Yeah it was the best Brazil defence i've seen in a while. They played deep and didn't allow anything in behind or from the sides. Maicon and Luis were also very disciplined - when one went forward, the other stayed back. I liked Tardelli though, he at least can play football and is fast. But he looks like the type who partners another striker, not a lone striker. Brazil don't have anyone better though, so they have to manage.
My biggest problem with Oscar is always the lack of production in attack. But yesterday i thought he did better than normal, while still playing like a 3rd CM.
Ramires was meh, and could have been sent off for a bad tackle on Cuadrado (this guy can dribble anyone) Luis played the full game, he was solid defensively and made at least 2 important tackles to stop Colombia on the counter. In attack he tried to support but Neymar didn't really use him, just cut inside whenever Luis overlapped. Oscar played him in once though and his shot was tapped in by Tardelli, but the lino wrongly (according to commentators) ruled Luis offside. Oscar did pretty well by his standard. Not only the aforementioned through ball to Luis, he also made a sick backheel to Tardelli in the box. Willian was quiet, but he used his pace to create 2 openings. One which Neymar couldn't make the most out of, and another which Oscar messed up with an awful finish.
Just happy we signed another striker. It could have been Torres starting the next few games if this injury is serious. Also, fuck International breaks.
Personally, Ibra, Suarez and Aguero are top 3. Falcao at his best would be ahead of Kun though. About Costa, he was definitely top 3 striker in Europe last season - but he still needs to do it more consistently like the rest.
Pretty smart by Utd. A lot of their fans are now wanking over El Tigre, and already forgot Evans/Smalling/Blackett will still play major minutes at least until January. And they still don't have a true DM. It's also a bit of a clusterfuck having all these players for 3-5-2, so will be interesting to see how Van Gaal handles it.
I hope he can impress and score some goals. We signed a b2b midfielder from Vitesse, but after he came back from injury he played exclusively like a DM in preseason.
Atleti not fucking around as usual, when they sell, they usually spend the money on quality players. Cerci was one of the most creative players in Serie A, and will give them another good option. FFS.
I love how Cahill was always right on Lukaku when he received the ball, this made him super cautious trying not to lose possession and passing the ball backwards.