Brazil’s performance was not satisfactory last night. They
were unimpressive throughout the match. According to coach Carlos Dunga, “It’s
normal after a long time off. You can’t have a perfect game. Lot of things we
practiced in training came out well and we can do them even better. I liked how
this team performed.” Well, he defended his team’s performance like his way of
defending, but in my opinion, Dunga seems to be running a team where there is a
lack of freedom.
The Selecao always relishes freedom and when they are given
the opportunity to play freely, they script the best of football displays. How
long Dunga can move on with his pragmatism remains a moot question. I can’t
term Dunga’s tactics as compactness which was evident till the international
friendly against Austria last year. The Austrian holding midfielders dented
Brazil’s languidness last year and suddenly, Dunga switched back to his
2008-to-2010-style-of-play: safety-first option.
Brazil these days score a goal and then defend it like the
Italians used to do in the 80s and 90s. It suited Italy very well, but in the
case of Brazil, they can never be the option as the style of Latin American
football is not that. Dunga’s such a tactic got backfired in the Copa America
and if he sticks to his pragmatic style, Brazil will suffer big time in the
upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
Brazil have always played to score goals and delight the
fans and experts with their samba style. The safety-first option has never been
Brazil’s style. Sadly, Dunga doesn’t realize this despite having so many better
options.
Thank You
Thank You
Faisal Caesar
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