After a poor 0-0 draw against Venezuela in their opening game, Brazil were lucky to draw against Paraguay as Fred scored a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw. Now they are hoping to beat Ecuador on Wednesday to progress to the quarter-finals in style.
According to Reuters, Seleção captain Lucio told reporters in Argentina: “No-one is happy with these results. We know the quality of the players we have in this squad. We must show much more; more seriousness and more commitment to the shirt of the Brazil national team.
“Each one of us has to be looking for an improvement, and we all have to understand that we have to give a bit more of ourselves because we are not getting the results,” he added.
Brazil face Ecuador in their final Group B game on Thursday morning, at 01:45 UK time (Wednesday night, 21:45 local time). Victory would assure qualification to the next round, but a draw would also see Mano Menezes’ side progress as one of the two ‘best third placed’ teams.
