The practice in Sao Paulo, Luxemburgo changed his team again, making those changes he promised to make, in order to adjust the team for the tough upcoming match against Argentina.
The latest experiment made by the coach was a change in the tactics. The starters practiced with three attackers and won the match against the reserves 2-0, with two goals by Ronaldinho Gaucho. Guilherme, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho played as attackers, while Alex was sent back to the bench.
Playing that way, Brazil scored one goal and Rivaldo missed a penalty shot. But the team didn't perform so well as in yesterday's practice and so Luxemburgo replaced Guilherme by Alex, going back to yesterday's formation. With Alex on the team, Brazil played better and created more scoring opportunities, but only scored the goal in the end of the practice after a sequence of corner kicks.
The bad news of this practice was the action of the fans. Luxemburgo wanted the team to practice in Morumbi stadium so then it would be open to the fans, but his wish was denied and they had to practice in Sao Paulo's training center. This is just a training center so it doesn't have a good structure to host fans.
Before the practice started, the fans tried to invade the training center and then Luxemburgo ordered to open the gates. Around 300 people watched the practice and constantly booed the starters team and cheered for the reserves, as many players from Sao Paulo's clubs are among the reserves.
Luxemburgo said after the practice that the National Team belongs to the people and called them to help Brazil in this hard match against Argentina. He said that the crowd has to motivate and stand behind the team or Argentina will have the advantage. He used the Argentinian fans as an example. They are famous for singing in favor of their team the whole match, winning or losing.
The latest experiment made by the coach was a change in the tactics. The starters practiced with three attackers and won the match against the reserves 2-0, with two goals by Ronaldinho Gaucho. Guilherme, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho played as attackers, while Alex was sent back to the bench.
Playing that way, Brazil scored one goal and Rivaldo missed a penalty shot. But the team didn't perform so well as in yesterday's practice and so Luxemburgo replaced Guilherme by Alex, going back to yesterday's formation. With Alex on the team, Brazil played better and created more scoring opportunities, but only scored the goal in the end of the practice after a sequence of corner kicks.
The bad news of this practice was the action of the fans. Luxemburgo wanted the team to practice in Morumbi stadium so then it would be open to the fans, but his wish was denied and they had to practice in Sao Paulo's training center. This is just a training center so it doesn't have a good structure to host fans.
Before the practice started, the fans tried to invade the training center and then Luxemburgo ordered to open the gates. Around 300 people watched the practice and constantly booed the starters team and cheered for the reserves, as many players from Sao Paulo's clubs are among the reserves.
Luxemburgo said after the practice that the National Team belongs to the people and called them to help Brazil in this hard match against Argentina. He said that the crowd has to motivate and stand behind the team or Argentina will have the advantage. He used the Argentinian fans as an example. They are famous for singing in favor of their team the whole match, winning or losing.