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Brazil's Olympic soccer team member Ronaldinho (left) talks to his coach Dunga during a training session last Friday in Singapore. [Agencies]
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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.
Eighteen-year-old Pato, who has been hailed as Milan's bright new hope, said experienced players like 28-year-old Ronaldinho would help steady the nerves.
"I am glad to be in a team that consists of more experienced players who can help and support me on the field," he told reporters.
"It also calms me and helps me to try and do my best on the field."
Dunga and his team arrived in Singapore last week as part of preparations for next month's Olympics.
After a game Monday against Singapore, the team will head to Hanoi for a friendly against Vietnam's national side on Aug 1.
Brazil won the Olympic silver medal in the 1984 and 1988 Games, and bronze in 1996. The Olympic tournament begins on Aug 6.
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(Agencies)
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巴西國家男足主教練鄧加于上周日接受采訪時說，奧運會奪金比世界杯奪冠更加艱難，但他堅信年輕的“桑巴軍團”能完成在北京奧運會上奪金的任務。
盡管巴西隊曾五奪世界杯冠軍，但卻從未奪過奧運會冠軍，不過鄧加表示，以“小羅”（羅納爾迪尼奧）為領軍人物的巴西隊在本屆奧運會上一定能夠不負眾望。
本周一，鄧加在巴西隊與新加坡隊的熱身賽開始前接受記者采訪時說，“對于巴西隊而言，要贏得奧運獎牌有點難度，因為我們的備戰時間不夠充裕。”
“不像世界杯，我們有四年的備戰時間……但奧運會的比賽，我們通常只有15天的集訓時間，隊員們不是度假回來就是剛參加完其它賽事。”
巴西隊自上周抵達新加坡后就開始了各項訓練。目前巴西國家隊中的球星包括兩屆“世界足球先生”羅納爾迪尼奧，AC米蘭俱樂部新星、18歲的亞歷山大?帕托和曼聯俱樂部的安德森。
鄧加說：“我們的奪冠壓力不小…… 盡管我們的隊員都很年輕，但他們大多數已在歐洲的豪門俱樂部和巴西國家隊中站穩了腳跟，所以他們一定能處理好這種壓力。”
被譽為米蘭“希望之星”的18歲小將帕托說，經驗豐富的隊員能穩定全隊的情緒，比如28歲的“小羅”。
他在接受記者采訪時說：“隊里一些經驗豐富的球員能在比賽中給予我幫助和支持，我很慶幸能成為這個隊伍中的一員。”
“這還能讓我在比賽中保持冷靜，發揮出自己的最佳水平。”
鄧加率隊伍于上周抵達新加坡，備戰將于下月開幕的北京奧運會。
本周一對陣新加坡后，巴西隊將前往河內，于8月1日與越南國家隊打一場友誼賽。
巴西國家男足隊曾在1984年和1988年的奧運會上奪得銀牌，并在1996年的奧運會上獲得銅牌。
本屆奧運會足球比賽將于8月6日開戰。
（實習生屈上 英語點津姍姍編輯）
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