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Tournament of the Americas notebook

By Carlos Morales
ESPNdeportes.com

Thursday, August 23, 2007

LAS VEGAS -- The charges of Brazilian player Marcus Vinicius against coach Lula Ferreira, the rumors that players had risen up against the coach and gained control of the team, and the Brazilian press' declaration that the team was leaderless, ended up demoralizing the players. The truth is, they reached the one game they couldn't lose (against Argentina) and had all the opportunities to make it directly to the Olympic Games, but were unable to deliver. Argentina didn't have a good defensive s ...

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