20 years of the Magic Square: the team that seemed destined for a sixth World Cup title
Few national teams have arrived at a World Cup surrounded by as much expectation as Brazil did in 2006. Led by Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaká and Adriano, the famous ‘Magic Quartet’ combined talent, trophies and individual prestige to a degree rarely seen in international football. Two decades on, the quartet is still remembered both for the enormous potential they displayed and for the sense that they could have achieved so much more.