Teams of the Decade #15: Brazil, 2009
This Brazil side (with slight replacements in certain positions) has already been covered on this site, so it’s probably better for me to just link to the original article I wrote, although this focussed upon Brazil’s friendly against England, rather than the Confederations Cup side the Confederations Cup-winning players on the left.
That side was the focus of an absolutely superb piece by Jonathan Wilson which summed up the argument about the side better than I could ever do – was it a 4-4-2 with a diamond midfield, or a European-style 4-2-3-1?
Hopefully you’ll be able to understand how the side works from reading Mr Wilson’s analysis, and then understand why I think it works so well from reading my piece.
The side has been criticized as being Brazil’s weakest for years on paper, but it actually works extremely well in practice. They’re World Cup favourites for a reason.
Teams of the Decade #15: Brazil, 2009
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This is a very postmodern tactical formation, one that Dunga does not get enough credit for, even if his team are constantly talked about as World Cup favorites. Many people like to point out the individual quality of Brazil’s National Team but none of it would work without a coherent tactical framework. Dunga’s is a fine balance between traditional Brazilian football philosophy and the modern requirement for tactical versatility.