Brazil Owe It To Neymar To Be Stronger Against Germany In Semi
Brazil may have reached the semi-final of the World Cup on Friday night, but yesterday the full cost of their quarter-final victory over Colombia was being counted. Every day we get some new sight finer than the last while the evenings are a continual round of feasting, drinking and entertainment. But there are deeper traces of English football that will always remain here. Not in Fortaleza, where the World Cup quarter-final between Brazil and Colombia felt at times like sitting slightly too close to a scheduled volcanic eruption. I had seen a video, which I even showed to Thiago Silva, which helped me a lot in that area of not reacting to the provocations and the malicious tackles,” Neymar said.
Lancenet” noted that it was “not a friendly game” because “in the first half it looked like a World Cup game, no exaggeration. The two teams played with great commitment, at times leaning towards violence – especially on the Portuguese side. Neymar was the main target of the slides, kicks and even an elbow.” The start was quite awful for the hosts. Marcelo had an own goal just at the very beginning of the match. But eventually they got themselves leveled before the half time. This was absolutely earned by Neymar’s scuffed effort. Then it was again Neymar, who converted a penalty for the Selecao to take the lead. Finally Oscar capped a magnificent display by poking a late effort into the bottom corner and take it to three. Lee Smith News /font>
Maicon provided a reliable presence in defense, stifling Rodríguez and left winger Víctor Ibarbo, periodically overlapping to fill in Neymar’s vacated space in attack, although Oscar mostly slid to the right when necessary. The Brazilian sensation will be a key loss, as he runs the show offensively for the Seleção It might be time for Scolari to give Willian a start in the No. 10 role and slide Oscar to the left and Hulk back to his usual right-wing spot. Before anybody accuses me of being partial, let me say I was angry at the way Brazil players were taking turns to foul James Rodríguez in Friday’s game Oscar capped off a match winning performance by toe-poking in the ball from outside the box in the 90th minute after a twisting and turning solo run.
Brazil escaped a couple of late scares, including a goal harshly disallowed for a foul on Julio Cesar. With three minutes remaining Scolari sent on Ramires, for the goalscorer Neymar. Portugal - hammered 4-0 in their opener against Germany - needed to win handsomely and hope the result in the other Group G fixture between Germany and the United States went their way. The likely substitute for Neymar will be Willian. The Chelsea winger also has a lot of talent in his feet, but he hasn’t shown much of it during his playing time in this World Cup. However, the tactical playing style is not going to be enough against Germany. That is where players like Oscar, Hulk and Fred need to step up. They need to provide more magic to Brazil’s attack.
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