FILE PHOTO - Brazil national soccer team training - World Cup 2018 Qualifier - Olimpico Atahualpa Stadium, Quito, Ecuador - 31/8/16 Brazil's soccer players in training. REUTERS/Kevin Granja Picture Supplied by Action Images
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Few national teams have experienced the ups and downs of Brazil over the last five years but the good news for fans of the selecao is that they are ascendant as Russia approaches.
Brazil won the 2013 Confederations Cup, hammering an all-conquering Spain side 3-0 in the final. A year later they were humiliated 7-1 at home by Germany in the World Cup semi-finals and early exits at the Copa America in 2015 and 2016 deepened the gloom.
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