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"The match against Brazil was football at its best. Both sides had opportunities to win the game."
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"Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves."

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

"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."

"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."

"During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus."

"We were the best team in the world: European champions in 1984, we qualified without a hitch and 86 was to be the swan song for a very experienced side."

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

"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."

"I was playing the best football of my career at the time, finishing top scorer in Italy three year's running. There were other good players around but I think I was the best at that time."

"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."
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