Slowly Dunga’s reign of terror looks to be ending. The samba steady free flowing essence of Brazilian football has been lost, replaced by the dour, dark and disturbing image of a team faking their true identity. The showing against Argentina proved it all, we could’ve been beaten we could’ve been attacked but we were spared by Los Hermanos. They probably laughed at what has become of us, a team putting strength before skill defensive before attack. We may have won the Copa America, but in actual fact we really lost. We allowed Dunga to stay in charge and keep giving his same defensive mediocrity, the same bull shit we endured with Parriera before, and same bull shit we need to see less of. What I mean by Parriera is he was of the same school of thought, defence and counter attack (confederation cup, look what happened when no one performed at the World Cup), and that defensive crap of caution and being scared to lose has dogged us our traditions as Brazil. Watching Argentina give the Brazil team a reality check was what was needed, they mirrored us in mentality and it was obvious they weren’t being expansive by pushing too many men up, but in truth they still dominated the majority of play. Argentina played well within themselves, and Dunga’s Brazil had no answer, no prayer, just disorganisation of a useless midfield and a few moments of Robinho.

Check their blogs, charlatan

http://globoesporte.globo.com/
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2008/olimpiada/

I agree about the Riquelme Messi link-up — great moments between the two. THe second goal reminded me of that trick goal against Colombia, where Riquelme released Messi to play against the entire defense and create a goal. The two are at another level.

I’m still waiting for Gago to take control of the field. When he doesn that, I can’t see how Arg can go wrong.

The brazilians watched and got scared…

http://www.justin.tv/brujita_veron2/187302/Argentina_vs_Costa_de_Marfil_JJOO