FRANCE 98 – Brazil – M. Zagallo: “I hope we will play as though we hadn't qualified”

“I will announce the 11 starters tomorrow. I hope we will play as though we hadn’t qualified, as much as if we win, we will eliminate NORWAY (Group A); which is a very difficult team.

I’m not worried about the NORWAY team line-up, I’m more concerned about BRAZIL.

Sixty years ago, in 1938, the BRAZIL team lost 2-1 against ITALY in the semi-final of the World Cup is this very same stade Vélodrome in MARSEILLE, but I’m not superstitious.”