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Ireland hung tough with the boys from Brasil for most of the first half. An own goal Ireland’s Keith Andrews in the 44th minute sealed their doom.

Robinho added a classic goal in the 76th minute to seal Brasil’s 2-0 win over the game Irish squad.

Robbie Keane was the Irish captain.

Ireland came out smoking.

Keane made a mad dash down the right sideline. He weaved his way into the center of the pitch. Keane let fly with a zinger. Brasilian keeper Julio Cesar ate up the shot near the right post.

The Irish launched another attack but Paul McShane’s header just missed connecting with the back of the net.

The Brasilians began to apply the pressure.

The guys began to take control of the match after this. Adriano and company began to display the attacking style of futebol that made us famous.

Robinho fed Adriano with a perfect ball but the Emperor was stopped dead in his tracks. The ball came straight to Robinho. Robinho fired the one timer. The shot goes ker plunk off the back of Irish defender Kilbane and into the hands of keeper Shay Given.

Adriano had a great shot off a free kick but Irish keeper Shay Given brushed aside the shot.

The break came in the 44th minute. Kaka made a great dribble drive into the box. He passed to his mate Robinho. Robinho fired. Bingo. The ball met Ireland’s Keith Andrews. It’s an own goal.

This was the match breaker.

UOL www.uol.com.br wrote that Adriano Robinho combination didn’t work too well    Dupla de ataque da vez, Robinho e Adriano tiveram desempenho apagado, pelo menos coletivamente, com os dois atuando na maior parte do tempo em posicionamento exageradamente centralizado. Neste cenário, o flamenguista acabou aparecendo mais na cobrança de faltas e, após muitas trombadas físicas com os irlandeses, acabou substituído por Grafite na etapa final. Individualmente, o santista se saiu melhor, ao participar dos dois lances de gol, além de uma série de lances que pararam na defesa rival.

Globe Esporte http://www.bolaradio.com.br/ wrote the Brasilians didn’t play that well. Brasil played just well enough to win. Uma vitória com a estrela de Robinho. O Brasil não deu show mas, com participação decisiva do atacante do Santos, jogou o suficiente para vencer a Irlanda por 2 a 0, nesta terça-feira, no Emirates Stadium, na gelada Londres. Foi o último amistoso da seleção antes da convocação para a Copa do Mundo da África do Sul. A lista sai em maio, no Rio de Janeiro. 

We stunk the joint own.

We have to perform better than this.

Maybe we should scrap the Adriano-Robinho dual attackers.

UOL said that we relied too much on Kaka and counter attacks Em sua maior virtude ofensiva, os contra-ataques, o time de Dunga mostra dependência das arrancadas de Kaká e do acionamento de Maicon. Como aconteceu com frequência respeitável em jogos recentes do Brasil, o lateral-direito foi diante da Irlanda um dos principais caminhos de acesso até a área do adversário, junto com Kaká. Foi através do lateral que acabou construído o primeiro gol da vitória no Emirates Stadium.

Before we go ape shit over this half assed performance by Brasil let’s remember this was a tune match. This match was designed to give Dunga a chance to look at different combinations and to see how they worked or didn’t.

This is what a friendly is for.

Dung will now have a clearer picture what combinations work.

The final tune is done.

Lets see how the squad will shake out.

Dunga will make his final decision on the 23 man World Cup roster in May.

Desta maneira, a seleção encerra o período de testes e observações e agora só volta a se reunir para a Copa do Mundo, semanas depois do anúncio da lista para a competição, que deve ser divulgada em maio. Até lá, mesmo com a sensação expressa de grupo fechado, o técnico Dunga lidará com uma avalanche de especulações a respeito de seus 23 eleitos para a África do Sul.

I bet dollars to holes in a donut Dung has already decided who will play for him.

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3 Responses to “De Futebol”

  • tambourine man says:

    Bobby Gee

    It makes you now wonder what might’ve happened had Ireland made it to the World Cup instead of France .

    tambourine man aka you know who ?

    • bobbygee says:

      You have a good point. The Irish gave Brasil a great battle. Given, Gibson and the rest proved against mighty Brasil that Ireland is tough. France who knows.

  • Rite$h says:

    Am just waiting to see how the teams will cope in SA soon, mostly due to the vuvuzelas (hope thats how its written ;) ), as the sound these make will certainly distract the best team out there, unless they have been prohibited already

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