巴西男足教练：“奥运会夺金比世界杯夺冠难”_时事

巴西男足教练：“奥运会夺金比世界杯夺冠难”

Olympics harder than World Cup, Brazil's Dunga says

Brazil's Olympic soccer team member Ronaldinho (left) talks to his coach Dunga during a training session last Friday in Singapore. [Agencies]

Securing a first Olympic title will be a tougher job than the World Cup, Brazil's coach Dunga said Sunday, and insisted his young team was up to the task of soccer gold at the Beijing Games.

While Brazil has held the World Cup five times it has never won at the Olympics, but Dunga said his squad - including Ronaldinho - was coping well with the weight of expectation.

"To win (an) Olympic medal is a bit harder because we don't have much time to prepare," he told reporters in Singapore ahead of an exhibition match here Monday.

"With respect to the World Cup, we have four years to prepare for it ... in the Olympic Games normally we have 15 days and players are coming back from holidays, from other competition."

The Brazilian team, including two-time World Player of the Year Ronaldinho, 18-year-old AC Milan sensation Alexandre Pato, and Manchester United's Anderson, have been going through drills and tactics since arriving last week.

"There is a lot of pressure in winning ... most of these players, although they are young, they are already playing in big teams in Europe and also in Brazil so they are coping quite well," said Dunga.