Antony and Jesus coming in. Vin Jr. probably going since he has a game on Thursday. The other one out is probably Cunha.
Poor touch by Cunha just now. He's going to leave soon probably, and very frustrated if we don't score. I'm thinking we're going to see Richarlison as the number 9 in March.
Come on... give BG more than 15 minutes... I hope he can show his quality. Deserved applause for Coutinho as he is subbed off.
I honestly wonder if we'll see more subs, maybe a late Fred or Gabigol... but it would be cool to get Gabriel in for his first cap. After another goal or two.
Man, Antony always looks dangerous. He's going to be a super sub for us if he doesn't win a starting spot before November.
I hate Gabriel Jesus' perpetual sad face. On reddit recently someone pointed out he looks like the gingerbread man in Shrek when he pouts. Cannot unsee that.
And looks like I was dead wrong on subs. Everton Ribeiro and Rodrygo coming in. Probably for Raphinha and Paqueta?
Which is why so many people are hopeful that in the end Neymar will be a false 9, but it just didn't really work yet and yeah, we're stuck with hard working forwards but not goalscorers. Richarlison might still have a shot.
Paraguay almost close the game out on a golaço... 4x0 though, game is over. Not much to take from it defensively, in my opinion. But good ball movement, switching the field and decision making in the offensive half.
Paraguay has nothing to test Brazil's defense with. Tite now has a new headache - these kids mostraram serviço and demonstrated they want to be in the World Cup. Glad to see Olympic gold medalist Antony with solid football, including a great goal. Perhaps Tite has read some of our posts... This was a rather different starting XI and it yielded results. But it wasn't just the new blood, it was also an attitude change. Overall, one of Brazil's better games in some time. At several moments in 2021, Brazil played unimpressively but won. Tonight, Brazil played very well and won - the frailties of the opponent are enough to prevent any impetuous conclusions going forward. But I do believe Tite will return to this stadium on March 24 vs. Chile with a better idea of how to deploy the team. Chile will provide a bigger fight; they're still (theoretically) in contention, they must win, and they'd love to be the first team to ever defeat Brazil in Brazil in WCQ.