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Wales narrow the gap

What better way to stifle Brazil’s fearsome wingers than giving them less room to blaze their way beyond tiring opponents? Back in 2000, Wales’s fledgling manager Mark Hughes hit upon the brainwave of shrinking the Millennium Stadium’s pitch to thwart the likes of Zé Roberto, Sylvinho and Cafu.

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