Brazil 4 – 0 Venezuela
By: Bruno Romani | October 12th, 2008Kaka, Robinho, Adriano and Robinho. And there were people preaching about the great improvement of Venezuela in this blog when Brazil lost that friendly match. Now, things are back to normal, which means that losing for Venezuela still is a shame.
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Update
As much as I think Kaka’s commitment to the national team is far away from what it should be, whenever he is in the line-up the team plays better. Add to that the fact that Venezuela’s defense invited danger by not marking our key players, and the 3-0 in the first 15 minutes was constructed naturally – without pain or effort. But talking about Kaka is just too easy. Obviously, his participation opened spaces for Robinho and Adriano. The first scored in a very uncommon fashion by shooting from very far, completely out of his comfort zone. The second scored a goal for Brazil since the World Cup. Good job Adriano!
One thing, however, that should be talked is the participation of Elano. The guy defends and creates so many options in the right portion of the field that he should be the second defensive midfielder. He and Josue seem to be a promising duo. Gilberto Silva, I’m sorry, but you no longer have a place in the starting eleven.
After the 3-0, Brazil just managed to end the match without injuries or cards, but Adriano failed. He will not play against Colombia on Wednesday for getting his second yellow.
But as good as the victor seems, a the collection of mistakes made by the defensive duo will not be talked just because Julio Cesar had another important participation. Brazil starts every game with 3 defensiv midfielders and 4 people in the back line and still poor Venezuela created more chances than it should have had. This is something to pay attention.
As usual, Dunga called interesting players, but gave them no time to show what they can do. Mancini and Alex should’ve played the entire second-half. And again, Kleber, whose performance was better than what has been in the season, cannot be the left-back at the moment. He always seems tired.
With all that in mind, let’s see if this team can win 2 matches in a row for the World Cup Qualifying, something that hasn;t happen since the qualifying for the cup in Germany.
Category: National Team
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This game reminded me that we haven’t seen Robinho, Kaka & Adriano playing together in a very long time. Despite the four goals though, the game was too slow, they were almost walking, no urgency, no desire to attack, nothing, just a very weak Venezuela defense.
P.S. Why are you not posting anything about the Futsal World Cup, it’s a very different Brazil there?
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United States
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It is happy to see Kaka, Robinho and Adriano scored again. But the defense still make us worry. Defender and defensive midfielder were in working pace. They were giving too much spaces to Venezuela players. Thanks to Julio Cesar saves. But Lucio and Gilberto Silva are aging they are way too slow. In second half Brazil offensive players had no idea to attack and penetrate Venezuela defense. Kaka needs more support in midfield when attack.
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Malaysia -
Please i’m from Greece..There is a kind of soccer on streets which players playing with a very small ball…Could you please tell me what is the name of the sport?
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Greece -
Futsal
It’s not a very small ball, it’s number 4
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United States -
Hey, Brazil is one of the best teams ever
no doubt about that
go brazil gooo
gooo samba goooo
any comments ??Posted from
Canada -
Hi G,
I love futsal. I used to play it. The only reason I’m not covering is complete lack of time. Ihaven’t had time to watch a single match yet. It’s been pretty tough to even keep this blog somewhat updated.
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United States
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