There is only one team in the world which can afford the luxury of resting high profile players such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and Roberto Carlos and still win a major tournament.
Brazil’s performance at the Copa America, which they won on Sunday by beating Argentina 4-2 on penalties in the final, was an awesome illustration of their strength-in-depth and has left coach Carlos Alberto Parreira more confident then ever.
Striker Adriano, who was not even in the squad for World Cup qualifiers against Argentina and Chile, finished as the competition’s top scorer with seven goals.
