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    Brazil coach Parreira bars the 'magic' word

    By Brian Homewood

    Thursday, October 13, 2005

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says he does not want to hear the word magic again in the run-up to the World Cup. After the world champions completed the qualifiers with a 3-0 win over Venezuela on Wednesday, Parreira said he would keep his ultra-attacking line-up with four out of Robinho, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Adriano. But he said he would not be calling it the 'Magic Quartet', the name favoured by the Brazilian media. 'The word magic is no ...

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