Thursday, September 11, 2008

Brazilian Soccer: Where is their team??

In a game at home in Rio de Janiero, the Brazilian national soccer team still can't pull out with a win. Loaded with world wide heroes of the game like Kaká, Ronaldinho, Luis Fabiano, Gilberto, Gilberto Silva, Lúcio, and many many others, they can't even beat Bolivia, a team at the very bottom of the table.

In a country that is known, if not for anything else, than for the soccer gods it produces, this loss is a disgrace. Bolivia lost a defender, Ignacio Garcia, to a red card foul and still managed to keep up with star-filled Brazil.

Brazil, after getting off to a rough start in the 10 team table of South America, won their last game against Chile with no problem. Perhaps they got lucky in the Chile game or perhaps they were too overconfident. Probably the most worried person is Brazil's coach, Dunga, whose job lies on the line with this tournament. If Brazil doesn't make it to the World Cup, which, this would be the first time ever for a Brazilian team to NOT make it, then there is no doubt that Dunga will lose his job and probably have to leave the country.

At just barely 2nd place, Dunga, and Brazil fans all over the world can rest a little easy, but a strong Argentina team is right behind them with Chile closely following.

To read more about this embarrasing draw at home in Brazil, click here

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