Mano Menezes appears to be under a lot of pressure these days surely it isn't
because he's only the national coach of Brazil, a country with 194 million other
talking heads? Earlier this week, Menezes met up with the U-17 'selecao feminina' (you can call
them Brasil's futbolitas!
Bem-vindo to Day 3 of Selecao Bootcamp! These Brazilian caras
are still in Libreville, Gabon where they're scheduled to play a friendly as part
of the inauguration of the newly-built 'Friendship stadium' below today. As we mentioned, the guys
have been training hard and Menezes just announced his starting line-up with
Hulk and Jonas leading the attack today.
TUDO BEM?!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Selecao Bootcamp,
brought to you by the "Caras Novas" or newbies of the Brazilian team -
Alex Sandro, Bruno Cesar, Dudu, Kleber and Willian! Many of them are from the winning U-20
Brazilian national side and were picked based on those performances.
If there's one thing every national team should learn from Brasil... it's precisely
THIS! The sense of camaraderie and loucura
during training,
except they'll need to work harder during the match itself. Não se preocupe, there's a
chance to do that against Mexico tonight!
Bem-vindo a Selecao Bootcamp, a Fútbolita tradition! And yes, the
Brazilians have been very flashy as of late especially with Dani Alves channeling
his inner Usher above as he arrived from Barcelona with Thiago
Silva (they usually put players from the same area onto the same flight to South America,
Real Madrid's Marcelo included).
'Um Ano com Mano': The Rebirth of Brazil Continues... is a post from: Just Football
Mano Menezes assumed the role of Brazil's manager after the
last World Cup, promising a completely different approach with more emphasis on attacking and
without Dunga's bias towards European-based players.
'Um Ano com Mano': The Rebirth of Brazil Continues... is a post from: Just Football
Mano Menezes assumed the role of Brazil's manager after the
last World Cup, promising a completely different approach with more emphasis on attacking and
without Dunga's bias towards European-based players.
We've been running around as of late but that isn't an excuse to neglect the Selecao! Especially
when you get glorious photos like these waiting in your mailbox! The debate on
Neymar's hair will go on forever (seemingly) so if you have any comments, keep
them to yourself (for the next few minutes at least).
by ROBBIE BLAKELEY
Brazil coach Mano Menezes has arrived in Argentina ahead of the Copa America looking to give the
Seleçao a new identity,and the fans a reason to cheer, after the bitter disappointment of
last year's World Cup.
Having taken over from Dunga in August, Menezes is heading into his first tournament as national
coach with little doubt the next three and a half weeks will be taken seriously.
Here we go again! Mano Menezes has finally unveiled his 28-man
Sassy Seleção for friendly matches against Netherlands and Romania on the 4th
and 7th of June (Thank God they left good ol' Felipe Melo out this time!) You know
what this means, don't you?
