Brazil fail to reach World Cup? Don’t rule it out as they head to Argentina

[Jonathan Wilson]

Brazil head into a qualifier in Buenos Aires amid problems off and on the pitch, and their insistence on living in the past means the future looks uninspiringWhat if Brazil failed to qualify for the World Cup? The prospect seems incredible but it is one that football may have to try to come to terms with. It is still a distant possibility but, given how awful the side have been at their last two major tournaments and given how they have started qualifying for Russia 2018, it is not as preposterous a scenario as it would once have seemed. With Argentina also stuttering off the blocks there will be an unexpected sense of anxiety about Thursday’s meeting in El Monumental.
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