00:00Hello friends of the game, late afternoon on Monday, Brazil just beat Japan 2-1 in a comeback victory here.
00:07behind at NRG Stadium.
00:09It was a very difficult game; Brazil started off better, pressing high, but the first hydration break went completely wrong.
00:18Japan came back higher up the pitch, advancing its lines.
00:21Danilo made a mistake in the pass; he even commented on it in the mixed zone, acknowledging his error in that play.
00:25A misplaced pass, and then Sano stole the ball, they advanced with 13 players at great speed, the defense opened up, and it ended up going out.
00:32Japan's goal.
00:34In the second half, Brazil came back stronger, pressing forward, and Casemiro, who had been having a poor first half,
00:40He scored the equalizer, and then Martinelli scored the winning goal. Did you enjoy the game, Renato?
00:44I liked it, I liked it because Brazil managed a comeback, something they hadn't done in World Cups since 2002.
00:49The last turning point was that game against England, Ronaldinho's goal, that long-range goal, anyway.
00:53That's a good sign, right?
00:54Good sign, quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup.
00:58I thought Brazil managed to overcome some obstacles.
01:03Turning a game around in a World Cup always gives you, not necessarily an evolution,
01:08But it gives you morale to continue in the Cup and shows you that you are evolving and doing a good job.
01:13We realized that the scheme Antielotti had been using wasn't working.
01:20Because he used to play with Vini and now with Rayan, who's in Rafinha's place.
01:26more centralized and making those long passes behind the defenders, which worked well in some plays.
01:32One tactic that's proving very effective is Brazil's ball recovery in attack.
01:35And then, with Hendrick's entry, Antielotti changes Brazil's tactics.
01:39He puts Hendrick more centrally up front, he takes Paquetá out,
01:44It brings Vinícius and Matheus Cunha back a bit and starts betting heavily on Vini there.
01:50left side.
01:51Martinelli's entrance, he also used the more centralized Martinelli.
01:55And then Martinelli would try to combine with Vini at certain moments,
01:59to see if Vini would have a little more freedom to try more plays.
02:04So much so that Vini makes a great play right after the equalizing goal, almost scoring the winning goal.
02:09So I think it's good to suffer once in a while.
02:13And that's what Antielotti said.
02:14So, we're evolving, but I'm never satisfied, I'm never content.
02:19I think we're improving game by game, and that's it.
02:22Brazil has shown that it changed its style from one period to the next, and it worked.
02:28So Antielotti showed that there are variations.
02:30I even wanted to ask Antielotti a question, but they didn't give me the chance to ask.
02:36What was the Antielotti dressing room like?
02:39Is he the kind of guy who punches the table?
02:41Damn, everything is wrong.
02:42Based on what the players said at halftime, that's not the case.
02:45Dousan had some issues in the mixed zone, can you tell us a little about what it was like?
02:49Martinelli said in the post-match TV interview that Antielotti was very calm.
02:56He managed to maintain calm within the team.
02:58He said that's really cool about Antielotti because he was the guy who gave the voice of reason.
03:03He was the guy who said, "Calm down."
03:05Play calmly, and eventually the goal will come.
03:09Danilo, at the end of the game, I asked Danilo in the mixed zone if at any point they were afraid.
03:15The elimination.
03:16And Danilo did say yes.
03:17They were afraid, they were afraid.
03:19They say that being afraid is good because it keeps the team alert, it puts the team in a position to attack.
03:28to search for what he needed.
03:30Casimeiro also spoke at the beginning of a quick interview before the mixed zone,
03:36He said that the team was a patient team, which is very much in Antielotti's style.
03:40Casimeiro played for many years with Antielotti at Real Madrid.
03:43So the team was patient and managed to be patient right up until the last minute.
03:50Something the fans were already losing patience with.
03:53The crowd was nervous, but curiously, Yanaka received only one request from Neymar.
04:01And truth.
04:02When it was, I don't know if it was already 1-1, it was going 1-0 and then we didn't hear Neymar anymore.
04:07And truth.
04:08It's great that Antielotti explained his idea regarding Neymar in today's game.
04:13He said that if the score was still 1-0 to Japan after 60 minutes, Neymar would come on.
04:18field.
04:18He spoke with Neymar about it, and Neymar already knew he would come on if the game didn't have...
04:23There, at least, was the draw against the national team.
04:26And we noticed that Neymar was warming up really strongly until Brazil equalized the game.
04:31And after Brazil draws, since he has a specific number of players who can stay warming up there...
04:37edge of the field,
04:38Neymar went to sit on the bench and didn't leave after Brazil reached that point.
04:43Players warming up.
04:44And Antielotti's idea was to tie the game and then turn it around.
04:49As we were saying, Martinelli, I even joked about it in a report I wrote,
04:55Martinelli reminded me a lot of Bruno Guimarães, Romário, Martinelli, and Bebeto.
04:59In that play in '94, there, a very difficult game against the United States.
05:03July 4th.
05:04It was the Round of 16 of the World Cup, also in the United States, but that game was in California, this game is here.
05:09in Texas.
05:10Romário delivers a perfect pass, Bebeto scores, that's it, we're through to the next round.
05:15And here it was more or less the same thing.
05:17Bruno Guimarães received the ball, a sweet pass, Martinelli shot with his right foot.
05:21And we're in the round of 16, waiting to see who will face Norway and Ivory Coast.
05:27They are playing this Tuesday.
05:28Bruno Guimarães, with his pass to Martinelli, reached 4 assists in this World Cup.
05:33With an average of one assist per game, he leads in this very important statistic for the Brazilian national team.
05:40Two things to note: did you see that Lucas Paquetá left the field limping at the end of the first half?
05:48He didn't even return for the final stage.
05:51We questioned him, he walked past smiling, strolling normally through the area near the church, he didn't stop to talk.
05:57We asked, Paquetá, are you alright?
05:59He simply said, "I'm fine."
06:00The truck drove by smiling, so there wasn't that air of worry.
06:05He will probably undergo an imaging exam; the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) hasn't confirmed this, but the word they used was...
06:11Probably, the adverb used was probably, he will undergo an imaging exam tomorrow.
06:16As for Casemiro, he was substituted towards the end of the game because he felt something.
06:21The team doctor even went onto the field; he said it was perhaps a minor cramp.
06:26That he has nothing wrong with him, that he is in good shape to move on to the next game.
06:33Remember that Brazil is already traveling and should be traveling to Instal in the next few hours.
06:39on a chartered flight, trains tomorrow morning, the next day is the game, trains tomorrow morning,
06:45But it's that kind of training to loosen up the muscles of someone who hasn't played.
06:48Exactly, the players who have played here the longest should only do one training session in the gym over there.
06:54Those who played less time should do some light training on the field.
06:58And then they are released.
07:00Because they'll have time off for...
07:01You'll enjoy a few hours with your family...
07:04Actually, many hours, because he'll have tomorrow off and then return.
07:08After training, which is late in the morning, he only returns late in the afternoon on Wednesday.
07:11So there will be practically three shifts there, let's say, not just one day.
07:14But three shifts off, and then, starting on Thursday, intensive training begins.
07:20Brazil is already preparing for the round of 16 match in New Jersey.
07:26Let's keep a close eye on this game, okay? It's important.
07:28On Sunday, Brazil will face the winner of Costa Rica and Norway, who play tomorrow.
07:35And that's why it was so important to have stayed in Morriston, New Jersey, and finished first in the group.
07:39place.
07:39Brazil now plays in New Jersey and, after passing through the round of 16,
07:46They'll stay a little longer in New Jersey before heading to Miami, should they advance to the quarterfinals.
07:51So it was important to come in first place, right?
07:53The team can now stay at their base for ten days.
07:56This period without travel is important because it gives the players extra rest time.
08:01Finally, in preparation for the rest of the World Cup.
08:05Márcio Dousão returns home to Morristão tomorrow.
08:10Watch this training session from afar, from the national team.
08:12I'm going to stay in Houston.
08:14I'll be flying, right?
08:15I'll stay here in Houston for another day.
08:18I'm traveling alone on Wednesday, I'll join him on Wednesday.
08:20And I hope the team returns so we can continue with all the information about the World Cup.
08:25From the Brazilian national team, which you only see where?
08:27Here in the play.
08:28And I hope you like it.
