Dunga faces ex-mentor Sven-Goran
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June 20, 2010, Sunday
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BRAZIL coach Dunga faces his former mentor Sven-Goran Eriksson on the touchline when the five-time world champion meets Ivory Coast in a mouth-watering World Cup Group G clash at Soccer City in Johannesburg today.
Former England and Mexico coach Eriksson, now in charge of the West Africans, was Dunga's coach for a season at Fiorentina in 1988-89 and said recently that even then he could see that Dunga, 25 at the time, was leadership material.
"I know the manager very well, I brought him to Fiorentina and had him there for a year," said the Swede.
"Even as a player, he knew tactically everything about football. He's one of the best footballers I ever had, he was fantastic, defending, attacking, he knew exactly everything.
"I'm not surprised that they (Brazil) are extremely well-organized, it's not easy to score a goal against them," he said, adding that determination ran through Dunga's veins.
The match will also see Brazil defender Lucio renew his rivalry with Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba, who will play with a FIFA-approved cast to protect his fractured elbow.
They faced each other when Lucio's Inter Milan knocked Chelsea out of last season's Champions League, with Drogba's frustration boiling over when he was sent off late in the second leg.
Brazil, which struggled against a packed North Korean defense last Tuesday before finally winning 2-1, said it hoped the Africans - needing points after a goalless draw with Portugal in their opener - would play a more open game.
"It's always more difficult when the other team plays with 10 at the back. But I think Ivory Coast will come out and try and play," said midfielder Julio Baptista.
Brazil will be playing its sixth match against African opposition at the World Cup, having won its previous five clashes - Zaire (1974), Algeria (1986), Cameroon (1994), Morocco (1998) and Ghana (2006) - without conceding a goal.
Brazil would reach six points with a victory, enough to make it one of the two teams that advance from the group. Ivory Coast would not be eliminated with a loss.
Former England and Mexico coach Eriksson, now in charge of the West Africans, was Dunga's coach for a season at Fiorentina in 1988-89 and said recently that even then he could see that Dunga, 25 at the time, was leadership material.
"I know the manager very well, I brought him to Fiorentina and had him there for a year," said the Swede.
"Even as a player, he knew tactically everything about football. He's one of the best footballers I ever had, he was fantastic, defending, attacking, he knew exactly everything.
"I'm not surprised that they (Brazil) are extremely well-organized, it's not easy to score a goal against them," he said, adding that determination ran through Dunga's veins.
The match will also see Brazil defender Lucio renew his rivalry with Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba, who will play with a FIFA-approved cast to protect his fractured elbow.
They faced each other when Lucio's Inter Milan knocked Chelsea out of last season's Champions League, with Drogba's frustration boiling over when he was sent off late in the second leg.
Brazil, which struggled against a packed North Korean defense last Tuesday before finally winning 2-1, said it hoped the Africans - needing points after a goalless draw with Portugal in their opener - would play a more open game.
"It's always more difficult when the other team plays with 10 at the back. But I think Ivory Coast will come out and try and play," said midfielder Julio Baptista.
Brazil will be playing its sixth match against African opposition at the World Cup, having won its previous five clashes - Zaire (1974), Algeria (1986), Cameroon (1994), Morocco (1998) and Ghana (2006) - without conceding a goal.
Brazil would reach six points with a victory, enough to make it one of the two teams that advance from the group. Ivory Coast would not be eliminated with a loss.
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