Brazil’s Summer of 1998: Defending Champions, Favourites and the Best Forward in the World

This is part one of a series on Brazil’s 1998 FIFA World Cup. To read part two, “Brazil’s Summer of 1998: The Final, Confusion and Chaos,” click here.   “Why did we not win? Because we let in three goals. Because we lost.”    Speaking to a flurry of reporters two years after losing a…