OZOIR-LA-FERRIERE, July 11: For every decision, Mario Zagallo has 160 million second-guessers back home. He takes tranquilisers for stress. His critics call him obtuse, outdated and worse. He can't get enough.``Soccer is passion,'' the Brazilian coach said. ``It's my life. I embraced it, and do it for pleasure even though it's my job.''
Perhaps only love can explain what drives Zagallo at 66 to seek a fifth World Cup title when it plays against France on Sunday. And he's already talking about a sixth.
``I'm old because of time,'' he said. ``My hair is white, but I have the desire and the determination for another Cup.''
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