One Shot Away
By: Bruno Romani | July 11th, 2007We were one shot away from elimination.
We were one shot away after Afonso and Fernando, who are Dunga’s inventions, missed their penalties. But still, we were one shot away after Maicon and Júlio Baptista, two other inventions, scored in the match.
We were one shot away after Doni, the most unreliable Brazilian keeper ever, conceded two goals in two mistakes. But still, we were one shot away after Doni’s best match with the national squad.
We were one shot away after Uruguay played better half of the first-half. But still, we were one shot away after playing our best 15 minutes in Copa America, which vanished with the lights from the stadium.
We were one shot away after playing a terrible second-half. But still, we were one shot away after Diego made us play better the end of the match.
We were one shot away after choosing to play with 3 defensive midfielders and without a playmaker. But still, we were one shot away after Josué’s great performance in the match.
When García ran to the ball, Brazil was one shot away from elimination. But he missed it. And Lugano, the man who made fame and fortune(?), playing in Brazil was one shot away from elimination. How ironic life is.
Brazil, for the first time, denied Lugano something. His penalty was denied. And so his qualification for the final.
We were one shot away from the reality that Dunga is not a coach. Now we are one game away from forgetting it.
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Doni came off the line very early and I was surprised that it did not get called.
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the two goalies did. so it’s fine.
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doni is no good, i dont know why roma sticks with him instead of curci. josue is alright, but miniero and gilberto silva too? a little over kill. baptista is more of a shadow striker, so its like have 3 mids and 3 strikers, theres just no tactics from dunga, its incredible
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You’re kidding right? Doni was your man of the match. If it wasn’t for him, it wouldn’t have even made it to penalty kicks. He made a couple of great saves. Also, give Uruguay some credit, one could easily argue that they were the better team on the night, especially after the lights went out.
I could see where you COULD blame Doni for the first goal, but where were the defenders? How do you leave your oppositions most dangerous scorer unmarked at the top of the box on a corner? That’s got to be one of the worse set play defense I’ve seen in a while.
On the second goal, Doni should have been more worried about the diving header attempt and his defense should have had Abreu covered, but they were just standing around as if they were spectators.
Like I said, without Doni making some great saves, including a rocket shot attempt by Forlan, it doesn’t even go to penalties.
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I think Julio Batista played alright. It was Robinho that after receiving two or three hard tackles who vanished from the game. Yes, Brazil got lucky. Hope they do better against Argentina (or Mexico).
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Brazil and Dunga were terribly unimpressive, but got the win. Basically, as I see it, unless Argentina beats them 4-0 or so, Dunga will survive.
I really struggle to see why Wagner Love is getting sooo many minutes. Is it completely impossible to stick Robinho, Anderson or Diego up front? Any of them would be a much much better option that Love or Afonso.
As for Uruguay … screw them. They start fights with Brazil after the game, then their U-20 team starts a fight with the U.S. after the U.S. beat them. I guess the rule is that if you beat Uruguay, you need to just silently leave the field.
–WKW
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hey william,
fights with uruguay are expected. im surprised when they don’t fight.as for vagner love, dunga should answer you. i don’t understand his decisions.
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Even if Brazil beat Argentina in the final. I don’t think they deserve to be champion. I think you all have no complain that Argentina should be the champion of this Copa. They play beautiful football that Brazil are long missing.
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Doni played better that before, but still not good enough. He still far from first class keeper like Buffon. Second goal was left back Gilberto’s mistake. He was caught napping. Every time Maicon helped attack, Diego Forlan take advantage of the space he leave behind. With three defensive midfielder, the first goal should not happened. Afonso who? Love who? I thought brazil should have tons of good striker. Now their U-20 also hopeless. Pato who?
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Unbelievable! At THIS time Argentina is a -110 MoneyLive bet in tomorrow’s game, but it will be interesting to see how that number changes. Were I the oddsmaker, I’d have them at least -135…. perhaps higher.
That’s what we call a major “overlay” — and, forgive me, but (as much as I love Brasil, having just spent a joyful month there) I sure don’t trust Dunga’s decisions, and my money is on Argentina, especially at this price.Posted from
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