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How Jewish soccer legends forced to flee the Holocaust built modern football

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Benfica coach and manager Bela Guttmann (1900-1981), blowing a whistle, during a training session at White City Stadium in London, England, 5th April 1962. (photo credit: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Béla Guttmann changed the shape of modern Brazilian soccer – and changed the sport forever – when he imported the revolutionary 4-2-4 system from Hungary to São Paulo in 1957.