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Dunga: Brazil Have An Incredible Squad
The coach praised his side after they came back from the dead to lift the Confederations Cup for a third time...
29-Jun-2009 4:33:34 AM
Carlos Dunga, the coach of Brazil, believes the attitude of his players was the main reason why they came from two goals down in the first half to defeat the United States 3-2 in the final of the Confederations Cup.
"First of all, we have a very determined side. The players have heaps of quality. They are great players. For 29 days they haven't seen their families. Today it was tough, because we could have played even better. But we have total confidence in this group," said Dunga.
The 1994 World Cup winner believes one of the reasons why Brazil started slowly against the United States was because his players were worn out, not only because of the demands of the tournament and the World Cup qualifiers, but also because of long European seasons, for most part of the players.
"Like all finals, it was tough. To get a result after going behind 2-0, shows the kind of players we count with."
Brazil were two goals down going into the half time interval, but two goals from Luis Fabiano and another from captain Lucio gave them a dramatic victory.
"We changed the positioning. We made the team push more forward to pressure our opponents. We scored an early goal and then we had more speed with the substitutions we made," explained Dunga, who brought on Elano and Daniel Alves for Ramires and Andre Santos.
Brazil will be hoping to transmit their success at the Confederations Cup into the World Cup in South Africa next year.
Gregory Sica, Goal.com
"First of all, we have a very determined side. The players have heaps of quality. They are great players. For 29 days they haven't seen their families. Today it was tough, because we could have played even better. But we have total confidence in this group," said Dunga.
The 1994 World Cup winner believes one of the reasons why Brazil started slowly against the United States was because his players were worn out, not only because of the demands of the tournament and the World Cup qualifiers, but also because of long European seasons, for most part of the players.
"Like all finals, it was tough. To get a result after going behind 2-0, shows the kind of players we count with."
Brazil were two goals down going into the half time interval, but two goals from Luis Fabiano and another from captain Lucio gave them a dramatic victory.
"We changed the positioning. We made the team push more forward to pressure our opponents. We scored an early goal and then we had more speed with the substitutions we made," explained Dunga, who brought on Elano and Daniel Alves for Ramires and Andre Santos.
Brazil will be hoping to transmit their success at the Confederations Cup into the World Cup in South Africa next year.
Gregory Sica, Goal.com
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