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teringin nk tgk c.ronaldo menangis kesedihan tgh padang nnti   |
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first half analysis - first thing yg aku notice...waahh rambut pepe dah bnyk....dia dah makin kurus..muahahaa....brazil control poss...d.alves tamak nak score...nilmar hampir score...melo...what happened to u today? dunga, tlg kuarkan the beast...tiago...senang tul nak jatuh erk...portugal try nak wat counter attack..brazil better be careful..ref murah ngan kad kuning |
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ai like tajuk thread ni |
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ai pun laik...hahahaha..cr9 mcm tak der jer td |
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ronaldo kalau kena kad kuning... takleh main kt last16 kan... |
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sikit2 dive..sikit2 dive 
diorg ni nak main bola ke..nak bertanding team mana dpt yellow card paling banyak?
bek Brazil did a good job! (Bagus Dunga kuarkan Melo awal2) |
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tak tahan....CR who? |
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bila pengadil nak kasik c.ronaldo ni kad kuning |
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Half-Time Report: Portugal 0-0 Brazil: No Goals But Plenty Of Yellow Cards
Portugal - Brazil - Line-Ups/Stats
World Cup 2010 Results/Standings
Portugal and Brazil are still locked at 0-0 at half-time in their World Cup Group G clash.
It was a scrappy first period, littered with fouls and bookings as the promised football feast failed to materialise.
As expected, Brazil made changes to their side in light of their already-assured place in the last 16. Dani Alves, Julio Baptista and Nilmar came in for Elano, Robinho and the suspended Kaka. Portugal made four changes, bringing in Danny, Duda, Costa and the fit-again Pepe.
Brazil attacked from the start, forcing a corner within the opening moments and seeing more of the possession that the Portuguese. But the early stages were beset by mistakes as the game lacked any real fluency.
Dani Alves had one effort from 25 yards which just went wide, while Portugal could have had the lead in the 18th minute. Raul Meireles made good progress down the left and crossed inch perfectly for Tiago, whose volley from outside the box flew just wide of goal.
Luis Fabiano was the first player to enter referee Benito Archundia’s notebook when he was booked for a late foul on Pepe. The same player was then brought down by Felipe Melo, but he escaped with a warning from the man in the middle.
A second yellow card followed in controversial circumstances, as Juan clearly raised his arm to stop a high ball reaching the path of Cristiano Ronaldo. The referee saw fit to show leniency rather than send of the defender, whilst also booking Duda for his protestations.
Suddenly, some end-to-end action followed as Nilmar’s left foot shot was superbly parried onto the woodwork by Eduardo, before Portugal broke and Tiago fell to the ground after an apparent push in the back. Rather than award a penalty though, the referee penalised the Atletico Madrid midfielder for a dive and showed him a yellow card.
A Ronaldo free-kick flew well over the bar as Portugal started to cause Dunga’s sides further trouble down the middle.
Nilmar had another effort which he sent just wide as Brazil continued to threaten on the break and then Pepe became the latest man into the referee’s bad books when he committed a late tackle in midfield, before a Ronaldo pot-shot from 25 yards was easily collected by Julio Cesar.
Felipe Melo again fouled Pepe and this time received a booking, before getting a dressing down from team-mate Gilberto Silva for his cocky behaviour towards the referee on receiving his caution. Within seconds the midfielder was replaced by Josue in an attempt by Dunga to keep his side up to 11 men.
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game bosan giler
lkick2113 Post at 25-6-2010 23:58 
Sebab tu aku tgk ivory coast lwn n.korea. |
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dutchy laling...game bosan ker? i tak rasa bosan pun td..suka tgk attacking diorang..nilmar..ramires hampir goal.....tiago konon2 nak penalty tp dpt yellow card...brazil control poss...best per..masalahnyer brazil main utk draw jer... |
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kannnn... |
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brazil main ala carte je.. |
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portugal pun main parking bus jer{:2_66:} |
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Post Last Edit by DanIno at 26-6-2010 05:36
Portugal 0-0 Brazil: two solid defences, and little creativity
June 25, 2010
The starting line-ups
A quiet game with both sides content to take a point – Brazil are the winners of the group, Portugal are the runners-up – but which, if either, will face Spain?
Brazil’s side saw three changes, all in the attacking band of three behind Luis Fabiano. Elano (injured), Kaka (suspended) and Robinho (rested) were out, with Dani Alves, Julio Baptista and Nilmar in.
Portugal played a defensive 4-1-4-1 shape, with Cristiano Ronaldo has the lone striker. Duda and Danny tended to swap sides, with Fabio Coentrao staying at full-back, Pepe replacing Pedro Mendes in the holding role, and Ricardo Costa in at right-back.
Carlos Queiroz knew that the best way to stop Brazil attacking was to play deep, rarely push men forward, and prevent Brazil from counter-attacking at speed. The two wide players played very defensive roles, looking to track the Brazilian full-backs, and were rarely able to get up to support Ronaldo.
The most interesting battle was down Portugal’s left, Brazil’s right, where we effectively had four full-backs spread down the flank, as Duda spent most of his time on the left. Dani Alves played very centrally – probably more so than Elano or Ramires when they’re in the side, as both drift from inside to outside. Alves was a lot more direct and had numerous long-range efforts, with his central position allowing Maicon forward on the overlap.
Full-backs vital
It was Maicon that provided Brazil’s brighter moments, often with fairly unBrazilian crosses into the box. The best example of this was when Fabiano nodded Maicon’s centre just wide of the far post before half-time, but Maicon was stretching the play well throughout.
It’s a good example of why attacking full-backs are so important that Portugal’s full-backs on that side, Coentrao, was the biggest threat going the other way. His driving runs took him into great positions in the final third, although more often than not he only had Ronaldo to aim for in the centre.
Portugal defended very deep, and very narrow. Here, their four defenders are within 15 metres of each other in the centre of the pitch, with the five midfielders sat ahead
On the opposite side, Nilmar had a very disappointing game and tended to end up far too central – Robinho, to whom Nilmar is the understudy to, takes up much wider positions, up against the right-back – whereas Nilmar was often in confrontation with Ricardo Carvalho. Ricardo Costa was under instructions not to get forward, whilst Danny doesn’t look suited to a wide role.
Ronaldo runs the channels
Cristiano Ronaldo will probably be described as an isolated striker who moped around the pitch and shot from ridiculous angles (Cristiano Ronaldo in ‘Being Cristiano Ronaldo shocker’) – but actually, he did quite well. Of course he was often on his own, because Portugal’s gameplan was defensive – hence their midfielders sat solidly in front of the back four. But if you could leave any player in the world in an ‘isolated’ position with four players to get past, you might choose Ronaldo – he barely ran when Brazil had the ball, but he conserved his energy for some lightning quick bursts into the channels and caused Juan and Lucio real problems.
Twice he came close to breaking the deadlock. In the first half, his movement and run in behind Juan completely caught out the Roma defender, who was forced to handball above head height to prevent Ronaldo being one-on-one with Julio Cesar. He was extremely fortunate not to be sent off.
In the second half, Ronaldo’s direct running on the ball, his pace and his persistence got him past four Brazil defenders, and the ball ended up at the feet of Raul Meireles, making a late break into the box, who should have scored. His free-kicks were utterly useless all game, but Ronaldo actually played his lone striker role rather well.
Portugal more dangerous on counter
Indeed, with both sides looking to play on the counter-attack, but Brazil having the advantage in terms of territory, Portugal were the bigger threat throughout. They probably needed one more creative player on the pitch to really make Brazil suffer – and Queiroz tried throwing Simao Sabrosa on for Duda, but he didnt influence the game at all, and his most notable impact was to let Maicon go free a couple of times – rather justifying Queiroz’s decision to field the more defensive-minded Duda in the first place.
Portugal's defence was excellent. The defence shifted well across the pitch when the ball was wide, always having two lines of cover.
Brazil created little. Portugal pressured Gilberto and Melo when they received forward passes, but let them have the ball when it was passed backwards towards them. Neither ever looked to get into the final third, and so Portugal generally had 7 v 4 when Brazil’s attacks started to develop, and 9 v 6 when the Brazilian full-backs joined in. This is the kind of situation where you can understand the Brazilian public’s frustration with two holding midfielders, but then Brazil didn’t need to win the game, so they never really had any incentive to push forward.
Brazil disjointed upfront, Portugal resilient at back
In truth, Brazil lacked their coherence in the final third because their three creative players were all back-ups rather than first choices. Brazil play well when the Kaka-Robinho-Fabiano triangle links up, because those three have such a good understanding together, having been played in the same roles for so long and so consistently under Dunga. They can manage without one of Kaka and Robinho, but probably not without both. Alves provides great running in the right-midfield position, but the direct play that looks so attractive from right-back looks rather rushed and naive further forward, hence why Dunga has been reluctant to field both Alves and Maicon in the same team.
Portugal defended brilliantly. Three clean sheets in the tournament, and 22 in their last 26 games. Their positional awareness was fantastic, always with a man covering, always with bodies behind the ball, always with three men around a player in dangerous positions. The ‘double cover’ tactics (above) when Brazil played the ball wide (and they always did, as Baptista was invisible) were particularly impressive. The nearest-full-back comes towards the ball, the two defenders on the far side hold the defensive line, the centre-back between those two and the advanced full-back takes up a position halfway between. Hence, if the first full-back is beaten, the first centre-back covers. If he is beaten, the second centre-back covers. Basic on paper, tricky in practice against a side with such great movement. Carvalho and Bruno Alves have been two of the best players in the tournament so far.
Conclusion
Not one for the neutral wanting a goalfest, but two finely crafted, intelligent teams getting the result they wanted.
Brazil will play better when Kaka and Robinho return – this game was not taken lightly (not under Dunga) but was not played at 100%, with the second round match only four days away. There were two causes for concern, however – Melo typically got himself booked and was then removed by Dunga before the referee did it for him. Juan was poor both positionally, and on the ball – almost giving away a last minute goal to Danny by trying to control a cross into the box. It’s highly unlikely they’ll be replaced, but it adds weight to the theory that attacking the left side of Brazil’s defence is the best way of scoring against them.
Portugal can be pleased with their performance so far. Queiroz is often frustrating tactically, but he’s played the last two matches very well – Portugal are certainly better without Deco. The problem for Queiroz is that he’s used so many different players, he’s probably slightly unsure of how to proceed. In the three games so far we’ve seen three right-backs (Paulo Ferreira, Miguel, Ricardo Costa), three left-wingers (Danny, Ronaldo, Duda) and three strikers (Liedson, Hugo Almeida, Ronaldo) starting. Only four outfield players have started all three games in the same position, and 19 of the 20 outfield players have been used. His real challenge beguns now. |
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boring kan...ala2 ada pengaruh bookie gitu |
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apapon...Brazil still great.... ala... main2 jek tu,.. |
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Post time 25-6-2010 08:25 PM
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