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Once it was Batistuta vs. Ronaldo. Now it’s Tulipán condoms vs. the Brazilian Football Confederation.

The soccer rivalry between Argentina and Brazil has spawned an unlikely advertising tussle. It began in 2000, when Brazil beat Argen tina in a qualifier for this summer’s World Cup. Soon after, Young & Rubi cam Buenos Aires rolled out the Tuli pán condom ad shown here, not so subtly telling Brazil what it could expect next time around. The tagline trans lates to, “We are already think ing of revenge.”

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