Uruguay's Last Dance, Neymar's 'Favourites' & The Group of Wonder-kids: The Big World Cup Preview Pt. 1
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
Brazil Are the Team With the Most Flair and Invention
Brazil have been a bit too reliant on Neymar previous tournaments now they've got good better forwards around him. They often play with Vinicius Jr or Pac-Tah off the left Refina on the right and those are players who unlike some other teams you know play inverted so they'll come inside. I think Neymar was their top scorer in qualifying with eight goals and they scored 40 which was comfortably the most of a nice South American team. Brazil certainly seem like the team with the most sort of flair and invention to unlock teams that are going to just sit in and try and nicking on it.
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