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"Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves."

"Brazil - they're so good it's like they are running round the pitch playing with themselves."

"Because of my Portuguese heritage, I have an interest in all of the instrumentation that comes from Portugal and Brazil as well."

"My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil."

"The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game."
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"At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home."

"The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past."

"We arrived in Argentina with a lot of injured players, including our goalkeeper. Also we were unlucky to be drawn in the same group as the two tournament favourites Italy and Argentina."

"At Euro '92 itself, we bowed out to the eventual winners, Denmark, in our final group match."

"Consequently, I won just about everything I set out to win, everything bar the World Cup, of course. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals."

"The team which I led to the 1992 European Championship Finals is the only one in the history of the entire competition to have won every single one of its qualifying matches."

"You know, my role as Vice Chairman is a lot less tiring than playing matches every three days."
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