Trash talking in the soccer world

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Watching Argentina play England in a “friendly” soccer match over the weekend, I was reminded of another great soccer rivalry, Argentina and Brazil, and of the two ads shown here. (They’re oldies but goodies.) The story goes that in 2000, Brazil beat Argentina in a qualifier for the 2002 World Cup. Soon after, Young & Rubicam in Buenos Aires rolled out the ad above on behalf of Tulipán condoms, graphically explaining to Brazil what it could expect next time around.

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