00:00What happened to the Brazilian national team?
00:02Is it the players' fault? Is it the coaches' fault?
00:06Is the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) responsible?
00:08How can a country that has hosted 5 World Cups...
00:11Can't win any more?
00:13I saw players like Romário, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo,
00:17And now I have to see these guys? Why? Why?
00:20Yes, these questions come back to the minds of Brazilians every four years.
00:25And this time it came back in a way that was far too painful.
00:28A melancholy fall for yet another average European team, Norway.
00:33Who is Norway?
00:34Brazil lost in the round of 16.
00:36The worst result since the 1990 World Cup,
00:39when they were also eliminated by Argentina in the round of 16.
00:43Goal by Canidia. My first World Cup.
00:45Imagine a child watching Brazil lose to Argentina.
00:47A traumatized child.
00:49That's how I feel about the children today.
00:51who watched Brazil and Norway.
00:53Brazil has fallen prey to a ghost that has never stopped haunting us.
00:56We've never beaten the Nordic countries. How is that possible?
01:00But that feeling lingers.
01:01Could things be different this time?
01:03Could we go further in the World Cup?
01:06The truth is that this discussion touches on many different aspects and perspectives.
01:10And then we have to go back to the players' childhood.
01:13When football began to evolve its tactics,
01:16We've always based ourselves on our individuality.
01:19in our talent.
01:20But football has changed today.
01:22Every country trains players from the age of eight.
01:25Every child who dreams of being a soccer player
01:29It goes through several processes.
01:31Performance analysis, psychology, biomechanics, data,
01:36Cognitive training, that's a lot.
01:38Meanwhile, we believe that discovering good players is enough.
01:42to reveal talents.
01:43Brazil has always faced tactical evolutions.
01:45And at certain times, we had difficulties.
01:48During our longest drought of 24 years between the 1970 and 1994 World Cups,
01:53We've had similar problems to the current ones.
01:55In 1974, Zagallo said that the Netherlands,
01:58protagonist of one of the greatest revolutions in world football,
02:02total football,
02:03He said that the Netherlands should fear us because we were the three-time world champions.
02:08and holders of that title.
02:09And that's not what happened.
02:11Brazil didn't even see the ball.
02:12The Netherlands strolled past that Cruyff-era Netherlands,
02:15A Clockwork Orange, The Dutch Carousel.
02:17Unfortunately, in that game, we had to resort to violence.
02:20In 1982, Enzo Berzotti's Italy danced to the tune.
02:25A 3-5-2 formation, which often turned into a 5-3-2.
02:29He exploited the spaces left by the selection, and you know the ending.
02:33Italy 3-2, Brazil eliminated.
02:35Tele only made one substitution that day.
02:38In 1990, Sebastião Lazzaroni managed a team.
02:41which had very little impact on the drawing board.
02:43To this day, he is recognized as one of the worst coaches.
02:46of the Brazilian national team.
02:47And finally, we arrive at a new golden age.
02:49for the Brazilian national team.
02:50The three consecutive finals between 1994 and 2002.
02:54But let's remember the players, the human resources we had.
02:58Look at the talent.
02:59Romário, Bebeto, Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Cafu.
03:03There were so many good people.
03:04Only top-notch players.
03:06An incredible generation.
03:08So, from time to time, we have a generation
03:11that makes all the difference.
03:12I'm making a poor comparison here with Spain in 2010, with Xavi and Iniesta.
03:16So, we can take Germany from 2014,
03:18with Toni Kroos, Klose.
03:212018, France, up to the present day.
03:24For almost a decade, France dominated.
03:26Two consecutive World Cup finals, with the possibility of a third.
03:29And to break records, by breaking records.
03:30From time to time, we have to accept
03:32that has these outstanding players,
03:35Just like Messi, who also managed to win his World Cup.
03:38We had our generation.
03:40We need to accept that we no longer have those players.
03:43that make all the difference.
03:44But, in order to make the individuality of the stars appear,
03:48European football has had to evolve a lot.
03:50Everyone today knows exactly what they have to do without the ball.
03:53with the ball.
03:54You know when you have to raise the lines,
03:56You know when you need to lower the line speeds.
03:58when you have to apply pressure.
03:59Meanwhile, Brazil still relies heavily on inspiration.
04:02Lack of perspiration and dependence on inspiration.
04:05How many times have you seen a friend or close relative say...
04:08Solve it, Vini! Solve it, Neymar! Solve it, Ronaldinho!
04:12It wasn't necessary, because Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Romário, and Bebeto were all in charge.
04:15The reality is that champion teams don't work that way.
04:18Spain, France, Germany, they all have a playing style.
04:22Brazil has advanced past the last three World Cups.
04:24falling to teams that didn't even need a designer model.
04:28Delgica, by Roberto Martínez,
04:30who lacks a great deal of work in their career.
04:32Croatia, with a generation that came close but didn't quite make it.
04:34with Modric, Perisic, Kovacic, and now Norway,
04:38who hadn't set foot in a World Cup for I don't know how many years.
04:41Actually, I remember well, in '98,
04:43And Brazil lost 2-1 to Norway in the group stage.
04:46Yes, of course, those teams had good players.
04:49Belska had Hazard, Kevin De Bruyne, Lukaku, and Croatia.
04:52Modric, the best in the world.
04:53As I said here, Kovacic, Perisic, Mandzukic, a good bunch of guys.
04:57Norway has Haaland, but they all have their own identity.
05:01Tell me, what is Brazil's current identity?
05:04Or rather, what was Brazil's identity?
05:06What has been Brazil's playing style over the last 20 years?
05:10Losing the technical advantage brought a major problem.
05:13We stopped producing strong collectives.
05:16In Europe, elite clubs have been planning their seasons for a long time.
05:20Top clubs hand over project plans to their leaders.
05:24Here in Brazil, when the game ends on Sunday,
05:27Everyone is already thinking only about Wednesday's game.
05:29Miquel Arteta, manager of Arsenal, Premier League champions,
05:33Seven years of work wouldn't have lasted six months.
05:36If London were located in Rio de Janeiro.
05:38It took Pep Guardiola seven years to win a Champions League.
05:41with Manchester City.
05:42What would become of Pep Guardiola if Manchester United were located in São Paulo?
05:46Technicians fired, projects interrupted,
05:49Ideas discarded before they could mature and evolve.
05:53There is no continuity.
05:55The players dream of snow and wake up thinking about Europe.
05:59The best leave, and knowledge goes with them.
06:02The work melts away and patience runs out.
06:05Brazilian coaches are stuck in the past.
06:08until there comes a point where we need to bring in a foreign coach.
06:12because we don't see anyone capable.
06:14to lead the greatest national team in the world.
06:17It's not the national team that's in crisis, it's the ecosystem, it's the training program.
06:21It's the management, it's the drawing board, it's the preparation.
06:24The ecosystem has generated the identity crisis.
06:27And I think that's the key word for this discussion.
06:30You look in the mirror and you know who you are.
06:32The team looks in the mirror and no longer knows who it is.
06:36Are we going to look for someone to blame? Yes, that's a natural part of the process.
06:39Who made the mistake? Whose fault is it?
06:41The defender? The goalkeeper? The center forward? The defensive midfielder? The coach?
06:45Is it unlikely that the manager will have the necessary qualifications?
06:49Because the right question isn't being asked.
06:51We need to ask ourselves why we've been making the same mistakes for 20 years.
06:56We continue to produce immeasurable talent.
06:59We need to turn them into a team.
07:01Create a project that survives, that lasts.
07:04And we have to accept that tradition doesn't win championships anymore.
07:08A heavy shirt doesn't matter more than planning.
07:11Brazil hasn't forgotten how to play football, but the world has.
07:15While the world learned, we thought five stars would be enough.
07:20They weren't.
07:22We taught the world how to play football.
07:24But perhaps now, I think, is the perfect time for us to go back to learning.
07:45So, let's go.
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