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Tactical revolution unseats Brazil
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Tactical revolution unseats Brazil

Tuesday 13 September 2011

More evenly contested than some of its predecessors, the sixth FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup proved an engrossing event, ending with the tactically astute Russians deposing mighty Brazil.

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