Post by mesi10 on Jan 10, 2024 23:52:23 GMT -5
Brazil, one of the big favorites for the title, got stuck this Sunday in its World Cup debut against Switzerland (1-1), which revealed all the shortcomings of the Canarinha and Neymar, who was missing in action.
The five-time champion did not learn from Spain's mistakes and stumbled on the same rock as La Roja eight years ago in the World Cup in South Africa and, what is worse, left many doubts with a predictable game.
Like the rest of the favorites in this World Cup, Brazil showed that although they have a defined game plan, they don't know whether to attack with everything or swim and put away their clothes.
No sign of the beautiful game and a lot of caution, which spoiled a duel that had aroused a lot of expectation, especially after Argentina's tie.
After Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick against Spain and Leo Messi's performance, marred by the failure to take the penalty, a lot was expected of Binance App Users Data Neymar, but he barely shone, hampered by the ankle injury that kept him out of action for three months. the playing fields.
The fact is that Switzerland came out better, which seemed ready to repeat the defeat of the World Cup in South Africa. In fact, Vladímir Pétkovic's team was the first to warn through Dzemaili, who finished over the crossbar after receiving a good cross from the right in the heart of the area.
Of course, Paulinho was able to score in the eleventh minute after a beautiful combination between Neymar and Coutinho that the defense did not know how to clear and the Barcelona player was about to take advantage, but the ball after his semi-miss shot came out licking the post.
A distracted Neymar received the ball too far from the goal and every time he touched the ball, two players from the Swiss squad jumped on him
Then, Coutinho appeared and undid the mess with a trademark goal, one of which he has scored for dozens wherever he has been, including Barcelona.
He received the ball on the edge of the area, armed his right leg with unusual speed and placed the ball throughout the left corner defended by Sommer, who although he knew where the ball was going, was unable to reach it (min.20)
From then on the Brazilians let themselves be loved, trying to get the Central Europeans to open up to give them the finishing touch to their counterattack.
But the Swiss had a plan and remained faithful to it like a Swiss watch, even when they were behind on the scoreboard, although they lacked the last pass and the incursions of the Spanish-Chilean Ricardo Rodríguez, who was very controlled all night.
The five-time champion did not learn from Spain's mistakes and stumbled on the same rock as La Roja eight years ago in the World Cup in South Africa and, what is worse, left many doubts with a predictable game.
Like the rest of the favorites in this World Cup, Brazil showed that although they have a defined game plan, they don't know whether to attack with everything or swim and put away their clothes.
No sign of the beautiful game and a lot of caution, which spoiled a duel that had aroused a lot of expectation, especially after Argentina's tie.
After Cristiano Ronaldo's hat trick against Spain and Leo Messi's performance, marred by the failure to take the penalty, a lot was expected of Binance App Users Data Neymar, but he barely shone, hampered by the ankle injury that kept him out of action for three months. the playing fields.
The fact is that Switzerland came out better, which seemed ready to repeat the defeat of the World Cup in South Africa. In fact, Vladímir Pétkovic's team was the first to warn through Dzemaili, who finished over the crossbar after receiving a good cross from the right in the heart of the area.
Of course, Paulinho was able to score in the eleventh minute after a beautiful combination between Neymar and Coutinho that the defense did not know how to clear and the Barcelona player was about to take advantage, but the ball after his semi-miss shot came out licking the post.
A distracted Neymar received the ball too far from the goal and every time he touched the ball, two players from the Swiss squad jumped on him
Then, Coutinho appeared and undid the mess with a trademark goal, one of which he has scored for dozens wherever he has been, including Barcelona.
He received the ball on the edge of the area, armed his right leg with unusual speed and placed the ball throughout the left corner defended by Sommer, who although he knew where the ball was going, was unable to reach it (min.20)
From then on the Brazilians let themselves be loved, trying to get the Central Europeans to open up to give them the finishing touch to their counterattack.
But the Swiss had a plan and remained faithful to it like a Swiss watch, even when they were behind on the scoreboard, although they lacked the last pass and the incursions of the Spanish-Chilean Ricardo Rodríguez, who was very controlled all night.
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