Brazilian Squad Let us Down.

While everyone was against Dunga's call up for this World Cup I've always been very supportive of it. Not that it means anything... Actually my opinion, along with the other 180 million of all the Brazilians around never meant anything to Dunga and his technical commission. The point is that until this afternoon I never doubted his team. I mean Brazil has oodles of talents as far as soccer goes. One might choose one player over the other but at the end of the day mostly everyone will agree on one thing: Brazilian squad will always be the best one no matter what. We got five championships for God sake!
What went wrong then? Why haven't them lived up to the expectations once again? Everyone recalls the fiasco in the last World Cup protagonized by Roberto Carlos when fixing his socks while Etto scored the goal that would shatter our dreams to get the sixth championship of the world.
When I saw Julio Cesar crying on TV I immediately remembered the last cup when the Brazilian players were hardly criticized for taking the loss to France lightly. Some of them even got a grin on their faces. Maybe that was just a lesson learned right? I mean by knowing he would get criticism enough for losing the game he decided to might as well put on an act with all that weeping and sobbing to fool the spectators. Not me though.
I truly believe the reason for all this lack of enthusiasm, motivation and desire to win in the Brazilian squad lies in a very simple word: Security.
Come to think of it… these soccer players are loaded. I mean they don’t feel the need to prove anything to anybody. They have already worked their way to the top. Nothing can jeopardise their humongous incomes. The way I see it, they just pretend they care about the World Cup, about bringing some happiness to the Brazilian people - that have pretty much put their lives on hold to cheer for them, looking to be proud of their nation at least once, but deep down inside they don't give a rat ass for the outcome, for that matter. Their families are pretty much taken care of; they've got the big bucks in their bank accounts; they're fulfilled professionals in all aspects and that’s the bottom line. Let the Joe Blows with all their worries...
Brazilian Confederation should wake up to the fact that even though these guys are good and, if they want to, they can be exceptional, they won’t walk the extra mile. Unemployment, empty pockets, fear of being given the walking papers, desire to build a name and so on and so forth play a great role as far motivation goes. I mean hadn’t Neimar, Ganso and another handful of up and coming brilliant players been left off, the story of this World Cup might have been totally different. Although they pretty much also already got solid careers and stuff, I believe their desire to prove themselves to the world could be effectively exploited, would undoubtedly have played a great factor as far as putting their heart on their feet and showing more respect to all the Brazilians fans rooting for them.
We'll be hosting the next World Cup. Hopefully we can assemble some great players who will take it all in as far as the greatness of wearing the Brazilian Soccer T-shirt, as well as come up with a coach who will pay more attention to the people’s opinion and reign supreme once again.
Let me hear what you think. The floor is all yours...


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