Pre-match: Amistosos: BRASIL x França, 26/3; x Chile, 29/3 [R]

Brazil NT might be immune to your jinx.

 

Iran beat Chile 2-0!!! WTF??

 

Well Galvão was saying they were not using their full team, but even so... Shocking result, I expect much more from them.

 

Can't really complain about much today. Dunga subs were terrible. Willian did much better in the second. Still think we can used someone better but he has performed overall to his credit. Oscar was MOTM IMO. Gustavo and the backline played great. Best game I seen from Danilo in the NT and it has nothing to do with him offensively, defensively he impressed me.

Solid game for Firmino IMO. In comparison with Tardelli. I would of like to see him link up with Neymar a little better than he did though but it was his first start.

 

Full team in the 2nd half only Vidal missing Iran was missing 3 starters as well

 

I know this sounds crazy, but I would like to see L. Adriano and Firmino play up front together

 

Every time Willian is criticized in a thread, he ends up playing well.

 

And then the next game has a downer where we end up criticizing him again LOL.

 

Congratulations, guys! I hope this helped in your preparation for Copa America.

(But please leave Oscar at home next time!)

 

Just kidding - he's not terrible you know!

But for those of you that want him replaced with Coutinho - you'd better hope you have Maldini playing behind him; he's just not a wing player. He's been doing very well at Liverpool, but because they've left him play centrally and eliminated defensive responsibilities from him. You could try a Christmas tree with him and Neymar behind a striker, but you haven't played that formation before. Otherwise the natural player to leave out is Oscar, and I'm not sure Neymar will like that so much. The one thing that Oscar does really well is occupy the space where Neymar isn't, something Coutinho's not likely to do.

Oscar's a really unusual player, though I'm glad he did well today, obviously.

 

Willian isn't terrible and I was upset he wasn't used much during the World Cup.

As disappointing as this is to type, I don't think Coutinho has a spot on this team in the future besides being a backup. I myself just want to see him given a chance for just one game particularly because of his creativity that Oscar and Willian don't have as Brazilians. We don't know what Dunga says at training so I don't want to assume he just won't defend with Brazil esp since Dunga has emphasized that EVERYONE has to defend. He relays that message in training as well.

As far as Neymar goes, he has been friends with Coutinho since they were kids and said Coutinho would be the best EPL player in their league. I doubt he'd be upset at Coutinho's inclusion in the starting lineup.

 

NICE WIN! I really didn't expect it - Dunga on a roll, and all this without one fuking forward. Really sad that we cannot come up with one single solitary forward other than Firmino, but he did pretty good.
Looked like we played with 5 volantes.
Willian is definite starter for this team. Neymar comes through as usual - his dry spell at Barca has no effect on his NT performance.
Defense first half, extremely shakie. We can't give up goals on these set pieces!
Luiz Gustavo, Oscar all definite permanent starters.
Would have liked to see Marcelo, especially at his present form.
Now on to Chile.
PRA FRENTE BRASIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I think Coutinho is more of a pure #10 in a game that's phasing them out; that's why Ozil's had to move around for almost every team he has played for recently. (Ironically the last manager to use him most as a #10 was Mourinho!) Those players are harder to accommodate generally, because if they're having an off-game, they're complete passengers. I also don't think that Neymar would literally dislike Coutinho taking up similar spaces, but you'd see a lot more frustration, and like it or not, you've built your side around Neymar (not a bad player to do so, mind!).

As for Willian, I was mostly joking. But admit it - you wanted him used more because you just thought Hulk was terrible

 

Firmino is a playmaker in first place. He scores quites often though. Imho he could be more useful for closing the creative hole in the midfield.

 

Hi Pandore,

I know you might have been joking about leave Oscar at home, but my big concern for him is that he hasn't had a summer off since 2010!!

 

Yeah, it would have been nice to win, but we have no competitive games until Euro 2016 at home so I think we're just watching friendlies for entertainment and for the preparation until next summer. Plus, generally speaking, French fans have a lot of respect for Brazil's football history. If it had been against a team we didn't like, there would have been a lot of booing!

As for the singing of the anthem, I'm not sure, but I don't think it had to do with Charlie. Was it during the game or at the end? I didn't hear it

Oh no, I was serious! He's the reason we'll be missing Ibra, our top goal scorer this season, against Barcelona.

 

Even though he played as the #9 (or false nine at least), he only took two shots vs France... And both were quite good. I wouldn't mind to see him shooting more often!

 

I heard it was because he playing more as a attacking midfielder this season rather than striker last season.

 

Well it makes me happy to hear other nations still respect us even after the German demolition Thank you, best of luck at the euros!

 

Thanks and good luck to you guys at the Copa America this summer! I hope you guys win. It would make me happy to see our Brazilian players do well this summer.