“The game is too tactical now, too physical,” he says. “What we once called the Beautiful Game no longer exists.” Rivelino played in three World Cups for Brazil. He was part of the famous team which ...

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One would think that a football school bearing the last name of a Brazil football legend would bring more traffic jams to the already clogged streets of São Paulo's Brooklyn neighborhood. But the ...