They might have not won it while exuding sparks of brilliance and samba football but Dunga’s XI twice proved that this new Brasil has added resilience to its repertoire and style of play. Yesterday’s performance was typical of recent runs – an execrable first half in which Brasil all but threw the towel to disciplined army of stars and stripes transformed into a fighting spirit mixed with some polished moments of smooth passing football. Everybody wondered what Carlos Dunga could have said to the Brasilian team at half time when they were still two goals down… well Kakà told us the answer:
“Cosa ci siamo detti nell’intervallo, sotto 0-2? Yes, we can”. (What did we say to each other at half-time, down 0-2? yes, we can).
Sweet irony… he may belong to Jesus (as his t-shirt proudly proclaims) but Florentino Perez might beg to differ.
Bring on South Africa 2010!
