Brazilian Men’s National Soccer Team Takes on a New Complexion
Posted at 10:10 am | Filed Under brazil
Brazilian dominance in soccer takes a new complexion. There used to be a time when the Brazilian men’s national soccer team were of average size and build. They were small (shorter), fast and skillful. Diminutive in stature but this did not apply to their technical and tactical abilities.
The Brazilian men’s national soccer team might appear to line up in some formal positional formation and set up. Once the game starts it is an all positions for everybody on the team. They seem to play a 1 (goalkeeper) -10 (field) as all the players are in constant motion and are able to play off of each other at any time. The team members do however have certain defensive responsibilities and are accountable for their respective areas.
They truely understand “the game” and are ready to be spontaneous as well as volatile.
The Brazilian team seems to make the opponents play catch up and defensively throughout most of the contest.
A goal scoring opportunity can come from any where and any one on the field and at any time.
The only thing that you can predict is that the goalkeeper will not leave the 18 yard box to act as a forward and score some goals.
Ronaldinho has just acquired his second FIFA international player of the year award in a row. Does he deserve it? Most definitely.
He is a pleasure to observe as he sets up most of his team mates to lead his current team FC Barcelona to the top of the Spanish “La Liga”.
Now add the goalkeeper Dida who has been a major part of his team’s successes, in the back and Adriano up front who has seemed to be totally unstoppable goal scoring machine on the forward line for the Italian “Serie A”, Roberto Carlos on the left where he still has a command on the free kicks, and Ronaldo the task master who often and still shows flashes of brilliance in the mix and you have a fortress of power and abilities few can match.
I think the ball got rolling with the the introduction of Junior Biano as a defenseman in 1998. With the exception of France his presence was a dominant deterant for other teams.
The latest big man to join him is Lucio
Brazil found mass to be a compliment to all their other strengths. It would appear that they have continued to build from there. The average weight of their national team has increased without diminishing their agility and manouverability. Although not a necessity, muscle mass has been a factor in other team sports. This might be true in modern Futbol as speed has become an over-riding factor to the game in the last 15 years.
Most of the elite players are also playing in the Italian and Spanish premier leagues and on similar if not the same teams. They are learning from each other by being rivals and combats as well as compatriots.
Here are the possible candidates for the next world cup roster for Brazil.
Goalkeepers:
DIDA,
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Brazilian Soccer
Posted at 8:18 am | Filed Under brazil
The soccer madness that has never relaxed its hold on Brazil began at the turn of the century, caused the entire nation to plunge into depression in 1950, later lifted it to peaks of euphoria between 1958 and 1970, contributed to the malaise caused by the political, social, and economic difficulties afflicting the country in the 1980s, and in 1994 gave Brazil’s collective self-esteem a badly needed boost.
Global and Brazilian Soccer 2006
Sport is almost a secular religion with its myths, rules and revered heroes, often competing with religion when games are played at the same time as church services, say two Brazilian researchers. “Football and politics, the construction of a national identity”.
Their conclusion that soccer is like a secular religion is one of the findings in the book dealing with class, race and geography in sport.
As the soccer teams from around the world converged on Germany for the soccer World Cup - there is no question that the game forged and reinforced national identity in Brazil where the love of soccer is palpable.
Brazil is the only nation that has participated in every World Cup since the inception of the tournament in 1930.
Bulletin:
2006:
The Brazilian soccer confederation has hired former captain Dunga as coach of the national team.
Dunga, who was the captain of Brazil’s 1994 World Cup-winning team, replaces Carlos Alberto Parreira, who quit after Brazil was eliminated by France in the quarterfinals of this year’s World Cup in Germany.
“The choice of Dunga will fully satisfy the desires of Brazilian fans who want an enthusiastic coach on the national team,” CBF president Ricardo Teixeira said on the confederation’s Web site.
Dunga will make his debut when Brazil faces Norway in an exhibition Aug. 16 in Oslo.
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