Willian

[bababoom 4,478]

Why doesn't he start for Brazil? Surely he's better than Hulk...

[iseah100 5,612]

Why doesn't he start for Brazil? Surely he's better than Hulk...

Well, he's definitely not starting now after that missed penalty. Poor Willian.

[haranr 485]

How about we replace our first team players with clones of Eden Hazard? Would you shut up and stop posting BS then?

I would like that.

[Barbara 15,149]

Why doesn't he start for Brazil? Surely he's better than Hulk...

I'd rather he replaced Fred and Neymar or Hulk - preferably Hulk - played as a striker. They can't be worse than Fred anyway

[nono 791]

Fred must have some dirty pictures of Scolari. That's the only reason he gets to play for Brazil lol.

[sdrcfc 461]

Injured.

[zolayes 14,489]

Injured.

SHIT'''his injury not your post

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Sad news. He was supposed to be Neymar's replacement.

[Sovieticus 743]

How bad is his injury?

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Fuck! So unlucky. Brazil in a lot of trouble now.

[didierforever 7,349]

How?

For how long?

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Back injury

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2682231/Willian-forced-Brazil-training-session-injury-ahead-World-Cup-semi-final-Germany.html

But it seems it is not that serious, media hype?

[sdrcfc 461]

Injured for a few days only.

[The Chels 2,502]

Injured for a few days only.

Source? It's annoying that people still have to be asked to give one.

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

"I am feeling great. I was hurt on my left side in training yesterday (Saturday) and it bothers me a bit but it is nothing significant and it won't stop me training today," the 25-year-old Chelsea player said in a press conference at Brazil's base in Teresopolis.

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2014/m=7/news=willian-knock-won-t-stop-me-2401088.html

[Roquila 1,335]

Fred must have some dirty pictures of Scolari. That's the only reason he gets to play for Brazil lol.

It's because Jo is the other choice.

[The Skipper 20,593]

"At the same time, Willian is a better player coming from the sides. In my opinion I would go with Oscar as a No. 10 and Willian coming from the side."

- Jose

[rantdeville 195]

"At the same time, Willian is a better player coming from the sides. In my opinion I would go with Oscar as a No. 10 and Willian coming from the side."

- Jose

Willian has all the tangibles to take on defenders. So quick, creates space for himself a lot. I feel like we all watched it over the span of the entire season with Chelsea. As soon as he gets the ball on the side, he squares up against the defender. Jabs his feet around really quickly, and pokes the ball into space past the first defender. Jumping over the defenders outstretched leg.

Unfortunately, this is where he can get a little frustrating, he cuts the first defender up across the field, then cuts again, and again, and again, and again until he is pretty much dribbling across the pitch dodging tackles lol and then he finds Hazard with a safe pass who sometimes does the same thing the other way haha

It's somewhere between the second and fifteenth touch across the width of the pitch that I sorta feel a true "playmaker" would have the vision to play a dangerous, risky ball vertically/through the cutback lane created by chasing defenders (rather than horizontally). Something Silva, Mata (used to), Iniesta, Messi, etc.

There is a little sense of enjoyment/excitement watching defenders pounce hopelessly trying to tackle, I'd hate to have to mark him 1v1 lol could just be me.