Copa America 2024: Storm in Selecao

A striking image after the Brazilian team's draw at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California (USA) on June 25, many fans scolded captain Danilo, causing the 32-year-old Juventus player to react.

Luckily, striker Neymar, who came to support his team, was able to get on the field and pull Danilo away to avoid an embarrassing argument. "This shows that the fans' disappointment with the Brazilian team has exploded. The suppression has finally come to an end!", ESPN (USA) expressed. "Selecao paid the price for being too cautious about tactics. Coach Dorival Junior also caused great disappointment when he was unable to find a solution for the Brazilian team to decode Costa Rica's 5-man defense," journalist Tim Vickery, who specializes in writing about Brazilian football, commented on ESPN.

Coach Dorival Junior's team is receiving a storm of criticism from public opinion.

In the face of increasing criticism of the Brazilian team, striker Neymar showed his support for his teammates with a rather long post of encouragement on social network Instagram. In it, the 32-year-old player, who is currently out of action and absent from the Copa America due to injury, put his faith in his teammates to soon regain their position and return to the championship race. However, Brazilian fans commented: "Ronaldinho was right!". Neymar responded by replying: "Shut up."

Before the 2024 Copa America kicked off, former Brazilian legend Ronaldinho criticized the team as "one of the worst Brazilian teams in recent years, with no trustworthy leaders and only average players". This comment received backlash from many sides, forcing Ronaldinho to speak up to correct it. But many Brazilian fans now have to admit that Ronaldinho's words were completely true, as the team's performance was too lackluster in the match against Costa Rica, a team ranked 52nd in the world, while the Selecao is ranked 4th.

Brazilian press also questioned whether coach Dorival Junior was right in choosing defender Danilo as captain of the Selecao at this year's Copa America, when this player has not shown his leadership ability, even arguing publicly with fans. Meanwhile, center back Marquinhos and striker Vinicius are considered the leaders in the dressing room.

Regardless of the speculation, the Brazilian team needs to improve their performance and must win against Paraguay in the next match of Group D at 8:00 on June 29 (live on VTC1) to regain their position. Paraguay has lost to Brazil in the last 4 consecutive matches and has not scored any goals. In the opening match of Copa America 2024, Paraguay also lost to Colombia 1-2. Therefore, if they cannot win, Coach Dorival Junior's team will fall to the bottom of criticism by Brazilian fans.

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