71.   Top Brazilian defender Cafu missed a training session in Malaysia Wednesday because of a nagging back injury, a team official said.

72.   Werder Bremen has signed Brazilian defender Junior Bajano from Sao Paulo for the next three seasons, the German first-division club said Sunday.

73.   Villarreal has signed Brazilian international defender Juliano Belletti from Sao Paulo, the Spanish first-division club confirmed Friday.

74.   Villarreal has signed the Brazilian international defender Juliano Belletti from Sao Paulo, the Spanish first-division club confirmed Friday.

75.   Yugoslavian Zeljko Petrovic chased a long ball from Brazilian defender Vampeta and whacked the ball into the roof of the net to open the scoring.

76.   French defender Vincent Candela could not train Sunday with muscle problems while veteran Brazilian defender Aldair and Argentinian stopper Walter Samuel were also shrugging off knocks.

77.   French first division side Paris Saint Germain announced Thursday the signing of Brazilian defender Paulo Cesar Arruda Parente on a five-year deal.

78.   Ian Taylor fired Villa in front only for Brazilian defender Emerson Thome to level matters four minutes from time.

79.   A superb cross by Daniel Amokachi, who plays with English side Everton, split three retreating Brazilian defenders and found Victor Ikpeba completely unmarked.

80.   Bernard Diomede should have equalised after going past Brazilian defender Marcio Santos only to hit his close range shot straight at Edwin Van der Sar.