Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - O mere egwuregwu mba ụwa mbụ ya maka Brazil n'afọ 1990. A họpụtara ya dị ka onye na-agba aka ekpe maka 1994 FIFA World Cup, na-eme ka Roberto Carlos na-eto eto pụọ na otu ahụ, nke na-ewute nke ikpeazụ. Leonardo gbara bọọlụ nke ọma n'egwuregwu nke mbụ mana e mechara nye ya mmachi egwuregwu anọ maka ịpị onye ọkaibe mba Amerịka bụ Tab Ramos aka n'isi, nke mere ka ọkpụkpụ isi ya gbajie nke mere o ji nọrọ n'ụlọọgwụ ọnwa atọ na ọkara. Nkwụsị nke Leonardo gbochiri ya isonye na asọmpi fọdụrụnụ. Ọ bụ mmachibido iwu nke abụọ kachasị ogologo n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke World Cup, mgbe mmachibido iwu Mauro Tassotti nke egwuregwu asatọ maka imebi imi Luis Enrique n'otu asọmpi ahụ. N'afọ 1995, o sonyere na Copa América
na Brazil, ebe ndị otu ahụ ruru agba nke ikpeazụ.