Selection remains irregular and without a defined technical personality

The draw with the hard-working Venezuela team, in the World Cup qualifiers, only served to confirm the suspicions that the Brazilian team’s biggest problem is not the coach, but the players.

It is enough to note that those considered best at the time were called up, that the lineup of Dorival Junior was well received by all analysts and fans in general and the team’s performance in the first half was reassuring.

Reassuring for a group that has been disappointing for so long – five world cups with mediocre campaigns and stumbles in the Copa América – and that lays bare the harsh reality of the inferior football of our current generation of footballers. And there’s no point in insisting that it would be different with Neymar, after all he participated in the last three world cups and failed.

Good times when Didi, Garrincha, Pelé, Gerson, Romário, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho Gaúcho and others naturally imposed themselves on their opponents, showed all of their individual skill and helped create a collective force that left the world of football speechless. fallen for decades.

But the current harsh reality is that the overcoming during the first half must be celebrated, not only for Raphinha’s great free kick, but for the good football of Vinicius Jr, Gerson, Igor Jesus and a few others.

However, there is always a catch, the poor defensive positioning characteristic of the last teams formed, allowed Segovia to tie the match: five Brazilian defenders in the penalty area and none left in the fight to prevent the Venezuelan’s shot.

But the worst was for the rest of the second half with the maximum penalty badly taken by Vinicius Jr and the naive behavior of the majority, who joined in the battle of nerves of technically limited opponents who were willing to do anything to maintain their unbeaten record at home.

All under the complacent eyes of a mediocre referee, who didn’t even notice the number of interruptions caused by the Venezuelans, to increase game time.

Even so, we should go to another World Cup, but the team remains irregular and without a defined technical personality.