Zhou Yi didn't have the same problem as Schulze, he slept very deeply and soundly.

He led the Chinese team to challenge Brazil over and over again in the virtual space to see what it could do with the current strength of the Chinese team.

In the repeated games, he found that as Lippi analyzed, this Brazilian team has a lot of problems, but now they have covered up these problems by finishing first in the group, and the Brazilian media and fans have tacitly avoided talking about it, as if talking about it will disturb the morale of the army and let the Chinese team find a way to deal with the Brazilian team.

But they didn't expect that even if they didn't say it, Zhou Yi would know.

Scolari is a very stubborn manager, and his coaching career has also had a very brilliant result, the pinnacle of which was to lead Brazil to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, when the 3R+ double card tactics were really good.

Managers who have been successful in the past will be more willing to believe in themselves, will have a very strong self-confidence in themselves, and be stubborn.

These problems have all happened to Scolari.

His several coaching failures also have a lot to do with his character.

For example, he was in charge of Chelsea, only to be sacked after half a season.

After his return to the Brazilian national team, his tenure at Palmeiras was a huge failure, and after only 56 days in charge of Palmeiras, he led the giant team to the abyss of relegation and was sacked by the president of the club.

At that time, Scolari was able to return to coach the Brazilian team, which surprised the Brazilian media.

However, Brazil's eventual victory in the Confederations Cup overshadowed a number of problems and made Scolari acceptable.

Judging by the first three games of the World Cup, Scolari's lack of adjustment, rigid thinking, and blind confidence are serious.

In Zhou Yi's view, this team's ability to reach the knockout round has to be described as "stumbling".

In the last group game, Brazil defeated Cameroon 4-1, which seemed to restore the confidence of the Brazilian players, who felt that they were invincible, and it would definitely be a piece of cake to win the Chinese team.

But in terms of strength, this Brazilian team is not absolutely stronger than the Chinese team.

This was confirmed over and over again by Zhou Yi in the virtual competition.

Take a look at the squad of this Brazilian team, compared to the star-studded Brazilian team in the past, this team is full of civilian flavor.

Especially the forward line. Brazilian football has always been known as an attacking force and there is no shortage of superstars in attack. Because football in this country is about attack, children like strikers and goals from the beginning of their contact with football, and of course they are prone to attacking geniuses. Since the Pele era, Pele, Garrincha, Riverino, as well as "White Pele" Zico, Falcao, Socrates, and closer to the current fans are Romario, Bebeto, Rivaldo, De Jaminha, Jadel, Elber, Edmundo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Robinho......

In the past, the Brazilian team only had to worry about too many attacking players and couldn't arrange them, and never bothered with not being able to find a suitable striker.

But now the problem is real for Brazil. In fact, there was this trend since the World Cup in South Africa four years ago. At that time, wearing the number nine shirt of the Brazilian team was Fabiano, who at that time was known as the weakest number nine striker in the history of the Brazilian team.

But now it seems that it was a little too early to say at the time, because the number nine of the Brazilian national team is weaker today than it was four years ago......

Now wearing the number nine shirt of the Brazilian team is Fred.

If you don't know much about Brazilian football, you won't be confused at first when you hear this name – who is this person and why did he wear the number that Ronaldo once wore it?

In fact, Fred is not a newcomer to the Brazilian national team, this is his second World Cup. He made a total of thirty-two appearances for the Brazilian national team, scoring sixteen goals. In this Brazilian national team, it is the player who has scored second only to Neymar in goals.

But that doesn't mean that Fred has a lot of quality.

His last World Cup appearance was in Germany in 2006, and as Ronaldo's replacement, he made very few appearances and made little impression.

Fred was still playing in Ligue 1 at the time.

Now, Fred is getting older and has returned to Brazil to play for Fluminense. He was selected for the Brazilian national team because he is already the only available person in the central striker position in Brazilian football at the moment.

Diego Costa, who originally played well at Atletico Madrid, as a Brazilian, is a more suitable person for this position, but he chose to play for the Spanish national team instead of playing for the Brazilian national team. At that time, the football associations of the two countries were very dissatisfied.

There is also a claim that Scolari's stubbornness and arrogance are one of the main culprits in the fact that Diego Costa does not play for the Brazilian national team. Zico, for example, believes that Scolari did not want to recruit Diego Costa at all, but it was only after Diego Justin said that he wanted to play for Spain that he promoted to recruit Diego Costa before a friendly and then gave him a symbolic appearance of 20 minutes.

Because he played in a friendly match, Diego Costa could also join other national teams, and finally Diego Costa officially announced his participation in the Spanish national team before the World Cup. Looking at Diego Costa's excellent form at Atletico Madrid, I wonder if Scolari regrets it......

Without Diego Costa, Scolari will of course have no choice but to opt for Fred as a centre-forward.

Fred is a big slot in this Brazilian national team, but apart from him, the strength of the Brazilian team in other positions is not very strong.

Hulk became famous very early, but he has always lacked experience in major European leagues, so he can only abuse vegetables in the Russian league and the Japanese league, which is far from the height of what people expected him to be.

If he had transferred to Manchester City at a record price for Manchester City's club transfer fee, he had a mediocre performance at Manchester City, making 42 appearances for Manchester City and scoring only six goals. He has now returned to Brazil to play for Atletico Mineiro.

At a young age of 21, Bernard made his World Cup debut and scored one goal in ten appearances for his country. He currently plays for Shakhtar Donetsk, has little reputation, and is only a substitute in the Brazilian national team.

There is only one Neymar in the front line who is a world-class star with enough reputation, but Neymar became famous very early, only went to Europe last year, and he has not grown into what everyone hopes in Barcelona, and he is still Messi's younger brother. The core of the Brazilian national team, the superstar, cannot be in charge of the club, and the strength of this Brazilian national team can be seen.

Take another Brazilian national team coached by Scolari for a brief comparison, Rivaldo in 3R is a core player of Barcelona, and has long won the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year. Not to mention Ronaldo, the "alien" is the absolute main core of Barcelona and Inter Milan, and the person who has won personal honors. The only younger one is Ronaldinho, but he also served as the core of the French giants Paris Saint-Germain, and he also transferred to Barcelona in the year of world tragedy and served as the core of Barcelona.

So now people say that today's Brazilian team is far worse than before, and some people think that Neymar is an ordinary player in the Brazilian team back then, and he can only hide under the light of a group of superstars, and the starlight is simply not as bright as it is now. Now most of his reputation is due to the current disconnection of Brazilian football talent, and there is no talent other than him.

This is not necessarily a deliberate attempt to discredit Neymar, there is an example - Kaka, who later became the core of AC Milan, helped AC Milan win the 2007 Champions League, and won the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or......

In terms of midfield, although there are many players who have worked hard in the European schedule, and the names are not unfamiliar, none of them can really be called superstars. Many of them are playing in the World Cup for the first time, such as Fernandinho at Manchester City, Paulinho at Tottenham Hotspur, Willian and Oscar at Chelsea, Gustavo at Wolfsburg and Hernanes at Inter Milan......

The backline has always been the weakness of the Brazilian national team – but that was relative to the attacking line that was so strong at the time. The Brazilian national team in 2002 also had superstar defenders like Lucio, Cafu, Roberto Carlos and others.

But now the Brazilian national team is reversed from the situation back then, and the Brazilian team's back line is much more luxurious than their weak forward line...... The Brazilian backline, which features the likes of Marcelo, Alves, David Ruiz and Thiago Silva, is the most expensive "Great Wall of Human Flesh" in this World Cup.

You must know that the three most valuable defenders in the world are all from Brazil.

Of course, value does not fully represent ability. The luxury defence have conceded two goals in three games so far, and it is not surprising that the two full-backs, Marcelo and Alves, have exposed their weaknesses in attack and defence in the game.

In terms of goalkeepers, "San Cesar", who once helped Inter Milan win the treble, is now old and has not even played for a long time. How important it is for a goalkeeper to have a consistently high quality game, anyone who knows the ball knows it.

But such a goalkeeper is still the main goalkeeper of the Brazilian national team.

It can be seen how far the lack of talent in Brazilian football has become.

Cesar's performance in this World Cup has not been satisfactory either, and public opinion has always put a lot of pressure on him.

Physical, slow to react and lacking game form, he is like a bomb in the Brazilian backline, who knows when it will explode.

Such a team that is not very strong, coupled with a stubborn and arrogant manager, this combination is really a "perfect match".

In so many games simulated by Zhou Yi, the Chinese team was almost able to play an equal match with the Brazilian team - can you imagine this? In the past, the Chinese team played the Brazilian team, and before the game started, the Chinese team automatically dwarfed, thinking that it must have lost, and the suspense was just a matter of losing more and losing less.

This was also true in the group stage of the 2002 World Cup. Brazil narrowly beat Turkey in the first game with Ronaldo's genius and Rivaldo's "cunning", and it seemed that Brazil had not yet entered the rhythm of the World Cup.

As a result, they met the Chinese team in the second game, a hearty 4:0, which not only allowed the Brazilian team to qualify from the group in advance, but also helped the Brazilian team find the rhythm of playing the World Cup, and since then they have advanced all the way and finally won the Hercules Gold Cup.

Zhou Yi watched the live broadcast of that game and was deeply impressed.

So when I compare it with the simulated game now, he sighs: we are really getting stronger, and Brazil is really not as good as before......

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