Chapter 436: The first battle of embarrassment

Robinho is the best mixed member of the Santos gang and the head of the Santos faction. Naturally, Elano and the others would not watch him be beaten, and McCone only had time to throw a punch before he was ripped apart.

Seeing that a brawl was about to break out, Dunga roared angrily: "What are you guys doing! If you do it again, get out of the national team! That's when the situation was put to rest.

As a veteran of the Three Dynasties, the winner of the 94 World Cup, and Pereira's proud disciple, Dunga is still quite prestigious in Brazil.

As soon as he got angry, the players immediately had to be honest, except for Ricardo, who was still rolling on the ground in pain.

The team doctor immediately carried Ricardo to the infirmary and did a detailed examination, but he only suffered an ankle injury, which was fortunately not serious, but he would also be out for about ten days, and it was basically certain that he would not be able to participate in the first game of the Brazilian team.

Dunga was annoyed by the situation.

Robinho is heavy on his teammates in training, which is very undeserved. McCone swung his fist at his teammate, which should not have been.

He would love to make an example of the two players and expel them from the national team.

But the Santos Gang players immediately hinted to him that if Robinho was expelled, the Santos Gang would withdraw from the national team en masse.

As for McConn, Ricardo also found Dunga alone, saying that McConn was standing up for himself, and if he wanted to punish McConn, he would punish him together.

Of course, Li Cardo didn't mean to fight against Dunga, but if he can't even defend his little brother, how can he be the boss of the faction in the future?

Dunga is also helpless, he wants to be tough and rule the army with an iron fist, but he can't afford to lose the consequences of losing Ricardo and the Santos Gang; Don't be tough, I'm afraid there will be more conflicts between the two factions in the future. weighed it for a long time, and in the end, it was just a one-game suspension for these two players.

What made Dunga even more mad was that the moment McCone swung his fist at Robinho was captured by reporters.

As a result, almost all the media are discussing the infighting of the Brazilian team, which makes Brazilian fans and the Brazilian Football Federation not very optimistic about the Brazilian team's Copa America trip.

Some even believe that Dunga has lost control of this Brazilian team, and this view is quite marketable.

It's useless to say anything now, Dunga can only hope that the journey for Brazil will be smooth sailing.

Originally, he didn't pay attention to it, and only used it for training, but now it has been given more meaning.

In this Copa America, Brazil was placed in Group B, in the same group as Mexico, Chile and Ecuador.

The nationals do not have high requirements for the Brazilian team, that is, they won all three games in the group stage and qualified first in the group, and then won consecutive games to enter the top 4, enter the final, and win the championship. It's really not that high.

Having said that, although Ronaldo and Ronaldinho did not join the team, although Emerson, Lucio, etc. were not selected, although Robert. Carlos, Cafu and others have withdrawn from the national team, but with two arguably the best partners in the world, Ricardo and Kaka, isn't it a matter of course for Brazil to win the championship?

In Japan, there are already many fans who affectionately refer to Ricardo and Kaka as "Tsubasa Okura and Misakitaro".

The Melingers also consider Ricardo and Kaka to be "the best Real Madrid partners of the 21st century".

With this golden pair, invincible is the most basic operation, right?

However, on June 27, Brazil's first game was a blow to the head.

Ricardo was injured, Robinho and McCone were suspended, Kaka was taken out of the starting line-up at the last minute due to muscle discomfort, and Dunga had no choice but to shoot the 442 formation.

Goalkeeper Doni, defenders Gilberto, Alex, Juan, Alves, midfielders Mineiro, Gilberto. Silva, Elano, Diego, forwards Lowe and Fred.

This lineup is not bad, compared to the civilian lineup in Mexico, this card can even be considered star-studded.

However, in the 23rd minute, Mexico broke the ball in the midfield and counterattacked, Castillo, who was in front of him, received an overhead pass from his teammate, and gently picked the ball in the face of Alves' defense, and faced the attacking goalkeeper Doni with a light cushion, and the ball went into the net.

In the 28th minute, Mexico won a free kick opportunity 23 meters from the goal, and No. 11 Morales took a free kick directly at the goal, and the ball arced straight into the right side of the goal, and goalkeeper Doni was stunned.

Although the Brazilian team had the heart to fight back, they were powerless, and in the absence of Kaka, Ricardo and Robinho, the young Lowe and the star-less Fred were completely unable to seize their chances.

There were 36 attempts on goal, 24 on target, 18 corners, and none of them were scored. Mexico, on the other hand, scored two goals from 10 shots on goal.

In the end, Brazil netted two goals and ushered in their first regular-time defeat in two years.

As soon as the results came out, the Brazilian media was in an uproar.

Brazil's Globo newspaper criticized Dunga's performance in the first official match of Dunga's coach with the title "Mexico's second team humiliates Dunga's Brazilian team", "Although the Brazilian team lacks key players such as Ronaldo, Ricardo, Kaka and Ronaldinho, the Mexican team only has a few main players such as captain Marquez."

The newspaper São Paulo said: "After the heavy defeat to Mexico in the first game, Brazil's time is running out, and the next game against Chile must go all out, otherwise qualifying from the group will also become a luxury." ”

The São Paulo State newspaper described the match as a "terrible start": "Despite Brazil's poor record against Mexico in recent years, it was the first time that they lost by two goals. With two goals down, defending champions Brazil lost their coolness. ”

There were even media outlets claiming that the game was lost because Dunga had taken black money......

Competitive sports are like that. If you win, you are God, and the media is eager to send all the praise; If you lose, you are a worm, and any dirty water can be poured on you.

To add insult to injury, Fred fell to the ground injured in training the next day, and was then diagnosed with a broken toe, leaving the Copa America early.

At this moment, there are only three players available in the forward line of the Brazilian team.

Fortunately, the team is not without good news. Ricardo and Kaka have been treated by the team doctor and are ready for training and should be available for the second game.

What is nerve-wracking for Dunga now is whether Ricardo and Robinho should be scheduled to start at the same time?

He spoke to the two in private, and both Ricardo and Robinho said they wouldn't mind playing at the same time as each other.

But there are things that can't just be taken at face value. What if two players play at the same time and don't pass the ball to each other?

In training, such signs have already been shown, with Elano, Robinho and Diego barely passing the ball to Ricardo, Kaka and Baptista.

Now, Dunga has only a choice to make: is it a Santos line, or is it a São Paulo line?

When Licardo scored a brilliant volley in training, Dunga made up his mind.