Brazzil

What do expect with a B team? They will only get better. When Ronaldinho, KaKa and other A teamers are added to the mix...it should be some good futbol. That's if Dunga can motivate them to play out of this world.

an extremely common error that brazilians make when speaking or writing english...it is NOT "thankS God", it is "thank god". One would only say "thankS God" if he were talking to god himself, when he's talking to others it's "thank god". Almost all brazilians I know that speak english make this error....why is that?

Bo, i'm sorry to say this, but could you at least read the article before correcting it? Which part of "Paolo Bassi is an attorney in the United States. He has visited Brasil and follows Brazilian football and politics" did you not understand?

If the author wants to see his supposed beautiful game, all he has do do is watch the women's team. Smaller, slower players means lots of space, more tricks, more free-flowing action. Or, maybe he
would like to see Brasil vs. his beloved Argentina with the Selecao playing a couple of girls just to sort of even things up. That would by definition makes things more beautiful in that a majority of the
players on the field would be more concerned about their flowing hairstyles than about playing winning football.

Sorry, beautiful football to me is not guys who can't or choose not to defend. It is also not lackadaisical players like Roberto Carlos who give up cheap goals by trying to bicycle balls out of corners as in '98 or
quitting on botched set plays as in '06. Beautiful football to me is something like the '02 team which combines discipline and conditioning with talent and superior coaching to produce a mode of play
that no one else in the world can touch. The recent Copa America effort was mediocre at best, but I do believe that Dunga is laying the foundation for an effort that could produce another display
of complete Brasilian dominance in the next World Cup whether it is Dunga or Scolari who is doing the coaching.

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written by boisdumb, 2007-07-31 07:36:47
Bo, i'm sorry to say this, but could you at least read the article before correcting it? Which part of "Paolo Bassi is an attorney in the United States. He has visited Brasil and follows Brazilian football and politics" did you not understand?

I understood it 100%. And I'll bet you a dollar to a doughnut that if this article wasn't proofread by a Brazilian, then Paolo Bassi was not born in the United States. ThankS god is something typically brazilian.

After watching the world cup in 2006, I concluded that soccer is picking up the trend that began in American football in the 70s, spread to basketball in the 80s, and baseball in the 90s - a tendency toward bigger players beefed up by a lot of working out (and maybe doping). There comes a point where style is no match for power. I hope soccer will be able to find a balance. As for the Argies, they have talent, brains, and good looks - the only thing they lack is sportsmanship.

OR WORSE !!!!!

I have to say that I am a very big fan of Santana's Brazil teams. But I have to object to touting the Argentines. Having watched them dive and cheat their way to the U20 championship in Toronto, I would say that in other ways they do the Beautiful Game a disservice. They do play with skill and freedom but they need to work on the nobler aspects of the game. I think, like conceicao above, that it may be possible that Dunga will lay a Scolari-like foundation for the team. Still, I suppose, nothing will ever compare to Santana's legendary teams...

Interesting to me that, because of personnel, the best way to recapture the beautiful game for 2010 might be to go back to Scolari's European formation. How about Lucio, Juan and Alex across the
back; Marcelo and Daniel Alves on the wings; Gilberto Silva, Kaka and Julio Baptista in the midfield; and Robinho and Ronaldinho up front. The key to me is crafting a scheme that utilizes the skills of
the kind of multi-dimensional players like Baptista, Daniel Alves, Robinho and Ronaldinho that only Brasil has to create match-up nightmares that pressure defenses into mistakes. To me, this kind of
approach was the key to Scolari's success in 2002 and can also constitute the essence of the beautiful game in the modern era.

Also, who can criticize an approach that resulted in a clumsy own-goal by the Argentine captain no less. I was howling at the moon in broad daylight.

If I also may:

An extremely common error that Brazilians make when speaking or writing English...it is NOT "thankS God", it is "thank god". One would only say "thankS God" if he were talking to god himself, when he's talking to others it's "thank god". Almost all Brazilians I know that speak English make this error....why is that?

thanks you!

thanks god! for brazilian football!!!

Thanks God.This expression was invented by the Brazilians and of course you guys do not want to give credit to us.

When you Americans spell: Labour=Labor;Harbour=Harbor; Colour=Color,etc;,the Brits didnt object.Now that we Brazilians have come out with the frase (phrase), "THANKS GOD", ya all seem to go overboard and make fun of us!

Thanks God,we are trying to FURTHER simplify the English language. This expression will remain as such till the Americans learn to spell the terms correctly and agree to change to Metric system of measurements