Brazil vs Italy/Russia

[moab]

Well Scolari has lost his first match as selceao coach and hope he learnt from z underrated display that selceao played against england.there were players who were not at their best form but who got selected such as ronaldinho,paulinho,fabiano,fred,arouca,jean and even ramires.it's unlucky of hernanes who got injured a week before z match.z main problem of selceao lately is they couldn't find a reliable holding midfielder.on these next two matches scolri need to call on Fernando from porto.he reads z match, protects z back four, tackles good... he is an incredible player.even lucas leiva should b included.hernanes is another briliant midfielder who can play at any position in midfield, plays with his both feet, dribbles,shoots, and very good at taking free kicks. i'd like him to start next to or infront of Fernando.i still like if selceao plays with false no.9 which will be neymar.they've fluidity when neymar plays as false no.9 though he moves a lot and is difficult to mark him(unlike pato,damiao which easly can be marked as they don't move a lot).marcelo is not playing much since his return from injury so maybe scolari won't pick him for these matches.i guess even thiago silva is still out of action so i'd like if selceao plays like this.
JULIO CEZAR
D.ALVES - DAVID LUIZ - DANTE - FELIPE LUIS
FERNANDO - HERNANES

HULK/LUCAS - OSCAR - KAKA
NEYMAR

[jim]

I'm going again (the the Russia one)! will be interesting to see if there's any progression from the first squad. He should really play Luiz as the holding midfielder.

Lucas is coming back into form for Liverpool, and i think a Lucas/Luiz, Luiz/Paulinho, Lucas/Paulinho partnership would be great to try out.

He needs to drop Ronaldinho and bring back Kaka!

I quite like that team there moab, apart from Luiz playing defence.

More games in the UK please! (but less in London)

[Mineiro Giant]

Squad to be announced on 5th of March. I want to see some changes from the last one!

[Fred]

It seems that Scolari will call some players from Portugal ... Finally Fernando ??

[moab]

I think thiago silva is still out that's why i prefered that david luiz would play as defender.again we all have seen how david luiz is playibg as a holding midfielder. he's very good.but benitez let him play as holding midfielder against weak or not that much strong teams.i'm sure with his ability and infinite confiedence he'd perform briliantly against big clubs too.but fernando is a more expirienced player in that position.

[Fred]

I think it is time for Scolari to put Kaka-Lucas Moura-Neymar and Pato together some months before the Confederations Cup
I would add Fernando (Porto) and Ramires in the midfield ..

[jim]

Is the squad announced today?

[Mineiro Giant]

Here we go

The names are:


[GK] DIEGO CAVALIERI, Fluminense Football Club (RJ)

[GK] JULIO CÉSAR Soares de Espíndola, Queens Park Rangers Football Club-ENG



[DF] DANIEL ALVES da Silva, Fútbol Club Barcelona-ESP

[DF] DANTE Bonfim Costa Santos, Fussball-Club Bayern 1900 München-GER

[DF] DAVID LUIZ Moreira Marinho, Chelsea Football Club-ENG

[DF] Ânderson Vital da Silva “DEDÉ”, Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (RJ)

[DF] FILIPE LUÍS Kasmirski, Club Atlético de Madrid-ESP

[DF] MARCELO Vieira da Silva Junior, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol-ESP

[DF] THIAGO Emiliano SILVA, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club-FRA



[MF] FERNANDO Lucas Martins, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense (RS)

[MF] Ânderson HERNANES de Carvalho Andrade Lima, Società Sportiva Lazio-ITA

[MF] JEAN RAPHAEL Vanderlei Moreira, Fluminense Football Club (RJ)

[MF] Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite “KAKÁ”, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol-ESP

[MF] LUCAS Rodrigues Moura da Silva, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club-FRA

[MF] LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias, Fussball-Club Bayern 1900 München-GER

[MF] OSCAR do Santos Emboaba Junior, Chelsea Football Club-ENG

[MF] José Paulo Bezerra Maciel Junior “PAULINHO”, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista (SP)

[MF] RAMIRES Santos do Nascimento, Chelsea Football Club-ENG



[FW] DIEGO da Silva COSTA, Club Atlético de Madrid-ESP

[FW] Frederico Chaves Guedes “FRED”, Fluminense Football Club (RJ)

[FW] Givanildo Vieira de Souza “HULK”, Futbol’nyy Klub Zenit Sankt-Peterburg-RUS

[FW] NEYMAR da Silva Santos Junior, Santos Futebol Clube (SP)

[tetkale]

Felipao will be on his second and third try versus a very good defensive team ( Italy) and Russia which can be a tough team. there is some improvement on his choices. we welcome the return of Thiago silva Marcelo and Dede is not a bad choice. defensively very good choices just missing a backup for dani alves. The midfield was reinforced but he picked the wrong Fernando. the one playing in FC porto has more exposure than fernando in gremio and as far as luis gustavo he always comes from the bench in Bayern. paulinho was outplayed versus england but yet he has been recalled. I welcome the choice of diego Costa but maybe he is doing well benefiting from the threat that falcao present in Athletico Madrid. From this squad i would start
julio cesar
dante- thiago silva-marcelo- dani alves
ramires- hernanes-kaka-oscar
hulk-neymar

i would have added the following players on the bench: adriano- pato- Fernando of fc porto -jadson- ganso and remove fernando of gremio- fred- luis gustavo -jean- paulinho

[Fred]

Below my opinion about Scolari's squad:

Goalkeepers:
I would have prefered Diego Alves as second option. He always did well with the Seleção and he is playing the Champions League with Valencia. Cavalieri has not the same experience.

Defenders:
I am happy with Thiago Silva-David Luiz-Dante. I don't understand Dedé's choice. He is not playing well with Vasco and has been injured during a long time. I would have called Marquinhos or Leandro Castan instead.
I cannot understand why Marcelo is on this list. He is not on the bench at Madrid! What about Alex Sandro from Porto?

Midfielders
Scolari is not serious calling Fernando from Grêmio! Where is the other one, Fernando from Porto, playing the Champions League??
Perhaps Felipao has a % about the future transfer of this player in Europe. Probably. It is common in Brazil. Fernando is good but not good enough to take the number 6. Luiz Gustavo? He stayed in the bench at Bayern!
I agree with Kaka return. Ronaldinho should not be in the team.

]Forwards
Diego Costa? bof .. Fred ?? bof ...
What about Lima from Benfica? one of the best top scorer in Europe with Messi and Ronaldo ??