Taffarel was awesome.

Taffarel was the best... nobody wanted to play goalkeeper in Brazil. In fact, very few wanted to play defense. You had the CBs and fullbacks play like CFs and wingers. It was great lol. Whenever there was a free kick going into the Brazil box, it was mass chaos as nobody knew what to do.

It didn't matter for the most part since Brazil mostly dominated games and they managed to defend just on pure athleticism.

Taffarel was in the goal because there was nobody else. I'm convinced.

Brazil haven't joga bonitad since the 80s tbh. This is nothing new, the problem is now that their indivdual players can't carry the team. They where so anti joga in WC '94 that they where booed by their own fans. In the copa and in 98 they played some decent football but it wasn't jog bonita. 2002 they played counter attack waiting for opponents to make mistakes, so much so that Lord Cruyff criticised them. They have become a practical team, that is their identity, it has been for the last 20+ years. The whole Brazil should = entertainment is one of the biggest myths in modern football.

Montenegro > Brazil

If you want Joga Bonito go watch Futsal.