You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In '82 Brazil showed that you can't win the World Cup without a solid defense.
If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong.
If you want to win the World Cup, you need to play against the best national teams in the world.
For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
I have scored against every team, every country, every defender in the world.
But as far as I'm concerned, I can still play defense.
If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.
Without the ball, you can't win.
So I'd rather have a defense that's successful where everyone's comfortable in their positions.
You have to play defense, that's how you win.