I tend to be a bit uninterested in the green and yellow hype machine, and Brazil really didn't look too afraid in this game. Ronaldo has now passed Gerd Muller for the all-time record for goals scored in World Cup Finals with 15, so I wonder if Nike will make Brazil continue to start him. Incidentally, the record for most goals in a single World Cup is still held by Just Fontaine with 13 playing for France in the 1954 World Cup. I don't know, it wasn't a bad game, I just get so bored watching the lethargic way Brazil seems to be playing since everybody rolls over for them. I will say Kaka is pretty fucking good, to be playing on a team with Ronaldinho and still shining as a playmaker like he did today, setting up at least Brazil's first two goals.
The aging veterans on this team and the young guys trying to crack the line-up all seem to be going all out when they get a whiff of a chance at a goal, which really makes the two best players on this team, Kaka and Ronaldinho, stand out that much more for playing in midfield and making killer passes, with less talented guys yelling for more touches, like Cafu in this game having the nerve to bitch out Kaka for not giving him the ball back fast enough. I would think these guys could be vulnerable playing guys on reputation like Roberto Carlos, who didn't play a lot of defense when he was younger and isn't as dangerous with a dead ball anymore either.
Brazil 3-0 Ghana
'5 Ronaldo
'45 Adriano
'84 Ze Roberto
Brazil meets France in the quarterfinals.
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