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i certainly think that you could make a case for the argument that mario zagallo is every bit as important as pele in those years when brazil establishes itself as the country of football. it's obviously less glamorous than pele, less talented than pele. but what zagallo symbolised was the balance between attack and defence. he was the left winger, little left winger in those first two world cup winning sides. and this is a time when brazil are pioneering the back four. they're withdrawing another player to the heart of the defence. but they've still got four up fronts. now do your maths. that only leaves two in the middle of the field and zagallo realised that they had a lot of ground to cover. so what he did was not only he was an attacker when his team had the ball at left wing, when his team lost the ball, he would shuffle back and work like mad in midfield. that's why he was called the little ant. these days it's what everyone does those days. everyone does those days