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The futebol world is second-guessing Dunga for not choosing Ronaldinho Gaucho. For my money, Dunga did the right thing.

Sure, Ronaldinho Gaucho is an exciting player to watch. He can create magic. Ronaldo can create magic too.

The sad fact is that both of the stars are past their prime.

Both Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho were the architects of Brasil’s horrible showing in the 2006 World Cup.

In plain English, they both showed up fat and out of shape. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho stunk the joint out.

This is the reason Dunga was brought in to take over the reigns of the national team.

This resulted in the samba boys sacking Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho.

Dung brought in younger players such as Kaka, Robinho, and Danny Alves to right the ship.

So far so good for Dunga and company.

Brasil has played very well.

The guys have great chemistry.

This is what was lacking in 2006 World Cup.

Kaka and company are hungry to prove to the world the Brasileiros are back stronger than ever.

Brasil is stronger, fast, and in better shape.

Brasileiros are playing great “D”.

To put it bluntly why screw up a good thing.

Bringing in the idiot head case Ronaldinho Gaucho would kill team chemistry.

Just ask the Italian side he plays for.

Gimmie, gimmie the ball. Let me be the star. Let me score. That’s all I can do. I can’t play “D”. I won’t hustle but I can score. Screw you buddy. Who needs you?

Not Dunga. Not Brasil.

We want to win the title.

Ronaldinho Gaucho, your best days are behind you.

Bring on the kids.

Dunga has.

Let the chips fall where they may.

Brasil will win the World Cup.

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Let the fun and games begin. The World Cup is little more than a month away. There is already huge news from the Brasilian futebol front.

Dunga decided not to include Ronaldinho and Adriano. The makes total sense.

Ronaldinho Gaucho is a head case. He presence on the national team would kill the team’s chemistry.

Dunga said that Ronaldinho Gaucho was a great player but this was a decision-based upon what is best for the team.

Não quero que levem que eu sou rancoroso. Eu vejo vocês falarem o tempo todo que nenhum treinador colocou Ronaldinho na posição dele. Doze anos falando isso. Aí a gente faz isso. Ele vai disputar posição com cara daquele setor. Cada um na sua, vai disputar posição ali. E agora querem tirar e botar no meio? Cada um teve sua oportunidade. A capacidade e a qualidade do Ronaldo… são indiscutíveis… Mas tenho que tomar uma decisão. Aí dizem… ele está bem no clube. Mas mais me importa o que acontece na seleção.

The last thing we need is to have a repeat of the 2006 World Cup fiasco. Ronaldo and the rest of the guys showed up fat and out of shape. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho expected the rest of the world to roll over and play dead.

NOT! 

Adriano on the other hand can be a head case too. I mean the Emperor has many personal problems. His girl friend is nuts. Thus, Adriano is nutso too.

Since he played in a few world cup qualifiers and he led, Flamengo to the Campeonato title last year the Emperor is too busy partying and not training.

Dunga chose to keep the squad in tack that he used in the 2009 Confederations Cup.

Kaka, Robinho, Maicon, Julio Cesar, as well as the goat Julio Baptista, Josue, Nilmar, and Gilberto have been the main stay of the national team since Dunga took over three years ago.

The lead paragraph on Globo Esporte wrote this No Adriano and Ronaldinho Gaucho.

Depois de três anos e meio, 53 jogos, 89  jogadores…, a lista estava na boca de cada brasileiro. Em dois minutos e meio os dois telões do Salão Alhambra, do Hotel Windsor, tinham exibido para o Brasil os 23 nomes que Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri havia escolhido. Grafite sim, Adriano não. Nada de Ronaldinho Gaúcho e Ganso – presentes entre os “sete reservas” – ou Neymar. Nada de surpresas de última hora. O Brasil passaria a conhecer melhor Heurelho, Donieber e Edinaldo (Gomes, Doni e Grafite). Era chegada a hora de falar

UOL put it this way in their lead paragraph- Não houve apelo nacional ou campanha capaz de convencer Dunga. Na tarde desta terça-feira, o técnico da seleção brasileira anunciou os 23 convocados para a Copa do Mundo da África do Sul sem surpresas. Paulo Henrique Ganso e Neymar não foram chamados. A maior novidade foi Grafite no lugar de Adriano. Na decisão do treinador valeu o esforço do grupo formado ao longo de seus três anos e dez meses à frente da seleção. Nas vagas que ainda levantavam dúvidas, foram confirmados Gomes, Doni, Gilberto, Michel Bastos, Thiago Silva, Kleberson, Nilmar e Grafite.

There you have it.

Brasil should be the favorite along with Spain to win the World Cup.

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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 44^th minute sealed their doom.

Robinho added a classic goal in the 76^th 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 44^th 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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We have the final tune up before the 2010 World Cup kicks off in June in South Africa. Brasil battles Ireland at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday March 2^nd.

This will be Dunga’s last chance to tweak the line up and see which players will make the final World Cup squad.

Sure, bets are Robinho, Kaka, Cesar, Luis Fabiano, Maicon, Lucio, Daniel Alves, and Felipe Melo.

This is just a partial list.

Adriano will be teamed with Robinho up front. I sure hope this works out. Adriano is still very iffy.

This is my take on the situation.

Please Dunga whatever you do not and I repeat do not include the head case Ronaldinho and the fat old man Ronaldo on the squad.

Please for this will surely ruin the team chemistry.

In plain and simple English, this will kill the team.

Globo Esporte had this to say http://globoesporte.globo.com/ Adriano deve ser o substituto de Luis Fabiano no ataque da seleção brasileira para o amistoso contra a Irlanda. O atacante do Flamengo participou entre os titulares da movimentação tática comandada pelo técnico Dunga nesta segunda-feira, no Emirates Stadium, em Londres, na Inglaterra. O “Fabuloso” foi cortado por causa de uma lesão muscular no peito.
A outra novidade foi a escalação de Ramires no meio-campo. Os titulares treinaram com Julio César: Maicon, Lucio, Juan e Michel Bastos; Gilberto Silva, Felipe Melo, Ramires e Kaká; Robinho e Adriano. A partida é a última antes da convocação final para a Copa do Mundo da África do Sul.  

Brasilian superstar Kaka is worried that the guys may wind up getting hurt. UOL reported www.uol.com.br O temor a respeito de lesão foi levantado nesta segunda-feira por Kaká, um dia antes do amistoso da seleção brasileira contra a Irlanda em Londres (o jogo acontece nesta terça, às 17h05, de Brasília, com acompanhamento do Placar UOL Esporte).

“A gente vive a expectativa antes de cada convocação. Mas é um passo de cada vez. São dois meses até a próxima convocação, muita coisa pode acontecer. Não dá para entrar em campo pensando em não se machucar, mas o jeito é orar e esperar para que nada aconteça, porque jogamos no limite todo final de semana”, disse Kaká antes do treino da seleção desta tarde no Emirates Stadium, em Londres.

These fears are real. All one has to do is look at what happened to Arsenal’s RVP in a friendly World Cup match.

Lets hope Kaka and the guys come home unscathed.

We need to be at full strength to win this sucker.

I said we for I am an America with a Brasileiro heart.

My wife is Brasilian. Besides that, I love Brasil futebol.

I am a Flamenguista through and through. My family is Flamenguistas too.   

This is my passion.

On Wednesday, there will be a full tilt of World Cup friendly match ups.

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Do want to talk about racehorse style futebol then this is the friendly match for you. Argentina and Catalunyan started out slow as both sides raced up and down the pitch throwing their best Sunday punches at each other. Catalunyan prevailed over Argentina 4-2.

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I just love this style of futebol.

It is in your face run and gun futebol

Diego Maradona was banned from the sidelines due to his crazy profanity laced tirade press conference after Argentina’s 1-0 win over Uruguay to earn one of the automatic berths in 2010 World Cup.

Maradona was feeling the heat for his sides crappy play. Argentinos were clearly stinking the joint out until Maradona and his men received a gift from God.

Ecuador and Uruguay stubbed their toes in the last two matches thus allowed Argentina passage into the World Cup.

From this friendly we have learned this. Catalunyan torched the Argentines “D”. I mean this was horrible.

In defense of Argentina, Argentinos did not use their first team back line. 

Sergio Garcia ripped a header to give the Spanish side a 1-0. His shot flat-out neat the keeper.

The second goal was a masterpiece by Krkic Bojan. He flat-out beat three defenders and fired a low shot bottom left shelf that made the keeper and the entire Argentine back line look silly.

Argentina drew close when Javier Pastore struck for gold to cut the lead to 2-1.

A foul in the box and Sergio Gonzales nailed the PK to make 3-1.

Argentina raced down the pitch to answer with a wicked strike by Angel De Maria to cut the lead to 3-2.

Catalunyan sealed the deal when Moises Hurtado ripped the twines to make 4-2.

All and all this was a fun match to watch.

Are these matches any indication of how will Argentina perform in the World Cup?

No not really for the big guys won’t be playing in them much. The last thing that Argentina or Brasil needs is to have a Messi or Kaka go down with an injury.

The question that remains is this. Will Maradona remain as the Argentinos head man?

For the sake of Argentina futebol, I hope not. I hope the AFA get struck smart and fire Maradona and Grondona.

On a side note, I am glad Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger did not permit Fabregas to play in this puppy.

The Gunners have a huge match with Aston Villa.

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