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I'd say Hart is in a better form right now and is younger, I'd have him ahead too. Buffon is a tough choice, I'd say they're about even, however, Buffon is getting old. And last but not least, Cech is clearly better than Neuer to me.

I can see where people are coming from with Robinho. But Neymar is an excellent professional. For Santos, at least. I don't know what kind of trouble he would have brought. For example, he played a friendly for Brazil against Sweden on a wednesday and soon after that got on a plane to play an important match for Santos that would happen in the next day. He's hardly the player you would expect problems for missing training sessions because of parties or so. But agreed about being no hard worker, if by that you mean man-marking all over the pitch.

I'm impressed with Oscar's defensive prowess. I'd say he's doing great for a player who's not used to play as defensively as he's been doing lately. Not for Brazil nor for any other teams or games I can remember of. I can only think RDM is improving his defensive skills and bulking him up bit by bit so Oscar can become an awesome deep-lying playmaker in the near future.

Actually it's not like that. I've seen a lot of Mata's games even before he went to Chelsea. I've seen a few Hazard games for Lille too. But I really doubt any non-brazilian in the forum watched a single game of Oscar in the brazilian league.

I'm brazilian and I don't think Oscar is better than Mata. Although I guess he'll be in a few years. What some people may fail to realize is that most ppl here know Oscar from a few recent games. Opposed to some brazilians, like myself, who have been watching Oscar's games regularly since he debuted for Sao Paolo in 2008. So, yeah, we may be a bit biased towards Oscar, but chances are that we have better knowledge about those 3 players to begin with. If I had to point one out, Mata would be my choice right now. Oscar will be the best of the bunch soon. Hazard is very good but I just don't like his playstyle. It reminds me of Neymar, but being like a bit worse than Neymar.

That may be true, but if you start following his games you'll notice it works about between 1/2 to 1/3 of the times he tries at best (and I guess that would be substantially lower in EPL). Other than that, he'll often try to open space to shoot by himself, when passing would be the best choice. So, yeah, he'll make some magical goals but he'll waste a lot of good opportunities too. If he learns to rise his head and find other players in better positions he'll be a far better player. He used to be a more creative/passing-kind player, but he began being highlighted since he started to make those runs and some wonder goals. It grew on him and now that is pretty much the only thing he tries to do. I believe a good coach could make him a much better player, he has talent for sure. But between him and Oscar, I would choose Oscar everytime, no doubt. Lucas M. was regarded as the second best youth talent, Oscar being the first. Piazon held great promise too, but he was a bit younger than the former, so ppl were still uncertain about him. Edit: about Mata vs. Hazard vs. Oscar, I wouldn't risk pointing the best one at the moment. But if I had to guess, I'd say Mata or Oscar, Hazard is a very good player, but I don't believe he's gonna be as important as those two to the team.

I think Oscar indeed seems better than Kaka overall. Oscar feels comfortable to play in many roles, has awesome balance, pass and his reading of the game is just top notch for a player of his age. If he feels the team is lacking transition from defense, he'll drop deep to get the ball going. If not, he'll be making deadly passes to the strikers and wingers. Oscar is very well suited for a ball possession style of play. He often chooses the most conservative pass, he isn't the kind of player who will try to create something out of nothing, which ensures the team won't be losing ball possession often by his feet. However, if he notices an opportunity to score or to make a deadly pass, he'll seize it. Oscar can also perform the defensive role to some degree, as shown against Pirlo. Kaka is a different story. I feel Kaka can suit the playmaker role somewhat, but his passing and game reading skills, although good, are not enough to assure him a place among the top players if not accompanied by his pace and physical strength, both diminished since the many injuries he suffered. I'd say Oscar's peak will last longer than Kaka's and he'll be a better player overall.

By the way, it's nice to see Oscar succeeding in Europe. I knew he was special since his debut for São Paulo (Sao Paolo). I hadn't seen a skilled youngster like that since Kaka in 2001. No wonder everyone regarded him as the new Kaka back then. Surely not for his playstyle but rather for his tremendous raw talent. Too bad we couldn't hold him longer. Yet, nice to see him and Piazon together again, both from Sao Paolo's youth team. edit - Oddly enough, I've just noticed both Kaka and Oscar debuted with Sao Paolo's number 30 shirt I'll keep an eye for the next 30.

Turning the volume all way up, yeah. It seems like he whispers "just say anything..." and he gets interrupted by the second question. But it seems he intended to say something else after that.

I've searched it all along and still haven't seen it. It surely isn't in the 1:07 interview vid. Have you noticed they're translating it live? You can't translate everything, there's simply not enough time for speech or even thought, they do it in a way you can understand it without losing the essential. When you have plenty of time it would be best to bring it as close as possible to the original - no more, no less.

And when was it? What he said was "fala que foi". There was no "fala qualquer coisa". And yes, I need to translate everything, otherwise I'll be changing his speech. And when he says he was happy it is safe to assume it was about the goal, you can notice by the way he sounds and the question. The topic was about his goal.

Piazon's translation was bad and yours was not that accurate either. What he really said: 1st answer: é foi, foi um belo gol aí, tava jogando muito bem, fiquei muito feliz - yeah, it was. It was a beautiful goal, I was playing very well, I was very happy (to have scored like that). 2nd answer: foi, fala que foi, que só tinha que fazer isso e tive a felicidade de fazer um belo gol - yeah, tell him it was (the intention about the first touch), that it was the only choice I had and I was fortunate to be able to score a beautiful goal. He never said "just say anything". At least not on the youtube videos presented here. Just my 2 cents.