All Entries Tagged With: "Dunga"
WTF?! Fabio Simplicio Called to the National Team!
Another surprise of Dunga, and not a good one this time. Ramires, injured, will be replaced by Palermo’s Fabio Simplicio in the matches against England and Oman. This just doesn’t make sense.
Dunga Calls Fabio Aurelio, Hulk and Michel Bastos
Dunga announced today the players who will play the last 2 matches of the year (against England and Oman). And he had a few surprises. Given that he decided not to call players from Brazilian clubs (and therefore was unable to call Adriano and Diego Tardelli), he called forward Hulk. But he wasn’t the only [...]
Altitude 2 -1 Brazil
There’s nothing that can be demanded from Dunga and his players.
The team was already qualified, which turned the match against Bolivia into a open lab in the skies. The skies of La Paz took the reserve side of Brazil closer to hell than heaven. The 3600 meters above sea level suffocated the players. And no, [...]
Dunga Calls the National Team and Naldo Returns
The two surprises of the call for the last two games of the world cup qualifying are the return of defender Naldo and midfielder Alex, ex-Inter. I’m very pleased about the latter. It is also cool to see that Diego Souza from Palmeiras stayed. The list:
Goalies
Julio César (Inter de Milão)
Victor (Grêmio)
Side-backs
Maicon (Inter de Milão)
Daniel [...]
In 3 Years, Dunga Called 81 Players
The data comes from the great PVC. In 3 years, 47 matches and 23 calls, 81 players were at least invited by Dunga to join the national team – the numbers do not count the match against Chile. The list is:
Goalkeepers: 9
Gomes – 5 calls, 4 matches, 2 goals allowed
Hélton – 6 calls, 4 matches, [...]
Highlights: Brazil 4 – 2 Chile
Nilmar and his hat-trick:
Expected: Brazil 4 – 2 Chile
With Brazil qualified to the World Cup, the match against Chile was going to be important for 2 reasons: 1)add another victory to the incredible sequence of 18 undefeated matches; 2) test new players to join the group of 23 going to South Africa.
For that, Brazil came with the following formation: Júlio César; Maicon, [...]
Dunga Calls Another 4 Players for Wednesday
With the suspension of Kaka, Lucio, Luis Fabiano and Ramires and the injury of Robinho, Dunga called for the match against Chile four players who play in Brazil – it is important to remember that those playing overseas could not be called because of the rules that FIFA has. With that, Dunga called defender Andre [...]
Highlights: Argentina 1 – 3 Brazil
Watch the highlights of the victory:
BRAZIL: 2009 CONFEDERATIONS CUP CHAMPION
Not an usual game, I should say. After eliminating Spain, the US had acquired a different aura in the eyes of Brazilians. Suddenly, the squad that was massacred 3-0 became a team to be respected. That way, both sides started the match nervous. Brazil for the reason already mentioned. The US for losing virginity in [...]
