Brazil is the only country to have participated in all 21 World Cups, and has won the championship five times, ranking first in the championship rankings, this award is unique, it can be said that if the world's football is divided, Brazil and Germany are undoubtedly the strongest two teams.
But unfortunately, since Brazil won the fifth World Cup in 2002, the results of the last four World Cups can only be regarded as average, the quarterfinals of the 2006 World Cup, the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup, the fourth place of the 2014 World Cup, the quarterfinals of the 2018 World Cup, the quarterfinals are a distant dream for the Japanese team, but for the Brazilian team, it can only be the bottom line.
In the 2002 World Cup, the Brazilian team forward combination was Rivaldo + Ronaldo + Ronaldinho, in the first round of the group stage, Brazil defeated Turkey 2-1 (Ronaldo and Rivaldo scored one goal each); in the second round, Brazil beat China 4-0 (Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Carlos, Ronaldo Scored one goal each); in the third round, Brazil defeated Costa Rica 5-2 (Ronaldo scored two goals, Rivaldo, Edmierson and Junio scored one goal each). In the quarter-finals, Brazil beat Belgium 2-0 (Ronaldo and Rivaldo scored one goal each). In the quarter-finals, Brazil beat England 2-1 (Rivaldo and Rhos scored a goal each). In the semi-finals, Brazil beat Turkey 1-0 (Ronaldo scored). In the final, Brazil beat Germany 2-0 (Ronaldo scored twice).
In the 3R combination, Ronaldo scored 8 goals to win the World Cup Golden Boot, Rivaldo scored 5 goals, tied for second with Klose, and Ronaldo scored 1 goal, although the number of goals was small, but in that classic battle against England, Ronaldo was the biggest contributor, passing merit.
In the 2006 World Cup, Brazil formed a magic quartet in front: Ronaldo + Ronaldinho + Adriano + Kaka, in the group stage, Brazil's regular starting formation is 4222, biased towards attack, goalkeeper: Dida, centre-back: Lucio + Juan, left-back Carlos, right-back Cavo, back: Zarobotto + Emerson, forward: Ronaldinho + Kaka, forward: Adriano + Ronaldo.
In the first game, with Kaka's long-range shot, Brazil won 1-0 against Croatia and made a good start, no one expected that this goal was actually Kaka's only goal in the World Cup; in the second round, Brazil beat Australia 2-0, Ade and Fred scored, but everyone who watched the game knew that although Brazil won, it was quite difficult. Brazil, who played on the bench in the third round, still beat Japan 4-1, and Ronaldo scored twice, but it has to be said that the Japanese team was too weak, and finally Brazil was the first in the 9-point group to qualify.
In the quarter-finals, Brazil beat Ghana 3-0, with Ronaldo, Adriano and Ze Robert scoring one goal each. In the quarter-finals, he met his old rival France, and finally because of Carlos's staring mistake, Henry scored a key goal, and Brazil lost 0-1, stopping in the quarterfinals.
The final magic quartet scored as follows: Ronaldo 4, Adriano 2, Kaka 1 and Ronaldo 0. It can be said without hesitation that the performance of the magic quartet is far inferior to that of the 3R, why?
First, the core of the 3R combination is Ronaldo and Rivaldo, Ronaldo in 2002 is still much stronger than Ronaldo in 2006, and Ade, Ronaldo Jr. and Kaka are not as good as Rivaldo.
Second, in the 2006 World Cup, Xiao Luo's state was too poor, in 2002 he did a good job, but in 06 he was the core, the performance was simply a mess, Ade was even against France in the first battle did not catch, Kaka was also replaced at half-time. On the whole, the overall strength of 3R exceeds that of the magic quartet, and the state is better than the other party, and the difference in performance is understandable.