World Cup 2006 – What happened to Brazil?
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
We only saw glimpses of what they can do, but that’s not enough! The big surprise is of course the comeback of the French team which never gave Brazil a chance to qualify for the semi final. I thought that the Brazilian players longed for retaliation after the 1998 final, but it didn’t seem so because they wasn’t willing to pay through the nose for a victory. At least they could have tried. For sure it was good to see Zidane back in his peak before he ends his career after the tournament even though I would have liked to see Ronaldinho at his peak as well. Brazilian media has given him the blame for the the bad performance, but he couldn’t have won this match alone.
A Brazilian team that win the World Cup without playing entertaining football will of course be hero’s anyway, but if they don’t win then they are a fiasco. But if you don’t win, but play wonderful football you can still be remembered. Everyone still remember the Brazilian team from 1982 with Zico, Socrates, Eder, Falcao. Maybe the best offensive football team every. I rather see re-run’s of their matches than watching this years boring edition.