PARIS, July 12: All Brazil hopes that a spiky-haired veteran, famed for snarling and snapping at anyone who challenges him, will become the first captain to raise the World Cup in two successive tournaments.``The dream I have is that Dunga can lift the Cup, no more than that,'' said mid-fielder Roberto Carlos at a training session ahead of the final with France, voicing the obsession of 165 million compatriots.No man, not even a Brazilian, has ever led a country to two World Cup triumphs in the space of four years. Few have fought back to the top after being as derided - and discarded - as Carlos Caetano Verri, better known as Dunga, the mean mid-fielder.Dunga, the 34-year-old who will play his last match for Brazil tomorrow - to the great relief of exasperated opponents and one or two referees who have heard what he thinks of them close up - is ready to play the history man.It is a role that looked unlikely going in to the last World Cup in the United States in 1994 when Rai started ascaptain before being dropped after three games.Dunga, who now plays his club football in Japan with Jubiliwata, was widely blamed for Brazil's failure to get past the second round in the 1990 World Cup in Italy. At the time, he was playing in Italy with Fiorentina and was deemed to be typical of the team's disappointing sterile European style. He was not capped again until 1993.Now, in his third World Cup, he holds the joint national record for World Cup appearances with goalkeeper Taffarel. Both have played 17 matches, one more than striker Jairzinho who played in the 1966, 1970 and 1974 competitions.Tomorrow's match will be Dunga's 90th international.In France, Dunga has stood out for his determination and refusal to allow his team-mates to give anything less than 100 per cent on the field.``He's a pain but he does it for the good of the team,'' commented mid-fielder Doriva.Sometimes, his motivational impulses get the better of him altogether, as when he had a blazing row with striker Bebeto,the two yelling at each other and almost coming to blows.``I was wrong, I made a mistake, which is normal in our lives and we have to learn,'' he said afterwards. He was subdued and silent for much of the next match, Brazil's 2-1 defeat to Norway, and players admitted they missed his constant stream of invective and instructions.``Sometimes, silence is golden,'' he said, but coach Mario Zagallo soon disabused him of that notion. ``Dunga is going to shout just as he always does, he is the leader on the field,'' he said.Tomorrow, the captain can be expected to be in full cry. For Brazil, snarling can be golden too.
