Football Soccer - Brazil training session - 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches- Teresopolis, Brazil- 22/3/16- Neymar (C) during a training session prior to 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers match against Uruguay at CBF training center. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Soccer fans of a certain age will always remember Falcao at the World Cup in 1982 and his starring role alongside Zico, Socrates and Cerezo in one of the greatest Brazil sides of all time.
Their heartbreaking 3-2 defeat by Italy in the second group stage that cost them a semi-final spot was unforgettable and the tournament etched Falcao's name in the history books.
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