Brazil as a football country is just a collective memory – 05/08/2023 – Tostão

The elimination of the women’s team in the group stage of the World Cup was a disappointment, since there was a positive expectation that the team could have a great campaign, much better than the previous ones, based on the long time of work, on the great results against strong opponents and Coach Pia’s experience and successful career.

The coach, who was highly praised for her technical ability and the great environment she had in the national team, has been heavily criticized and may be dismissed, as if her performance was the major determining factor in the failure. It is necessary to change the relationship of worship in victories and massacre in defeats with coaches and coaches. Elimination cannot be a reason for retreats. Investments and support for women’s football must continue.

The huge expectation created and the great appreciation of the Women’s World Cup generated a greater responsibility for victory and excellent performance. This disturbed the players, and the team became more tense, rushed and flustered.

The global collective memory that Brazil is the country of football, the feeling that here there are only stars and opponents are scared to death of facing the Brazilian national team, male or female, no longer exists. The fear was for the yellow or blue shirt. In the Cup, it was Brazil that did not know how to face emotional problems.

Brazilian men’s and women’s football needs to evolve, on and off the field. The established, exaggeratedly repeated pattern of concepts, strategies, the overvaluation of statistics and coaches needs to be rethought and replaced by new scientific knowledge, other ideas, and more creative solutions. For this, it is necessary to listen, know how to see and learn from what is new and different.

Spaces

For Libertadores, Palmeiras, as expected, was superior to Atlético-MG in the group and in individual quality, in the 1-0 victory. leaning against the penalty area, a frequent deficiency in Brazilian teams. Talented midfielder Raphael Veiga lay down and rolled in these spaces.

Flamengo, in Maracanã, against Olimpia, from Paraguay, had few spaces near the area, since the opponent scored very low with nine players. During the first half, commentator Zinho, from ESPN, emphasized that Bruno Henrique and Ayrton Lucas occupied the same offensive space on the left.

Zinho suggested that Bruno Henrique play in the center, forming an attack duo with Gabigol, as was the case at the time of Jorge Jesus. Coach Sampaoli accepted Zinho’s recommendation, and Flamengo won 1-0, in a precise pass by Gabigol with a perfect header by Bruno Henrique.

hiring

São Paulo, in an attempt to bring the team’s individual quality closer to that of the best Brazilian teams, made two great signings, James Rodríguez and Lucas Moura. Colombian playmaker James Rodríguez usually plays as a link midfielder through the center or from the right to the middle, where, with his left foot, he dribbles, passes and finishes. Striker Lucas Moura usually plays on the right, to take advantage of his skill and speed, or in the center, forming an attack partnership with the center forward.

Coach Dorival Júnior will have a great challenge, that of choosing the two plus Luciano and Carille, apart from other midfield options. Choosing the best ones and putting them in the right places is one of the main virtues of a trainer.

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