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From: Abubakr on 30 Jun 2010 03:26 On Jun 30, 3:01 am, Clément <lcmello.lis...(a)terra.com.br> wrote: > "Abubakr" escreveu: > On Jun 30, 1:58 am, MH wrote: > > > > >> Jerome Chiu wrote: > >>> MH wrote: > >>>> Does that mean either Kleberson or Josue will start alongside Gilberto > >>>> Silva ? > >>>> I assume Dani Alves is playing in Elano's spot already. > > >>> Possible. Dungo could keep Bastos at left-back, play Josue at no.5, > >>> Gilberto Silva (as usual) at no.8, and Dani Alves at no.7. There are > >>> many other permutations. > > >>> The main worry, for Dunga, is the threat posed by Robben to the > >>> left-side of Brazil's defence. > > >> So put Maicon at left back,, where he has played for Inter sometimes, > >> and put Alves on the right to attack Van Bronckhorst ? > > >I don't think I've ever seen Maicon on the left for Inter. Zanetti > >usually plays there when he isn't in midfield. > > Plus, I would be very wary of moving Maicon, and risk losing one of the > things that work best on this team. I agree. Further, I don't think Bastos is so much of a defensive liability (on the contrary, I think he's done quite well) to warrant dropping the only naturally left-footed player in the team and play Maicon out of position.
From: Jerome Chiu on 1 Jul 2010 03:45 MH wrote: > Jerome Chiu wrote: >> MH wrote: >>> Does that mean either Kleberson or Josue will start alongside >>> Gilberto Silva ? >>> I assume Dani Alves is playing in Elano's spot already. >> >> Possible. Dungo could keep Bastos at left-back, play Josue at no.5, >> Gilberto Silva (as usual) at no.8, and Dani Alves at no.7. There are >> many other permutations. >> >> The main worry, for Dunga, is the threat posed by Robben to the >> left-side of Brazil's defence. > > So put Maicon at left back,, where he has played for Inter sometimes, > and put Alves on the right to attack Van Bronckhorst ? As others have already mentioned, Dungo wouldn't rock the boat this much. What he might tell Bastos to do is to join the attack at speed when possession is gained, knowing that Robben doesn't track back much. That was probably why he pushed Bastos forward towards the end of the Chile game by introducing Gilberto at left-back. Now it looks like Elano won't play against Holland, so we'll probably see Gilberto Silva at no.5, Josue at no.8 (and with an eye to cover for Bastos), and Dani Alves at no.7. Cheers, Jerome --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Jerome Chiu on 1 Jul 2010 03:54 Mehdi wrote: > > Subject : OTO 6: Brazil - Chile [R] > > From : MHnospam(a)ucalgary.ca >> So put Maicon at left back,, where he has played for Inter sometimes, >> and put Alves on the right to attack Van Bronckhorst ? > > Er no. Maicon is just as much of a threat as Robben. Between Bastos and > Julio Cesar they'll be fine. This Dutch side play like Trap's Italy. Go > a goal up and sit. Yup, especially when Maicon will be up against GvB, and with the help of Dani Alves. My gut feeling is that the more Robben sees the ball, the more volatile the game will turn out to be: Robben is a great threat but is also prone to lose possession. He'll be wise to try to shoot as soon as a half chance comes his way, for the safest way to lose possession is to shoot off-target, rather than passing it to Juan or Lucio and see the ball at the other end of the pitch in 5 seconds. Cheers, Jerome --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Jerome Chiu on 1 Jul 2010 03:58 MH wrote: > Mehdi wrote: >> > Subject : OTO 6: Brazil - Chile [R] >> > From : MHnospam(a)ucalgary.ca >>> So put Maicon at left back,, where he has played for Inter sometimes, >>> and put Alves on the right to attack Van Bronckhorst ? >> >> Er no. Maicon is just as much of a threat as Robben. > > Yes. Which is one reason for matching them against each other. Van der > Wiel will have his hands full with RObinho, so Robben would have to > track back a lot more than usual. And every Holland fan will have to pray for Robben tracking back when Brazil gains possession on the left. The battle between Bastos + Robinho vs. Robben + Wiel might decide the game. Cheers, Jerome --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Jerome Chiu on 1 Jul 2010 04:05
Abubakr wrote: > I don't like both Melo and Gilberto Silva in midfield. To borrow a > term from another sport, there was better fore-aft balance to their > play with Ramirez and Daniel Alves flanking the sweeper. I hope Elano > recovers so that he starts in Alves' spot and Alves takes over from > Ramirez on the left. Ramires and Dani Alves flanking Josue in midfield is reportedly Dunga's "Plan B". Trouble is: Elano will probably not recover to play Holland, while Ramires is suspended. Dunga may have, at some point (e.g. towards the end of the game with Chile), entertained the idea of starting Gilberto at left-back, and push Bastos into midfield to play the Ramires role. But surely he won't start the game in this largely untried formation. Cheers, Jerome --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |