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April 23rd, 2006 | By: Euler Costa | 11 Comments »

Ugly or Foward? He said that he would leave the Seleção after the World Cup, but now he changed his mind: if he wins, he would like to stay. Well… Parreira is probably one of the best coaches around the globe. He just equalized the amazing record of qualifying 5 national teams into the World Cup. Bora Milutinovic, born in old Yugoslavia, has the same record with Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994), Nigeria (1998), and China (2002) on his curriculum. Parreira did it with Kuwait (1982), United Arab Emirates (1990), Brazil in (1994), Saudi Arabia (1998) and Brazil again (2006). Bora may have advanced more with his short-traditional teams but, at the other hand, Parreira led Brazil to the ultimate prize in 1994.

Now the real issue is: do WE want him to go on? To this point he has been doing a good job for our team. At the same time, it wouldn’t be that hard to select 23 capable players among the Brazilian legion of “European” heroes. What I can see as a positive trend of our coach is that he is taking into consideration fixing the most powerful attack force I’ve ever seen in the WC history.

After saying that, let’s drive down the Memory Lane to see what he, Parreira, did in 1994. Everybody recently read about Tele Santana, and his vision about how football should be: beautiful and attack-minded. Now, do you remember how Parreira’s team played in 1994? Of course it was hysterical for us to win, but that was not a good representation of our style. It was a brutal contrast to the 1982 team. Many journalists wondered if that was the end of the ‘beautiful style’ and the establishment of the ‘result style’. After a few weeks of pure joy and excitement, that dark question started to rise in our hearts like a cloudy shadow after a beautiful day.

The Zagallo team (1998) brought hope again, with Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Bebeto, Dunga, Cesar Sampaio, Emerson and Roberto Carlos. The team was light, fast and they could ‘samba’, if you know what I mean. But Ronaldo fell ill that morning.

The Conundrum Now we have this conundrum: is Parreira a new open-minded coach that will bet in our attacking powerhouse, like he did in the Confederations Cup, or will he choose to emphasize that ugly style from 1994? This is what I think: with the cast he has now and with 170 million Brazilians demanding full throttle this year, he would be crazy not to keep his recent tactics.

If he loses the World Cup, he will step aside. If he wins playing ugly, please step aside. Go coach Germany or something. If he wins like Big Phil in 2002, hunting goals ‘till the end’, we’ll be glad to carry him over our shoulders.

Tags: beautiful, Big Phil, Brazil, Carlos Alberto Parreira, coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, Mario Lobo Zagallo, record, ugly

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Comments

By Knut Karnapp | April 24th, 2006 at 6:12 am

I don´t think it would hurt Brazil if he´d stay a few years longer

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By Luis Paulo | April 24th, 2006 at 9:38 am

I would like him to stay. I believe he play a ugly style in 94 because that what the cast could do. With Rai and Zinho not at their best moment he had to bet on the defense. Now, he can attack. I believe Parreira is the less stubborn among the brazilian top coaches. Luxemburgo, Leão and Scolari believe they are more important then any player. Therefore they could leave anybody out. It’s the “my way or the highway” politics. I don’t like that. Parreira respond better to the people’s will, without compromising his game style. Yes, he won’t call Rogério Ceni or the Alex(PSV Defender) but now we are talking about 2 non-starters. He is a little conservative though. He ALWAYS make the same substitutions and ALWAYS wait at least until 20 minutes at the 2nd half to do it. But he still the best choice in my opinion.
If he leaves, I would like to see Oswaldo de Oliveira, although has no chance. I remember what he did with Vasco in 2000 and Fluminense in 2002. He knows how to manage a team full of stars. He is a very inteligent coach. In the 2nd game against Palmeiras at the Mercosul final in 2000, once Vasco was loosing the game for 1-0, he sacked Paulo Miranda and put Pedrinho on the game with only 35 minutes. It end it up 1-0 to Palmeiras but with Pedrinho the team created much more oportunities. Therefore I really wish him to do well in Fluminense again and maybe people would consider him to the job.

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By Gute | April 24th, 2006 at 10:16 am

I think that is not a good idea… Thus Parreira e Zagallo will perpetuate themselves in the position. The problem is: who could substitute them??? Abel Braga? No. Oswaldo de Oliveira? No. ….. I don´t know yet.

By Luis Paulo | April 24th, 2006 at 12:01 pm

Euler, dá uma olhada nisso

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-2149204,00.html

achei muito interessante e bem escrito. Fala de como o Brasil consegue tantos talentos num campeonato tão confuso e mal organizado.

By Euler | April 24th, 2006 at 12:33 pm

You mentioned 2 interest things, Luis. First, why, in the name of the football Gods, Parreira don’t want Rogerio Ceni in our team? Why, oh God, why?????

Second, that’s another thing that is really annoying: the substitutions with only 20 minutes to the end of the game. Again… why, oh God whyyyy???? As you said sometimes a player is so bad that day that he must be replaced asap. Flamengo’s coach Waldemar Lemos just did that in their last game. Andre was pulled out in the first half of the game (27 min) and Juan was far better than him. Parreira would not replace the guy until later when the game would be probably lost.

If Parreira leaves, we can beg for Scolari to come back, he he he.

By Luis Paulo | April 24th, 2006 at 12:46 pm

I don’t want Scolari because he might play with 3-5-2 again and this sucks.

By Euler | April 24th, 2006 at 3:07 pm

Hey Luis, his report is awsome! I was just writing a few words about it. Thanks for the ‘heads up’!

By Ghaleb | April 25th, 2006 at 11:09 am

Actually I am with this Guy..only if changes his style (the style of ‘94)

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By mahmud | July 2nd, 2006 at 9:35 am

When i am writing this ,i am very frustated as i have seen Brazil again losing to France.I am more concerned about how the played than they lose.Brazil rarely shot on France goal,proabably 1 or 2 in whole 90 minutes.How can this be possible with brazl?who plays football like art.I think perierra is too old to cuop with this chnaging world of football and he is very conservative.Brazil’s old players like roberto carlos and cafu were their lackings and france used those gaps.Even his team was not playing well he was typical conservative to change players.he should step down and never given the coaching responsibilty.I think now its time to give this duty to any young coach who played in 80s,90s like germany did with klinsman.

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