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    Money changes everything

    By Andrew Downie

    Tuesday, December 6, 2005

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - For a few weeks at the start of this year's Brazilian league, the top of the table took on the look of yesteryear. Botafogo were top, Santos were second and Fluminense and Palmeiras were up there challenging for the top spot. It was just like in the 1960s and 1970s when teams from Rio and Sao Paulo dominated football and the names Botafogo and Santos were synonymous with Garrincha and Pele and a style of play that wowed the world. It never lasted of course. Santos ...

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