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Podcast: The Great Brazil Side of 1982

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Horsfield’s 1982 Brazil: The Glorious Failure is released on 26 October 2020.

Sócrates, Zico, Éder, Falcão, Júnior…all names that conjure up a certain mystique. The Brazil side that travelled to Spain for the 1982 World Cup is arguably one of the best teams never to have been crowned world champions.

The story of that ill-fated campaign has now been brought to life by Stuart Horsfield in his first book, 1982 Brazil: The Glorious Failure. Stuart joins us on the podcast for a trip down memory lane…

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Chris

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