Brian Homewood
JOHANNESBURG
Dunga is the Portuguese name for Dopey, the smallest of Snow White's seven dwarfs, but for many people it would have been more appropriate if Brazil's coach had been named after Grumpy.
Real name Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, Dunga often seems as if he would be more at home with a dour European team rather than the flamboyant five-times champions, who many neutrals look to for World Cup inspiration.
One afternoon, on a visit to his family, he had summoned up the courage to tell his father that he didn't want to become a priest. That he wanted to travel.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Ethnic Uzbeks gather near the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border in southern Kyrgyzstan, on Saturday, June 12, 2010, trying to seek refuge in Uzbekistan from mobs of Kyrgyz men attacking the minority Uzbek community. The country's second-largest city, Osh, slid into chaos Friday when gangs of young Kyrgyz men armed with firearms and metal rods marched on Uzbek neighborhoods and set their homes on fire. Thousands of terrified ethnic Uzbeks were fleeing toward the nearby border with Uzbekistan.(AP Photo/D. Dalton Bennett)
South Korea head coach Huh Jung-moo, left, shouts instructions to his players as Argentina head coach Diego Maradona, right, looks on during the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
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Argentina head coach Diego Maradona reacts as South Korea head coach Huh Jung-moo, is seen in background at right, during the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Referee Frank De Bleeckere from Belgium, center, shows a yellow card to South Korea's Lee Chung-yong, left, as Argentina's Nicolas Burdisso, right, gets up during the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
The June 2, 1986 file photo shows Spanish referee Victoriano Sanchez, center, showing the yellow card to South Korean player Jung-Moo Huh for fouling Argentina's Diego Maradona, left, during the first half of the Football World Cup match between South Korea and Argentina in Mexico City. Argentina defeated South Korea 3-1. 24 years later both face each other again as coaches of the national soccer teams of Argentina and South Korea playing their soccer World Cup group B match on Thursday, June 17, 2010 in Johannesburg. (AP Photo
Referee Frank De Bleeckere from Belgium, center, shows a yellow card to South Korea's Lee Chung-yong, left, as Argentina's Nicolas Burdisso, right, gets up during the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
The June 2, 1986 file photo shows Spanish referee Victoriano Sanchez, center, showing the yellow card to South Korean player Jung-Moo Huh for fouling Argentina's Diego Maradona, left, during the first half of the Football World Cup match between South Korea and Argentina in Mexico City. Argentina defeated South Korea 3-1. 24 years later both face each other again as coaches of the national soccer teams of Argentina and South Korea playing their soccer World Cup group B match on Thursday, June 17, 2010 in Johannesburg. (AP Photo
Argentina head coach Diego Maradona celebrates during the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Argentina won 4-1. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Argentina head coach Diego Maradona, right, and Argentina's Lionel Messi, left walk off the pitch after Argentina won the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Argentina won 4-1. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Argentina head coach Diego Maradona, right, and Argentina's Lionel Messi, left walk off the pitch after Argentina won the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. Argentina won 4-1. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain, left, scores a goal as South Korea's Lee Young-pyo, second form left, and South Korea's Lee Jung-soo, right, fail to block his shot during the World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and South Korea at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Britain's Prince Harry is greeted by children from the Mophane Primary school, in Gaborone, Botswana, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. Prince William and Prince Harry will be visiting charity projects they oversee in Botswana and Lesotho, and South Africa, host of this year's soccer World Cup. AP/Shayne Robinson
Britain's Prince Harry, left, and Prince William, right, join park manager Neil Whitson with a cheetah at the Mokolodi nature reserve near Gaborone, Botswana, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. William and Harry will be visiting charity projects they oversee in Botswana and Lesotho this week and South Africa, host of this year's Soccer World Cup. AP/Shayne Robinson
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