Fresh from an emphatic triumph in the 2007 Copa America which ended with Brazil trouncing Argentina 3-0, the 2002 World Cup winners were expected to breeze through the usual ten team South American qualification stage.
With the top four automatically progressing combined with Brazil’s enviable record of having never failed to qualify for the World Cup, it [...]

Brazil brought the curtain down on their World Cup Qualification campaign with a disappointing 0-0 draw with Venezuela at the Estadio Universitario Pedro Pedrossian. Brazilian coach Dunga named a side that included the likes of Kaka and Luis Fabiano, but they couldn’t find away through a stubborn Venezuela Defence.
With Brazil already guaranteed a place [...]