Comments on: A rivalry renewed

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:08:50 +0000

Hi Fabricio – I was very impressed with the disciplined approach of the Brazilian team. Argentina did start the match well and at a high tempo which was to be expected. Kaka recieved a lot of attention but was very restrained under such provocation. Not sure why Maradona has decided to drop Andujar in goal for the Paraguay game either. Higuain needs to be called-up before he chooses France. As has been said many times – the Argentine defence was comical. I believe they will qualify although it could be throught the play-offs.

http://www.realfootballargentina.blogspot.com/

By: Rafael

Rafael — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:52:22 +0000

I heard that the defeat against Colombia (5×0) and this one were ecxactly in the same day…is that right?

By: Fabricio Presilli

Fabricio Presilli — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:39:44 +0000

Jodie you are correct!! They lost once before, a 5×0 defeat to Colombia in 1993. The Colombians had a great team back than, with Valderrama, Asprilla and Rincon. Argentina will struggle but eventually will qualify, because Uruguay and Equador have a match between them in the next fixture and Venezuela will play Paraguay and Brazil in the last two games, so at least the fifth place is theirs with a win over Peru and a draw in Uruguay at the last game. But they have to surge and change a lot of things to be sucessful in a World Cup.

By: Eduardo Carraro

Eduardo Carraro — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:18:06 +0000

Belo artigo, Fabricio. Li o anterior também e gostei bastante, só não havia comentado.

Que bela partida o Brasil fez. De novo! Só tem duas coisas no Dunga que ainda me incomodam… Josué e as más escolhas do último homem pro ataque.

Pra mim é óbvio que o Josué não tem mais qualidade pra jogar na seleção (temos volantes como Hernanes, Cristian e Denílson que são melhores que ele, por exemplo).

E pro ataque, pra mim também parece óbvio, a disputa deveria e polarizar entre Grafite e Kléber, pelo momento excelente que os dois vivem.

Grande abraço, Fabricio.

TRANSLATION!!!
Nice one. I read the previous but never made a comment.

What a big match for Brazil. Again! Only two things in Dungas´management that still bother me… Josué and the choice for the last attacking piece.

For me is obvious that Josué does not hold the quality to play in the National Team anymore (we have others backs like Hernanes, Cristian and Denilson that are better than him, just some examples).

And the forwards for me it should be and option between Grafite and Kleber, mainly because of the good moment they are having right now.

Hugs Fabricio.

By: Jodie Gardiner

Jodie Gardiner — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:54:20 +0000

Argentina lose for what is only their second ever home defeat in WC qualifying?? Is that right? Do you think Argentina might now struggle to qualify? Surely that is unthinkable!?

By: Fabricio

Fabricio — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:56:14 +0000

Sure Chris I agree with you. You wrote properly in your blog, the venue change didn´t mattered. Some brazilian players felt intimidated, Robinho and André Santos never really got to the game, however it all boiled down to the argetinian defence. The Velez double were really inneficient and gave space in the free kicks of the first two goals. The GK however did well when he could, Tevez was another failure yesterday, not creating or finalizing well. And Maradona´s squad needs a forward in the area, like Luis Fabiano stands, so that Aguero, Maxi and Messi can create and open spaces in a fierce defence like the brazilian. To finalize the best on the pitch in my opinion was Kaka, Luis Fabiano is a lucky and skillful scorer but Kaka controlled the match from the middle, with good passes, like the one to the third goal. Now Argentina fin themselves in a mess to get a place in South Africa, against Paraguay in Assuncion this week.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:03:16 +0000

There has been a lot of talk about this venue change – the crowd maybe vociferous but the bottom line is that all the players on show are professionals of the highest standard and as such shouldn’t be unduly affected by it. As with most hostile atmospheres the expectation on the home side could also play into the hands of the visitors.

I recall Brazil’s defence looking very dodgy in Montevideo however they still trounced Uruguay!

http://www.realfootballargentina.blogspot.com/

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:54:51 +0000

Yup! This is a good article! I’ll surely be keeping an eye on this match.
Is Argentinian playing style too different from the Brazilian one?

Ivy

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:07:28 +0000

I hope Brazil wins! There is also one other good story about this match in the 1990 Italy world cup (ARG 1 x 0 BRA), that Argentina’s players gave soothing water for Brazilians…. and they assumed they’ve done it years later.