Without a doubt the investments flows into Brazil by foreign investors are bolstering the real.

There has been an improvement in the country's fundamentals and a reduction in external vulnerability. That's allowing the government to lengthen debt maturities at smaller premiums.

We also have Brazil's strong trade surplus, and the reduction in the central bank offering of currency swap contracts, and they are all combining to push up the currency.

Someday I'd like to do some real traveling. I'm obsessed with Brazil and I've always had this dream of backpacking through South America.

Slowly, slowly I am starting to understand what has happened to me and to this Brazil team.

It's wonderful for Brazil to have so many talented forwards. We have many good players, and I don't think other teams have so many, so I think that it's a good problem. We have good replacements. It's wonderful.