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TERESOPOLIS, Brazil – Brazil coach Dunga has poured scorn (蔑视) on the suggestion that his team lack a so – called “number nine.”

The number is traditionally worn by the out – and – out striker in Brazilian football and, at national team level, has belonged to Ronaldo for the best part of the last decade.

Ronaldo, hit by a loss of form and injuries, has not been picked since last year’s World Cup and Dunga has struggled to find a replacement. The coach, however, said he was not worried.

“We have this fixation about the number nine,” Dunga told reporters on Thursday, three days before his team face Colombia in their first match of the 2010 World Cup qualifying competition.

“If we put a number 20 on the field and he started scoring lots of goals, it would cause confusion.”

“When I played for Brazil, Romario was the marksman but he wore number 11. so I suppose today he would be out of the team.”

Adriano would have been Ronaldo’s obvious substitute until recently but has suffered a dramatic loss of form in the last year while Fred, the other leading candidate, has a long – term injury.

In their absence, Dunga has shared the striker’s role between Vagner Love and Afonso, the former managing three goals in 17 games and the latter one in seven.

The coach said it was important for all the players to share goals.

“In modern football, everyone has to score, it’s up to whoever is in the penalty area, ” he said.

“If you cross the halfway line, you become a forward and you have to know how to play the ball and have an eye for goal.”

“The more players who score goals, the better.”

1．In Dunga’s eyes,          .

       A．who wears the number nine football shirt is not important

       B．whoever wears number nine should score more goals

       C．number nine should belong to Ronaldo only

       D．number nine is causing confusion

2．Ronaldo hasn’t been picked since last year’s World Cup because          .

       A．he usually wears the number nine

       B．he can’t play well any more

       C．he is not getting on well with the coach

       D．he has some injuries and is not in good health

3．Which of the following is NOT true?

       A．Dunga is now the coach of the Brazilian national team.

       B．Dunga once played together with Romario.

       C．Number nine really has a magic power.

       D．Vagner Love once scored 3 goals in 17 games.

4．Dunga believes that          .

       A．it’s up to the striker to score goals

       B．every player should go to the penalty area

       C．it’s important for players to cross the halfway line

       D．team work is very important in modern football

5．We can infer that          .

       A．Ronaldo has got a lot of injuries

       B．Fred has also got a long – term injury

       C．football palyers can get injured easily

       D．Adriano is not in a good state

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