De Futebol
July 9th, 2010 | 
Author: Brasil acts like they should been awarded the World Cup before it was even played.
This is sad but true.
Many from Brasil think the World Cup is their birthright.
Wrong!
Brasil has won five of the nineteen World Cups that have been played to date. Italy has won four. Germany has won three. Argentina and Uruguay have two each while France and England have won one a piece.
The nineteenth World Cup winner will be either Spain or the Netherlands.
Brasil played well in the 2010 World Cup. The team was young. Many of them have never played in real nut cutting time matches. This showed when Mello did the good old leg stomp on a Dutch player.
Mello was frustrated because he stepped in front of keeper Julio Cesar and knocked the ball into his own goal.
About twenty minutes later, the Brasilian “D” fell asleep on a corner kick. The ball went from one Dutch head to another and then into the back of the net.
The truth is this Brasil played the famous statute “D”.
No one reacted. They were cemented to their spots.
Wham, bam, boom, Wesley Sneijder’s header in the 73rd minute sealed Brasil’s doom.
Instead of sucking it up, Brasil quit.
They played individual ball instead of team ball.
Even with a man down Brasil still had a few chances to tie this sucker up.
A real championship team knows how to comeback when the odds are stacked against them.
Joe Montana and his San Francisco 49ers in the 1980 NFC Championship game against Dallas came back and beat the Cowboys to advance to the Super Bowl.
Joe Montana drove the 49ers the length of the field in the final two minutes to win that sucker.
Joe Montana is the greatest money player in NFL history.
How about John Elway and The Drive against Cleveland.
How many folks remember this game?
The Houston Oilers jumped out to 32-point halftime lead only to have Jim Kelly lead the Bills to an improbable win in the 1993 NFL Playoffs.
The Bills won 41-38.
Buffalo made it to the Super Bowl where they lost to Dallas.
There was no quit in this dog.
It is easy to play great when you are winning but the real test comes when you have to come from behind and win.
Brasil and the guys folded like a cheap tent.
Is this the fault of the Dunga or the players?
Both.
Neither knew how to react when they saw the Dutch come back from a one-goal deficit to lead 2-1.
To come from behind takes mental toughness and the will to win and overcome no matter what.
This is not the South American way.
Yes, Brasil came back against an inferior American squad in the 2009 Confederations Cup but when it counted, they quit.
Hard words but true.
Should Dunga have been fired?
No!
Brasil is at least two players away from being a championship team.
Brasil does not have a money player.
This means a Joe Montana type.
The idiots who are in charge of the CBF think they know it all.
If coaching is easy let them do it.
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Tags: Brasil, De Futebol, De Futebol Brasil, Dunga, Futebol, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana, John Elway, World Cup
Bobby Gee
Brazil were no different from the way that teams such as France Italy , England and the US acted. All felt as if they were entitled and just had to turn up for the tournament to be taken seriously.
So overnight LeBron went from being a hero to now the most reviled and hated person in the city of Cleveland across the state of Ohio. Art Modell thanks LeBron from the bottom of his heart for the gesture .
Here’s a link to my latest . Just click on the link provided to read.
Never Been A Monarchist And I Can’t Understand The Fuss At All !
Alan aka tophatal …………
The USA needs to send more players to the EPL and Europe to play futebol. When USA focus on futebol we will become a world power. Our best Athletes play football and basketball. Imagine the likes of Michael Jorden playing futebol. It would be crazy. Spain-Netherlands will be a great match.
Bobby Gee
I don’t know that the overall experience would actually do them that good in the EPL ? Especially given the performances of the English players in the World Cup .
So overnight LeBron James has gone from being a hero to the most despised and reviled person in the city of Cleveland across the state of Ohio. For which Art Modell is now eternally grateful. I hear that he’ll (Modell) be sending him a bouquet of a dozen long stemmed white roses thanking him for making last night’s announcement on primetime television over at ESPN ? Now the fans there in Cleveland can go after LeBron mercilessly . And the same will no doubt count for the player’s immediate family as well .
See my latest on LeBron prior to last night’s announcement. Just click on the link provided to view.
Never Been A Monarchist And I Can’t Understand The Fuss At All !
Alan aka tophatal ……………..
It will. The top players in the world play in the EPL or in Europe. You play to the level of the compeitition.
Bobby Gee
LeBron showed last night that he doesn’t have a personality . To him image is everything and nothing. But Art Modell thinks that he’s great.
And The Winners Are
Alan