Dorival, Paraguay and the World Cup Final

The promise of the Brazilian team’s coach turns out to be hasty, as it does not correspond to the level of football presented under his command

It looked more like Tonga x Samoa than the Brazilian team on the pitch at the Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. Everything was already going wrong, without a single shot, when Diego Gómez, in the 18th minute, shot from outside the area to beat Alisson.

First, Gabriel Magalhães made a partial cut on the edge of the area followed by a vague marking by Bruno Guimarães. At least a nice trivela goal. The Paraguayans, who had done nothing and left the ball to the Brazilians, thus began to dominate the scoreboard.

After conceding a goal, an action involving Endrick and Vini Jr led to the submission of Guilherme Arana. But Júnior Alonso cleared on the line. And that was it.

Vini Jr, without excelling in any dispute, continues to show alarming unproductivity when wearing Amarelinha.

It’s up to Dorival Júnior to make the changes at half-time.

The arrival of Luiz Henrique and João Pedro in place of Endrick and Bruno Guimarães gave hope. After all, João Pedro left Rodrygo in front of the goal. Luiz Henrique, in a nice play from the back of the field, almost saw João Pedro head the ball into the net. The Botafogo player, in fact, once again left a teammate in excellent condition. Arana, however, did not take advantage of it.

Unable to equalize, the Brazilian team began to hear cries of “olé”. With Vini Jr on the pitch and Estêvão on the bench, Dorival lacked the courage to take risks.

Gerson and Lucas Moura replaced Lucas Paquetá and Rodrygo. However, Paraguay was very close to extending their lead with Bobadilla from Sao Paulo. Estêvão came on late; only 40 minutes in. What can I say?

Dorival’s selection is worrying

Ranked fifth in the qualifiers, with ten points, the Brazilian team has lost half of the matches played. After all, there are three wins, one draw and four defeats. With Dorival Júnior, an unconvincing victory over Ecuador and the defeat on Tuesday in Paraguay.

In this scenario, the coach’s hasty promise to lead the Seleção to the 2026 World Cup final turns out to be a fragile and unrealistic speech. Although, of course, Brazil has every chance of securing one of the many available spots in the South American qualifiers.

Given the level of football presented, the current Canarinho coach will have to give a convincing answer at the next FIFA Data, in October, to not see his career with the Seleção interrupted. Well, much sooner than you think.

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Source: Terra

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