They found a worse fred than the original
Copa America 2015 | Tournament over, Eboue misses the final, everyone lols
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this brazil team is literally a one man team
Pathetic to give a yellow there 
They've got a few injuries. Awful half though
Yep, absolutely dreadful.
Colombia are bossing the game.
Wow that was brilliant from alves
that was brilliant from alvesHOW was that not the equaliser?!!
Crazy to give a yellow for that but it's Neymar so
Neymar surely has to score there. Great play from Alves
Course that's a yellow you cheating bastard.
Joke of a yellow.
bad day in the office for Neymar, brazil looks like a average team without him.....
Neymar could easily be off.
Was this Sanchez guy any good at Villa? Everywhere in this match.
Neymar should have been off by now.
Neymar looking for a red
Neymar should have scored that chance.
Why the heck would he caution Neymar for that? This ref is a proper weirdo just like the one in the Argentina - Paraguay game 
Well, aerially Neymar ain't no Cristiano, that's for sure.
Neymar will miss the next game for his second yellow.
Put in Cuntinho
How are people complaining about the Neymar yellow? You're a fool if you think he unintentionally almost slapped the ball into the goal.
falcao chance
Dunga's making a big mistake trying to play the Magic Square setup with this current Brazil lineup. He doesn't have the players to suit this sort of a setup, and the Magic Square works well when the team is playing at a fast pace and fluidly, not rigidly as they currently are at the moment.
Neymar's being too easily closed down as he gets barely any support. It's not just Brazil's fault, though, as Neymar's been very selfish on the ball and hasn't been releasing it quickly enough to maintain possession. Fred has been useless on the left, but I'm not surprised by that. He doesn't have the qualities of a left-sided player and is better off being the shuttler/runner in midfield.
Speaking of which, Fernandinho and Elias are in no way a good midfield for a Magic Square. Fernandinho's too reckless in midfield, and Elias, just like before, has been poor in tracking the players and closing down the spaces.
Colombia have been much better in their 4-4-2 than Brazil have been. Colombia have been more fluid and free, and they've played at a faster pace, catching Brazil's defence and midfield off guard. Unlike Willian and Fred, James and Cuadrado have been cutting in, and Teo's done a better job in relieving himself of pressure than Neymar has.
Dunga has to switch to his favoured 4-2-3-1 to get more of a midfield control. He needs someone in midfield to occupy Sanchez and move Neymar to the left to get more space and time on the ball.
Pekerman, at this stage, is slightly lucky that Brazil aren't playing a midfield 3, but he's done a good job in keeping Colombia organised against Brazil. Sanchez has had an easy time closing down Neymar as Brazil have been sluggish so far. James has been given quite a bit of freedom with Fernandinho and Elias not paying enough attention to what's happening around them, and he's caused Brazil's midfield quite a few problems because of this. All they need to do is get someone more clinical up front than Falcao (Bacca!) in order to cause Brazil's defence even more problems.
Neymar's being too easily closed down as he gets barely any support. It's not just Brazil's fault, though, as Neymar's been very selfish on the ball and hasn't been releasing it quickly enough to maintain possession. Fred has been useless on the left, but I'm not surprised by that. He doesn't have the qualities of a left-sided player and is better off being the shuttler/runner in midfield.
Speaking of which, Fernandinho and Elias are in no way a good midfield for a Magic Square. Fernandinho's too reckless in midfield, and Elias, just like before, has been poor in tracking the players and closing down the spaces.
Colombia have been much better in their 4-4-2 than Brazil have been. Colombia have been more fluid and free, and they've played at a faster pace, catching Brazil's defence and midfield off guard. Unlike Willian and Fred, James and Cuadrado have been cutting in, and Teo's done a better job in relieving himself of pressure than Neymar has.
Dunga has to switch to his favoured 4-2-3-1 to get more of a midfield control. He needs someone in midfield to occupy Sanchez and move Neymar to the left to get more space and time on the ball.
Pekerman, at this stage, is slightly lucky that Brazil aren't playing a midfield 3, but he's done a good job in keeping Colombia organised against Brazil. Sanchez has had an easy time closing down Neymar as Brazil have been sluggish so far. James has been given quite a bit of freedom with Fernandinho and Elias not paying enough attention to what's happening around them, and he's caused Brazil's midfield quite a few problems because of this. All they need to do is get someone more clinical up front than Falcao (Bacca!) in order to cause Brazil's defence even more problems.
I completely forgot that he was in the Brazil squad. He'd certainly be a much better option than Fred, and he'd allow Neymar to have some freedom on the left to cause havoc.
Neymar should have been sent off. Touched the ref after the booking and later slammed the ball away after fouling a player. He's not doing his team any favors with this attitude.
Yes, and I'm somewhat surprised that the referee is allowing Neymar to be petulant and not telling him to calm down/control himself.
I'm glad Dunga's bringing in Coutinho. He's realised the issue, and with the score being 1-0, Brazil can still win this. Colombia's going to have a much tougher time now.
By the way, I'm disappointed of BeIN Sports' coverage of Copa America so far. Why are they giving so little time to the pundits + Angus (when he's hosting) to talk about the football?
Having said that, their commentators are decent, at least.
Having said that, their commentators are decent, at least.
That was awful neymar
What a strike
Brazil would be nowhere without Neymar, it's crazy how all of their attack goes though him...though he should have been red carded by now.
Also falcao has looked awful...he is clearly not the same player he was at athletico and Porto. Good luck with that one Jose!
Also falcao has looked awful...he is clearly not the same player he was at athletico and Porto. Good luck with that one Jose!
Firmino missed a wide open goal.
Firmino
Daamn
Wow what a miss from Firmino
So this is the guy that's perfect for us? Not a very good first impression.
Do not sign him up