Brazil vs Paraguay Preview: Brazil's attack is blocked, Paraguay is conservative and a draw cannot be ruled out

Playing on the green field

2024-06-28 22:27

On June 29, Beijing time, the second round of the group stage of the Copa America continued, with Brazil playing against Paraguay.

Brazil's 0-0 draw with Costa Rica in the first game caused a big upset, which also means that they must win in the second round to take the initiative of qualifying in their own hands, as the world's top team, Brazil is star-studded, although the team's number one star Neymar is absent, but they are still absolutely competitive, and they are the favorites to win the Copa America. The total value of the whole team has reached 1.27 billion, and the big squad includes Real Madrid double star Vinicius and Rodrygo, Vinicius is very bright in the club, after winning the Champions League, he has become the favorite for the Ballon d'Or, if he can take the Copa America into his hands, it will greatly enhance his possibility of competing for the Ballon d'Or, so Vinicius is full of fighting spirit. In addition, the youngster Endrick, Manchester City's Ederson and Liverpool's Alisson in the goalkeeper position, and Militão and Danilo in the defender position are in the top three in South America.

However, compared to the peak of Brazil, today's Brazil has lost the magic of the past, especially the soul of samba football, some fans say that Neymar is the last successor of samba football, and Brazil with first-class technology is now more utilitarian.

Brazil's performance in the world preliminaries is not outstanding, the team's defensive problems are not small, only 3 of the last 13 games have completed the wind, compared to Argentina, Uruguay and other teams, they also need to improve their defensive ability, although the team has a striker like Vinicius who is excellent, but Brazil's scoring ability has declined, compared to the Tite period, Brazil seems to have encountered offensive problems. Of course, this has a lot to do with the team's midfield, without Neymar's containment, retreating to get the ball, Brazil's ability to control the field has declined seriously, resulting in Brazil scoring only 11 goals in the last 10 games, and the offensive performance is the worst in the history of the Brazilian team.

As a quasi-second-rate team in South America, Paraguay has also won the Copa America twice in their history, reached the World Cup 8 times in history, and their best result is the top 8. Paraguay has inherited the strong style of play in South America, and although the squad strength is average, the probability of a draw is not small. The total value of the team is 134 million euros, and there are only three players from the five major leagues in the team, namely Bled striker Enciso, Newcastle midfielder Almiron and Getafe defender Aldrete.

Paraguay has won only 5 of the last 25 games, with limited ability to win, losing 1-2 to Colombia in the first game and only winning 1 of 6 games in the World Preliminary Tournament.

One statistic worth noting is that although Brazil have a much stronger squad, Paraguay met Brazil twice in the Copa America, 1-1 and 0-0 respectively, so Paraguay's conservative tactics are not afraid of Brazil, especially the Samba Army, which has limited offensive ability today.

In addition, Vinicius Jr. has made opponents fearful of his club killings, but he has scored only three goals in 31 games for the Brazilian national team and has not scored in nine consecutive games, and it is understood that Rodrygo's absence from the team's training is not positive news for Brazil. Brazil have not won five consecutive competitive matches, the team's worst record in 23 years. As an aside, the game is played in Las Vegas, and the extreme weather of 40 degrees may affect the performance of both teams, but Brazil has no way back, they must rise to the occasion.

View original image 214K

• 

• 

• 

• 

•