00:03Brazil has been blessed on football's greatest stage.
00:07With five World Cup victories, no nation embodies success like the CĆ©lecone.
00:12But their recent history is layered with a theme of triumph and disaster.
00:192002, a Ronaldo-inspired victory in the final over Germany.
00:262014, a promising campaign on home soil left in tatters by an injury to Neymar
00:32and a catastrophic 7-1 semi-final defeat.
00:35This time, Germany turning the tables.
00:40And the brains behind both operations, Luis Felipe Scolari.
00:46With stints at an array of clubs in Brazil, the Middle East, England, China and even Uzbekistan.
00:53Scolari has never seemed settled, even in his international ventures.
01:01Struggling to qualify on the eve of the 2002 World Cup,
01:06Brazil enlisted Scolari to guide them safely to football's greatest stage.
01:13The Celesome made it and ensured the World Cup wouldn't be without star trio Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho.
01:22But Scolari was in no mood for fairy tales, unashamedly omitting veteran striker Romario from his squad.
01:34I'm sorry for those athletes that have been left out. Win or lose, it's my choice. My duty is to
01:40win.
01:41We don't have a second place culture in this country, he said.
01:47After a shaky qualifying campaign, Brazil cruised through the group stages, absorbing the best the world could throw at it
01:54during the knockouts,
01:55before Ronaldo did Ronaldo things in the final.
02:01The breathtaking striker ended Germany's run of four straight clean sheets, getting two past the seemingly impenetrable Oliver Kahn,
02:09taking his tally to a record 15 in his four World Cups.
02:16Brazil won the match 2-0, and Scolari had delivered his nation a record fifth World Cup.
02:26His time at Brazil ended after the 2002 World Cup, taking a role at Portugal in 2003,
02:33and then a high-profile stint with English Premier League Team Chelsea in 2008, where he lasted just seven months.
02:41But they say home is where the heart is, and that is where Scolari returned, in 2012, to Brazil, in
02:49time for the 2014 World Cup on home soil in Rio de Janeiro.
02:55Having fallen to an all-time low ranking of 22nd, Brazil needed a spark, and it seemed Scolari was the
03:03man.
03:05The Celoso lost their first match upon his return, but quickly turned their form around by winning the 2013 Confederations
03:13Cup.
03:14Neymar starred, and a 3-0 victory in the final against Spain was the exclamation mark on their preparation for
03:20the World Cup.
03:24A team that are five-time World Champions have something in their history.
03:29Our history at this moment, with all the players that we have playing both here and abroad, is full of
03:33very good quality.
03:35What our opponents should fear is all this good work we have been doing in Brazil.
03:43But disaster lurked around the corner.
03:48After a promising group stage, a spiteful quarter-final clash would plant the seed of doubt.
03:55Neymar fractured his vertebrae after a savage Colombian tackle.
03:59He missed the rest of the World Cup.
04:03Brazil was in disarray, trounced 7-1 in the semi-final against eventual Champions Germany, humiliated on home turf.
04:14Once again, Scolari was out the door, with questions lingering over his legacy.
04:21He answered by saying,
04:22To those who want to blame me, if I'm the only one responsible for the defeat in 2014, I'm therefore
04:29the only one responsible for the triumph in 2002.
04:36He was adored by those who saw the Celeson triumph in 2002.
04:41But that euphoric feeling, replaced by gut-wrenching grief 12 years later.
04:47Proof of the unforgiving theater that is football's greatest stage.
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