HAND IT TO RONNIE
WITH their backs to the wall, there was very little Barcelona could do to respond.
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WITH their backs to the wall, there was very little Barcelona could do to respond.
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FIFA Magazine: The great Pele recently said: “To be sure of winning, the Brazilian team only needs one player: Alessandro Nesta.” How do you react to that?
Alessandro Nesta: I’m grateful to Pele for his kind words. It is one of the nicest compliments I’ve ever been given. Brazil have better individual talents and more of them than any other country. Just look at Ronaldinho, Adriano, Ronaldo and Kaka – they can all control and win a game single-handedly. Yet football is a team sport. In two recent major tournaments, the 2002 World Cup and EURO 2004, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, Greece and the Czech Republic all showed that team spirit can be more important than simply having outstanding individual players. Nevertheless, Brazil definitely figure among the favourites to win this year’s World Cup in Germany.
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Alessandro Nesta has been regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the world for a good few years now.
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