Latest articles by Mauricio Savarese
'Barnes made us all confused about what he’d do, that’s why no one tackled him'
Great Goals Retold John Barnes' slalom spectacular against Brazil, as told by the men he beat at the Maracana in 1984...
Déjà Flu sends Brazilian club football into chaos
Fluminense FFT's man in Brazil, Mauricio Savarese, on the full-blown farce threatening to derail the country's top flight in a rather big year...
Ronaldinho: "I was 48 hours from joining Man United... and then Sandro Rosell called"
The Big Interview Who was the best player he ever came up against? How tough a decision was it to leave Barcelona? And why didn't he join United before that? YOUR questions answered...
Zagallo doubts Brazil, England 2014 chances
FIFA World Cup Unlike most of his compatriots, four-time World Cup winner Mario Zagallo doesn’t believe Brazil yet have what it takes to win the Holy Grail on home soil next summer.
Dunga returns to prove why Brazil really are backwards
Dunga Dunga is back in the Brazil hotseat but few are happy about it, as FFT's Brazilian correspondent Mauricio Savarese discusses...
Great Goals Retold: Carlos Alberto vs Italy, 1970
Great Goals Retold Back in 2014, the former Brazil captain talked FourFourTwo through his iconic goal in the 1970 World Cup Final
A leader and a perfectionist: Meet our guest editor Ronaldo
FourFourTwo For FFT's 20th-anniversary issue - available now, worldwide - we hired an all-time legend legend as guest editor: a certain Ronaldo, no other name needed. Mauricio Savarese explains how the Phenomenon became FFT's gaffer...
Year Zero: Brazil may want to copy trendy European models, but they can't afford to
Brazil Mauricio Savarese looks at the fallout from Brazil's World Cup campaign and wonders whether the 7-1 defeat to Germany might in fact be a spark for positive change...
Panic on the streets of Rio: Bitterness rises between Brazil and Argentina fans ahead of Maracana final
Brazil Mauricio Savarese reports on the growing emnity between Brazilians and Argentinians ahead of the World Cup final...
England fans better off in Brazil's most visited cities
England England fans will be better off in Brazil’s most visited cities next summer, according to Britain's ambassador to the World Cup hosts.
100 days to go: Brazil are just like their stadia - still a few pieces short
FIFA World Cup FFT's Brazilian correspondent, Mauricio Savarese, discusses the missing elements of Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil team...
Mineirazo is a sad comedy, not a Maracanazo tragedy – and Luiz is the least of Brazil's problems
Brazil FFT's man in Brazil Mauricio Savarese on what happens next after one of history's most stunning semi-final results...
Brazil's football violence won't stop the World Cup, the World Cup won't stop the violence
World Cup 2014 FourFourTwo.com's man in Brazil, Mauricio Savarese, reports on the disturbing scenes that marred the final weekend of the domestic season...
Why Brazilians want Uruguay to beat England
Uruguay The Maracanazo? Ask granddad, modern Brazilians tell Mauricio Savarese...
Pelé: The only Brazilian to come out of the World Cup (even) bigger than he started
Pelé Mauricio Savarese on the upsurge in popularity of Brazil's prized treasure during the South American showpiece...
Where are they now? Brazil’s wasted generation that could have won the World Cup
Brazil Mauricio Savarese looks at what might have been for Brazil at the World Cup after the fall from grace of six of their star players...
Neymar the Redeemer: How Brazil's boy wonder came to carry the hopes of a nation
Neymar FFT's man in Brazil, Mauricio Savarese, explains why 200,000,000 people have everything pinned on the 22-year-old former tearaway from São Paulo...
Will the 'curse' of the Costa do Sauípe resort haunt the 2014 World Cup draw?
FIFA World Cup FourFourTwo's man in Brazil, Mauricio Savarese, arrives at the Costa do Sauípe Resort - venue for Friday's World Cup finals draw - only to learn it has a rather inauspicious history...
Things could be about to get worse for Diego Costa, the most hated player in Brazil
Diego Costa FFT's man in Brazil, Mauricio Savarese, on the least welcome visitor to this summer's World Cup...
Four months to the World Cup; four Brazilian stadiums still in deep trouble
World Cup 2014 FFT's man in Brazil, Mauricio Savarese, reports on the mounting problems for the World Cup's host nation...
