This Wednesday, the Brazilian press offered severe criticism to their team, the coach Dorival Junior and the madridista Viniciusafter defeating the Assumption against Paraguay (1-0) in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
“Brazil play badly and lose”headline in the state news agency EBC.
Media unites in highlighting “the lack of courage”, “poor football” and the “technical crisis” what the five-time world champion was going through and they started to fear the possibility of being left out of the next World Cup event.
Journalist Alexandre Alliatti went a step further and wrote in Ge, the sports portal of Globo, the most influential audiovisual group in the country, that “The Brazilian team needs a foreign coach”.
“Dorival is a serious, proper person and is just starting his job. But, do you imagine him taking the national team anywhere?”
“After ten games under his command, very little progress for a team that needs to make massive strides in two years,” O Globo newspaper reported.
They criticize the coach because they know the difficult situation of the team, promised again, on the eve of facing Albirroja, to reach the final of the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in Canada, United States and Mexico.
And while the coach was the target of most of the criticism, no one escaped the burn.
“The national team lacks courage and has many average and mediocre players. In Defensores del Chaco, it is predictable, slow, indifferent and unproductive,” reports the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo.
Against Vinicius
Of Viniciusthe great star of this team that longs for the return of Neymar, emphasizes that he is still alone and “isolated” on the left wing.
Danilo Lavieri criticized on the UOL portal “the absolutely below average performance” of the winger real Madrid with choice.
“Candidate for the best in the world, He failed almost everything he tried in the team’s two matches against Ecuador and Paraguay,” he said.
Endrick also received
With Madrid player Endrick, who started in Asunción, the press indicated that “it’s far from being put together.”
“Brazil does not start because it continues to have a rookie to include and who has been thrown to the lions in this team without a tactical pattern and with collective problems,” thought UOL.
The Canary It is in fifth position in the South American qualifiers, with more defeats (4) than victories (3).
For the 2026 World Cup, the top six finishers qualify. Seventh will go into a play-off and Brazil are now on the brink of being left out altogether.
Source: La Verdad
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