A Brazil vs Colombia affair can never be termed as friendly,
but physicality takes over. I could hardly witness any football out there as
hot-temper existed most of the times. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.
Alex Sandro was a flop. He was responsible for both
conceding bothy the goals. This is not the Sandro of 2016-17. These days he is
the shadow of past and this demands an opportunity for either Renan Lodi or
Alex Telles.
The left flank of Brazil remains a headache. Only Felipe
Luis used gave some sort of stability when he was playing.
The frontline of Brazil seemed saturated with too many
number 10s. It was reminiscent of Mexico 1970, where, except for Clodoaldo, the
rest of the five players up front were genuine number 10.
But those were an extraordinary bunch of boys, but this team
is just good and thus, Tite needs to put the right player in the right place.
Putting all the number 10s up front was a bold try and I
appreciate it. If this plan is nurtured, it may make these good boys into
something better and even best.
Neymar is back. Despite being the victim of rough treatment
on the pitch, which forced him to limit his dribbling abilities, he was the
reason why Brazil could salvage a draw. He assisted one goal, while scored one.
The second goal was a treat - Philippe Coutinho dropped down
in the centre midfield and provided a long ball on the right flank to Dani
Alves, who cut through the Colombian defence and passed in the centre where
Neymar beat the keeper to equalize. That goal in the 58th minute calmed down
Tite, who looked anxious when Colombia went 2-1 ahead.
Not the kind of football one would enjoy and as a Brazil
fan, I was expecting Brazil to shake Colombia. But they could not do such.
Brazil looked disorganized and let just say, it may happen after a long break
and against a physical side like Colombia, the possibilities of such
disorganization is more likely to happen.
Faisal Caesar
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