Confiderations Cup!

[tarantula]

undeserved loss for the africans & who the fuck is this amazing tchabalala?

[Night Stalker]

[TranceFusion]

BRAZILLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! who's the best?!?!

[ziz00_909]

brazil delivers again

[Night Stalker]

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH...

i wouldn't put too much thought when it comes to big teams over the confed cup performance...

Spain, Holland have the best teams on paper with Argentina having the best attacking players world wide accompanied as usual with trash defense and questionable goal keeping.

but i never count brazil out, they got the most lucky team in the world.. even in the copa america when argentina were playing orgasmic football with riquelme and older key players at their prime, brazil prevailed somehow with a laughable team.

[[IN]Head-Kay]

I was rootin for the Yanks to be honest, but them Brazilians just dont go down easily. Explosive final 30 minutes! I seriously cannot wait for next year's WC ... GO 3 Lions !!

[samer]

[ziz00_909]

dude Brazil can form like 10 World Class Squads any time.. it's because of their player not luck..

[TranceFusion]

Brasil is one of the biggest sources of football talents if not THE biggest. Germany and Italy are richer countries meanwhile Brasilians are poor and most of the national team's players come from very poor families (Kaka' is one of those exceptions, he's from a rich family). The only thing those kids did all their childhood was kicking the ball on the streets, in some garden, on the beach. And they are aware that the only way to come out of poverty is to make money by becoming football players. They end up being discovered by the biggest European clubs and then help their families (examples: Ronaldo, Romario, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Denilson, Bebeto, Jairzinho, etc...).

^ Like Ziad said, a few kickass teams can be formed and after a couple of years in gaining international experience they can smash whoever you want luck is only complementary.

GREAT WORK DUNGA!! Next objective: the world cup!

[A-Cube]

Games aren't won thanks solely to attack. Brazil have a terribly bad defense. The only two players that are considered world-class in this defense are Maicon and Alves, the rest either likes to venture too much in attack or doesn't know how to mark his opponent. If the USA didn't run out of steam in the 2nd half, it would have been a very different game. If Brazil were down against a more experienced side, they wouldn't have managed to come back. I would love to see the Brazilians play against a world-class defense. You will say that they played Italy, but they played the worst Italian version. If Lippi reviews his plans and plays the best defensive Italian line (Motta-Cannavaro-Chiellini-Grosso), I truly believe it will be a different story.

Anywho, congrats to the Brazilians, and I hope South Africa will build on this competition to make an upset next year. They certainly have the potential.

[rob]

I think that any cup with the US making it to the knock up stage by losing 2 games in the group stage and then make it to the final shouldn't be taken seriously
However, I think it was a great opportunity for South Africa to test it's organizing capabilities, and a good lesson for proud Spanish and Italians

[Night Stalker]