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Brazil-Paraguay U-17; More News and Notes

April 18th, 2009 | By: Duvel | 10 Comments »

The Under 17 team was outstanding yesterday, earning a well deserved 4-0 win over Paraguay U-17. One thing that immediately stood out was their incredible pace. Two players that looked like stars in the making were Wellington (Fluminense), and Coutinho (Vasco). Wellington was a maestro in the midfield, making deep runs everytime he touched the ball. Coutinho has actually signed with Inter Milan, but is on loan at Vasco until next June. He has been compared to Pato, and understandably so. Like Pato he is a bit smaller in stature, but has tremendous pace and touch. Felipinho (Internacional) was another player that looked sharp, scoring the last goal of the match.

The weak points of the team are the defense and in goal. The players at these positions played a little bit uncomposed, which is understandable due to their age and inexperience. The keeper, Luis Guiherme (Botafogo), was extremely shaky yesterday and it would not come as a surprise if he does not finish the tournament as the starter.

The U-17 squad plays again this Monday against Peru at 7:00 eastern. The game will be shown on Gol TV.

Some other quick news:

Diego had another sensational match for Werder Bremen in their UEFA Cup match against Udinese. Diego scored twice, and his club are through to the semi-finals to face Hamburg. Diego has been in incredible form this half of the season. Its perplexing that he has not been able to convert this to consistent performances for the national team.

Sao Paulo defender Miranda has been linked to join Thiago Silva, Kaka, Ronaldinho, and Pato at AC Milan. Miranda earned his first cap in the Peru match. I’m a little surprised that Milan is showing interest here, however it remains to be seen if this is anything more than a rumor.

Tags: Brazil, Coutinho, Diego, Felipinho, Fluminense, Group F, Inter Milan, Internacional, Miranda, Road to Africa 2010, São Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Wellington, Werder Bremen

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Comments

By Samuel | April 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

Nice Recap Duvel, I knew Coutinho would impress, although im still frowning at the exclusion of Neymar. but Dunga is going on a European tour to monitor the many Brazilians there ahead of the next Qualifiers and Confederation Cup. he’s in Italy right now planning to watch the Inter-Juve today & Milan clash tommorow. look out for Pato to run Torino raged as he’ll look to prove his worth to Dunga.

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By Duvel | April 18th, 2009 at 1:37 pm

If Neymar was in this squad they might have won 8-0, I kid you not. I read about Dunga’s trip to Italy. I don’t know why he is going to the Inter-Juve match, not one Brazilian is playing in that match. Samuel, what do you think of these Miranda-Milan rumors? I don’t know if he’s the answer for them.

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By Duvel | April 18th, 2009 at 2:21 pm

One Brazilian other than Julio Cesar that is, still its not like you need to travel to watch him, he’s a lock at this point.

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By Samuel | April 18th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

Im not impressed with the Miranda link either, Galliani is a sucker for Brazilians however so i wouldnt completely rule lt out. It would be best to chase Alex of Chelsea but he’d be difficult to attain. lol @ what you said about the Inter-Juve game; its no secret J.C needs no supervision & despite thier exclusions for all this time Maxwell and Amauri are still technically brazilian so maybe just maybe he has them in sight??

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By Hena | April 19th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

Samuel, wat do u think of a carlos teves move 2 milan 2 back up pato? i think they would make a glorious pair… he is a free contrct and would b a good rplacmnt 4 inzagi

By Duvel | April 19th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

Samuel, I did not see the Milan match today. Why was Pato taken off at half, especially with Dunga in the stands?? Everything I read seems to indicate he was playing well enough not to be taken out.

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By Samuel | April 19th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

Hena, while i like Tevez’s hustle & energy i dont think he’d complement Pato that much either as a Partner. he lacks that much needed Physical and height in the box presence. I think next season with a healthy Borriello, Adebayor or Eto’o alongside him. Pato will only get scarier. @Duvel, he played a great first half and never appeared to be in pain so my guess is that it was a Idealistic change by Ancelotti to give Ronaldinho a run out since we were already up three nil. Id hate for it to be Injury!

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By jzlim11 | April 19th, 2009 at 10:54 pm

I totally argee that Alex should get his national call up. He is playing so well for Chelsea lately. And Fabio Aurelio of Liverpool the best Brazilian left back at the moment. Diego is playing so well for Werder Bremen but i can’t understand why he cannot perform for national team…

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By Hena | April 20th, 2009 at 7:03 am

does any1 kno exactly what filipe melo did 2 earn such a hefty ban???

By Duvel | April 20th, 2009 at 7:44 am

Melo got in a fight with Cagliari’s Diego Lopez in the tunnel during the half of their match, that’s why he is out. They could have used him this weekend to say the least, Udinese ran all over them.

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