Fullbacks is what hurt them last WC. That and Casemiro being suspended for the QF. Fagner vs. prime Hazard wasn't a good match.
World Cup Squads 2022
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Brazil surely must have a better left back than Telles?
Highly doubt Antony starts. It will likely be Neymar Vini Jr and Richarlison in attack. In. case Neymar starts as CAM/ they might go with Raphinha on RW
Fullbacks is our biggest problem but unlike Brazil teams in the past they are not really instructed to attack hence why Militao is at right back.
As usual, the attacking options are insane.
Richarlison has been far better for Brazil than Firmino.
Brazil play a 442. Wrong formation.
It will look something like below.
Allison
Danilo - Marquinhos - Silva - Alex Sandro
Casemiro - Paqueta
Antony - Neymar - Vini Jr
Richarlison
Richarlison? What a disappointing selection. A far cry from the likes of Romario and Ronaldo.
Thought Fred started every game for Brazil?
how is Kubo performing nowadays? Wasn’t he supposed to be the second coming of Messi?
Has Neymar actually played much as false 9 for Brazil? In the qualifiers I pretty much thought they started with Firmino and then Richarlison was given some games.
Surprised to see Antony actually as a starter as he's still relatively inexperienced. Perhaps they're scarred from last world cup but I'd go Jesus as the CF and just get him to do what he does for them with movement to create space for Vinicius and Neymar.
Would be surprised if that's their starting midfield aswell. Fred has his limitations v top class midfields and Paqueta struggled to get going at West Ham, Bruno Guimaraes is the obvious inform CM.
Brazil's trump card however is their insane strength in depth so with this being the first world cup of 5 subs in play that could edge them through the knock out rounds compared to other nations.
Not over last few months. he used to be
Brazil's 26-man Qatar World Cup squad:
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras).
Defenders: Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid) Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Danilo (Juventus), Daniel Alves (Pumas), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla).
Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham).
Forwards: Antony (Manchester United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Neymar Jr (Paris Saint-Germain), Pedro (Flamengo), Raphinha (Barcelona), Richarlison (Tottenham), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
The forward talent on that team is fuking INSANE.....am surprised at only taking 6 CM's and 9 FWD's
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras).
Defenders: Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid) Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Danilo (Juventus), Daniel Alves (Pumas), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla).
Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham).
Forwards: Antony (Manchester United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Neymar Jr (Paris Saint-Germain), Pedro (Flamengo), Raphinha (Barcelona), Richarlison (Tottenham), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)
The forward talent on that team is fuking INSANE.....am surprised at only taking 6 CM's and 9 FWD's
A bit surprised Barbosa missing out, Brazil almost always have a striker from home league in the squad, but looking at that list of attackers it make sense. Fullbacks will hurt them though
Dani Alves still going at 39, what a player he's been would like to him lift a world cup. Be a nice way to round off an excellent career.
Can't see it happening though, think the fullbacks areas are weak and the midfield lacks a creative edge.
Can't see it happening though, think the fullbacks areas are weak and the midfield lacks a creative edge.
Didn’t see a thread for this.
Firmino and Gabriel (arsenal defender) misses out. Surprised about the latter
Brazil squad
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras)
Defenders: Dani Alves (UNAM), Danilo (Juventus), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla), Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (Chelsea)
Midfielders: Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham)
Forwards: Antony (Manchester United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Neymar (PSG), Pedro (Flamengo), Raphinha (Barcelona), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid).
Christian Eriksen named in Denmark's preliminary 21-man squad
5 additional players to be named before 13th Nov
Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Nice), Oliver Christensen (Hertha Berlin).
Defenders: Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace), Joakim Maehle (Atalanta), Andreas Christensen (Barcelona), Rasmus Kristensen (Leeds United), Jens Stryger Larsen (Trabzonspor), Victor Nelsson (Galatasaray), Daniel Wass (Brondby).
Midfielders: Thomas Delaney (Sevilla), Mathias Jensen (Brentford), Christian Eriksen (Manchester United), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham).
Forwards: Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Bruges), Jesper Lindstrom (Eintracht Frankfurt), Andreas Cornelius (Copenhagen), Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), Kasper Dolberg (Sevilla), Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg).
Firmino and Gabriel (arsenal defender) misses out. Surprised about the latter
Brazil squad
Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras)
Defenders: Dani Alves (UNAM), Danilo (Juventus), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla), Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (Chelsea)
Midfielders: Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham)
Forwards: Antony (Manchester United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Neymar (PSG), Pedro (Flamengo), Raphinha (Barcelona), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid).
Christian Eriksen named in Denmark's preliminary 21-man squad
5 additional players to be named before 13th Nov
Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Nice), Oliver Christensen (Hertha Berlin).
Defenders: Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace), Joakim Maehle (Atalanta), Andreas Christensen (Barcelona), Rasmus Kristensen (Leeds United), Jens Stryger Larsen (Trabzonspor), Victor Nelsson (Galatasaray), Daniel Wass (Brondby).
Midfielders: Thomas Delaney (Sevilla), Mathias Jensen (Brentford), Christian Eriksen (Manchester United), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham).
Forwards: Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Bruges), Jesper Lindstrom (Eintracht Frankfurt), Andreas Cornelius (Copenhagen), Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), Kasper Dolberg (Sevilla), Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg).
Australia Final Squad
Australia:
GK: Mat Ryan (Copenhagen), Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners)
DF: Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian), Aziz Behich (Dundee United), Milos Degenek (Columbus Crew), Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata), Fran Karacic (Brescia), Joel King (OB), Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian), Harry Souttar (Stoke City), Bailey Wright (Sunderland)
MF: Keanu Baccus (St. Mirren), Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona), Jackson Irvine (St. Pauli), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough), Aaron Mooy (Celtic)
FW: Martin Boyle (Hibernian), Jason Cummings (Central Coast Mariners), Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama), Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United), Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners), Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City), Awer Mabil (Cadiz), Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City)
GK: Mat Ryan (Copenhagen), Andrew Redmayne (Sydney FC), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners)
DF: Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian), Aziz Behich (Dundee United), Milos Degenek (Columbus Crew), Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata), Fran Karacic (Brescia), Joel King (OB), Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian), Harry Souttar (Stoke City), Bailey Wright (Sunderland)
MF: Keanu Baccus (St. Mirren), Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona), Jackson Irvine (St. Pauli), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough), Aaron Mooy (Celtic)
FW: Martin Boyle (Hibernian), Jason Cummings (Central Coast Mariners), Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama), Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United), Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners), Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City), Awer Mabil (Cadiz), Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City)
I'd be real tempted to play Fabinho at RB and Militao at leftback, like Germany or France have done (though the French fullbacks were more natural options). Fabinho played for years at RB and at least you get some added height for set pieces, 1 on 1 defending and you avoid Thiago (who is looking his age finally despite making the single best defensive play in the Prem every week) covering acres of space, even if some moves die with Militao on the left.
Also it would be easier to play Bruno Guimares as an attacking #8 next to Casemiro with Neymar as a 10, knowing there are 4 proper defenders behind them. Let Jesus, Neymar, Vinicius and whichever RW you prefer worry about the attacking and just play a fairly broken team that counter attacks a bit more.
You can absolutely win a World Cup that way even if it's an ugly way to do it, but I'm not sure you can win one with Telles or current Alex Sandro at LB.
Also it would be easier to play Bruno Guimares as an attacking #8 next to Casemiro with Neymar as a 10, knowing there are 4 proper defenders behind them. Let Jesus, Neymar, Vinicius and whichever RW you prefer worry about the attacking and just play a fairly broken team that counter attacks a bit more.
You can absolutely win a World Cup that way even if it's an ugly way to do it, but I'm not sure you can win one with Telles or current Alex Sandro at LB.
I only watch Sporting when they play in the CL but Matheus Reis seems reasonably solid at LB. I'm surprised he didn't get more of a look in. Seems like he and Militao would be the best option in terms of just being boring and solid and minimizing the issue by being solid defensively at least. He was in the Portuguese team of the year he's not a bad player and he's not Telles defensively from what I've seen, though will defer to the Portuguese league fans here.
Still expecting to see Tim Cahill for Australia. Looks a weak squad
You'd think so. Anyone know how he's doing at Sevilla?
That's....pretty drab, yes.
That was basically a CONMEBOL spot. How Peru lost it to a side led by Aaron Mooy and Mathew Leckie, i will never know.
Pedro is the striker from the home league. Well deserved call up.
The Denmark team is surprisingly solid looking. They will like cause an upset somewhere. A top striker in that team I back them to win the World Cup or the semis at least.
Brazil squad is the strongest they've had since 2006, insane amount of forward options.
They only lost to Croatia on penalties in 2018 and very nearly reached the final of the Euros last year, they're a very solid team. As you say the lack of real individual talent in attack probably limits what they can do, plus if they finish 2nd behind France then they will likely face Argentina in the last 16.
That Brazil squad looks very strong going forward but I'm not sure why they've taken 10/11 players for their 4 attacking positions but only 8 defenders, 2 of whom are 38 or older. If they don't end up winning it it will probably be the weakness in the fullback areas that costs them because they should have enough creativity and firepower to score goals.
Croatia Final Squad
Croatia:
Keepers: Livaković, Ivušić, Grbić
Defenders: Gvardiol, Lovren, Sosa, Juranović, Šutalo, Vida, Erlić, Stanišić, Barišić
Midfielders: Modrić, Brozović, Kovačić, Pašalić, Majer, Vlašić, Sučić, Jakić
Forwards: Perišić, Petković, Kramarić, Budimir, Livaja, Oršić.
Keepers: Livaković, Ivušić, Grbić
Defenders: Gvardiol, Lovren, Sosa, Juranović, Šutalo, Vida, Erlić, Stanišić, Barišić
Midfielders: Modrić, Brozović, Kovačić, Pašalić, Majer, Vlašić, Sučić, Jakić
Forwards: Perišić, Petković, Kramarić, Budimir, Livaja, Oršić.
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You dont need more than 8 defenders, 2 for each position of 2 CBs and 2 FBs.
Croatian coach Dalić even took 9, Vida will be there cause he's good at telling jokes.
When one of your centre backs is 38 and one of your full backs is 39, an extra one doesn't hurt. They're also only going to have 4 attackers (including the number 10) and yet they have more players there despite most of them being more capable of playing wide and through the middle then their defenders.
Yeah, looking at it again they do look top heavy and also light in midfield.
I'm nit-picking a bit because it's a really strong squad and they're as likely to win it as anyone but the top heavy nature of the squad was the one thing that looked a bit of a concern.
Apart from Modric, Rakitic and Perisic, I was most impressed by Croatia's fullbacks in the last WC. Turns out neither are there this time (Vrsaljko is still only 30 and had been at Atletico, and the left back, Strinic, hasn't played a game of football since due to a heart condition?) Wow. No Rebic also. Orsic is one player I'll be looking out for.
USA, Wales and France squads later today.
We actually have even better FBs now, at least on the left side. Sosa is a really good player and Juranović on the right isnt bad either. Vrsaljko was instrumental in 2018 but he played injured then when he needed operation and that took its toll later big time. He barely played and he recently retired from national duty. Rebić made some stupid instagram post after Spain defeat in Euros and never apologized but honestly he isnt a big miss at all.
Strinić needed to retire cause of heart problems, yes, sad stuff.
I don't think Bruno G is going to start games for Brazil, Paqueta will probably keep his spot even if he hasn't been great for West Ham yet.
Interesting, thanks. Here's hoping for another good tournament for you guys (still feel you were unfortunate in the last final).