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Sleepless Solbakken reveals Ancelotti gift after Norway beat Brazil
VANCOUVER, July 6 : Norway's Stale Solbakken found it hard to sleep after their thrilling 2-1 World Cup last-16 win over Brazil on Sunday, with the coach revealing that a gracious gift from his opposite number Carlo Ancelotti put an end to a spat over a video clip. Prior to the game, many Brazilian fans were provoked by a clip of Solbakken saying "Carlo Ancelotti, we're coming for you!" following Norway's last-32 victory over the Ivory Coast, but their 58-year-old coach said it was taken out of context and it appears there were no hard feelings from Ancelotti. "I can say that he (Ancelotti) showed his enormous greatness after the match. He sent a representative in with a Brazilian shirt with my name on the back and a greeting. So it was strong stuff," Solbakken told reporters on Monday.Str
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