By Eloyza Guardia
RIO DE JANEIRO/Xinhua)
The Brazilian soccer workforce will debut tomorrow, Monday, within the Copa América 2024 that takes place in america with the seek for a title that can assist it regain credibility amongst its followers as a consequence of years of failures, in keeping with the expression of followers and specialists. .
The “Canarinha” workforce, five-time champion of the Worldwide Federation of Soccer Affiliation (FIFA), has not received a World Championship since 2002 and a Copa América since 2019, though it’s at all times thought of one of many favorites to win the trophy.
For a lot of sports activities analysts, the Argentine soccer workforce, present champion of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, is the good favourite to win the Copa América 2024, after the “albiceleste” defeated the Brazilian workforce within the remaining of the Copa América 2021 , performed on the Maracaná stadium, within the Brazilian metropolis of Rio de Janeiro.
The Brazilian workforce has performed 4 friendlies underneath the command of its new technical director, Dorival Júnior, with a median stability: 1-0 victory over England, 3-3 draw with Spain, 3-2 victory in opposition to Mexico and 1-1 draw with america.
The current performances of the “inexperienced and yellow”, particularly in opposition to america workforce, have generated, nonetheless, many doubts in regards to the skill of the Brazilian workforce to win its tenth Copa América.
Within the opinion of the primary sports activities commentators of the South American nation, the workforce “is just not prepared”, though on the identical time they take into account that the event needs to be seen “as a stage of preparation for the 2026 World Cup” that can be performed on shared fields. from Canada, america and Mexico.
The Brazilian workforce reaches the 2024 Copa América with some remnants of the final worldwide tournaments and a brand new technology of gamers, however on the identical time with out a number of of the essential names of current years.
That is the case of the technical director, Leonardo Bacchi “Tite”, who commanded the “Canarinha” from mid-2016 to the top of 2022, in addition to Neymar da Silva, thought of the determine of the squad within the final 10 years and who has not but He’s recovering from a severe damage suffered final October.
Different essential names corresponding to Carlos Casemiro, Richarlison de Andrade, Gabriel Jesús, Thiago Silva and Dani Alves don’t seem on the listing both.
The Brazilian Soccer Confederation signed Dorival Junior originally of 2024, after a 12 months to be forgotten with defeats in pleasant matches in opposition to African groups and an unlucky efficiency originally of the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
At 61 years previous, Dorival Junior is an skilled coach who involves the nationwide workforce after successful the Brazilian Cup and the Copa Libertadores with the Brazilian membership Flamengo, whereas with the Sao Paulo workforce he additionally received the Brazilian Cup, however now faces the good problem of his life: the reconstruction of the nationwide workforce.
Dorival’s new period is made up of “legionnaire” gamers, that’s, those that play in the primary European leagues, except for the 2 substitute goalkeepers, a full-back and the attacker Endrick Felipe Moreira, an important promise of Brazilian soccer who will quickly make his debut with the Actual Madrid membership from Spain at solely 18 years previous.
The Brazilian workforce will start its participation within the Copa América 2024 tomorrow, Monday, by dealing with the Costa Rica workforce, the obvious weakest opponent in Group D, whereas Colombia will face the Paraguay squad in its debut.
Coach Dorival has not but introduced the lineup for his first sport to be held at SoFi Stadium, within the metropolis of Inglewood, California.
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