for Health.
Sarah Steiner and Perikles Monioudis
T
he 64th FIFA Congress takes place in
Sao Paulo on 10 and 11 June. The Con-
gress is FIFAs legislative body, acting
as a parliament for world footballs gov-
erning body. In the spirit of true de-
mocracy, each member association has
one vote, irrespective of its size or footballing
prowess. The associations decide upon issues
such as amending the statutes and approving
the nancial statements and FIFAs progress
report as well as accepting, suspending or ex-
cluding members. The associations also se-
lect the President.
The Congress is commited to promoting
football and has initiated numerous far-reach-
ing decisions. Here are a few examples:
Reforms and breakthroughs
With the 64th FIFA Congress
fast approaching, world foot-
balls governing body is keen
to continue its programme of
reforms.
Staying active FIFA President Sepp Blatter wants to implement the resolutions adopted at last years Congress (in Mauritius).
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PRESI DENT I AL NOT E
Best wishes, Sepp Blater
W
ere all eagerly anticipating the big kick-
of at the World Cup and the rst appear-
ance of hosts Brazil against Croatia. The
64th FIFA Congress takes place the previous
day in Sao Paulo. It is a ground-breaking event
despite, or indeed because of the fact that
neither hosting rights nor elections are on the
agenda.
This means we have the opportunity to
continue pushing forward the proposals and
implementing the resolutions issued to us by
last years Congress in Mauritius. The reform
process is our central focus, but also other
topics that were and remain current: racism,
match-xing, and football-related security
maters.
The Congress ofers the perfect platform. It
unites all 209 member associations and forms
footballs democratic basis. Every association
has one vote, regardless of its size or geograph-
ical location. From A for Anguilla to Z for Zim-
babwe each can put forward suggested solu-
tions and perspectives but also raise problems.
We all share a common goal: to represent
the interests of football at every level and pro-
tect it from negative inuences. In achieving
this, the same tactics apply as out on the foot-
ball pitch: teamwork, discipline, respect and
fair play.
The Congress on 11 June could also prove
seminal in terms of FIFAs future direction, and
how it will be led in the future. But one thing is
already certain: our work is by no means done.
The work goes on
Racism is a very tricky thing to combat.
Racism, unfortunately, is part of the human
condition. As one grows and begins to ration-
alize and understand that there are diferenc-
es amongst one another that is when it all
begins. There is no way to eradicate racism
but there should be tolerance and mutual
respect to one another pushed as the founda-
tion to ght racism.
NJLOR17, USA
We have to make people understand that
everyone is equal, no mater of race. Maybe
one way is to have many soccer events around
the globe in which people of diferent race
and ideals come together as one to play
soccer. Who doesnt like a litle game of
soccer? Peace through soccer!
Ponchito_C, USA
If it is a player he/she should be banned for
at least two games and his/her club should
be fned. If it is recurrent the club should be
relegated to make a statement. In the case of
a supporter he/she should be banned for life
from the stadium.
double_nash, Ghana
We could have a common anthem which
can be played afer every game with the
players of both teams standing alternately.
Because we need to bring change in their
hearts which rules regulations cannot do.
bassiishaan, India
The change must start with youth soccer.
We experienced an incident in the US at a 14
year-old game this very weekend. Enforce
positive message in marketing, but also start
the consequences to players and teams at the
youth level. And enforce the consequences.
By the time these youths become adults the
problem should be gone. If fans are the guilty
party they should be escorted and banned for
rest of season. Season ticket fans will not
want to pay and forfeit a whole season. This
A common anthem after every game .
should keep mouths shut at least to not
subject anyone else to the ignorance of
prejudice we will never be able to eradicate.
tammydfw , USA
A new slogan! Diferent colors, one blood
Stop Racism!
bshamieh, Senegal
You can actually try to talk to the ofenders
and see where they are coming from, what
happened for them to be feeling like this
and why they hold this animosity towards
blacks. From there you can map a way for-
ward rather than just banning clubs and the
fans, cause if you are going to ban the fan
from a certain game he is just going to go to
another match and do the same. Keep your
friends close and your enemies closer they
say. Lets practice that.
tatekere, Zimbabwe
The change
must start
with youth
soccer.
T HE DEBAT E
On FIFA.com, FIFA Weekly asked:
Whats the best way to combat racism?
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Y
ou might imagine there would be only
one topic of conversation when you
meet the man travelling to Brazil with
the most World Cup goals to his name.
Surely the player who has struck 14
times at three tournaments and needs
only one more to equal and two more to replace
Ronaldo as the all-time top scorer at the nals
will be thinking about this and this alone?
But in reality Miroslav Klose is unworried.
He has trained himself simply to wait calmly
and without fear for the big moment. I know
that in a career as a striker youre judged solely
on goals, so it might appear from the outside as
if the only thing that maters to me is scoring
His nal mission
and breaking a prestigious record such as Ron-
aldos. But in fact its more interesting to lovers
of statistics.
Is the Germany striker deliberately under-
playing the situation simply to lif a weight of
his shoulders? Klose is very well informed
about the psychological dimension, an aspect
just as important as technique and skill when
it comes to scoring goals: Ive learned not to
focus all my thoughts on goals. Provided I dont
think about it, the goals look afer themselves.
All I have to do is be in the right place at the
right time. The player accepts it was diferent
earlier in his career, when he reviewed his per-
formances in meticulous detail: I used to
watch all my goals on video, but I can step back
from it more nowadays. People are always ask-
Miroslav Klose needs two goals in Brazil to carve his name into the history books.
He says goals come automatically, provided he does not think about it.
ing which was my best ever goal. There have
been plenty of good ones. but I cant single out
one in particular because there were diferent
emotional backgrounds every time.
Apprenticeship before football
It is intriguing to think of a star puting dis-
tance between himself and the main reason
he is famous. In the case of Miroslav Klose it
means downplaying the importance of the
goals that have made him an enduring and
exceptional talent. Klose has 68 goals in 131
appearances for Germany, and broke Gerd
Mllers long-standing all-time record last
September.
Klose was born in June 1978 in Opole in Po-
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him going on to sporting prominence. His
mother Barbara was a leading gure in the Pol-
ish handball national team, and his father Josef
played up front for Auxerre in France. His par-
ents were both goalscorers who also held down
regular jobs alongside their sporting activities.
They taught young Miroslav to get his priori-
ties straight. My parents only allowed me to
pursue my dream of a career in football once
Id completed an apprenticeship, the player
explained. He initially trained as a carpenter
and joiner, spending the potentially decisive
years for a young player between the ages of 17
and 21 on building sites. Klose never played for
a youth team. As an apprentice I spent my days
with people who earned their keep by hard
work every day. Thats when I learned theres
more to life than scoring goals, Klose re-
marked, but I also recognised I enjoyed going
for goal much more than my job. It was an un-
believably strong motivating factor, and I
pushed myself to the limit in training with
Homburg afer that.
If Klose was a late developer in footballing
terms his ascent was meteoric and rapid. He
signed professional forms with Kaiserslautern in
1999, and in 2002 three years afer completing
his apprenticeship as a joiner - he appeared in
Germany colours at his rst World Cup. Klose
helped himself to a hat-trick on his debut against
Saudi Arabia. Those goals are really close to my
heart, he admited. Rudi Voller, Jurgen Klins-
mann and Joachim Low have been his coaches as
Klose has grown into a globally renowned star.
Polish spoken here
He is not your typical big name personality,
however. Klose resides away from the glitering
lights of central Rome with his wife Sylwia and
nine-year-old twin boys Luan and Noah. The
family speak Polish at home and spend their
vacations angling. The boys idolise their fa-
mous dad and always watch him play on TV.
Luan is a striker and Noah a midelder, Klose
explained. The player used to perform a salto
forward airborne somersault to celebrate his
goals but has given up the practice because of
the kids. I stopped afer Noah saw me on TV,
tried to imitate me and hurt himself. I learned
I would have to stop seting them this example,
because otherwise something even worse could
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And another one Miroslav Klose
gets in behind the Argentina defence
to score at the 2010 World Cup.
MI ROSL AV KLOSE
But what if he scores the goal to take him
level with Ronaldo at this summers World
Cup? Will Klose make an exception and per-
form his trademark front-ip? You dont think
too hard. You act instinctively in situations like
that, said Klose with a smile.
The player is quietly spoken. Even afer
three years in the Eternal City of Rome, he has
not picked up any of the frantic gesturing of
his Italian team-mates. His expression and
voice betray litle emotion, but there is no hid-
ing his uter determination and uninching
will when it comes to hiting targets.
At 36 Klose is now of to his fourth and last
World Cup. For the rst time in our long con-
versation, there is noisy animation in his voice
when it comes to discussing his teams pros-
pects: Germany are capable of winning the
title. Were certainly among the top favourites
and if possible we intend to win the trophy.
And just thinking about the quality of young
players like Mesut Ozil and Toni Kroos we need
have no worries about the future of German
football.
Two goals to go
You will never hear Klose saying he wants the
all-time scoring record. But it is likely to be bro-
ken and Klose will probably go down in the
annals as the all-time top scorer at the World
Cup nals. Portugal, Ghana and USA hardly
represent easy opposition for Germany, but
they are surely beatable. Kloses review of the
situation is purely pragmatic: Were Germany
and our footballing tradition means we always
go for the maximum possible return.
Provided Klose counts as a regular in Lows
team, the group stage xtures could well
provide him with the single goal he needs to
draw level with Ronaldo. All he has to do is not
think about it, because then the goals look
afer themselves.
You dont think too
hard. You act instinctively
in situations like that.
Date and place of birth
9 June 1978, Opole (Poland)
Clubs
SG Blaubach-Diedelkopf,
FC Homburg II, FC Homburg,
Kaiserslautern reserves,
Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen,
Bayern Munich, Lazio
Germany national team
131 appearances, 68 goals
2014 World Cup
Group xtures: Portugal (16 June),
Ghana (21 June), USA (26 June)
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Landmark
World Cup goals
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Lucien Laurent, France
Match: France - Mexico
Goal: 10 (41)
Date: 13 July 1930
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Angelo Schiavio, Italy
Match: Italy - USA
Goal: 51 (71)
Date: 27 May 1934
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Harry Andersson, Sweden
Match: Sweden - Cuba
Goal: 80 (80)
Date: 12 June 1938
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Bobby Collins, Scotland
Match: Paraguay - Scotland
Goal: 32 (32)
Date: 11 June 1958
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Rob Rensenbrink, Netherlands
Match: Scoland - Netherlands
Goal to: 01 (32)
Date: 11 June 1978
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Jean-Pierre Papin, France
Match: Canada - France
Goal: 01 (01)
Date: 1 June 1986
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Claudio Caniggia, Argentinia
Match: Argentinia - Nigeria
Goal: 11 (21)
Date: 25 June 1994
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Beto, Portugal
Match: USA - Portugal
Goal: 31 (32)
Date: 5 June 2002
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Marcus Allback, Sweden
Match: Sweden - England
Goal: 11 (22)
Date: 20 June 2006
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Arjen Robben, Netherlands
Match: Uruguay - Netherlands
Goal: 23 (23)
Date: 6 July 2010
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Andres Iniesta, Spain
Match: Netherlands - Spain
Goal: 01 (01 AET )
Date: 11 July 2010
Source: FIFA
(FIFA World Cup, Milestones & Superlatives,
Statistical Kit, 12.05.2014)
Alan Schweingruber
T
oni was a nice lad: an only child of six
years old with a good heart. He loved to
eat bread with honey and was fond of
boats. All kinds of boats, from big, fast
ones carrying tanned holidaymakers
around the bay and small ones in the ba-
thtub to old boats on display in museums. Ac-
cording to his uncle, Toni was a real boat fan.
Toni thought football was stupid, and that
was never a problem when there was so much
for a born boat fan to do outside of school.
Afer all, Uncle Julian was always glad for help
whenever the paint began to ake of his boat
and needed a new coat. Toni also liked to stroll
around the harbour, watching other boat lovers
relaxing on their decks.
There was just one problem: Tonis father
was no fan of boats. Instead, he was a passion-
ate fan of a third-division football club whose
matches were hardly ever shown on tele-
vision. His fathers dogged determination to
follow his team meant Toni had to tag along
to the stadium every other week. The journey
took forty minutes by car and his father gen-
erally liked to enjoy a beer or a snack afer the
match, meaning the trips took up whole afer-
noons that Toni would much rather have
spent on Uncle Julians boat. You could eat
bread with honey there too.
On his seventh birthday, Toni found a
light blue football shirt under his pillow. It
was tradition: every year, his father gave him
the light blue shirt of his beloved third-divi-
sion club in the right size. Toni recognised the
colours straight away. He feigned enthusiasm
for the gif and pulled the shirt on in front of
his delighted father. Three months later, the
team in light blue were relegated from the
third division, meaning Toni spent the follow-
ing season accompanying his father to
fourth-division home games instead.
But on one warm Sunday, Toni stayed at
home in bed. He felt unwell, so his father trav-
elled to the stadium alone and to the match
against his teams biggest rivals, of all things.
Tonis father drank too much that afernoon
and returned home jubilant. When he sat on his
sons bed to tell him all about the historic vic-
tory, he spoted salty tide marks on the boys
arms. You went down to the sea, didnt you?
his father asked. Toni nodded hesitantly.
Thats okay, Toni. You should go to the boat
more ofen at weekends.
Later, Tonis mother and father were sat at
the kitchen table when his father said: I
brought something back from the stadium for
you. She unwrapped the small gif and recog-
nised the colours immediately. It was a pair of
light blue baby socks. As she ran her hand over
her stomach, he asked: So when exactly is the
due date?
Life with a
football-mad father
29 THE FI FA WEEKLY
T HE E XPERT
Towards a doping free World Cup
Prof. Jiri Dvorak
E
xperts from International Sports Feder-
ations, the International Olympic Com-
mitee (IOC), the World Anti-Doping
Agency (WADA) and laboratory special-
ists discussed the future strategy aiming
for a doping free sport last November in
Zurich. There was a clear consensus, that the
ght against doping must be coordinated and
conducted in partnership with sports physi-
cians, laboratory experts, scientists and the
athletes themselves. The results were pub-
lished in the May issue of the well-respected
As of 1 January 2015, the revised World Anti-Doping Code will be operational.
Following the unanimous approval of the code last year, a meeting on Anti- Doping in
Sport was held at the Home of FIFA. The aim was to create a road-map for the
implementation of the new regulations.
British Journal of Sports Medicine titled
New Anti-Doping Strategy.
The history of doping
Drug testing of footballers (athletes in general)
was introduced during the 1966 World Cup
England and later during the Olympic Games
1968 in Mexico City. The tests were instigated
by athletes who died during the Rome Olympic
Games of 1960 and the Tour de France in 1967
and at the same time were linked to the abuse
of stimulants such as amphetamine. Since
then doping controls are performed at most
major sporting competitions.
In the 1990s, nutritional supplements
gained immense popularity amongst ath-
letes. An extensive examination of more than
600 nutritional supplements proved that as
much as 15% of them contained prohibited
anabolic steroids. Following this alarming
publication, FIFA launched an educational
campaign warning footballers to avoid nutri-
tional supplements that were not approved
by the relevant national regulatory bodies
and strongly discouraged the indiscriminate
use of nutritional supplements.
Also during the 1990s blood doping be-
came known using the EPO (Erythropoietin)
Under observation FIFA will test un-announced all participating players prior to the World Cup in Brazil.
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Prof. Jiri Dvorak is the FIFA Chief
Medical Officer.
and/or blood transfusions. FIFA as the rst
International Federation, consequently intro-
duced blood sample procedures during the
World Cup in Korea/Japan. The results did
not indicate any suspicion of blood manipu-
lation by the players.
US $3 million to catch one cheater
FIFA has a very stringent system in doping
controls at all competitions, from U-17 to the
World Cup. Two players per team, per match
are randomly selected, under-going a doping
control immediately afer the match and the
number of players being controlled can be
increased should there be a suspicion of dop-
ing. Out-of-competition controls are also
routinely performed and similar procedures
are organised by the Confederations, mem-
ber associations and national anti-doping
organisations.
Since 2005 the WADA annual reports on
global doping controls, describes the total
number of adverse analytical ndings. The
number of positive cases in football represent-
ing the abuse of anabolic steroids and hor-
mones remains on average at 0.03% compared
to 0.4% of the overall WADA statistics. This
means that compared to other sports, anabolic
steroids are abused ten times less in football.
On the other side, large nancial resourc-
es are required to implement the current anti-
doping policy. The cost of a single doping test
is estimated at approximately US $1000 on
average. As a result, given the number of tests
conducted each year in football globally
(around 30 000), the total cost amounts to
approximately US $30 million annually. Based
on the statistics it costs around US $3 million
to catch one cheater in football for anabolic
steroids. This simple calculation expresses
the need for a possible change in the long-
term strategy.
Prevention through Education
FIFA and all confederations established a
complex educational process particularly
geared towards young footballers explaining
that there is no single medication which im-
proves the complex footballing performance
which requires both skills and cleverness,
speed running and endurance, the coordina-
tion and mental readiness and nally to also
score that lucky goal.
On the other side using any prohibited
substance is related to a high risk of being
caught and sanctioned which sometimes
can lead to the end of a career. The World
Anti- Doping Code 2015 has increased the
sanctions from two to four years for the rst
violations of the doping control regulations.
All players will be tested
It is well established in medicine that healthy
normal values can be obtained through the
analysis of blood, urine or other body tissues
such as hair. While examining patients during
daily routines, these parameters are regularly
controlled and doctors watch for any deviation
which could indicate a possible disease. The
same principle is applied for the biological
passport. Any deviation from the genetic blue-
print in athletes may indicate a potential
abuse of performance enhancing drugs such as
anabolic steroids or hormones and/or the ma-
nipulation of blood.
On the other-hand, a deviation in the longitudi-
nal observation may also indicate a possible
disease which would require a further investiga-
tion. A worthy impressive example is the detec-
tion of the human choriogonadotropin hormone
in men. This is a substance which can be abused
to boost performance, however it may also re-
sult in the production of testicular cancer in the
young male population. Early detection of such
cancer must be treated without delay. The FIFA
Anti-Doping Unit discovered such a case
through routine controls and immediately in-
formed the footballer to initiate an appropriate
medical investigation and treatment.
Establishing the biological prole (or
passport as commonly known) requires sev-
eral samples of blood and urine so that labo-
ratory experts and doctors can make compar-
isons. FIFA in collaboration with the
confederations and in future with the nation-
al leagues, are currently establishing a
database in order to monitor footballers dur-
ing their professional career. Laboratory
ndings from diferent in and out of compe-
titions controls are stored in a central data
base for comparison. FIFA began this process
by testing players during the Club World Cup
2011, 2012 and 2013, and for the Confedera-
tions Cup 2013, all players were tested.
The World Cup in Brazil will serve as a
bench-mark in the development of the future
strategy. All participating players undergo
un-announced controls prior to the competi-
tion by giving blood and urine samples. The
values will then be compared to the values ob-
tained during routine testing following each
match. For some players who participated in
previous competitions, more samples will be
available to draw comparisons. The data base
is also enhanced by the sampling procedures
obtained from UEFA during the Champions
League 2013, 2014 and the Euro 2012.
The rst results of this more deterrent, pos-
sibly ecient and cost efective strategy are
promising. And FIFA is experiencing a positive
atitude from all teams demonstrating the gen-
eral support of the football community to keep
our sport free of doping.
There is no
single medication
which improves
the skills to score
that lucky goal.
Doping cases in Football
2005 2010 2013
Total samples
analysed
23 478 30 398 tbc
Positive
cases total
76
(0.32%)
105
(0.35%)
47
(tbc)

Statistics of true positive cases in football
worldwide. Total number of samples taken
from footballers based upon WADA
statistical report (2013 not published yet).
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T H E N
White Hart Lane,
London, England
1962
Players photograph players: Totenham Hotspur duo Jimmy Greaves (lef) and Mel Hopkins turn
the lens on their team-mates.
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Burnley, England
2014
Players photograph themselves: Burnley team-mates snap a sele afer securing promotion to
the Premier League.
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FI FA WORLD RANKI NG
Ranking Rank Team Change in ranking Points
1 Spain 0 1460
2 Germany 0 1340
3 Portugal 0 1245
4 Brazil 2 1210
5 Colombia -1 1186
6 Uruguay -1 1181
7 Argentina -1 1178
8 Switzerland 0 1161
9 Italy 0 1115
10 Greece 0 1082
11 England 0 1043
12 Belgium 0 1039
13 Chile 1 1037
14 USA -1 1015
15 Netherlands 0 967
16 France 0 935
17 Ukraine 0 913
18 Russia 0 903
19 Mexico 0 877
20 Croatia 0 871
21 Cte dIvoire 0 830
22 Scotland 0 825
23 Denmark 0 819
24 Egypt 0 798
25 Bosnia- Herzegovina 0 795
25 Sweden 0 795
25 Algeria 0 795
28 Ecuador 0 794
29 Slovenia 0 787
30 Serbia 0 759
30 Honduras 2 759
32 Romania -1 756
33 Armenia 0 750
34 Costa Rica 0 748
35 Panama 0 739
36 Czech Republic 0 731
37 Iran 0 715
38 Ghana 0 713
39 Turkey 0 711
40 Austria 0 673
41 Venezuela 0 666
42 Peru 1 665
42 Cape Verde Islands 0 665
44 Nigeria 1 631
45 Hungary -1 623
46 Slovakia 0 616
47 Japan 0 613
47 Wales 0 613
49 Tunisia 0 597
50 Cameroon 0 583
51 Guinea 0 580
52 Finland 0 578
53 Uzbekistan 0 577
54 Montenegro 0 555
55 Korea Republic 1 551
55 Norway 1 551
55 Paraguay -1 551
58 Iceland 0 546
59 Mali 0 545
59 Australia 0 545
61 Burkina Faso 0 528
62 Libya 0 522
63 Senegal 0 511
64 Jordan 0 510
65 South Africa 1 507
66 Republic of Ireland -1 504
67 United Arab Emirates 0 499
68 Bolivia 0 497
69 El Salvador 0 488
70 Albania 0 486
71 Sierra Leone 0 484
72 Poland 0 479
73 Bulgaria 0 460
74 Trinidad and Tobago 2 457
75 Saudi Arabia 0 455
76 Morocco 0 454
77 Haiti 2 452
78 Israel 0 450
79 Zambia -5 448
80 FYR Macedonia 0 443
81 Jamaica 1 420
82 Oman -1 418
83 Belarus 0 404
84 Northern Ireland 0 400
85 Azerbaijan 0 398
86 Uganda 0 395
87 Gabon 0 386
88 Congo DR 0 380
89 Togo 0 374
90 Cuba 0 371
91 Botswana 0 369
92 Congo 0 367
93 Estonia 0 366
94 Angola 0 347
95 Qatar 0 338
96 China PR 0 333
97 Benin 0 332
98 Zimbabwe 0 327
99 Moldova 0 325
100 Iraq 0 321
101 Ethiopia 0 319
102 Niger 0 315
103 Georgia 0 303
104 Lithuania 0 293
105 Bahrain 0 289
106 Kenya 0 284
106 Central African Republic 0 284
108 Kuwait 0 283
109 Latvia 0 273
110 Canada 0 272
111 New Zealand 0 271
112 Luxembourg 0 266
113 Equatorial Guinea 0 261
114 Mozambique 0 251
114 Lebanon 1 251
116 Vietnam 0 242
117 Sudan 0 241
118 Kazakhstan 0 235
119 Liberia 0 234
120 Namibia 0 233
121 Tajikistan 12 229
122 Malawi -1 227
122 Tanzania 0 227
124 Guatemala 0 223
125 Burundi 0 215
126 Dominican Republic 0 212
126 St Vincent and the Grenadines 9 212
128 Malta -1 204
128 Afghanistan -6 204
130 Cyprus -2 201
131 Suriname -2 197
131 Rwanda -2 197
133 St Lucia 8 191
134 Gambia -3 190
134 Syria -3 190
136 Grenada -2 188
137 Korea DPR 0 175
138 New Caledonia -2 174
139 Mauritania 13 165
140 Philippines 3 161
141 Lesotho -3 159
142 Antigua and Barbuda -3 158
143 Thailand -3 156
144 Belize -1 152
145 Malaysia -3 149
146 Kyrgyzstan 1 148
147 Singapore -2 144
147 India -2 144
149 Puerto Rico -2 143
150 Liechtenstein -1 139
151 Guyana -1 137
152 Indonesia -1 135
153 Maldives 0 124
153 St Kitts and Nevis 0 124
155 Aruba 0 122
156 Turkmenistan 0 119
157 Tahiti 0 116
158 Hong Kong 0 111
159 Pakistan 2 102
159 Nepal 0 102
161 Barbados 1 101
162 Bangladesh 1 98
163 Dominica -3 93
164 Faroe Islands 0 91
165 Chad 4 88
165 Palestine -1 88
167 So Tom e Prncipe -1 86
168 Nicaragua -1 84
169 Bermuda -1 83
170 Chinese Taipei 0 78
171 Guam 0 77
172 Solomon Islands 0 75
173 Sri Lanka 0 73
173 Laos 1 73
173 Myanmar 1 73
176 Seychelles 1 66
177 Curaao 1 65
178 Swaziland 1 64
179 Yemen 1 63
180 Mauritius -4 55
180 Vanuatu 1 55
182 Fiji 0 47
183 Samoa 0 45
184 Comoros 0 43
184 Guinea- Bissau 0 43
186 Bahamas 0 40
187 Mongolia 0 35
188 Montserrat 0 33
189 Madagascar 0 32
190 Cambodia 0 28
191 Brunei Darussalam 0 26
191 Timor- Leste 0 26
191 Tonga 0 26
194 US Virgin Islands 0 23
195 Cayman Islands 0 21
195 Papua New Guinea 0 21
197 British Virgin Islands 0 18
197 American Samoa 0 18
199 Andorra 0 16
200 Eritrea 0 11
201 South Sudan 0 10
202 Somalia 0 8
202 Macau 0 8
204 Djibouti 0 6
205 Cook Islands 0 5
206 Anguilla 0 3
207 Bhutan 0 0
207 San Marino 0 0
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0
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35 THE FI FA WEEKLY
In Turning Point, personalities reflect
on a decisive moment in their lives.
T URNI NG POI NT
Name
Leroy Rosenior
Date and place of birth
24 August 1964, London (England)
Clubs
Fulham, Queens Park Rangers,
West Ham United, Charlton
Athletic, Bristol City, Fleet Town,
Gloucester City
Clubs coached
Gloucester City, Merthyr Tydl,
Torquay United, Brentford
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was siting at home in Bristol and although
it was spring the weather wasnt great. My
last job as manager had ended a few months
earlier when I was dismissed by Brentford.
At the time I was trying to establish myself
as a journalist and I was working on some
articles. In the afernoon I got a call from Mike
Bateson, the owner of Torquay United. Ive
known him a long time as wed worked togeth-
er in the past. He told me he was looking to sell
up afer 17 years in charge of the club and that
he needed someone reliable to help out in the
meantime. Even though the club had just been
relegated to the Conference, the fh tier, I said
yes straight away.
Id managed the Gulls between 2002 and
2006 and I grew fond of the club during my
time there. I was happy to do Mike a favour and
it was good to go back to Torquay as I have
some friends in the city. In my rst spell at
Torquay we won promotion to League One de-
spite having a small budget of just 900,000. I
wondered whether we might be able to achieve
similar success this time but I was also aware
that the adventure would be over as soon as
Mike found a buyer.
The next day I drove from Bristol to Torquay
as Id agreed with Mike to go down there two or
three times per week. The season had just n-
ished and there were no training sessions to
take charge of. I didn't bother booking a hotel
as it was only 100 miles away. A press confer-
ence had been called that afernoon and the
journalists asked me what my aims were. I said
things like improving the side, playing atack-
ing football, geting promoted and so on.
At around 4:40, ten minutes afer the press
conference had ended, Mike called me again
and told me hed sold the club. At rst I thought
it was a joke. That wouldnt have been out of
character for Mike as we ofen have a laugh to-
gether. I went to see him and over a cup of tea
he told me hed sold his 51 per cent stake in the
club. Cris Boyce was the new owner and, as I
discovered, Paul Buckle was to be the new man-
ager. I thought to myself: you lasted ten min-
utes in the job, that has to be some sort of re-
cord. Mike apologised but he didnt need to.
We both laughed about the absurdity of the
situation and the press soon got wind of my
whirlwind dismissal. I told the BBC that I had
done an excellent job in my ten minutes here.
Youve got to be able to laugh at yourself a bit.
I would do it all over again because it was
all about trying to help out a friend. We hadnt
even signed a contract as it all happened so
quickly. I still get asked about the episode a lot
but I dont mind. Im not bothered by the way
things turned out, quite the opposite in fact: I
can laugh about it and am at peace with myself.
I just wish Torquay could have a bit more to
cheer about. It hurt me to see them relegated
to the Conference Premier last season.
As told to Nicola Berger
On 24 May 2007 Leroy Rosenior
was appointed manager of
Torquay United, only to lose
his job just ten minutes later.
The former striker explains
what happened.
At rst I
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feedback- theweekly@fifa.org
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here are several group matches that are
denitely worth watching. The opening
game between Brazil and Croatia is one
of them, not only because its the rst
match of the tournament, but because
those 90 minutes signal the start of a
wonderful month. The atmosphere on the rst
day of the World Cup is always breathtaking
and an entertaining opening game obviously
contributes to the excitement.
I presume youll be watching the opening
game anyway, Mr. Olsson, so let me recommend
another one to be on the safe side. As a Euro-
pean, itll rob you of a few hours sleep, but itll
be worth it. On the night of 15 June, Italy play
England at midnight (CET). The game is being
played deep in the Brazilian jungle, in Manaus.
That fact alone makes this one an extremely
intriguing contest. Watching all those stars
will be a real treat. Its the rst game of a long
tournament and a good start could make all
the diference. Both teams will want to test
each other out, but they mustnt sit back too
much. Its a strong group and if Uruguay, the
third former World Cup winners in the group,
Which group game do I
simply have to watch?
Question from Melvin Olsson, Gothenburg
beat Costa Rica a few hours earlier, both teams
will be under pressure.
The Italians are strong tactically and
theyre a force to be reckoned with. The English
are all about tradition and ghting spirit.
Its possible theyll play with an air of freedom
as nobody is expecting them to do well. Im
expecting a thrilling match on the night of
15 June.
Perikles Monioudis
Diferentiating roles in the world of work is an
age-old practice and certainly dates back much
further than even the ideas of Henry Ford,
whose assembly lines ushered in a new era of
industrial production in the 1910s and not just
for cars.
In todays football, an assistant coach, team
doctor and other members of the support staf
sit on the bench, ready to intervene at the right
moment, led by a coach who issues instructions
and makes substitutions. In earlier days, when
football had not yet begun to allocate all these
roles, the coach was also responsible for treat-
ing injured players.
For example, if a player was knocked un-
conscious afer going up for a header in the
penalty area and falling awkwardly onto the
hard, trampled sand below, the coach would go
out onto the pitch with a botle of smelling
salts to bring him round and let him snif them
until he was able to rejoin the game.
There is no longer any place for smelling
salts in modern sport, and the coach has long
since delegated medical tasks to others. The
botles and leather bags containing these salts,
such as this one embossed with the words
Ramsgate F.C., 3 from the FIFA Collection, are
no longer seen on football pitches either, al-
though the leather bag could now be sold on as
a stylish vintage piece.
A leather bag like the one shown above
would not look out of place with fashionable
coaches such as Jose Mourinho or Pep Guardi-
ola. However, Guardiola does not seek to inte-
grate his players in any kind of goal production
line with clearly diferentiated roles. Instead,
he demands that his players do everything
equally well, or even perfectly.
Although an immaculate bag would t well
with this ethos, dont you agree that it would
perhaps be beter suited not to the Spaniard,
but to the modern games most perfect player,
Portugals Cristiano Ronaldo?
Playmaker Gunter Netzer, pictured here as a 26-year-old, was a wizard with the ball at his feet.
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Which animal is
visible on this 2014
World Cup shirt?
The majority of the tickets for the 2014 World Cup have gone to Brazil,
but which country has purchased the second-highest number?
Unfortunately for the two players in the picture on the far right, no Ballon dOr winner or runner-
up has been able to follow up that success by triumphing at the next World Cup. Only a few third-
placed nishers in the vote have managed to do so. Who does not belong in that category?
In a football tournament contested by over a dozen national teams
from all over the world, hosts Brazil played in the nal at the
Maracana Stadium against
Who gets the most World Cup tickets, who played at the Maracana
and who will not lift the trophy this summer?
A Colombia I France
O Portugal R Ghana
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T HI S WEEK S POLL ASK T HE WEEKLY
L AST WEEK S POLL RESULT S
WEEK I N NUMBERS
Which club will have the
most representatives at the
World Cup?
Horst Dreher, Berlin, Germany
In the provisional 30-man
squads, German double winners
Bayern Munich are most strongly
represented with 17 players.
A total of 102 players from the
Bundesliga are likely to feature
in South America this summer,
but the biggest league contingent
is the 131 players from Englands
Premier League. 101 professionals
from Italys Serie A have been
named, with a further 80 from
the Primera Division in Spain. In
contrast, only 16 players based in
host nation Brazil have been
provisionally selected for the
World Cup. Football associations
must announce their nal
23-man squads on 2 June. (thr)
5 14121
How will defending
champions Spain fare
at the World Cup?
40% Eliminated in
quarter-nals
10% World Cup winners
5% Eliminated at
group stage
15% Eliminated in
semi-nals
20% Beaten nalists
10% Eliminated in
Round of 16
regular season goals
was the new Major
League Soccer record
set by Landon Donovan.
The 32-year-old LA
Galaxy star struck twice
in Sundays 4-1 win over
Philadelphia Union to
move beyond the mark
he had shared with Jef
Cunningham, this in his
rst game since being
dropped from USAs
World Cup pool.
league titles was the
milestone reached by
Crvena Zvezda (pictured
Dragan Mrdja) this
season, re-establishing
them as Serbias record
champions. The Bel-
grade giants, popularly
known as Red Star,
made sure of this latest
championship with a
game to spare and in
doing so ended a
six-year streak of
success for their biter
city rivals Partizan
Belgrade.
successive Ghanaian
league titles won by
Asante Kotoko (pictured
Osei Ko) afer they
clinched their latest
crown with two games
to spare last Wednes-
day. It was the Porcu-
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championship overall,
strengthening their
hold on the national
record, with old rivals
Hearts of Oak ve
behind on the all-time
list.
Which team can spring a surprise
at this summers World Cup?
Will it be Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Chile, Japan, Nigeria, Switzerland or
another country? Who can challenge
the favourites? Email your views to:
feedback-theweekly@fa.org
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