His Conferedation's Cup squad, in terms of talent, is probably the worst squad we have ever seen in the carioca shirt. The corpse of Gilberto Silva has been dredged up from the Turkish or Greek league or wherever he's been forced to stud to protect a solid but unremarkable defence led by old man Lucio. In the middle we have Kaka and little else and up front, rather than the lights of Brasilian talent, we're left with Sevilla's Luis Fabiano? In support we have Robinho who disappears for stretches of games if not series of games at a time. He's the definitive lightweight if I've ever seen one.
Where are this era's Ronaldinho's or Ronaldo's? Are we led to believe that Brazil are lacking in that level of striking talent? Bull. Against a world powerhouse like South Africa, Dunga decides to leave the likes of Alexandre Pato, Nilmar, Julio Baptista, and Elano on the bench. Who is he kidding? Dani Alves is good enough to start for the Champions League champions Barcelona but not for Brazil? Dunga waits until the 80th+ minute to bring him in and almost immediately he imposes his skill on the events at hand. That's what flair players do. They change the game just by being there. No wonder Dunga is the Brazilian name for Dopey.
There's no doubt that Brazil were naive in the past, expecting skill and technical ability to take them further than Johan Cruyff's Holland or Der Bomber's Germany, but a generational change that they made after the 1982 World Cup, to forsake that which made their game great to compete with lesser more technically advanced sides, was a mistake. Dunga's Brazil are the legacy of that change; a Ferrari driven by a blind man. I think maybe it's time to return to the legend of that 1982 Brasil squad instead.
There has actually been very little criticism of Dunga's choice of Maicon over Alves. Maybe there will be some now.
ReplyDeleteHaha funnily enough, during the Brazil vs SA match I was thinking of writing an article saying exactly the same thing, with EXACTLY the same headline :-D
ReplyDeleteAgree 100%. Brazil in name, Greece in tactical makeup.
Kind of like a new Eduardo, Strong fsienhir, great technique, Wengeresque signing and even the same number Hopefully he only breaks his leg metaphorically
ReplyDeleteIt's ineedd a very good and accurate analysis, but I think three aspects were missing: 1) Even with all the good news about Real Estate market the year is ending with virtually zero growth if you consider constructions in general including maintenance of the already constructed units, 2) Nevertheless its true that the value of real estate properties is growing in amazing pace the last years and 3) If you consider Rio de Janeiro there will be enormous growth factors because of the Football World Cup and Olympics.
ReplyDeleteHi there!Brazil is not just Sao Paulo you know!!!Everyone talks about Sao Paulo and Rio, but in the ntherorn part of Brazil things are different. I wish someone would write authoritatively on what it's like in Brazil outside SP.My Brazilian wife and I own rental properties for both locals and tourists in fortaleza and they are always full. The equity values are also increasing.But what's happening in other areas in the ntherorn half of Brazil.I am fed up with just hearing about SP and Rio enough already!Andy NeillFortaleza, Brazil
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