FORMER NATIONAL TEAM SOCCER COACH ZAGALLO YELLS BACK AT CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATOR, 2000-11-21 (photo)

Former Brazilian national team soccer coach Mario Zagallo (L) yells back at a member of the Lower House of Congress, as Congressman Aldo Rebelo, who heads the committee investigating the Nike contract with the CBF, tries to calm him down, in Brasilia November 21, 2000. Zagallo testified to a commission of inquiry set up by both houses of Congress amid public outcry over the way Brazil's so-called "national passion" is administered. The last 12 months have seen domestic chaos, poor results at the international level and a series of scandals, which led to another former coach, Wanderley Luxemburgo, getting sacked. One commission wants to see how much influence a contract between sportswear giant Nike exerts over the national soccer confederation (CBF), which many Brazilians feel is an incursion into national sovereignty. GN/MMR