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Quite simply, Brazil is very good at football.

They’ve won the World Cup more than anyone else, with five stars above their badge to prove it, and have provided an endless river of ridiculous footballers who have changed the face of the game. And Claudio Cacapa.

Names like Neymar, Ronaldinho and Kaka have lit up the world of football and before them the country that never seems to suffer for a lack of talent enjoyed another Golden Era, with Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Roberto Carlos. And if they weren’t starry enough, before modern football came along and ruined everything for nostalgics, Garrincha, Zico and the awe-inspiring Pele were making jaws drop around the planet.

Football is engrained in Brazilian culture just as gravy runs through the veins of the English. And while their current national side appears to be in a slight rut (only by their...