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this enthralling World Cup. It is time to enjoy the beautiful game | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
once again in the company of our hosts. To night, they play Mexico, | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
who impressed on their World Cup bow. | :01:08. | :02:05. | |
There is Luiz Felipe Scolari, arriving. A big game for Brazil to | :02:06. | :02:11. | |
night in Fortaleza. Neymar, the poster boy, two goals in his first | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
game. Can he repeat the feat and lift his nation once again, like he | :02:17. | :02:21. | |
did five or six days ago? David Luiz, an important character for the | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
side as well. It does not get any better than this, Brazil playing in | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
a World Cup in Brazil. Thierry Henry, Alan Shearer and Clarence | :02:31. | :02:33. | |
Seedorf are with me to enjoy this one. You spent 18 months here, | :02:34. | :02:37. | |
playing in this town recently. I sense it means a lots to the folk. | :02:38. | :02:45. | |
Quite a bit! Everyone has a shirt of their team, their club. Everyone can | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
feel it. The atmosphere is fantastic. It is all about | :02:51. | :02:54. | |
football, everybody. You know what it is like to play a World Cup as | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
part of the host nation and the team playing to their country. There is | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
added pressure, isn't there? Of course. | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
added pressure, isn't there? Of was special for May because the | :03:08. | :03:09. | |
stadium was only 20 minutes away from where I grew up. Of course it | :03:10. | :03:14. | |
is special. And the expectancy levels become higher, with perhaps | :03:15. | :03:19. | |
more pressure? I don't know if we had the pressure they are having at | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
the moment because no one thought we were going to win. But of course, | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
playing at home, your family coming, with tickets, whatever, it is | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
something else to deal with. I sensed in the first game that it was | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
a bit too emotional at times, perhaps. Yes, even the way they | :03:40. | :03:44. | |
sang, or shouted the national anthem. You could tell, it is huge | :03:45. | :03:51. | |
them. I felt there was much emotion. -- huge for them. That was maybe one | :03:52. | :03:55. | |
of the reasons they did not start so well. They got the result but did | :03:56. | :04:00. | |
not play well. I expect better tonight. It is a public holiday here | :04:01. | :04:04. | |
in Brazil and the beaches have been packed. It is remarkable how quickly | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
they are emptying. There must be a game going on! They are heading in | :04:10. | :04:16. | |
one direction. If we go and get a closer look, there is a huge fan | :04:17. | :04:21. | |
Park, and the thousands of people that were on the beach are gradually | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
going towards that, as the game is about to start. Today's early game | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
was in Group H between Belgium and Algeria. | :04:31. | :04:34. | |
The African side took the lead midway through the first. Jan | :04:35. | :04:39. | |
Vertonghen foolishly bringing down Sofiane Feghouli. He got up and | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
tucked away the penalty himself. Sofiane Feghouli. He got up and | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
two substitutes swung the game Belgium's way. Marouane Fellaini | :04:48. | :04:52. | |
rose above the defence to equalise with 20 minutes to go. And then | :04:53. | :04:57. | |
Dries Mertens latched onto Eden Hazard's pass, to scamper clear and | :04:58. | :05:01. | |
smash home the winner with ten minutes left. They play South Korea, | :05:02. | :05:12. | |
next. And boy, did he celebrate. This is the scene inside the Estadio | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
Castelao. It's about 25 minutes until kick-off. David Luiz tweeted | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
earlier that today was a decisive day in his | :05:21. | :05:23. | |
earlier that today was a decisive journey. They have | :05:24. | :05:24. | |
earlier that today was a decisive ten games and they are unbeaten in | :05:25. | :05:28. | |
38 successive matches on home soil. This is the | :05:29. | :05:32. | |
38 successive matches on home soil. Mexico have met and the fourth time | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
at a World Cup, as Dan Walker explains, history is on Brazil's | :05:36. | :05:36. | |
side. The football samba is everlasting in | :05:37. | :05:48. | |
Brazil. In this, the World Cup year, it reaches a crescendo. In Brazil, | :05:49. | :05:54. | |
some things never change. The beaches, the music, the people, and | :05:55. | :05:58. | |
some things never change. The a rather remarkable record against | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
Mexico. It was in a snazzy van similar to this that the likes of | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
Pele, Jairzinho and Carlos Alberto travelled in preparation for | :06:07. | :06:08. | |
Brazil's finest hour. travelled in preparation for | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
1970. And the place? Mexico. By the time they arrived, the home fans | :06:16. | :06:18. | |
would have been sick of the site of them. In 1950, Brazil beat Mexico | :06:19. | :06:24. | |
4-0 in the opening game in Rio. Four years later, in Switzerland, they | :06:25. | :06:32. | |
went one better, 5-0. In 1962, with Pele in his pomp, the final | :06:33. | :06:35. | |
scoreline was 2-0. Three games, 11 goals and a miserable Mexico. In the | :06:36. | :06:44. | |
snug intimacy of their boss, the sounds are a constant reminder of a | :06:45. | :06:48. | |
Brazilian footballer's responsibility. With one win under | :06:49. | :06:52. | |
their belts already, the class of 2014 might just be starting to fill | :06:53. | :06:59. | |
-- feel the weight of history on their shoulders. On these legs, | :07:00. | :07:06. | |
Brazilian hopes are pinned. As for Mexico, who knows? In the last five | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
World Cups, they have reached the second round but they only just made | :07:11. | :07:15. | |
it to Brazil. A disastrous qualifying campaign was not really | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
expected, particularly after Mexico won the Olympic Games in 2012. In | :07:20. | :07:23. | |
the final, you might ever, they beat, whisper it quietly, Brazil. | :07:24. | :07:31. | |
The moment is Mexico's and the gold medal. That came at the end of a | :07:32. | :07:36. | |
decade of improvement against tonight's opponents. But in the | :07:37. | :07:38. | |
Confederations Cup last summer, it was business as usual. He has done | :07:39. | :07:46. | |
it again. The splatter in that -- of able in the back of the net is music | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
to Brazilians. Like I say, in Brazil, some things never change. | :07:52. | :07:59. | |
Those buses were so small. No wonder they never parked it in front of the | :08:00. | :08:04. | |
goal, it was too small. Hence the attacking football. Some great | :08:05. | :08:07. | |
pictures. They have great history. Yes, we call this the Mecca of | :08:08. | :08:16. | |
football. Every angle, on the beach on the street, everyone is playing, | :08:17. | :08:19. | |
boys and girls, all the young people. It is all about football. It | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
is a great place to be at present. You have had a good look at the | :08:25. | :08:31. | |
team. Julius Caesar even make the bench at QPR this season but | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
Scolari's belief in him has never wavered. A familiar back four, Dani | :08:36. | :08:39. | |
Alves and Marcelo, attacking options. David Luiz loves to bring | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
the ball out of defence so the discipline of the Argo Silver is | :08:44. | :08:44. | |
vital. -- Thiago Silva. Ramires is more defensive than Hulk | :08:45. | :08:59. | |
and Paulinho will go box to box. Up front, the tactical switch means | :09:00. | :09:02. | |
Oscar might start on the right. He played so well in the first game. | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
Fred will occupy the defenders and create space for Neymar, who | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
definitely has licence to roam. Do you see that as a better line up for | :09:13. | :09:16. | |
Brazil, without Hulk and Ramires in his place? I believe so. It will | :09:17. | :09:22. | |
allow Dani Alves and Marcelo to go forward. You would like to think | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
that Gustavo and Ramires are going to help them. I think they are | :09:29. | :09:30. | |
better equipped like that. Had EU use either side? We have seen | :09:31. | :09:42. | |
some great Brazilian teams in the past but this one does not have many | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
stars. It is fun and all. It works for them. It is not as sexy as other | :09:47. | :09:50. | |
Brazilian teams but they get results. Paulinho plays a big part | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
in it. Ramires might even play on the right, and Oscar might sit in | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
the hole. We have to wait until the game starts to see what happens. But | :10:01. | :10:06. | |
as much as they work hard, they have got flair, with Neymar, who started | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
the tournament in great fashion. He has got his goals and is off and | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
running. That is all it important. You know as well as I do and Thierry | :10:16. | :10:18. | |
Henry will will tell you, get off the mark and the pressure is off and | :10:19. | :10:22. | |
you can enjoy the tournament. It would be nice to see them relax and | :10:23. | :10:26. | |
play some great football. I don't know how much they will be relaxed. | :10:27. | :10:30. | |
After every game, it will be the same kind of pressure but I agree, | :10:31. | :10:39. | |
after the first match, getting the win will loosen them up a bit. There | :10:40. | :10:42. | |
were mixed scenes across Brazil for the opening game. Plenty of | :10:43. | :10:44. | |
excitement after the 3-1 win over Croatia contrasted by protests in | :10:45. | :10:47. | |
Sao Paulo and Rio against the government's financing of the | :10:48. | :10:51. | |
competition. Tonight in Rio, the mood seems pretty relaxed. A couple | :10:52. | :10:54. | |
of miles from the beach and the studio, as you can see, we have seen | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
the fan Park, where thousands of people have packed into the edge of | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
Copacabana Beach. It is a beautiful day, early evening, in Rio. There | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
have been protests around the stadium in Fortaleza, though. Let's | :11:09. | :11:15. | |
get the latest with Tim Vickery and Jason Mohammed. | :11:16. | :11:25. | |
Welcome to the arena cast allowing Fortaleza. They have been getting | :11:26. | :11:28. | |
ready to welcome Brazil. There is a mood in Brazil that this is their | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
year. But what is the latest on the protests, Tim? We got to the stadium | :11:34. | :11:37. | |
bright and early. Some people who came later have had problems. A | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
group of demonstrators have blocked off a road so people are arriving | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
late. But the numbers of protesters are still comparatively small. It is | :11:46. | :11:49. | |
not going beyond a core group of activists. That is a big difference | :11:50. | :12:01. | |
from last year. We will never forget last year when Brazil beat Mexico in | :12:02. | :12:03. | |
the Confederations Cup. During the absence, the music stopped and the | :12:04. | :12:06. | |
fans continued to sing. Are you expecting that intensity again | :12:07. | :12:08. | |
today? It was not only the fancy continued singing, it was the | :12:09. | :12:11. | |
players as well. That was a response to political events and it was | :12:12. | :12:15. | |
strong, emotionally. It forged a bond between the team and the | :12:16. | :12:19. | |
terraces. They are very proud, yeah, that the tradition started in | :12:20. | :12:22. | |
Fortaleza. One of the local newspapers said this is not | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
Brazil's home, it is its fortress, which is what Fortaleza means in | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
Portuguese. The more time I spend on the road and the more Brazilian | :12:33. | :12:35. | |
press men and journalists and fans I speak to, the more they think it is | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
their year. What do you think? Second place would be unacceptable. | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
They have to win and Scolari has said it right from the start. But | :12:45. | :12:47. | |
they will not be underestimating Mexico. The 2-1 win here last year | :12:48. | :12:52. | |
was nervous, only sealed in second-half stoppage time. After | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
Brazil won the Confederations Cup, Scolari said he was more worried | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
about Mexico than he was about Spain. There was the Olympic final, | :13:00. | :13:03. | |
when Mexico beat Brazil. In his first spell as Brazil coach, when | :13:04. | :13:08. | |
Scolari played Mexico in the Copa America in 2001, I was there and | :13:09. | :13:13. | |
they lost 1-0. That spell ended with him winning the World Cup. It is the | :13:14. | :13:16. | |
only acceptable response in his second spell as well. Thank you for | :13:17. | :13:22. | |
joining us. Remember, Brazil are unbeaten in 38 matches in their own | :13:23. | :13:25. | |
country. Their last defeat was Paraguay in 2002. New lie I won't | :13:26. | :13:36. | |
Looking at Mexico, Marquis is at his fourth World Cup. The wingbacks are | :13:37. | :13:50. | |
the key to their system, Miguel Layun and Aguilar providing space | :13:51. | :13:59. | |
and whipped. Vazquez will hold and Guardado provide experience. Hector | :14:00. | :14:02. | |
Herrera is dynamic and will try to get forward more than the other two. | :14:03. | :14:07. | |
And upfront, Villarreal's Dos Santos alongside Peralta, who is a great | :14:08. | :14:10. | |
finisher. Starting with Dos Santos, one of the | :14:11. | :14:19. | |
unluckiest players in the competition so far. His first game | :14:20. | :14:20. | |
was fraught. He is a great talent, great | :14:21. | :14:31. | |
positioning, great cross, fantastic finish. Terrible flag! That can | :14:32. | :14:38. | |
happen. He has been unlucky, not only in this tournament but in his | :14:39. | :14:46. | |
career. He is a great talent and has not found the right team to fit in. | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
But the Mexicans have a lot of great quality upfront. He is such a | :14:51. | :14:55. | |
quality player. He got the feeling when the keeper saved that one, it | :14:56. | :14:58. | |
was not going to be his day. The ball was not going in the net for | :14:59. | :15:03. | |
him. I played with him at Barcelona. He struggled at | :15:04. | :15:06. | |
Tottenham. He could have maybe given up but he came back strong and has | :15:07. | :15:10. | |
done well which is what you want to see. Do you think it is an | :15:11. | :15:16. | |
intriguing tactical battle see. Do you think it is an | :15:17. | :15:23. | |
the sides today? Yes it is, against Mexico, they give you a 5-3-2. And | :15:24. | :15:29. | |
then, it can turn into a 3-5-2. And what that does, Marquez will drop, | :15:30. | :15:32. | |
the centre what that does, Marquez will drop, | :15:33. | :15:40. | |
then they have the midfielders that love to play compact in midfield. | :15:41. | :15:43. | |
From there, they can create problems. They ask you, can you | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
think, can you deal with that. When you have somebody like Rafael | :15:50. | :15:51. | |
Marquez, he can put the ball anywhere, and then you have a good | :15:52. | :15:57. | |
midfield, it is difficult to deal with. You played against them and | :15:58. | :16:03. | |
found it tough? That is my point, I was on the field playing against a | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
Mexican side because they play the same way. And I was always finding | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
myself thinking, what are they going to do? Are they going to give | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
myself thinking, what are they going 5-3-2, the 3-5-2. How do we do it? | :16:17. | :16:21. | |
That guy is out wide? Is he belong in the middle? That is the thing, | :16:22. | :16:28. | |
and when I played with Clarence, I thought we will go? And then he is | :16:29. | :16:31. | |
already gone. That is the type of thing that | :16:32. | :16:32. | |
thought we will go? And then he is already gone. they do. The important | :16:33. | :16:40. | |
thing in that kind of system is Layun. He is a big player, we | :16:41. | :16:44. | |
mentioned Paul Aguilar, but this player on the left-hand side, he is | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
nonstop up and down the left-hand side. When he gets in there, I have | :16:49. | :16:53. | |
to say that his final ball, particularly with the left foot was | :16:54. | :16:59. | |
Paul. But look at the options he gives them, he wants to get some | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
width, and he goes back in with his left foot. And the encouraging thing | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
for them, he is desperate to get in there. They will not stop doing it. | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
The forwards, we mentioned his left foot, and this time in the | :17:12. | :17:14. | |
second-half giving them which again. He does not get it first time but I | :17:15. | :17:19. | |
admire him for that because he does not give up. Mention three bad balls | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
with his left foot, this a very good ball with his right foot. He should | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
have finished it off. It will be a fascinating battle down that side, | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
him against Dani Alves. Dani Alves will attack all evening and he will | :17:32. | :17:36. | |
do that be the same. It will be a good one. Let's hear from Juninho, | :17:37. | :17:46. | |
who alongside Scolari won the World Cup 12 years ago. If we go back to | :17:47. | :17:54. | |
2002 and winning the World Cup, the country must have gone mad when you | :17:55. | :18:01. | |
did that. It will be at least ten times more if they win it on home | :18:02. | :18:08. | |
soil. That is why the play was so emotional in the first ten or 15 | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
minutes. They know how important the title it in your country. Everybody | :18:12. | :18:16. | |
is expecting Brazil in the final. And then, to get the title. So, the | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
players can feel that. I think it is a different feeling. It is wonderful | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
to win the World Cup, even more in your country. Does Scolari help take | :18:28. | :18:34. | |
the pressure off the players? Especially in that team, yes. Even | :18:35. | :18:41. | |
the players that are playing in the great competitions in Europe, the | :18:42. | :18:45. | |
Champions League, in the national team they do not have so much | :18:46. | :18:48. | |
experience. Their experience is outside of the field. I think it is | :18:49. | :18:57. | |
Scolari's job now to let them play, and the responsibility is all mine. | :18:58. | :19:02. | |
I think he is saying that to the players. What is he like as a | :19:03. | :19:06. | |
manager and as a coach? Is he strict? Yes... Well, he is a very | :19:07. | :19:13. | |
straight Guy. What his heart is feeling, he will tell you. That is | :19:14. | :19:17. | |
important for the players. The players know that he is doing what | :19:18. | :19:21. | |
his heart is saying. So, they trust him. That is important. He wants to | :19:22. | :19:31. | |
build a family group, everyone is aware about it, they are mates. That | :19:32. | :19:39. | |
has built the group stronger. STUDIO: Well, what a view that is of | :19:40. | :19:45. | |
the stadium in Fortaleza. We sweep towards it. The atmosphere is really | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
starting to build. The fans inside the stadium building up to... The | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
euphoric sea of yellow there as you would expect with a Brazil home | :19:57. | :20:00. | |
game. Let's look into a couple of the players that are going to be | :20:01. | :20:03. | |
really important, particularly for Brazil. Thiago Silva is obviously a | :20:04. | :20:12. | |
very important player for them. Fundamental, his mentality, besides | :20:13. | :20:15. | |
his incredible quality as a defender. I have played with a few | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
great defenders, but I think he is one of the most complete ones. His | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
personality, he is calm, he is disciplined. I think in the first | :20:26. | :20:29. | |
game he was a little bit nervous. Yes, it was one of those. Because | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
you know, you can see it... Because I know, the way that he was looking | :20:36. | :20:40. | |
during the national anthem. I think today, he will hopefully have a | :20:41. | :20:44. | |
little bit more... You know, a relaxed body. So he can give the | :20:45. | :20:49. | |
passing. They need it, they need that switch sometimes. I spoke with | :20:50. | :20:57. | |
Laurent Blanc, his manager at PSG, and I rate him highly. He said there | :20:58. | :21:02. | |
is nothing he cannot do. He said he can head it, left foot, right foot, | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
he can come out and play. If you want to fight with him, he will | :21:07. | :21:11. | |
battle with you as well. You were looking at Fred, he gets a bit of | :21:12. | :21:15. | |
criticism here in Brazil and amongst critics are certain aspects. He is a | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
goal-scorer but he was involved in the first game. He does things that | :21:22. | :21:26. | |
people do not see, he challenges the defender, and if he does not do that | :21:27. | :21:29. | |
they do not score. That is the type of thing people do not see, yes it | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
was not a bicycle kick, but he does what he does. They get the ball | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
back, Neymar gets it, and he pulls away. He makes the run and takes the | :21:39. | :21:43. | |
defender away. If he does not do that, Neymar does not score, as | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
simple as that. I know that Neymar is quality, but fully, that is his | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
goal. He knows it. Am I right in saying that he only had seven | :21:54. | :21:56. | |
touches of the ball in the first half, and two of those were | :21:57. | :22:00. | |
kick-offs. He is going to have to do better than that. To do better than | :22:01. | :22:06. | |
that. Two kick-offs? Yes, there was a goal. They obviously won the toss! | :22:07. | :22:11. | |
But it is a great example for the young kids watching this. You can be | :22:12. | :22:15. | |
efficient without touching the ball. Arguably Oscar was the best | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
buy on the pitch. He definitely was the best player. Neymar got a couple | :22:22. | :22:24. | |
of goals and the headlines, but I was really impressed with him. He | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
gave them wits, he whipped balls into the box. It is something that | :22:28. | :22:32. | |
you do not often see with Oscar, but he got stuck in, winning tackles and | :22:33. | :22:37. | |
created chances. And he got the goal that his performance deserved. For | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
me, this evening, it is going to be the battle down the flanks, who is | :22:42. | :22:45. | |
going to dominate that will win. We shall see. All going to Brazil? | :22:46. | :22:54. | |
Brazil. Brazil. Thierry Henry? I am going to go for Brazil because I | :22:55. | :23:03. | |
want a nice night! There we go, some great team bonding. We should get | :23:04. | :23:05. | |
out there quickly because the anthems were very special last time. | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
It is all set up for this Group A encounter. We can join Mark | :23:09. | :23:11. | |
Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce. COMMENTATOR: Good evening. Is there | :23:12. | :23:15. | |
a better place to be as a football fan? It is loud, it is colourful, | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
and it is a Latin American football festival. Thiago Silva has called | :23:21. | :23:25. | |
for a repeat, the emotional support one year ago in the Confederations | :23:26. | :23:30. | |
Cup victory. Starting with every Brazilian in the ground. There are | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
50,000 of them here. There is Scolari, a big cheer going up as | :23:36. | :23:38. | |
they see him on the giant screen. He has called on them all to link arms | :23:39. | :23:41. | |
for the national anthem. It was special here last time. | :23:42. | :23:50. | |
# Mexicanos, al grito de guerra el acero aprestad y el bridon | :23:51. | :23:53. | |
# Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del canon | :23:54. | :23:56. | |
# Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra al sonoro rugir del canon | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
# Cina, oh Patria, tus sienes de oliva de la paz el arcangel divino | :24:02. | :24:12. | |
# que en el cielo tu eterno destino por el dedo de Dios se escribio | :24:13. | :24:15. | |
# Mas si osare un extrano enemigo profanar con su planta tu suelo | :24:16. | :24:18. | |
# que el cieloun soldado en cada hijo te dio | :24:19. | :24:24. | |
# Mexicanos, al grito de guerra el acero aprestad y el bridon | :24:25. | :24:27. | |
# Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del canon | :24:28. | :24:34. | |
# Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra al sonoro rugir del canon. # | :24:35. | :24:45. | |
# Mexicanos, al grito de guerra el acero aprestad y el bridon | :24:46. | :24:49. | |
# Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra, al sonoro rugir del canon | :24:50. | :24:55. | |
# Y retiemble en sus centros la Tierra al sonoro rugir del canon. # | :24:56. | :25:37. | |
# Ouviram do Ipiranga as margens placidas | :25:38. | :25:40. | |
# De um povo heroico o brado retumbante | :25:41. | :25:49. | |
# E o sol da Liberdade, em raios fulgidos | :25:50. | :26:13. | |
# Se o penhor dessa igualdade Conseguimos conquistar com braco | :26:14. | :26:18. | |
# forte, Em teu seio, o Liberdade | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
# Desafia o nosso peito a propria morte | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
# O Patria amada Idolatrada | :26:30. | :26:33. | |
# Salve Salve Brasil, um sonho intenso, | :26:34. | :26:38. | |
# um raio vivido, De amor e de esperanca a terra | :26:39. | :26:44. | |
# A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece Gigante pela propria natureza | :26:45. | :26:50. | |
# Es belo, es forte, impavido colosso, | :26:51. | :26:54. | |
# E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza | :26:55. | :27:00. | |
# Terra adorada Entre outras mil | :27:01. | :27:07. | |
# Dos filhos deste solo Es mae gentil | :27:08. | :27:24. | |
Neymar is in tears. Such raw passion. One of those moments in | :27:25. | :27:27. | |
life that will stay with you passion. One of those moments in | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
forever. Amazing. Brazil have been talking about the controversies of | :27:33. | :27:35. | |
their opening victory over Croatia. They know they have to improve their | :27:36. | :27:40. | |
passing accuracy, not one of the best in the tournament so far. No | :27:41. | :27:43. | |
change to the defence would have conceded twice in 12 games. The one | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
change, they have been talking openly about it, Hulk has eight by | :27:48. | :27:52. | |
injury, he is out. They let their training sessions be filmed live | :27:53. | :27:56. | |
when Ramires came in. He will be more defensive, Alan Shearer said, | :27:57. | :28:01. | |
with Brazil wary of the Mexican wingback, Layun. At times it might | :28:02. | :28:07. | |
look more like a 4-3-3 than a 4-2-3 -1. The official line up as Ramires | :28:08. | :28:12. | |
wide on the right-hand side. He may stay there to check on Layun and let | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
Dani Alves bomb forwards as well. First Turkish referee at the World | :28:19. | :28:28. | |
Cup final since 1974. Thiago Silva saying that it is better for Brazil | :28:29. | :28:31. | |
to play in the north-east of the country. He is from Rio de Janeiro | :28:32. | :28:35. | |
himself, and he says the fans are more passionate. And the Rafa | :28:36. | :28:39. | |
Marquez, his 14th match at the World Cup finals. It is an unchanged side | :28:40. | :28:43. | |
announced by the coach on Twitter yesterday. Still no place for | :28:44. | :28:49. | |
Chicharito of Manchester United. Giovani dos Santos, once of | :28:50. | :28:53. | |
Tottenham, is preferred. He was wrongly denied against Cameroon | :28:54. | :28:56. | |
because of poor offside decisions twice. Peralta, nine goals in his | :28:57. | :29:00. | |
last seven competitive internationals. He settled the last | :29:01. | :29:05. | |
game. And it was his goals that sunk Brazil in the Olympic finals in | :29:06. | :29:08. | |
London. It is the only trophy they have not won and they want revenge | :29:09. | :29:12. | |
today. Nobody has beaten Brazil as often as Mexico in the 21st century. | :29:13. | :29:27. | |
It is a humid evening here. Up around the 66% mark. Scolari has | :29:28. | :29:32. | |
been trying to play down the national fervour, saying they will | :29:33. | :29:36. | |
more just run the show. Herrera is Mexico's fourth coach in a 41 they | :29:37. | :29:39. | |
spell during their qualifying. They got here through a play-off against | :29:40. | :29:44. | |
New Zealand. The hard all from the Mexicans. They showed flair and | :29:45. | :29:49. | |
panache against a stubborn Cameroon side. Amongst the Brazilian subs, do | :29:50. | :29:54. | |
not be surprised to see Bernard or Hernanes to come on to freshen up | :29:55. | :29:58. | |
the midfield. Chicharito came on against Cameroon, also the old full | :29:59. | :30:04. | |
macro full-back, Salcido. You might see him today. It just looks a | :30:05. | :30:09. | |
little bit threadbare in patches, the pitch. Brazil will get us under | :30:10. | :30:17. | |
way, in the yellow and blue, kicking from left to right. A hot | :30:18. | :30:26. | |
and humid evening. The sunshine is out. New hair dye, for Dani Alves, | :30:27. | :30:35. | |
for these World Cup finals. An early bustle forward from Ramires, | :30:36. | :30:40. | |
bringing the first free kick. I am still getting over the singing of | :30:41. | :30:45. | |
the national anthem, Jonathan. It was an amazing moment, absolutely | :30:46. | :30:49. | |
fantastic. Not only are Mexico playing against 11 players at the | :30:50. | :30:53. | |
moment but about 50,000 supporters as well. A first challenge, sorry, a | :30:54. | :31:07. | |
second. That was a bit naughty. The first was on Ramires. The second was | :31:08. | :31:12. | |
on Neymar. We saw been dumped to the floor early on in the final warm up | :31:13. | :31:16. | |
game against Serbia. That was no-nonsense from Vazquez, the little | :31:17. | :31:23. | |
midfield terrier. What do you think the manager said to him before he | :31:24. | :31:29. | |
went out? Luiz Gustavo, back to David Luiz. He has shown great | :31:30. | :31:35. | |
passion when he has sung the anthem in the last two games. Ramires has | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
started wide on the right hand side. No free kick given for that | :31:40. | :31:55. | |
challenge by Gustavo. Lots of Premier League clubs watching the | :31:56. | :32:00. | |
Espanyol defender play. Vazquez got through so much work in the first | :32:01. | :32:04. | |
game, and Guardado, the veteran, got forward well in the first half. He | :32:05. | :32:11. | |
got tired and went off. The challenges are feisty, early on. | :32:12. | :32:16. | |
Yes, and it is very quick indeed. Both sides looking to put each other | :32:17. | :32:19. | |
and it is very quick indeed. Both sides looking to put each other | :32:20. | :32:21. | |
under immense pressure, straightaway. Brazil have suffered | :32:22. | :32:24. | |
just one first round defeat since 1970. That was in France, 1998, | :32:25. | :32:33. | |
after they had already qualified. Mexico, looking for their first win | :32:34. | :32:40. | |
on Brazilian soil. Why is Neymar not stopping? Mexico have not won here | :32:41. | :32:42. | |
since 1968. Good concentration levels at the | :32:43. | :32:56. | |
back by Thiago Silva because he was not aware. Years making the point to | :32:57. | :33:01. | |
the other defenders, as well, he could easily have left it. There was | :33:02. | :33:05. | |
no Mexico player anywhere near him. -- he is making the point. He did | :33:06. | :33:13. | |
not get a call so he made sure it was out of harm's way. Mexico with a | :33:14. | :33:19. | |
corner, pulled back short and back to Guardado. Gustavo and Paulinho, | :33:20. | :33:27. | |
the preferred defensive midfield pair, for skull RE, in the last 12 | :33:28. | :33:34. | |
months. He virtually unveiled his World Cup line-up at the | :33:35. | :33:36. | |
Confederations Cup. It has changed very little. | :33:37. | :33:52. | |
Ramires was a part of the Confederations Cup squad last | :33:53. | :34:00. | |
summer. Marquez, the first man to captain his country in four | :34:01. | :34:01. | |
consecutive World Cups. Oscar, the start of the opening win | :34:02. | :34:08. | |
for Brazil. -- the star. Stretching into the challenge, and | :34:09. | :34:30. | |
it will not be long before the Turkish referee pulls out a card. | :34:31. | :34:35. | |
Scolari is in the technical area, saying the same thing. The star Bo, | :34:36. | :34:42. | |
caught by Miguel Llera. -- Miguel Layun. Some great runs that he made | :34:43. | :34:50. | |
from the attacking wingback position in the last game, touched the ball | :34:51. | :34:58. | |
may 50 times. Hector Herrera, up in support but just held on to long. | :34:59. | :35:04. | |
Well done, Neymar, as well. He is not renowned for his tracking back | :35:05. | :35:05. | |
or tackling. not renowned for his tracking back | :35:06. | :35:11. | |
Confederations Cup by the not renowned for his tracking back | :35:12. | :35:14. | |
its neck. He played well at the Olympics, as well. | :35:15. | :35:21. | |
its neck. He played well at the internationals is a tremendous | :35:22. | :35:22. | |
statistic. How old is he? 22? Neymar Moore is almost dispossessed | :35:23. | :35:40. | |
by his own player. Yes, you was nearly tackled by Fred. -- was | :35:41. | :35:47. | |
almost dispossessed. Some questions about Marcelo before | :35:48. | :35:58. | |
the Confederations Cup. But he really impressed last summer. | :35:59. | :36:15. | |
It feels like we have had more tackles than passing, so far. | :36:16. | :36:34. | |
Through the gap but a foul. They are claiming that he dived. It might be | :36:35. | :36:42. | |
a bit of both. It was certainly a foul. When he sees a gap, you just | :36:43. | :36:48. | |
goes for it, doesn't he? He certainly does. -- E just goes for | :36:49. | :36:50. | |
it. 24 goals in his last 29 | :36:51. | :37:03. | |
internationals. He has scored from this kind of range and so has David | :37:04. | :37:08. | |
Luiz but he is moving away. Dani Alves is there. He's scored against | :37:09. | :37:11. | |
Panama in one of the World Cup warm up games. Will it be David Luiz | :37:12. | :37:18. | |
after all? He has come back to the party. I think it is. This must be | :37:19. | :37:27. | |
35-40 metres. It is a poor free kick, headed away. | :37:28. | :37:35. | |
They have topped their group in every World Cup since 1982. They | :37:36. | :37:46. | |
can't qualify for every World Cup since 1982. They | :37:47. | :37:47. | |
with a victory tonight. every World Cup since 1982. They | :37:48. | :37:56. | |
group game is tomorrow. But they will almost certainly be through. | :37:57. | :38:06. | |
Vazquez and Miguel Layun will work so hard in the midfield. | :38:07. | :38:38. | |
Dani Alves with his 77th appearance for his country. | :38:39. | :38:52. | |
Slowing the pace down, and there are a future Ogletree whistles from the | :38:53. | :39:00. | |
Mexican fans. -- derogatory whistles. The city has been full of | :39:01. | :39:06. | |
ovation Choi in the last 24 hours, with the Mexican costumes. And | :39:07. | :39:08. | |
ovation Choi in the last 24 hours, Brazilians are great as well in | :39:09. | :39:11. | |
terms of the players. Look how wide they make the pitch, as wide as they | :39:12. | :39:17. | |
can. Oscar almost has his toes on the line and Dani Alves, on the | :39:18. | :39:19. | |
right, we'll be doing exactly the same. In fact, there he is. The | :39:20. | :39:25. | |
switch of play just beats him, though. | :39:26. | :39:37. | |
They could qualify for the second round for the 18th World Cup | :39:38. | :39:45. | |
running. But the fans will settle for no less than triumph in the | :39:46. | :39:47. | |
final. Five of the Brazilians playing | :39:48. | :39:55. | |
tonight played in the Olympic final, Five of the Brazilians playing | :39:56. | :40:04. | |
in 2012. Oscar says the Mexicans always give them a tough time. | :40:05. | :40:14. | |
David Luiz is going to per se Jermaine, for what is it, a ?70 | :40:15. | :40:20. | |
million defensive centre-back pairing? | :40:21. | :40:30. | |
Oscar has spun it in and Fred! Rippling the outside of the side | :40:31. | :40:48. | |
netting. And offside. This move was started by Marcelo. It was a great | :40:49. | :40:51. | |
ball through to Oscar. It took the defender out completely. He looked | :40:52. | :41:01. | |
as well, straightaway, Fred. Friendly rivalry in the streets of | :41:02. | :41:17. | |
Fortaleza, in the build-up to the game. It is great to be here. Yes, | :41:18. | :41:24. | |
they were up and down the seafront this morning, at 5:30am. All the | :41:25. | :41:29. | |
locals had something representing Brazil on. It was absolutely | :41:30. | :41:35. | |
incredible. Flags everywhere, narrow streets, tumbledown in places, | :41:36. | :41:39. | |
Brazilian shirts, Brazilian flags all over the place. I think you are | :41:40. | :41:49. | |
being kind with tumbledown. Well, it is a country with many problems, of | :41:50. | :41:55. | |
which Fortaleza has many. 20 murders in the city committed between Friday | :41:56. | :41:58. | |
and Sunday. What is interesting with Mexico is | :41:59. | :42:17. | |
that they have still left the two up. They are banking on the two | :42:18. | :42:25. | |
banks of four pinching the ball. They can cause problems if the two | :42:26. | :42:33. | |
get the service. This was part of the expected tactic. Alves has | :42:34. | :42:39. | |
called Guardado, going in late. He is frustrated he did not get the run | :42:40. | :42:45. | |
when he came in from the right. We have probably had about four of | :42:46. | :42:48. | |
these tackles already and the referee has done the squarish of | :42:49. | :42:55. | |
nothing so far. If Ramires occupies Miguel Layun, Alves will have room | :42:56. | :42:59. | |
to go forward. I think that is the plan. He was a mile from the ball | :43:00. | :43:06. | |
but Guardado makes a meal of it. He does. | :43:07. | :43:19. | |
Mexico announced their tactics quite publicly, again, to cover Neymar, | :43:20. | :43:26. | |
two against one, be fast, refuse in space, don't let him play. But he is | :43:27. | :43:29. | |
on the ball now, towards Fred who could not get the shot away. A good | :43:30. | :43:38. | |
double block. Marcelo kept it in. But in the end, it bounced off | :43:39. | :43:43. | |
Paulinho and away. That was a really good tackle on Fred, in the midst of | :43:44. | :43:51. | |
that. Paulinho does not really expect the ball. | :43:52. | :44:05. | |
It was deflected, that is why. It caught him flush, didn't it, in the | :44:06. | :44:13. | |
face. What a player he has been over the years, Rafa Marquez. 122 caps, | :44:14. | :44:20. | |
now. Wonderful in his pomp at Barcelona. And other challenge | :44:21. | :44:26. | |
leaves Oscar looking at the referee. far. Record number of opening phase | :44:27. | :44:55. | |
goals. 47 goals in six days. Record equalling, actually, but one game | :44:56. | :44:59. | |
still to play, though. That is later on this evening, Russia against | :45:00. | :45:09. | |
South Korea. Here is Dani Alves. Ramires. Generally playing in the | :45:10. | :45:20. | |
have countered the fact that Ramires have countered the fact that Ramires | :45:21. | :45:28. | |
and Dani Alves and then Guardado coming in quickly to help Layun down | :45:29. | :45:30. | |
the left-hand side. coming in quickly to help Layun down | :45:31. | :45:44. | |
Luiz. Mexico is obsessed with getting into the quarterfinals, | :45:45. | :45:46. | |
Luiz. Mexico is obsessed with gone out. They have said they will | :45:47. | :45:51. | |
be more attacking in these finals. They certainly were in the opening | :45:52. | :46:02. | |
game. The Mexican fans singing the anthem. And there is a fair few | :46:03. | :46:09. | |
Brazilians joining in as well. There is DOS Santos. Did not really get a | :46:10. | :46:18. | |
go at Tottenham, did he. We saw him playing at Railway yorker -- Real | :46:19. | :46:31. | |
Mallorca, he's quite a few goals. He scored 12 of your | :46:32. | :46:41. | |
now, Neymar. Scored his 100th senior goal in his 20th year, a remarkable | :46:42. | :46:54. | |
player. I thought he was stumbling as the challenge came in. If you | :46:55. | :47:00. | |
watch this, it is great ability. He was caught. That is why he stumbled. | :47:01. | :47:09. | |
Two sugars in mind, thank you. Rodriguez was drawn in. You | :47:10. | :47:16. | |
Two sugars in mind, thank you. escape him in Brazil, | :47:17. | :47:23. | |
Two sugars in mind, thank you. has a picture of Neymar. Seems to be | :47:24. | :47:26. | |
endorsing scores of products. Every time you turn your telly on, he is | :47:27. | :47:31. | |
there, isn't he? Might well have been sent off in the | :47:32. | :47:38. | |
there, isn't he? Might well have Into the box. The clearance is | :47:39. | :47:45. | |
misplaced by the right full-back. The right wingback, as they play in | :47:46. | :47:53. | |
this system. He was brought back for the play-offs after 16 months out of | :47:54. | :48:00. | |
the picture. This is Dani Alves. Luiz Gustavo, very optimistic. | :48:01. | :48:05. | |
Probably why he only has the one international goal. Yes. | :48:06. | :48:08. | |
Probably why he only has the one save to make, has he, Ochoa. He is | :48:09. | :48:14. | |
an interesting character. save to make, has he, Ochoa. He is | :48:15. | :48:20. | |
to move on to another club. Milan and Marseille have been mentioned. | :48:21. | :48:28. | |
His club was relegated this season. There is Scolari. He was once a | :48:29. | :48:36. | |
World Cup manager with Portugal in 2006. Marcelo. Looking for Fred. | :48:37. | :48:54. | |
Offside. He was. Yes. The referees assistant again, just pulling away | :48:55. | :48:57. | |
at the far stick, and was just slightly off. Well, not slightly | :48:58. | :49:02. | |
off... You are off, aren't you. There you go. | :49:03. | :49:12. | |
They love their Brazilian national side. Stronger up here in the | :49:13. | :49:17. | |
north-east and in other parts of the country. That is what the squad have | :49:18. | :49:23. | |
been saying. Dani Alves. The referee has blown his whistle. Layun is on | :49:24. | :49:34. | |
the deck. Just got a little snapshot there of the coach, Miguel Herrera. | :49:35. | :49:42. | |
He played the Mexico, nearly made the 1994 World Cup squad. He was | :49:43. | :49:45. | |
dropped for punching a photographer in a league game. That was the | :49:46. | :49:52. | |
challenge that left Layun down. Not quite sure what he did. | :49:53. | :50:16. | |
Thiago Silva. David Luiz. What a good season he had with PSG. | :50:17. | :50:32. | |
Commanding, imperious at times. Well one back there though, Vasquez. And | :50:33. | :50:39. | |
here is the captain. Yes, you have one back there though, Vasquez. And | :50:40. | :50:43. | |
noticed, he immediately came out to take the ball forward, Marquez. He | :50:44. | :50:47. | |
has been a feature of the Mexico play so far. That is wild. Whenever | :50:48. | :50:50. | |
they have play so far. That is wild. Whenever | :50:51. | :50:55. | |
forwards, Marquez, at 35 years of age has been prepared to do the | :50:56. | :50:56. | |
running and bring it out. Do not expect us to run the show. | :50:57. | :51:20. | |
That is what Scolari said. That is a lovely ball but he is offside again. | :51:21. | :51:27. | |
Late flag. Yes. Three times in a row, now. | :51:28. | :51:42. | |
Marquez. At walking pace. major trophies won at Barcelona. | :51:43. | :51:55. | |
Giovani dos Santos. Herrera. Paul Aguilar. Herrera is a good player. | :51:56. | :52:05. | |
He plays for Porto. Had a good opening game. A decent spell of | :52:06. | :52:15. | |
possession here for Mexico. Moreno. Lifting it now. His last two touches | :52:16. | :52:22. | |
have not been great, have they. Given away by Fred. Has to do better | :52:23. | :52:27. | |
than that. Giovani dos Santos going for the return. Look how high Rafael | :52:28. | :52:32. | |
Marquez is. Peralta into the box. Checking back. Marcelo is with him. | :52:33. | :52:38. | |
Marquez is. Peralta into the box. Still Peralta. A good tackle on him | :52:39. | :52:44. | |
initially by Thiago Silva. If he went down he might have got a | :52:45. | :52:46. | |
penalty. Absolutely, on two occasions. Marquez has gone down and | :52:47. | :52:54. | |
stay down. They might want to get the ball out of play here. The | :52:55. | :52:59. | |
referee is coming to have a look. It is Neymar's hands that you can see. | :53:00. | :53:08. | |
Bumped into the Mexican skipper. Here we go. There was a chance to go | :53:09. | :53:16. | |
Bumped into the Mexican skipper. over there, and... Daniel Sturridge | :53:17. | :53:19. | |
has just been on Twitter, he says he is still a supporter watching the | :53:20. | :53:23. | |
World Cup. He says that he loves his job, the England striker. He says he | :53:24. | :53:30. | |
is playing, does that mean he is playing on Thursday? Or just that he | :53:31. | :53:39. | |
is playing in the World Cup? Well, he is not a manager to keep quiet | :53:40. | :53:44. | |
when there is an assistant around. Herrera. Not a bad effort, that. | :53:45. | :53:52. | |
Mexico claim a corner. The referees assistant, he is not having any of | :53:53. | :53:58. | |
it. And the referee did not know. He looked at the assistant all the way | :53:59. | :54:03. | |
through. The ball is flicked over. The referee took a long look at his | :54:04. | :54:08. | |
assistant Tom and I wonder... They thought they should have had a | :54:09. | :54:13. | |
corner. The referee was in a better position to make the decision | :54:14. | :54:14. | |
anyway. A good try. Well, there certainly are some noise | :54:15. | :54:40. | |
in here. Can you imagine the noise if this game actually does take off | :54:41. | :54:44. | |
at some stage? It has not really done that yet. He is Giovani dos | :54:45. | :54:51. | |
Santos. Pulling it back. Going past Marcelo too easily. The header away | :54:52. | :55:02. | |
by the captain. Layun. Switching off there, Brazil, momentarily. Oscar's | :55:03. | :55:07. | |
header will drop towards Herrera. Giovani dos Santos. There is a bit | :55:08. | :55:16. | |
of a mix-up between the two. Neymar quick to pressurise Marquez. That is | :55:17. | :55:19. | |
a lovely touch from Oscar. Paulinho. Neymar. Now, running at Rafa | :55:20. | :55:25. | |
Marquez. Spinning it back. Just too far. Paulinho was surging forwards. | :55:26. | :55:32. | |
Dani Alves back into the box... Neymar! Clawed away by Ochoa. That | :55:33. | :55:39. | |
is the closest we have come so far. It was a great leap as well. A | :55:40. | :55:42. | |
marvellous cross, and they greatly from Neymar. -- and a great leap. | :55:43. | :55:53. | |
The game has woken up. Guardado. Vasquez. The | :55:54. | :55:59. | |
The game has woken up. Guardado. does do so much work. Peralta. Did | :56:00. | :56:06. | |
not stick with him, leaving his foot in on Thiago Silva. The referee had | :56:07. | :56:08. | |
acknowledged that, but waving play on. Neymar felt that he was fouled. | :56:09. | :56:20. | |
Layun from range. Yes, he says that shot on goal by Mexico, suddenly it | :56:21. | :56:27. | |
has woken everybody up. Great leap that is. The save as well. A lot of | :56:28. | :56:35. | |
ground to make up, the goalkeeper. Not the biggest at five foot 11, but | :56:36. | :56:40. | |
he got there. Maybe that helped him to get there. | :56:41. | :56:51. | |
You know before, I thought that Paulinho should have done better. | :56:52. | :57:02. | |
Completely misjudged it. He has got the nod ahead of Jose Corona. They | :57:03. | :57:10. | |
say he is a better shot stopper, according to his manager. They have | :57:11. | :57:12. | |
been vying for the number one jersey. | :57:13. | :57:23. | |
Dani Alves again, looking to switch it. With his full-back partner. | :57:24. | :57:33. | |
Brazilian full-backs always play like wingbacks, anyway. Yes. That is | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
a lovely ball forwards. He thought he was offside. I think he was. When | :57:39. | :57:44. | |
did not have do make the decision. did not have do make the decision. | :57:45. | :57:53. | |
You will get the timing of the runs right soon. Lost a | :57:54. | :58:12. | |
You will get the timing of the runs three months of the season. It was | :58:13. | :58:13. | |
Fred's controversial winning of the penalty against Croatia. At the | :58:14. | :58:19. | |
moment they need something to break down Mexico. Away by Rodriguez. | :58:20. | :58:35. | |
Francisco Rodriguez. He won the fans over. He was blamed for a couple of | :58:36. | :58:38. | |
defeat in Vasquez. Winning his seventh cap, | :58:39. | :58:51. | |
but he looks like he has been playing for a long time, very | :58:52. | :58:56. | |
composed and competitive in the central midfield area. Guardado. | :58:57. | :58:58. | |
Gave it away. Moreno. David Luiz. central midfield area. Guardado. | :58:59. | :59:05. | |
Dani Alves staying forward. Guardado back with him and he checked him. | :59:06. | :59:11. | |
Brazil can still build here. Paulinho. Oscar. He scored a very | :59:12. | :59:19. | |
good goal in the opening game but did not hit that with any sort of | :59:20. | :59:27. | |
power. That is the Neymar header. Really... Does anybody in the game | :59:28. | :59:35. | |
think that that is necessary for that? We spoke to one of the | :59:36. | :59:40. | |
officials today about it and it is not compulsory to show those | :59:41. | :59:45. | |
goal-line technology shots. That is after the terrible mix-up in the | :59:46. | :59:48. | |
ground the other day, Honduras against France. It is up to the | :59:49. | :59:53. | |
individual match director. After years of not wanting it, it is | :59:54. | :59:56. | |
although they have paid for it and they are going to keep showing it | :59:57. | :00:01. | |
all the time now. It got wrong the other night, they showed goal, no | :00:02. | :00:03. | |
goal, goal. Brazil seem quite happy for Vazquez | :00:04. | :00:22. | |
do have the ball in the central midfield area. -- to have. There was | :00:23. | :00:31. | |
a foul on Luiz Gustavo. Miguel Llera -- Scolari has shown a | :00:32. | :00:54. | |
lot of faith in Luiz Gustavo because he has something of a reputation. He | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
has been banned 16 times. But it is deemed that Scolari has calmed him | :01:02. | :01:04. | |
down and he has become more mature as a player. | :01:05. | :01:14. | |
Dani Alves, trying to get it back to Ramires. He has done a good job for | :01:15. | :01:23. | |
Brazil on the right-hand side. Dos Santos dropped his shoulder to take | :01:24. | :01:26. | |
David Luiz out of the game. Not for the first time, and I'd say, not for | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
the last, Thiago Silva helped out. There was no reason for David Luiz | :01:33. | :01:35. | |
to gamble, especially in that position. | :01:36. | :01:47. | |
Silva cost ?37 million, and David Luiz, ?40 million. Staggering sums | :01:48. | :01:55. | |
for centre-backs. It is. I know which one I would take. | :01:56. | :02:04. | |
Moreno, expected to be the subject of a big bid | :02:05. | :02:10. | |
Moreno, expected to be the subject summer. Out by Dani Alves. | :02:11. | :02:19. | |
Don't forget, tonight on BBC1 at 10:40pm, it is Russia against South | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
Korea, as they kick off their campaigns. And tomorrow, Spain | :02:26. | :02:33. | |
against Chile at 7:30pm. Spain really need to win otherwise they | :02:34. | :02:40. | |
could be facing elimination. A router, but it went away from him. | :02:41. | :02:47. | |
Great attack by Silva. Marcelo and Brazil can kick up through the | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
gears. Neymar, making the run to open up the gap. He will try to | :02:52. | :02:53. | |
forage. The goalkeeper takes. You can see, with his head down, he | :02:54. | :03:08. | |
had no intention of looking for anyone else. That was silver | :03:09. | :03:18. | |
macro's tackle. -- Silva's tackle. We have seen big wins, big wins for | :03:19. | :03:23. | |
big sides but also lots of comeback victories, I think half a dozen now. | :03:24. | :03:32. | |
We have not seen a draw, yet. Just the goalless draw. Yes, I forgot | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
about that. It was eminently forgettable, after all. | :03:39. | :03:49. | |
Looking for Oscar. Tidied up effectively by Moreno, who is 26. He | :03:50. | :04:02. | |
won the under 17 World Cup with Mexico back in 2005. | :04:03. | :04:12. | |
Dani Alves, a suspicion of offside. The corner is given. The challenge | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
by Vazquez. Just squeezed off the yellow boot. | :04:18. | :04:32. | |
It is Brazil's first corner, after 34 minutes. Neymar takes it. Fred is | :04:33. | :04:41. | |
up and David Luiz is up from the back. | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
Lots of bumping and barging going on, there. Headed down and away by | :04:47. | :04:50. | |
Herrera. Neymar will swing it away. In | :04:51. | :05:10. | |
towards the head of Fred. Straight at the goalkeeper. Yet another free | :05:11. | :05:18. | |
header, though. We have seen lots of those in the competition already. | :05:19. | :05:28. | |
They have not been greatly accurate with the final ball in from wide | :05:29. | :05:35. | |
positions so far, Brazil. Just one in five crosses hitting its mark in | :05:36. | :05:36. | |
the opening game. The Mexican coach will be quite | :05:37. | :05:52. | |
pleased with what he has seen so far, apart from the Neymar header. | :05:53. | :06:02. | |
Brazil have had better possession of the ball so far. Aguilar. Stretched | :06:03. | :06:12. | |
for the return. One back by Dos Santos, initially. | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
Peralta is on the edge of the box and Dos Santos is the closed list -- | :06:19. | :06:27. | |
closest to him. Dani Alves just hooked in his foot. He is saying he | :06:28. | :06:29. | |
won the ball. He has just come across him. He did | :06:30. | :06:38. | |
just touch the ball. Oh, I bet he is hot. We are 258 | :06:39. | :06:47. | |
miles from the equator, here. And the heat is rising in the | :06:48. | :07:09. | |
stadium. What I do with the free kick. It is a commanding header away | :07:10. | :07:15. | |
by Silva. Layun, with the drive. The second one he has had and the same | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
result. Yes, the shots have been from distance so far. A couple for | :07:20. | :07:31. | |
Mexico, from Layun, the left wingback, in a 3-0 win against | :07:32. | :07:41. | |
Israel, in May. Oscar is down the right at the moment. Ramires has | :07:42. | :07:55. | |
gone inside left, sort of. Guardado. Dos Santos was behind David Luiz, | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
and he defended well. Marcelo, neatly done. Again, full-back | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
looking for full-back. Into Dani Alves again. Super tackle. | :08:04. | :08:26. | |
Oh, that is a brilliant ball from Thiago Silva to Marcelo. He gets a | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
shot away. Meanwhile, Neymar was tumbling on the edge of the area. | :08:32. | :08:34. | |
The shot went wide and Neymar is looking to the assistant referee. I | :08:35. | :08:44. | |
did not see it, in all honesty. I don't think the referee did, either. | :08:45. | :09:08. | |
Is that Luiz Gustavo that has gone down? The challenge with Herrera. It | :09:09. | :09:30. | |
was accidental. He caught him on the side of the head, I think. Years | :09:31. | :09:39. | |
very important, started 14 of the last 15 games. -- he is very | :09:40. | :09:46. | |
important. Radio five have England against Uruguay on Thursday, live at | :09:47. | :09:57. | |
8pm. Highlights on BBC1 at 10:35pm. When Miguel Llera took over, he just | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
had the job of getting through against New Zealand. He only picked | :10:03. | :10:08. | |
home-based players. He is known for attacking sides, if not title | :10:09. | :10:08. | |
winning club teams. He seems a very gregarious manager. | :10:09. | :10:17. | |
He likes to use Twitter. There was a little bet between the | :10:18. | :10:33. | |
respective FAs to see which country arrived at the game with the most | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
Twitter followers this morning. The loser was going to donate a team | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
jersey to the charity of the other's choice. Going into yesterday | :10:42. | :10:46. | |
tea-time, Mexico had more followers. Hasn't Mexico got 120 million people | :10:47. | :10:52. | |
in the population? I mean, Brazil have got even more but you can | :10:53. | :10:54. | |
imagine the Mexicans certainly getting behind them. They have 1.6 | :10:55. | :10:59. | |
million followers on Twitter. Apparently. They are on the attack, | :11:00. | :11:06. | |
looking for Layun with the diagonal. Away by Alves. Peralta is in the | :11:07. | :11:11. | |
middle. This is a good run. Hold back. Imported block by Luiz | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
Gustavo. There is the drive by Vazquez. It's skipped on and went | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
wide. You can ways tell by the goalkeeper's dive, that Julius | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
Caesar was not sure. -- always tell. -- Julio Cesar was not sure. Strange | :11:30. | :11:39. | |
connection, as well. They just have not got going at all, Brazil. The | :11:40. | :11:47. | |
ball has moved curiously at times. That Andrea Pirlo strike against | :11:48. | :11:50. | |
England wobbled and benched dramatically. -- and bent. Fred has | :11:51. | :12:03. | |
gone down. If you were a Brazilian supporter, would you be worried that | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
the goalkeeper has played such little club football? No, not | :12:09. | :12:16. | |
greatly. I think with goalkeepers, you can train them like a dog, can't | :12:17. | :12:22. | |
you? They work so hard. It would not be a great problem, I would have | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
thought. I would be more worried about Brazil. There is no flowing | :12:28. | :12:31. | |
football at all, really. Luiz Gustavo, beyond the challenge of Dos | :12:32. | :12:36. | |
Santos. Marcelo can attack from there. The early ball in, looking | :12:37. | :12:43. | |
for Fred. Again, the final ball let them down. Dani Alves is fouled. The | :12:44. | :12:51. | |
Mexican coach is absolutely rampant on the touchline. He is disagreeing | :12:52. | :12:52. | |
with that one. Brazil have had 55% possession. They | :12:53. | :13:28. | |
won here against Mexico, a year ago this week, 2-0, Neymar and Jo with | :13:29. | :13:35. | |
the goals. Neymar is lining this up. This is about as far out as the | :13:36. | :13:37. | |
David Luiz attempt. This is about as far out as the | :13:38. | :13:44. | |
there! It hit Ochoa. The goalkeeper spread itself and I think it just | :13:45. | :13:47. | |
hit him. A big chance for Brazil because the flag stayed down. A big | :13:48. | :13:56. | |
chance and a big save, actually. Looking back, there might have | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
three Brazilians, waiting to pounce. Defensively, Mexico got that will be | :14:02. | :14:08. | |
wrong. -- horribly wrong. So did Dani Alves, with that pass. | :14:09. | :14:16. | |
One of the moments when Rafa Marquez steps out of defence to join in. | :14:17. | :14:25. | |
Aguilar, hacked down, free kick. He will have to show a card. Ramires is | :14:26. | :14:33. | |
cautioned. I think it was better when Ramires | :14:34. | :15:09. | |
was on the right, and Oscar was on the left. There is no great flow | :15:10. | :15:15. | |
about Brazil at all. Marquez is up from the back. Giovani dos Santos is | :15:16. | :15:16. | |
in there as well. So to from the back. Giovani dos Santos is | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
It is aimed to the back post, but all the way through. What a waste. | :15:22. | :15:32. | |
One minute of stoppage time has just been announced. It was a great chest | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
from Thiago Silva. Paul Aguilar. Surging run. A good | :15:38. | :16:02. | |
challenge by Luiz Gustavo. Guardado had gone out to the right-hand side. | :16:03. | :16:15. | |
Rather pensive. Scolari... I think he will be at them at half-time to | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
try to make them to movable quicker. The final game against Croatia, it | :16:23. | :16:29. | |
would be a good result here for Mexico. They have frustrated Brazil. | :16:30. | :16:38. | |
A couple of half effort them, one from Fred, a couple from Neymar. But | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
walking off at half-time, at Fortaleza, it is 0-0. STUDIO: Not | :16:45. | :16:51. | |
the free-flowing football that Brazil would have liked, but Mexico, | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
as you said, they made life difficult for them. They are | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
difficult to beat, well organised. Rafa Marquez is controlling | :17:02. | :17:01. | |
everything at the back, Rafa Marquez is controlling | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
everything at the stepping in the middle sometimes. It is a tough task | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
to play against them. On the occasions they have got behind the | :17:09. | :17:13. | |
Mexican defence, Ochoa has stood tall. He has made some fantastic | :17:14. | :17:17. | |
saves, that one from Neymar. That was the one from the free kick, as | :17:18. | :17:19. | |
well in the was the one from the free kick, as | :17:20. | :17:25. | |
got to move the ball quicker. Too many players having too many touches | :17:26. | :17:29. | |
on the ball. It is slow and ponderous. The coach will be telling | :17:30. | :17:34. | |
them that at half-time. Having said all of that, this is the save that I | :17:35. | :17:37. | |
was on about. That was a brilliant header. You do not see that too many | :17:38. | :17:42. | |
times from Neymar. He rises very well, he gets it on target and it is | :17:43. | :17:47. | |
an excellent save. Wonderful save. It is, that is what you need when | :17:48. | :17:52. | |
you have been beaten once, not because they have outplayed you, but | :17:53. | :17:54. | |
you need the goalkeeper to come to your rescue sometimes. Thiago Silva | :17:55. | :18:00. | |
has been Brazil's best player. That tells you something. A great block | :18:01. | :18:08. | |
from Ochoa. Mexico are playing an offside trap and they got it | :18:09. | :18:11. | |
horribly wrong. There are going to beat chances if they are clever | :18:12. | :18:15. | |
enough. Having said that, Mexico have been reduced to the odd long | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
shot. Herrera hit a decent one. A few have | :18:22. | :18:21. | |
shot. Herrera hit a decent one. A few have gone wrong. But their | :18:22. | :18:26. | |
tactics are very clear. They are just waiting for their chance. | :18:27. | :18:30. | |
Brazil need to be... It is a dangerous team. They have quality, | :18:31. | :18:36. | |
and Brazil, it is not the way that I would like to see them. They are | :18:37. | :18:40. | |
waiting too much. They are giving some space away. Dani Alves today is | :18:41. | :18:44. | |
not really having his best day. He has made some wrong choices. Even | :18:45. | :18:50. | |
defensively he gave away a free kick which could cost the game. We had | :18:51. | :18:53. | |
quite a debate watching the game during the first half about a | :18:54. | :19:00. | |
certain offside ploy played by Mexico when Fred missed that | :19:01. | :19:03. | |
opportunity. It was not an opportunity, it was rightly given | :19:04. | :19:07. | |
offside. I have never seen that before, to stop and play offside | :19:08. | :19:14. | |
that close to your goal-line. But because I know Rafa Marquez and I | :19:15. | :19:16. | |
have played with him, he because I know Rafa Marquez and I | :19:17. | :19:20. | |
genius, and you can see that they are stopping at the same time. That | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
makes sure that Fred is offside. We have the replay, and they are almost | :19:25. | :19:30. | |
synchronised. You can always say that maybe, maybe not, but for me, | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
they have worked on that. I think this is suicide! In your own box, | :19:36. | :19:42. | |
there is to players near your own goal. And if... Who was it that | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
played the ball? It was Oscar I think. If he played one more second | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
before that, it was a good ball. You cannot risk it so close to your | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
goal. I think it is lazy defending. If the goalkeeper goes there and | :19:57. | :20:04. | |
capped it off, you clear it, but if Fred had any brains about him, which | :20:05. | :20:07. | |
he has not shown in the first half, he will work it out. Having said | :20:08. | :20:12. | |
that, it is so unusual seeing defenders doing that, you would not | :20:13. | :20:18. | |
expect it. I would not expect that. It is lazy defending. It was | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
deliberate. Was a deliberate if they'd stepped out? Marquez stepped | :20:23. | :20:27. | |
out. I would say. He is in front of Fred. He just had to clear it. He | :20:28. | :20:35. | |
just had to close the gap. He got away with it. For me, I think they | :20:36. | :20:39. | |
worked on it and he did it on purpose. Why would you stop if you | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
were in front of the striker? Make sure you find out after the game. We | :20:45. | :20:50. | |
want to know. I will. While we're on the subject of Marquez, he gives | :20:51. | :20:55. | |
Mexico something. , he does, I have played with him and he is the type | :20:56. | :21:01. | |
of player you want in your team. He recognises everything. He is the | :21:02. | :21:02. | |
type of guy that can recognises everything. He is the | :21:03. | :21:04. | |
type of guy that can smell danger. And also, when he needs to be calm, | :21:05. | :21:08. | |
when he needs to pass it on the right, pass it on the left, he will | :21:09. | :21:10. | |
talk when he needs to pass it on the | :21:11. | :21:10. | |
right, pass it on the left, he will talk to his guys and he is a general | :21:11. | :21:15. | |
for me. I played with him and he is an amazing player. Fred infuriated. | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
In the first half I was screaming at the television constantly. He has | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
got to hold the ball a lot better. He does it well here, but what the | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
lay-off. It is poor, it is lazy, he gives the ball away too easily in | :21:33. | :21:36. | |
good position. He should never be offside. He can see right along the | :21:37. | :21:40. | |
pitch. He has got the defender where he wants him because the defender | :21:41. | :21:44. | |
cannot see him. Now it is impossible. We should not be | :21:45. | :21:48. | |
offside. Shall we call him offside Fred? Ron said Fred! He is offside, | :21:49. | :21:55. | |
it is frustrating as a performance from him because he has got a decent | :21:56. | :22:00. | |
goal-scoring record and I am sure that the coach will be saying that | :22:01. | :22:04. | |
you have got to get more involved. In the first game he only had seven | :22:05. | :22:08. | |
touches in the first half. I think he only has 12 in this half. He must | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
do better. Clarence, you mention that Dani Alves is having a bad | :22:14. | :22:16. | |
night but you have not been impressed with the Brazil | :22:17. | :22:19. | |
full-backs. And also the lack of creativity in the midfield. The | :22:20. | :22:24. | |
Reece Lyne. Dani Alves is superficial. I think he is a great | :22:25. | :22:27. | |
player, I enjoy watching him. But here, we have a situation where I | :22:28. | :22:33. | |
think it was Thiago Silva getting the ball to Marcelo. There are no | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
runs, nobody running up front. Brazil just trying to play the game | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
easy. The Mexico that is great, but nobody is making the run behind the | :22:43. | :22:46. | |
defence. He is now going to move them. And then the ball goes back to | :22:47. | :22:51. | |
Marcelo. OK, let's play it between us. He loses the ball, | :22:52. | :22:55. | |
counterattack. This is not going to happen. Do you think this comes from | :22:56. | :22:59. | |
a fear that we talked about prior to kick-off, the fact that the Mexicans | :23:00. | :23:03. | |
can attack from those positions and they were caught out a few times | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
defensively in the first game? I think so, the one thing they also | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
had to do is get Oscar involved in the game. The only time he touched | :23:12. | :23:14. | |
the ball is because he wants to get it off the centre-backs. They create | :23:15. | :23:18. | |
that when you play it against Mexico. Layun can get there and go | :23:19. | :23:24. | |
on the counterattack. You almost get a bit too cautious sometimes. In 48 | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
hours time England will be halfway through their second group game | :23:29. | :23:31. | |
against Uruguay. Later in the programme we will hear from Luis | :23:32. | :23:34. | |
Suarez. But first we can get the view from the England camp, we have | :23:35. | :23:38. | |
been speaking to the England coach, Gary Neville. | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
In defeat sometimes, it is best to sit and think. COMMENTATOR: Lovely | :23:46. | :23:54. | |
dummy... It is into the net! To stay calm and accentuate the positives. | :23:55. | :23:59. | |
COMMENTATOR: Daniel Sturridge is in the middle... Great finish! Time to | :24:00. | :24:08. | |
he's going to get there... To live in one! | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
Gone over the tapes from Saturday. What worked and what did not? | :24:13. | :24:20. | |
Tactically, you try to stifle the Italy midfielder as much as you can | :24:21. | :24:23. | |
without putting up a wall. It felt like we were on the ropes with our | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
gloves up for 12 rounds, but I thought on Saturday night, we want | :24:29. | :24:31. | |
some rounds and we put some gloves on them. It was the best England | :24:32. | :24:35. | |
performance from a football perspective that I have seen to 15 | :24:36. | :24:39. | |
years. Playing against a great team with some world-class players, and I | :24:40. | :24:42. | |
have to say, they got some joy but we got joyed with the players we | :24:43. | :24:46. | |
wanted to get joy. I think the draw could have been a fair result. It | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
was the left flank that was causing problems. Wayne Rooney does not look | :24:52. | :24:54. | |
as happy out there for England. Will there be a change to get the best | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
out of him? There could be. I think the way that the manager looks at | :25:00. | :25:03. | |
it, all three players, four players, five players, they all played in | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
those positions and they complained in the other positions. Wayne Rooney | :25:08. | :25:11. | |
can cause great damage on the left, he scored against Ecuador and set up | :25:12. | :25:14. | |
a great goal against Italy. But they could easily be attained if the | :25:15. | :25:18. | |
manager describes that he looks at Uruguay and thinks that this game | :25:19. | :25:21. | |
suits Wayne Rooney in a different position. Were you watching it and | :25:22. | :25:29. | |
feeling frustrated and wishing that you had set up slightly differently? | :25:30. | :25:31. | |
Of course we could have that five in midfield but that is not the mode | :25:32. | :25:34. | |
that the manager is in. When I got the call from Roy Hodgson I had | :25:35. | :25:37. | |
never spoken to him or met him before, and the perception was | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
always of Roy Hodgson at West Bromberg he was a cautious and | :25:42. | :25:44. | |
conservative manager. I have never seen that. Bringing in ten young | :25:45. | :25:49. | |
players to the tournament, and playing with four forwards, it is | :25:50. | :25:52. | |
anything but. He wants to win football matches the right way and | :25:53. | :25:55. | |
he wants to see the young and talented players on the pitch | :25:56. | :25:59. | |
delivering great performances. We're not going to Wayne on that. He is | :26:00. | :26:04. | |
not going to most importantly. Uruguay against Costa Rica, what did | :26:05. | :26:08. | |
you see? It was an unusual performance. When I watch the game | :26:09. | :26:11. | |
back, there is not too much out of the game that we will be showing the | :26:12. | :26:15. | |
players. Because you could lull them into a position whereby they believe | :26:16. | :26:18. | |
that this is what they are. This is not what they are. This is a team | :26:19. | :26:22. | |
that wins a lot of big matches, and I would not want to, anybody at home | :26:23. | :26:27. | |
that thinks it is a shoo-in. We are expecting a tough game, and | :26:28. | :26:30. | |
different to what we saw against Costa Rica. Are now England's | :26:31. | :26:34. | |
destiny is still in their own hands. Let's hope when they get back to | :26:35. | :26:40. | |
reedit Junior on Friday are reflecting on different times. -- | :26:41. | :26:46. | |
get back to Rio de Janeiro. STUDIO: That game kicking off at 8pm on | :26:47. | :26:51. | |
Thursday. We will have highlight and match analysis from 10:35pm on | :26:52. | :26:58. | |
BBC1. Interesting little news development on Wayne Rooney and his | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
Facebook page. He is clearly not happy with the media representation | :27:04. | :27:06. | |
of his World Cup so far. There it is: | :27:07. | :27:19. | |
I remember four years ago something went on with the England fans. It | :27:20. | :27:25. | |
will happen until his claws and put in a good performance. That is what | :27:26. | :27:29. | |
happens when the stars of the team do not perform and do not get the | :27:30. | :27:32. | |
results, they are the ones that get the criticism. He played a good | :27:33. | :27:40. | |
game. He worked hard. He is a fantastic asset, until 62 minutes he | :27:41. | :27:43. | |
was one of the best players for England. Thierry Henry, does it | :27:44. | :27:47. | |
surprise you? 2-macro I love Wayne Rooney. I believe that he should be | :27:48. | :27:53. | |
playing in the middle. That is my personal thing. That is the | :27:54. | :27:57. | |
argument. That is what you have with Wayne Rooney, he had to play in the | :27:58. | :28:01. | |
middle, period. He does not want to play on the left-hand side and he | :28:02. | :28:05. | |
does not look comfortable. He is your guy, he has two play in the | :28:06. | :28:10. | |
middle. You have to make a choice. Time now to catch up on today's | :28:11. | :28:15. | |
early game, Belgium playing against Algeria. Commentary coming from Dave | :28:16. | :28:16. | |
Woods. COMMENTATOR: Making progress down | :28:17. | :28:29. | |
the left-hand side. Trying to close him down... | :28:30. | :28:31. | |
the left-hand side. Trying to close And a penalty is going to be given! | :28:32. | :28:39. | |
The yellow card is shown to Jan Vertonghen for the poll on Sofiane | :28:40. | :28:44. | |
Feghouli. Sofiane Feghouli from the penalty spot! And his claws. | :28:45. | :28:49. | |
Algeria's first goal of the World Cup in 2014. It is their first World | :28:50. | :28:59. | |
Cup goal in 28 years. Eden Hazard... He is looking to get the | :29:00. | :29:03. | |
Cup goal in 28 years. Eden ball in their, and the second time | :29:04. | :29:05. | |
of asking he does via the deflection. Marouane Fellaini! He | :29:06. | :29:14. | |
has scored. Off the bench and his claws the goal. Marouane Fellaini. | :29:15. | :29:18. | |
has scored. Off the bench and his -- and he scores the goal. | :29:19. | :29:20. | |
has scored. Off the bench and his they wanted. Still an opportunity | :29:21. | :29:28. | |
here. Sofiane Feghouli. He took a dive and the referee is not | :29:29. | :29:32. | |
impressed. The ball going the other way. Eden Hazard looking to turn it | :29:33. | :29:37. | |
right. This could win it... Dries Mertens! 2-1 Belgium. And it is two | :29:38. | :29:42. | |
STUDIO: We have seen some great this game around. | :29:43. | :29:50. | |
STUDIO: We have seen some great finale is to matches and let's hope | :29:51. | :29:53. | |
we get the same this evening. We have seen 30 countries in the | :29:54. | :29:57. | |
tournament so far and the final two teams entering the fray later | :29:58. | :30:01. | |
tonight. Fabio Capello's Russia against South Korea. And plenty to | :30:02. | :30:03. | |
enjoy on the BBC this weekend. that is not Glastonbury, by the way. | :30:04. | :30:51. | |
That is Copacabana beach, and the fan park down there. There has not | :30:52. | :30:54. | |
been much the those Brazilian supporters to cheer so far. Although | :30:55. | :30:59. | |
I must say, there are supporters from all | :31:00. | :31:00. | |
I must say, there are supporters fan Park in Rio. | :31:01. | :31:05. | |
I must say, there are supporters players are in the tunnel. | :31:06. | :31:06. | |
I must say, there are supporters got to produce a bit more. They have | :31:07. | :31:12. | |
two move the ball more quickly, get the one and two touch passing going. | :31:13. | :31:14. | |
It was pretty lethargic in the one and two touch passing going. | :31:15. | :31:21. | |
half. It looks like they have made a change. Will that make a difference? | :31:22. | :31:29. | |
I would not have taken off Ramires. Paulinho, for me, was not | :31:30. | :31:35. | |
participating enough. But they needed to make a change, someone to | :31:36. | :31:40. | |
create something and get a bit more speed. Some magic from Neymar | :31:41. | :31:44. | |
required? That's exactly what I was about to say. Let's enjoy the second | :31:45. | :31:52. | |
half in the company of Mark Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce. | :31:53. | :31:53. | |
COMMENTATOR: Bernard is coming on. Lawrenson and Jonathan Pearce. | :31:54. | :32:00. | |
He came on in the opening game against Croatia, for the last 20 | :32:01. | :32:04. | |
minutes or so. Mexico will get us under way in their change strip of | :32:05. | :32:09. | |
bed and black. Bernard can move the ball quickly. Playing off the | :32:10. | :32:15. | |
left-hand side, he placed the Shakhtar Donetsk and won the league | :32:16. | :32:17. | |
title with them this season. -- plays for. He cost some ?22 million. | :32:18. | :32:25. | |
His 13th game for Brazil. Interesting to read some of your | :32:26. | :32:28. | |
text messages and e-mails on the BBC website. Someone wants to know why | :32:29. | :32:34. | |
could is not in this Brazil side. -- Moutinho. | :32:35. | :32:42. | |
else says Mexico are going to win 2-0. Bernard has come to the | :32:43. | :32:47. | |
right-hand side straightaway, mirrors. -- for Ramires. Star has | :32:48. | :32:59. | |
come back onto the left. I think he might tap inside. I think they are | :33:00. | :33:03. | |
going back to the original plan, with Neymar just on the left-hand | :33:04. | :33:06. | |
side, where he seems to get more joy. Paulinho had made a run and so | :33:07. | :33:13. | |
had Bernard. It is clear the way. joy. Paulinho had made a run and so | :33:14. | :33:18. | |
This is the hard-working Victor Herrera. -- cleared away. Marquez | :33:19. | :33:27. | |
had got all the way forward. He was caught. But it shows the mark of the | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
man. He is 35 and he was the man looking to get beyond. He was | :33:33. | :33:37. | |
caught. It was Silva. He touched the ball first. | :33:38. | :33:45. | |
They are sore ones, as well. His 14th game in the World Cup finals. | :33:46. | :33:53. | |
He was recalled for the play-offs, to get them through against New | :33:54. | :33:57. | |
Zealand, after 17 months out of the side. Great leadership qualities. It | :33:58. | :34:03. | |
just shows, you don't need to do is to be a good footballer. -- you | :34:04. | :34:18. | |
don't need tattoos. We have seen some great scenes in the terraces on | :34:19. | :34:22. | |
this World Cup. We just need some on the pitch, now. The early noise and | :34:23. | :34:32. | |
anticipation has just dissipated. Scolari, slating the referee. He | :34:33. | :34:41. | |
wants more protection for his star man. I think he is making the point | :34:42. | :34:48. | |
that the only booking was for Ramires. His players were not | :34:49. | :34:52. | |
innocent, were they? When they won the game against | :34:53. | :35:02. | |
Honduras earlier this season, they could mix it. A lovely ball to | :35:03. | :35:07. | |
Bernard, across the face of goal and Neymar! Just headed away for the | :35:08. | :35:10. | |
corner by Rodriguez, who got there just in time. Trade ball from Alves, | :35:11. | :35:16. | |
fantastic. And Neymar just can't get in there quickly enough. Great | :35:17. | :35:20. | |
defending as well. He just can't quite get there, Neymar. I think it | :35:21. | :35:26. | |
was so quick down the right, it called the Brazilian forwards | :35:27. | :35:27. | |
unawares. What a ball from the back. Five in the middle for Brazil. | :35:28. | :35:46. | |
Neymar, teasing the defender. Oscar. He settled on it but his shot | :35:47. | :35:53. | |
was well wide. I'm not sure if it was a shot or across or in between. | :35:54. | :36:00. | |
-- or a cross or something in between. The substitutes are warming | :36:01. | :36:06. | |
up, including the veteran, Maicon. When the ball came in from Bernard, | :36:07. | :36:11. | |
did you notice Fred was nowhere to be seen? There was no way he was | :36:12. | :36:20. | |
getting there. Luiz Gustavo, getting it away. Various Fred, now. -- there | :36:21. | :36:27. | |
is Fred. Thiago Silva on the shoulder of Dos Santos. The referee, | :36:28. | :36:30. | |
allowing things to go. They have definitely tucked Oscar | :36:31. | :36:46. | |
back inside, and Neymar out on the left. Very similar to the way they | :36:47. | :36:52. | |
played against Croatia, now, isn't it? | :36:53. | :37:17. | |
Brazil have won the three previous World Cup meetings without conceding | :37:18. | :37:22. | |
a goal. They are under pressure here, of their own doing. Luiz | :37:23. | :37:27. | |
Gustavo is a deep. He put Silva in danger. Vazquez. Dos Santos. A poor | :37:28. | :37:39. | |
final ball in, though. That was a complete waste. They passed the ball | :37:40. | :37:46. | |
very accurately in their first game. 85% success rate. They have had one | :37:47. | :37:56. | |
game in World Cup finals against South American sides, in 2002, | :37:57. | :38:00. | |
against Ecuador, Mexico. Looking for Fred, upfront. Still not | :38:01. | :38:28. | |
greatly mobile. Vazquez, around the corner. Mexico | :38:29. | :38:32. | |
greatly mobile. Vazquez, around the more quickly than Brazil at the | :38:33. | :38:34. | |
moment. The plan is for Guardado to give | :38:35. | :38:49. | |
Mexico 65, 70 minutes. Gustavo Canales in that. Detecting the | :38:50. | :38:51. | |
defence. Neymar has given it away. The defender was on him | :38:52. | :39:00. | |
straightaway, as soon as the ball was played to him. The one | :39:01. | :39:06. | |
outstanding moment is still the say from Ochoa, from Neymar's header. -- | :39:07. | :39:09. | |
still the save. Thiago Silva, helping David Luiz. | :39:10. | :39:29. | |
The outstanding moment, the touch off by Thiago Silva in the penalty | :39:30. | :39:36. | |
area, to Luiz Gustavo. Marcelo, quickly on to it but he was caught | :39:37. | :39:38. | |
after the ball had gone. quickly on to it but he was caught | :39:39. | :39:42. | |
said he was diving and the referee agreed. Ralph has not really been in | :39:43. | :39:46. | |
the game and David Luiz gobbling it up. He has given it away and | :39:47. | :39:51. | |
committed himself up the pitch, the defender. Can Mexico break? Moreno. | :39:52. | :39:55. | |
Layun. defender. Can Mexico break? Moreno. | :39:56. | :40:02. | |
Gustavo in the end. Guardado, deflected. A corner off | :40:03. | :40:15. | |
Thiago Silva. Yes, the deflection, he put a bit more pace and height on | :40:16. | :40:17. | |
it. Mexico's second corner. Brazil have | :40:18. | :40:29. | |
had three. Julio Cesar has made one save. | :40:30. | :40:45. | |
comes the corner. Away at the near post. And a lofted clearance by | :40:46. | :40:50. | |
Paulinho, towards Neymar. He fouled Aguilar. That was a little bit too | :40:51. | :41:04. | |
easy. Just stand off him, make him try to do something with the ball. | :41:05. | :41:14. | |
You can go quiet in games, and then suddenly explode interaction. -- he | :41:15. | :41:15. | |
can go. Vazquez with the shot. Not far away. | :41:16. | :41:25. | |
They are starting to creep into No great closing down as well, is | :41:26. | :41:46. | |
there? They just squeezed into the | :41:47. | :42:01. | |
play-offs, Mexico, because the US came back against Panama. The USA | :42:02. | :42:07. | |
scored in the 93rd minute, didn't they? They did. The Mexican TV | :42:08. | :42:14. | |
commentary, absolutely blasting Mexico, and thanking the USA for | :42:15. | :42:15. | |
everything. But this accomplished performance against the | :42:16. | :42:21. | |
host nation by Mexico so far. Dos Santos gives it away. | :42:22. | :42:32. | |
Only Uruguay qualified for these finals... He has been preparing for | :42:33. | :42:43. | |
years that is, given his second chance. | :42:44. | :42:50. | |
Risky by Marcelo. Dos Santos, rolling it in. Can he get the shot | :42:51. | :43:01. | |
away? It is deflected and mopped up gently. Yes, and just as well. That | :43:02. | :43:06. | |
is what he is good at, Dos Santos, cutting in from the right, shooting | :43:07. | :43:13. | |
on his left. Still that lack of urgency from Brazil. | :43:14. | :43:23. | |
He scored two goals in the three warm up games, and those | :43:24. | :43:28. | |
performances got him in the starting line-up against Hernandez. As I | :43:29. | :43:32. | |
don't think it will be long before we see Chicharito. -- but I don't. | :43:33. | :43:40. | |
Good football. Aguilar, a touch to him from a good player, Herrera. | :43:41. | :43:52. | |
Here he is, again. Off the left foot! Shoot on sight. Yes, shoot on | :43:53. | :44:02. | |
sight, and getting closer. Awful defending again from Brazil. | :44:03. | :44:19. | |
Concern on the face of the Brazilian goalkeeper. | :44:20. | :44:31. | |
Someone on the World Cup debate on the website says, "if we keep on | :44:32. | :44:36. | |
playing like this, we will lose. The first off is a fiasco". Another says | :44:37. | :44:44. | |
that Dani Alves hair is not bringing any luck. They need to get hold of | :44:45. | :44:54. | |
the ball in midfield. That three, Luiz Gustavo and also Oscar. Neymar | :44:55. | :45:02. | |
is only tucked in. They cannot get hold of the ball, Jonathan. Marcelo. | :45:03. | :45:18. | |
David Luiz. They have not moved quickly. No. Neymar coming to the | :45:19. | :45:24. | |
left-hand side. This is where he has been the most effective for Brazil. | :45:25. | :45:26. | |
That is a yellow card. Paul Aguilar. I think it is a repeat offence. How | :45:27. | :45:37. | |
is your Portuguese? Neymar... A little bit too slow to | :45:38. | :46:02. | |
do anything with it. Marcelo. Frustration growing. Whistles... | :46:03. | :46:15. | |
Just a few boos as well around the stadium, did I hear? Not sure. | :46:16. | :46:24. | |
One goal will change the atmosphere of the whole nation. Vasquez. | :46:25. | :46:35. | |
Guardado. He has played well in midfield. Herrera. They have got | :46:36. | :46:39. | |
time and space as well. Paul Aguilar. | :46:40. | :46:46. | |
Rafa Marquez. Now you are hearing a bit of shouting from the home fans. | :46:47. | :46:59. | |
Not happy they are not closing down the Mexican players. It was Guardado | :47:00. | :47:07. | |
from range. Well, that move from the halfway line, not really any | :47:08. | :47:11. | |
challenge from any Brazilian. Approaching the hour | :47:12. | :47:11. | |
challenge from any Brazilian. fifth effort they have had like that | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
in the second half. Fortunately, at the moment, most of them are not on | :47:18. | :47:22. | |
target and they are from long range. If you look at the alternatives on | :47:23. | :47:39. | |
the Brazilian bench, Willian is there from Chelsea. Jo, the former | :47:40. | :47:52. | |
Manchester City and Everton man, he came from nowhere to suddenly play a | :47:53. | :47:57. | |
major role for them. Fee comes on, we will have Jo, Fred and Bernard! | :47:58. | :48:04. | |
A little bit of a late challenge there from Luiz Gustavo. It left | :48:05. | :48:11. | |
Paul Aguilar on the deck. Herrera. Dos Santos. Can he keep it in? No | :48:12. | :48:19. | |
great movement or awareness from Peralta to get up there into a | :48:20. | :48:23. | |
dangerous position and Gamble. No. Nobody was prepared to bust a gut to | :48:24. | :48:28. | |
get in there. Dos Santos did well. Here is Neymar. Into Fred. Cannot | :48:29. | :48:36. | |
keep it. It is going to be a yellow card for Vasquez. Do you think the | :48:37. | :48:44. | |
referee might have had a half-time instruction from somebody? Anything | :48:45. | :48:58. | |
is possible with Fifa. That is nothing challenge. Yes it is a foul. | :48:59. | :49:00. | |
But... Could this be the moment that Neymar | :49:01. | :49:16. | |
sends Brazil into a frenzy? The referee has marched them back. | :49:17. | :49:39. | |
Out comes the magic foam. Neymar stands over it. Dani Alves is there | :49:40. | :49:41. | |
as well. Always aware stands over it. Dani Alves is there | :49:42. | :49:48. | |
the box just in case it comes off the goalkeeper. Neymar with it. It | :49:49. | :49:52. | |
was bending, it the goalkeeper. Neymar with it. It | :49:53. | :50:00. | |
was wide. It was just a dive in case, wasn't it. Yes. | :50:01. | :50:23. | |
A flamboyant goalkeeper, plays in French | :50:24. | :50:38. | |
Oscar has gone out to the right-hand side. The cross is blocked by Layun. | :50:39. | :50:47. | |
Marcelo is the only one really in the team at the moment that inject | :50:48. | :50:52. | |
any pace into his attacking. Can they do something here? Marcelo. | :50:53. | :50:58. | |
Neymar wanted it back but he was not going to get it. Marcelo putting the | :50:59. | :51:02. | |
ball into the box. Moreno clears. Marcelo back again. The offside is | :51:03. | :51:09. | |
called for by Marcelo back again. The offside is | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
challenge, but when Marcelo burst into the box and played that ball, | :51:17. | :51:21. | |
Fred never moved. He absolutely just never moved. | :51:22. | :51:39. | |
In the past 100 games in the World Cup finals, Brazil, in this | :51:40. | :51:47. | |
In the past 100 games in the World tournament, five World Cups under | :51:48. | :51:50. | |
their belt, two runners-up. They have only failed to make the last | :51:51. | :51:57. | |
date for times. They are finding this afternoon a very frustrating | :51:58. | :52:01. | |
one. The referee just telling Guardado that I am making the | :52:02. | :52:04. | |
decisions. He brought the playback because | :52:05. | :52:04. | |
decisions. He brought the playback done really well in | :52:05. | :52:10. | |
decisions. He brought the playback fourth official now having words | :52:11. | :52:18. | |
with the Mexican coach. Svein Oddvar Moen, and Norwegian Champions League | :52:19. | :52:25. | |
referee. Guardado. Thiago Silva behind him. Dani Alves. Terrier | :52:26. | :52:38. | |
like. I think that Jo might be coming on, you know. Thiago Silva | :52:39. | :52:45. | |
has time. Incomes Peralta. Did not get a shout. That time it was being | :52:46. | :52:51. | |
eroded by the Mexican centre forward. The captain bringing it | :52:52. | :53:00. | |
away, and he is fouled. You just get the impression as well that the | :53:01. | :53:03. | |
Mexicans can sense that the Brazilians are struggling here. Such | :53:04. | :53:08. | |
a strong centre-back. 12 and a half stone, Thiago Silva. He makes full | :53:09. | :53:14. | |
use of it. Jo is going to come on. That is given away and Brazil are | :53:15. | :53:16. | |
getting sloppy. Layun on the outside of Dani Alves. | :53:17. | :53:28. | |
A decent cross in. Headed away by the diving Thiago Silva. How quickly | :53:29. | :53:35. | |
did he get past Dani Alves? At the moment, Brazil's tactic of trying to | :53:36. | :53:39. | |
stop Layun getting forward seems to have gone by the by. Oscar's header. | :53:40. | :53:50. | |
Neymar. Fred is up through the middle. Neymar. Oscar. Options on | :53:51. | :53:55. | |
the left-hand side. Trying to find Fred. Luiz Gustavo. Bernard. Marcelo | :53:56. | :54:07. | |
the left-hand side. Trying to find switching. Dani Alves. Fred is | :54:08. | :54:07. | |
ambling across the switching. Dani Alves. Fred is | :54:08. | :54:17. | |
Out wide there. Paoli near. -- Paulinho. Keeping possession. It is | :54:18. | :54:19. | |
all the little bit laboured. The pressure on Brazil is absolutely | :54:20. | :54:33. | |
huge. From the moment the players wake up, from the moment that they | :54:34. | :54:38. | |
go to bed, they are under the camera lens. Jo is coming on. And it is for | :54:39. | :54:45. | |
Fred. You know what they have said to Fred, warm up, you are coming! He | :54:46. | :54:49. | |
has not done much. He has had a second coming as a | :54:50. | :55:16. | |
Brazilian international, Jo. Marcelo. Neymar. Will not take him | :55:17. | :55:22. | |
on. Left foot, putting the cross up. Neymar! Saved again from Ochoa. One | :55:23. | :55:30. | |
is more trying to get through. Dani Alves. Pulling it back... It is | :55:31. | :55:35. | |
deflected away! Ochoa denying Brazil. Another top stop. Neymar | :55:36. | :55:50. | |
will take it. The goalkeeper has been superb. The referee having a | :55:51. | :55:58. | |
word with David Luiz. I am not sure that did not come off his chest as | :55:59. | :56:07. | |
well. Incomes the corner. Ochoa punching. Back out to Neymar. Oscar | :56:08. | :56:12. | |
is there with him. Looking for Paulinho. The juggling goalkeeper | :56:13. | :56:20. | |
gets it. Dani Alves was there to cover. Great header under pressure, | :56:21. | :56:29. | |
that was. Now there is an urgency about Brazil. David Luiz. Jo. Well, | :56:30. | :56:35. | |
he has already moved more than Fred has moved! Came back against France | :56:36. | :56:44. | |
last year in June, his first international in five years, Jo. He | :56:45. | :56:50. | |
really has been in the wilderness. Struggled at Everton and Manchester | :56:51. | :56:56. | |
City. David Luiz. That is a fine pass. Oscar. David Luiz arriving. He | :56:57. | :57:01. | |
scuffed it. Paulinho was there behind him. Thiago Silva. Gustard | :57:02. | :57:08. | |
inti the pace, Brazil. They looked like a different team at the moment. | :57:09. | :57:14. | |
-- just starting to raise the pace. Oscar. Layun in front of him. It is | :57:15. | :57:22. | |
as if Jo came on and passed everybody a message. He scored five | :57:23. | :57:29. | |
in his last 11 internationals after failing to find the back of the net | :57:30. | :57:33. | |
in his first seven, Jo. Dani Alves with the cross. Nearly coming to | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
Neymar. Marcelo. Would not want to get it onto his right foot, that is | :57:39. | :57:42. | |
the shore. Bernard. Putting the cross in. Cleared away by Marquez. | :57:43. | :57:52. | |
The referee blowing, it looked like to me in the build-up that there | :57:53. | :57:54. | |
were two Brazilian players offside. There were. | :57:55. | :58:02. | |
Great technique. Yet. It has come in handy, that body, hasn't it. Great | :58:03. | :58:20. | |
technique from Neymar, not necessarily from the goalkeeper but | :58:21. | :58:23. | |
he is keeping them out however he is keeping them out. Does not matter | :58:24. | :58:28. | |
how you do it. You get no marks for artistic impression here. | :58:29. | :58:39. | |
Well, Mexico are going to send on Javier Hernandez. He has approached | :58:40. | :58:51. | |
the sideline. Here is Neymar. Challenged by Rodriguez. He has had | :58:52. | :58:54. | |
a very good tournament so far. Marcelo. Oscar. Dani Alves. Acres of | :58:55. | :59:03. | |
space. Is this the moment they have waited for? Dani Alves. The wrong | :59:04. | :59:07. | |
option, perhaps. Rodrigo is away. Yes. The problem is, there is always | :59:08. | :59:12. | |
three centre-backs there, Yes. The problem is, there is always | :59:13. | :59:19. | |
Dani Alves back in again. Marcelo... Will he have a date? Neymar is | :59:20. | :59:21. | |
waiting. Mexico have defended magnificently. | :59:22. | :59:30. | |
Bernard. Left foot. Layun with the header. Dani Alves. | :59:31. | :59:43. | |
Oscar. Dani Alves... Into Jo on the edge of the box. The referee | :59:44. | :59:46. | |
allowing play to go on. It was a foul on Dani Alves. Given away by | :59:47. | :59:55. | |
Jo. It is a Mexico throwing. -- throw in. Here comes Hernandez. He | :59:56. | :00:01. | |
was taken out, Dani Alves. Hernandez replacing him. -- Javier | :00:02. | :00:27. | |
Hernandez. He has not scored a goal in an international since the 22nd | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
June, against Japan in Beacon Federation cup in Brazil, last year. | :00:33. | :00:36. | |
It is his worst scoring drought. He made four starts last season for | :00:37. | :00:40. | |
Manchester United. His career seems to have stalled somewhat. This would | :00:41. | :00:50. | |
be the place to get it going again. They are going to make another | :00:51. | :00:52. | |
Herrera, by the way, was caught by change as well, Mexico. | :00:53. | :01:12. | |
Herrera, by the way, was caught by Oscar. Guardado, who may be the man | :01:13. | :01:15. | |
who goes off for Fabian. He is tiring. Brazil making inroads. | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
Neymar on the far side of the box. Still Oscar. Neymar. A bit of magic | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
required. In the end, it is deflected to safety. Rodriguez | :01:28. | :01:30. | |
clears it. Some tired deflected to safety. Rodriguez | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
there now. I am not even sure what Neymar was trying to do. | :01:36. | :01:46. | |
Guardado nos Fabi and is waiting to come on. Chicharito. David Luiz | :01:47. | :01:53. | |
Herrera. Hernandez is onside. No one feet. In the | :01:54. | :02:09. | |
Herrera. Hernandez is onside. No one in support. That was a good header | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
back. They have not been defensively secure. They have been a bit more | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
attacking. It would have been a hugely famous night for them. Jo has | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
strayed offside but the flag has stayed down, so no. Across goal. | :02:28. | :02:35. | |
That was better, Neymar, quick movement of the ball. | :02:36. | :02:47. | |
Mexico, looking assistant, for the offside. It was a | :02:48. | :02:58. | |
Mexico, looking scoff, really. -- scuffed shot. | :02:59. | :03:07. | |
Herrera comes off, for Marco Fabian. They once rated | :03:08. | :03:10. | |
Herrera comes off, for Marco Fabian. Chicharito. He was the record under | :03:11. | :03:15. | |
23 goal-scorer but he has had a bit of a reputation as a partygoer. He | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
was once banned for six months, from breaking curfew. He is finally | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
living up to his potential, they say. Six months? It must have been | :03:24. | :03:32. | |
some party! He has put his partying days behind him. | :03:33. | :03:43. | |
The Mexican Fender hearts have been terrific. You took the words right | :03:44. | :03:51. | |
out of my mouth. -- centre halves. They have been really good, never | :03:52. | :03:54. | |
really pulled out of position, either, which is part of Brazil's | :03:55. | :03:58. | |
problem, especially when Fred was on. If they get a sniff of a half | :03:59. | :04:05. | |
chance, Brazil could still be in trouble. Fabian scored four in five | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
games as they reached the semifinals of their last major competition. | :04:12. | :04:18. | |
Dani Alves is in more space. Jo on the edge of the box. Paulinho. | :04:19. | :04:29. | |
Dani Alves with a stab over on the edge of the box. It was a lovely | :04:30. | :04:32. | |
tackle. -- with a step over. edge of the box. It was a lovely | :04:33. | :04:40. | |
Moreno has caught the eye in this competition. Free kick against | :04:41. | :04:42. | |
Brazil. The last time Mexico won their | :04:43. | :05:06. | |
opening two games was in 2002. It is the only time they have ever done | :05:07. | :05:12. | |
it. In towards Hernandez but the header just dropped wide. It was a | :05:13. | :05:17. | |
goodly, actually. -- a good leap. This score would put both sides on | :05:18. | :05:40. | |
four points. Cameroon against Croatia is in Manaus, tomorrow. A | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
draw would also be a massive boost for those two countries. Whoever | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
ends up as winner tomorrow, if there is one, they would be right back in | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
it. Marcelo, snapping away. A good turn by Fabian. Dos Santos, into | :06:04. | :06:09. | |
Hernandez. The defender, right through the back. No wonder he is | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
screaming at his defence because he was left in a dangerous situation, | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
Thiago Silva. It was not a good tackle. Marcelo was very lazy with | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
his tackle. He only needed to stay goal side. He was trying to pinch | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
the ball. Scolari was going mad. Had he turned and got away, would that | :06:33. | :06:37. | |
have been deemed a last defender's challenge? Yes, and the thing about | :06:38. | :06:44. | |
the position of the free kick is that it is right in the middle of | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
the goal. What does Julio Cesar do with the wall? Where does he stand? | :06:51. | :07:04. | |
Dos Santos was over the ball. And the captain, Marquez, is there as | :07:05. | :07:10. | |
well. Where is the spray? As he ran out? He's just reaching | :07:11. | :07:26. | |
for his pocket, there we go, getting a bit of shaving foam. It should | :07:27. | :07:34. | |
have a sponsor, shouldn't it? They have not missed a trick, have they? | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
Goodness me. Sepp Blatter will be on the phone tonight. Is he stood | :07:39. | :07:46. | |
behind the wall, in the middle? Dos Santos into the wall. Maybe Brazil | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
can break from that. But they don't look particularly hungry to do so. | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
In towards Neymar. He needs to switch it. Jo is in the middle! | :07:56. | :08:06. | |
Almost. Just under ten minutes to go. Terrible free kick at the other | :08:07. | :08:22. | |
end. Yes, a complete waste, in such an advantageous position, as you | :08:23. | :08:28. | |
say, the centre of the goal. Bernard. A point for Mexico would be | :08:29. | :08:36. | |
eight Rafiq result. Had they been more adventurous, they could have | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
one, which would have been sensational. Brazil have been poor. | :08:40. | :08:44. | |
Yes, but always worried, aren't you, against Brazil? -- you are always | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
worried. One moment of magic. But they are full value for the point, | :08:52. | :08:56. | |
so far. I know Spain were very bad and Holland were very good in that | :08:57. | :08:59. | |
game and Germany were fantastic yesterday. At the moment, Brazil's | :09:00. | :09:04. | |
performances are not at that level. Know they are not, neither of them. | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
-- no, they are not. Jo coming for the ball. No one | :09:08. | :09:22. | |
within ten yards, really, to support. That is the other thing, | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
nobody gambling. They have kind of chopped Neymar up alongside Jo. A | :09:29. | :09:33. | |
couple of headers, Neymar has just been stood on his heels. Mexico are | :09:34. | :09:39. | |
going to send on another striker. A bold move against the hosts, Brazil, | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
with eight minutes to go. And Brazil are going to make a change as well. | :09:45. | :09:53. | |
Raul Jimenez is coming on for Mexico. Fabian. | :09:54. | :10:07. | |
Here comes the first of the substitutions. Just seeing that | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
brilliant moment of skill in the first half from Thiago Silva. That | :10:15. | :10:21. | |
was the keeper's saves, one with his knee, one with his stomach. Dos | :10:22. | :10:25. | |
Santos is the man to depart. Jimenez got 18 goals for | :10:26. | :10:46. | |
this season. He scored a brilliant overhead for his country against | :10:47. | :10:53. | |
Panama in qualifying. And Chelsea's Willian comes on. Given his first | :10:54. | :10:57. | |
Panama in qualifying. And Chelsea's outing, year, in these World Cup | :10:58. | :11:06. | |
finals. -- here. Neymar. Bernard. One of those days. Yes. | :11:07. | :11:18. | |
There was no need to give free kick. No, it was daft. They had | :11:19. | :11:55. | |
forced him away from goal. How crazy is that, this late on, in a game of | :11:56. | :12:01. | |
this magnitude? Five and a half minutes to go. Especially when we | :12:02. | :12:03. | |
have seen so many headers from set pieces. Francisco Rodriguez, the | :12:04. | :12:12. | |
32-year-old, approaching 100 caps. It could be an awful moment for him. | :12:13. | :12:18. | |
Should Phil Scolari's side score what could well be the winner. | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
Neymar taking it. David Luiz at the far post. Thiago Silva is in there | :12:25. | :12:34. | |
and in towards him! What a save! And a block! The flag is already | :12:35. | :12:41. | |
and in towards him! What a save! And on the far side. What a save by | :12:42. | :12:46. | |
Ochoa! It certainly was, just pure reaction. He is going backwards, | :12:47. | :12:50. | |
falling into the goal. He just stuck out a hand, basically. We said the | :12:51. | :12:56. | |
captain was up and he made the run. strong hand denied him. Either side | :12:57. | :13:07. | |
He knew, anywhere but there, and good ball in. | :13:08. | :13:17. | |
He knew, anywhere but there, and Brazil had won the game. | :13:18. | :13:22. | |
reflexes from a goalkeeper, who has been brilliant. | :13:23. | :13:33. | |
Phil Scolari looks at each World Cup game as a step on the stairway to | :13:34. | :13:54. | |
final glory. They may have stumbled on this step, to night. | :13:55. | :14:03. | |
Mexico may have an opportunity. Just over three minutes to go. Aguilar | :14:04. | :14:16. | |
will take this free kick. Yes, and the big three are up, aren't they? | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
It is an effort for by Dido, who is still out there, in his 104th | :14:23. | :14:34. | |
appearance. -- for Guardado. Was not a good ball. Paulinho got their head | :14:35. | :14:38. | |
of the captain. Free kick. Jumped into Willian. We climbed all | :14:39. | :14:45. | |
over him. Luiz Gustavo. Neymar produced the | :14:46. | :15:11. | |
one really class chance of the first half. Marcelo momentarily got in | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
behind. He is still there, he has gone down by the referee is having | :15:15. | :15:20. | |
none of it. The referee is having none of it. Why did he not just | :15:21. | :15:28. | |
carry on? That was about the same penalty that he got against Croatia. | :15:29. | :15:32. | |
The same kind of thing. Wasn't it. That is what it was, he just put his | :15:33. | :15:38. | |
arm on him. I think he was away from him, and there was a man on the | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
middle if he stayed on his feet. Play to the whistle, isn't that what | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
you tell a seven-year-old? Yes. He did not. And a lot of people will | :15:50. | :15:54. | |
see that as justice being done. Certainly Croatia will. Here is Raul | :15:55. | :16:08. | |
Jimenez. And suddenly, Brazil, from thinking that they might have a | :16:09. | :16:15. | |
penalty, our edgy and facing a Mexican corner with one minutes ago. | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
Thiago Silva keeping his concentration. Shouting instructions | :16:20. | :16:26. | |
to David Luiz. Hernandez is on the goalkeeper. Guardado will take it. | :16:27. | :16:34. | |
It will come back out to Guardado. Marquez has stayed forward. | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
Rodriguez is in there as well! Guardado went for it. How many shots | :16:39. | :16:44. | |
have nearly gone into that same position? So many. Just beat the | :16:45. | :16:55. | |
fingertips of the goalkeeper and dipped over. 12 shots for Mexico. 21 | :16:56. | :17:00. | |
target. 14 for Brazil. Was it in South Africa that we had a | :17:01. | :17:11. | |
great match between Brazil and Portugal but it finished goalless? | :17:12. | :17:20. | |
It was down in Durban. I can't even remember last week! Three minutes of | :17:21. | :17:24. | |
stoppage time to go. Neymar. Lovely turn. The defender made it easy for | :17:25. | :17:32. | |
him. He tried to do too much. Again. Mexico can break. The ball got | :17:33. | :17:39. | |
caught up behind Layun. Dani Alves got a vital touch. Guardado. Out | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
towards the substitute. It is a splendid save from Raul Jimenez's | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
drive. It was, but Hernandez was not far away. He gambled. Guardado has | :17:52. | :17:57. | |
been terrific for Mexico in that left-sided midfield role. There is | :17:58. | :18:02. | |
the save. Hernandez could not quite get on it. | :18:03. | :18:11. | |
David Luiz. Marcelo. Neymar. Up and running. Mexico backpedalling. | :18:12. | :18:29. | |
Another is not good ball in. It was not a good ball, two minutes to go, | :18:30. | :18:39. | |
and there is only Jo in the box. If they are to exercise the Demons of | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
1950, Brazil have got to do a lot better than this. Paulinho. Willian. | :18:45. | :18:48. | |
He has given it away. And look at this, who is getting out of the | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
Mexico? At 35 years of age, he is fouled. He has been supreme. | :18:55. | :19:04. | |
Absolutely magnificent. Imagine what it must be like to captain your | :19:05. | :19:07. | |
country in the World Cup finals once, he has done it four times. But | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
he is yet to see a quarterfinal. slowing the game down. One minute of | :19:13. | :19:30. | |
stoppage time to play. Young and old, they are all here. Thought it | :19:31. | :19:42. | |
was Danny Mills! LAUGHTER Raul Jimenez could not win it. | :19:43. | :19:48. | |
Guardado does. Four points has been enough for Mexico in the last couple | :19:49. | :19:51. | |
of World Cups to see them through to the second round. David Luiz. Jo. | :19:52. | :20:06. | |
Marquez. Thiago Silva. Now, Willian. Lovely ball. Tracking back. Three in | :20:07. | :20:14. | |
the middle. Bernard on the edge of the box. Neymar needs to do | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
something special. And that is that. A very, very good point the | :20:19. | :20:28. | |
Mexico. The hosts, Brazil, denied. Both of them move to four points. | :20:29. | :20:34. | |
There is one group game to go. Scolari knows that he has been | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
matched in there by Miguel Herrera. Mexico very tight. Neymar came close | :20:39. | :20:43. | |
in the first half with a brilliant header, splendidly saved by Ochoa. | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
He was superb. It is 0-0. STUDIO: What a performance from | :20:49. | :21:01. | |
Ochoa. Some fabulous saves from him. A great effort from Mexico. Luiz | :21:02. | :21:08. | |
Felipe Scolari described Mexico as a stone in your shoe, very pesky! Both | :21:09. | :21:14. | |
sides level on four points. Any loser in the tri- Asia and Cameroon | :21:15. | :21:17. | |
game tomorrow will be out of the tournament. -- Croatia and Cameroon | :21:18. | :21:23. | |
game. They huffed and puffed, but they never really looked like | :21:24. | :21:28. | |
creating too many chances. That is what I said before, the Mexican team | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
were forced to think about what is happening in front of you. They | :21:33. | :21:37. | |
could not beat them tactically. We were just talking about it with | :21:38. | :21:41. | |
Clarence Seedorf, at one point, you have got to be involved to beat your | :21:42. | :21:44. | |
man. Somebody in the middle has two make something happen. Neymar tried | :21:45. | :21:48. | |
at the end but it was a little too late. Frustrating to watch in many | :21:49. | :21:52. | |
ways, I would imagine, for the Brazilian fans in particular. | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
Absolutely. They did not move the ball at all quick enough the whole | :21:58. | :22:00. | |
game and there was not enough movement off the ball. | :22:01. | :22:02. | |
performance from Brazil. There was no urgency about them. They just | :22:03. | :22:07. | |
seemed quite no urgency about them. They just | :22:08. | :22:12. | |
many touches on the ball, slow the ball down. And it was... It was a | :22:13. | :22:17. | |
many touches on the ball, slow the Mexico really | :22:18. | :22:21. | |
many touches on the ball, slow the was going to say great credit to | :22:22. | :22:22. | |
Mexico, tactically they got it was going to say great credit to | :22:23. | :22:26. | |
on and frustrated Brazil. Absolutely, they got what they | :22:27. | :22:30. | |
wanted. They slowed down Brazil. They were very dangerous sometimes. | :22:31. | :22:33. | |
I think that they have deep think about a new strategy. And you some | :22:34. | :22:38. | |
kind of other players. Against these types of organisation it will be | :22:39. | :22:41. | |
very tough for Brazil to make a goal. We will see some wonderful | :22:42. | :22:50. | |
saves now from Ochoa, unquestionably the Man of the Match. A remarkably | :22:51. | :22:53. | |
good performance. It was a very good performance. I think this was the | :22:54. | :23:00. | |
best save. It was a good ball in, a great header, and he has no right to | :23:01. | :23:03. | |
get there. How he keeps it out, with a strong hand, it is a very good | :23:04. | :23:11. | |
save. This was a good block here. He is alive, he is smelling the game. | :23:12. | :23:15. | |
He is watching what is happening. He is committed. What | :23:16. | :23:20. | |
He is watching what is happening. He is into the game. A lot of courage. | :23:21. | :23:23. | |
Second half he was equally unbeatable. Yes. That is a great | :23:24. | :23:35. | |
save on the replay. Thiago Silva... But the frustration, in those | :23:36. | :23:40. | |
certain moments, it made them not score the goals because there were | :23:41. | :23:43. | |
some chances. Neymar. Here, Thiago Silva. But they were not fresh | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
enough and clear enough in the head. Silva. But they were not fresh | :23:48. | :23:50. | |
enough and clear enough in the head. Interestingly on twitter in Brazil, | :23:51. | :23:56. | |
Gordon Banks has been trending immediately after the Ochoa save. A | :23:57. | :24:01. | |
lot of people saying it was similar. It was different in my opinion, not | :24:02. | :24:02. | |
quite It was different in my opinion, not | :24:03. | :24:09. | |
a fabulous save. It was good, but we almost you should head the ball | :24:10. | :24:13. | |
down. The one from Gordon Banks is just outstanding. | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
down. The one from Gordon Banks is it again! I think this one is | :24:19. | :24:22. | |
slightly better. It is a similar header, although it is better, and | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
it is straight down. Also, he is ahead of the ball. I think it is | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
rare that I have seen a reaction in a studio of utter disgust from four | :24:34. | :24:38. | |
of us at what Marcelo did at the end when he was going through and he | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
threw himself to the ground. Sometimes you understand when a | :24:44. | :24:46. | |
strike goes down because he is about to lose the ball. What does not make | :24:47. | :24:51. | |
sense to me here is he is about to score a goal in the World Cup or set | :24:52. | :24:54. | |
up one of his team-mates to win the game and he goes down looking at the | :24:55. | :25:00. | |
referee. It says everything about how somebody is thinking. You have | :25:01. | :25:03. | |
do believe in yourself. If he was feeling strong and confident he | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
would have gone for the ball. They were looking for something easy. | :25:08. | :25:11. | |
That was just blatant cheating. Absolutely. One word, cheating. | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
There was no need for him to go down. The goal was there, he could | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
have had a shot. It was cheating. Indeed. Mexico, as you said, | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
Clarence, they were threatening. Absolutely. They had to be on this | :25:28. | :25:32. | |
and concentrate until the end. We have seen about seven shots on goal | :25:33. | :25:37. | |
from Mexico in the second half. It was not that quality shot, but | :25:38. | :25:41. | |
always dangerous. Always showing the Brazilians, listen, you have to be | :25:42. | :25:50. | |
careful, because we can do something and score a goal. This easily could | :25:51. | :25:53. | |
have bounced into the path of the incoming Hernandez. Those were your | :25:54. | :25:58. | |
goals! LAUGHTER Generally from that vicinity! The | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
Mexicans asked the question of Brazil, can you break us down, and | :26:03. | :26:04. | |
they could not do it tonight. They did not have the urgency. A bit more | :26:05. | :26:14. | |
Fred frustration? He was infuriating. It is not as if he has | :26:15. | :26:18. | |
got to run into the channels, you just have the bay in between the | :26:19. | :26:21. | |
width of the 18-yard box. The ball coming into the box and look at | :26:22. | :26:25. | |
where he is. I am screaming, where are you? You are just not going to | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
score goals. He does not move. Look at him, he wants the ball to come to | :26:32. | :26:34. | |
him, he is not prepared to move to the ball. I am afraid you are not | :26:35. | :26:38. | |
going to score goals with movement like that. He is not interested at | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
all. The ball went into him and he was not strong. He was not | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
interested, to be quite honest. I am really surprised that he lasted as | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
long as he did on the pitch. Jo came on and at least he tried to get in | :26:54. | :26:58. | |
behind and at least he tried to run in behind and caused them a couple | :26:59. | :27:03. | |
of problems. For the first time somebody asked the question of the | :27:04. | :27:07. | |
back five of Mexico. There we go, in behind, run, it was a poor effort | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
but at least he asked the question. Fred did not. And Brazil, they are | :27:12. | :27:19. | |
still in a decent position to qualify, but people here are going | :27:20. | :27:22. | |
to be worried. They were not brilliant against Croatia, they got | :27:23. | :27:26. | |
away with it, a decision turned the game. Here they are again, | :27:27. | :27:30. | |
stuttering. The World Cup is not about how you start, it is about how | :27:31. | :27:34. | |
you finish. I think they still go through, but that is a good example | :27:35. | :27:37. | |
of how it is difficult to win the World Cup. They are going to work on | :27:38. | :27:41. | |
it, I am sure, and the next time they will have to deal with a team | :27:42. | :27:44. | |
like that and they will have to deal with it better. Have they got the | :27:45. | :27:49. | |
players to win this time? They will be there or thereabouts. They can | :27:50. | :27:52. | |
improve. Neymar was all is going to be the big threat in this | :27:53. | :27:55. | |
tournament. He was today, he produced a couple of moments but was | :27:56. | :27:59. | |
not quite enough. I think they will get better. The Confederations Cup | :28:00. | :28:04. | |
12 months ago we saw them play. I know it is a different competition | :28:05. | :28:07. | |
but they played with great verve, great speed, and they closed people | :28:08. | :28:14. | |
down and pressed. They tore people apart. This is a totally different | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
looking side. Absolutely, it tells you that the energy is different. I | :28:18. | :28:22. | |
still see them as quite tense. Tents in their thoughts, the movement, it | :28:23. | :28:27. | |
is different and the logic is not quite what it needs to be. I hope | :28:28. | :28:30. | |
that it will put some more quality players in there. Paulinho four | :28:31. | :28:33. | |
example was very disappointing. For a midfielder that was meant to be | :28:34. | :28:37. | |
participating off in Tivoli and defensively, it was not enough. | :28:38. | :28:42. | |
There was no energy. There was no body prepared to run in behind and | :28:43. | :28:46. | |
pass the ball. We saw at the beginning of the second half, David | :28:47. | :28:50. | |
Luiz was taking two, three, four touches. But the problem, it is the | :28:51. | :28:57. | |
Confederations Cup, and I think the fans will not be too upset if they | :28:58. | :29:01. | |
lost that at home. They know that they cannot lose this one. Now the | :29:02. | :29:07. | |
emotion is a bit too much. But they will get it together. They will work | :29:08. | :29:12. | |
it out, let's hope so. The countdown to England's second game continues | :29:13. | :29:15. | |
and the big news from their opponents is that Luis Suarez looks | :29:16. | :29:17. | |
likely to play. Let's hear from the man himself. | :29:18. | :29:30. | |
The feeling is very good, after the operation I know that the process, | :29:31. | :29:38. | |
every day, it is different and I think that the medical staff, they | :29:39. | :29:44. | |
work very well and I try my best to stay fit for this game. I know that | :29:45. | :29:51. | |
it is a little bit physical for the first game, but for the second, I am | :29:52. | :29:53. | |
100%. Everybody knows that they have | :29:54. | :30:02. | |
really good players, and I know the players that I play against, out | :30:03. | :30:09. | |
there, I know that there are defenders. I know the midfielders | :30:10. | :30:26. | |
and the strikers. I know the coach as well. They played very well | :30:27. | :30:37. | |
against Italy. COMMENTATOR: Raheem Sterling. A good | :30:38. | :30:39. | |
against Italy. COMMENTATOR: Raheem Rooney and Daniel Sturridge is in | :30:40. | :30:42. | |
the middle. A good ball from Rooney and a good finish from Sturridge! | :30:43. | :30:48. | |
England level instantly. If they continue at this level, I think they | :30:49. | :30:54. | |
can regress very well. -- progress. I have a responsibility because the | :30:55. | :31:00. | |
23 players have responsibility for the Uruguay national team. Oh, I | :31:01. | :31:07. | |
don't believe this! My work is helping the team. Now it is my time | :31:08. | :31:14. | |
to help them on the pitch. He says he is 100% fit but it is | :31:15. | :31:18. | |
difficult, and operation, five weeks, no games. He cannot be 100% | :31:19. | :31:24. | |
fit. When they were chasing the game against Costa Rica, it is telling | :31:25. | :31:28. | |
that he did not come on for some valuable game time, 15-20 minutes, | :31:29. | :31:32. | |
which would have set him up better for the England game. He cannot be | :31:33. | :31:37. | |
100%. There is nothing to lose, now, even if he is close to being fit, he | :31:38. | :31:41. | |
might as well have a go. Yes, that is what he came for. You are a bit | :31:42. | :31:45. | |
worried about his health but he came for that and he is going to have to | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
go there and show that he can have an effect on the defenders of | :31:51. | :31:56. | |
England. 75% Suarez is still a formidable threat. Of course, | :31:57. | :32:02. | |
psychologically for England, it is Suarez, who has menaced them in the | :32:03. | :32:08. | |
Premier League for a couple of years. But they have very good | :32:09. | :32:12. | |
strikers already. If he is fit, you will play. If not, I think he should | :32:13. | :32:18. | |
not. It is about the whole team. Maybe having him for the last 30 | :32:19. | :32:22. | |
minutes will be enough. Risking him in one game, when you have | :32:23. | :32:30. | |
Cavani... I mean, they have the strikers to make it happen. England, | :32:31. | :32:37. | |
the same kind of line? It might be similar players but a little shuffle | :32:38. | :32:42. | |
around. He might put Raheem Sterling on the right-hand side and bring | :32:43. | :32:46. | |
Rooney in behind Daniel Sturridge. Interestingly, we have talked about | :32:47. | :32:48. | |
social media and what the players Interestingly, we have talked about | :32:49. | :32:55. | |
posted this on his Facebook page. Look at this little lad, giving him | :32:56. | :33:00. | |
a bit of stick, 2-1. He must be Italian! A little dance as well. Not | :33:01. | :33:09. | |
quite Daniel Sturridge but not bad. Thank you for your time, gentlemen. | :33:10. | :33:13. | |
We enjoyed it, no goals, sadly, but that is about it from us. | :33:14. | :33:26. | |
Brazil have drawn a blank in Fortaleza. Fred, Bernard and Jo in | :33:27. | :33:33. | |
the side, they seem to have turned into England. Good night. | :33:34. | :33:37. |