Brazilians want to see their beloved team pack a positive result in the first game against Krosia that will begin soon. Meeting hosts Brazil and Croatia in Group A will mark the start of the world's biggest football party of the year, "World Cup 2014".
Brazil had positive results in the last warm-up game before the World Cup kick-off to subdue Serbia 1-0 thanks to a single goal Fred some time ago. Even so, Scolari expect the full support of its citizens at home to Croatia the next day.
Supported players qualified from the goalkeeper to the front line, on paper Selecao team favored to overthrow Niko Kovac. Especially in the last two meetings the two teams, Brazil never lost with a scooped victory in the 2006 World Cup and the previous year at 1-1.
Despite a favorite label, does not mean Neymar cs Croatia could see the eyes in this fight. Regarded as a new person in the World Cup, Vetreni likely to give a surprise package for the host. They did not have a big name player Neymar class, but see names like Ivica Olic, Ivan Rakitic, Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic is spreading in Europe teams are believed to be able to overcome the resistance of Brazil.
Columnists Alan Hansen wrote on Telegraph that Brazil may ultimately deliver the kind of football which the romantics, and even those who adhere to a ‘winning is everything’ mentality like myself, are desperate to see, but Luiz Felipe Scolari realises that the only way to keep the pressure is off is by winning, so success must come before style.
In winning the Confederations Cup 12 months ago, Brazil showed they will be more functional than flamboyant. Scolari will ensure that they play with a compact structure because he knows that you have to defend well to win.
The Brazilian team of 1970 were able to blend incredible style and flair in order to win the World Cup, but the Brazil I faced in 1982 – arguably the best team never to win a World Cup – fell short of glory because they came up against an Italian team which was able to defend properly and take advantage of the Brazilians’ defensive shortcomings.
Scolari proved he had learnt the lessons of history in 2002, when he guided Brazil to the World Cup with a much more compact and disciplined team than the one which failed in Spain 20 years earlier.
And with the options he has at his disposal for this tournament, you cannot envisage Brazil being anything other than a team set up to win first and entertain second.
When you look through the Brazil squad, Neymar stands out as the player who can make a difference. He is a box of tricks, has a real turn of pace and is somebody who has the ability to convert the chances that will come his way.
But the key for Brazil in terms of dealing with the expectancy in this World Cup is simply to win their games. If they leave us all breathless with amazing football, but crash out in the quarter-finals, they will be regarded by their own supporters as failures.
It is all about emerging with the trophy and Scolari will use that to silence any complaints about style if Brazil win the World Cup on July 13, 2014.
Brazil had positive results in the last warm-up game before the World Cup kick-off to subdue Serbia 1-0 thanks to a single goal Fred some time ago. Even so, Scolari expect the full support of its citizens at home to Croatia the next day.Supported players qualified from the goalkeeper to the front line, on paper Selecao team favored to overthrow Niko Kovac. Especially in the last two meetings the two teams, Brazil never lost with a scooped victory in the 2006 World Cup and the previous year at 1-1.
Despite a favorite label, does not mean Neymar cs Croatia could see the eyes in this fight. Regarded as a new person in the World Cup, Vetreni likely to give a surprise package for the host. They did not have a big name player Neymar class, but see names like Ivica Olic, Ivan Rakitic, Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic is spreading in Europe teams are believed to be able to overcome the resistance of Brazil.
Columnists Alan Hansen wrote on Telegraph that Brazil may ultimately deliver the kind of football which the romantics, and even those who adhere to a ‘winning is everything’ mentality like myself, are desperate to see, but Luiz Felipe Scolari realises that the only way to keep the pressure is off is by winning, so success must come before style.
In winning the Confederations Cup 12 months ago, Brazil showed they will be more functional than flamboyant. Scolari will ensure that they play with a compact structure because he knows that you have to defend well to win.
The Brazilian team of 1970 were able to blend incredible style and flair in order to win the World Cup, but the Brazil I faced in 1982 – arguably the best team never to win a World Cup – fell short of glory because they came up against an Italian team which was able to defend properly and take advantage of the Brazilians’ defensive shortcomings.
Scolari proved he had learnt the lessons of history in 2002, when he guided Brazil to the World Cup with a much more compact and disciplined team than the one which failed in Spain 20 years earlier.
And with the options he has at his disposal for this tournament, you cannot envisage Brazil being anything other than a team set up to win first and entertain second.
When you look through the Brazil squad, Neymar stands out as the player who can make a difference. He is a box of tricks, has a real turn of pace and is somebody who has the ability to convert the chances that will come his way.
But the key for Brazil in terms of dealing with the expectancy in this World Cup is simply to win their games. If they leave us all breathless with amazing football, but crash out in the quarter-finals, they will be regarded by their own supporters as failures.
It is all about emerging with the trophy and Scolari will use that to silence any complaints about style if Brazil win the World Cup on July 13, 2014.
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