What do you think, is the old Brazil back after these results?
Joking aside it is of course not easy to make an assumption depending on just a friendly match. But especially in the match against Spain Brazil players looked very ambitious. It was like we were watching a World Cup finale you know.
When they made the score 3-3 their happiness was like they won an important match in a competition.
They had better show the same ambition in the World Cup qualifiers immediately. Otherwise they might even risk their quota for that. I guess things wouldn't come to that point but it is always better to take precautions in time.
The all-time leading scorer for Brazil, and the symbol of football in their country for the past decade, Neymar will miss the tournament after he suffered an ACL injury while on international duty in October. Whether he even plays again for his country remains to be seen.
Yes, I saw the results. But saying the old Brazil is back is absolutely too much optimism in my opinion. It will take more time for Brazil to actually get back or find the previous glory that they had once. Currently, they are definitely not looking like a team that has won the World Cup five times. And there are a lot of reasons for that.
Current Brazil XI squad (4-3-3): Alisson; Yan Couto, Gabriel, Marquinhos, Carlos Augusto; Bruno Guimaraes, Casemiro, Paqueta; Rodrygo, Richarlison, Vinicius.
Source:
https://www.goal.com/en-in/lists/brazil-copa-america-2024-squad-dorival-junior/blt3c3e8b96dd3771ab#cs65703a2d5e970b10Look at the squad, the main reason being that Brazil has been able to produce a lot of flashy winger players. But they have not been able to produce really good defenders or midfielders and a big position which is very important, strikers. The number of wingers that Brazil has right now if they had half the number of players of other positions, they would have definitely been a great squad. But currently, the squad is pretty unbalanced in my opinion.