5 Reasons why Brazil received such a punishment against Germany

The world cup was fantastic it seemed as though it would never end. I really believed Brazil would win it, congrats to Germany for winning the competition,overall they were the best team. There 7-1 win against Brazil was definitely the most crushing victory I have ever seen at a world cup. The end result would warranty a FIFA apology, in fact I think Brazil forgot the whole meaning of defending. Here are 5 reasons why Brazil  received such a punishment against Germany.

1. Sole reliability on the One. Neymar Jr the poster boy of the world cup, Brazil's golden boy at the young age of 22 years old had the immense burden of winning the world cup, he had the tricks, the samba flair and the moments of magic but the team was built to maximize his potential and him only everyone else where just extras.
2. No plan B I aint talking about the singer/rapper but God knows he would of done a much better job then some of the Brazilian defenders against Germany.The loss of Neymar jr and Thiago silva were equally huge loses seeing as goal scoring and stopping goals were massive problems. However there was no like for like replacement in the squad for Neymar, without him and silva the squad seemed totally lost, there were a lack of creative ideas and an alternative strategy.
3. Lack of Firepower I always believed this would be Brazil's Achilles' heel. One player can't always make it happen and with a country bursting at the seams with attacking talent its weird that only Jo and Fred where the best the country could offer. Both however did perform well Brasileiro Série A. But Scolari made a mistake in having two target men strikers in the squad instead of another striker who could offer something different. 
4. Obsession on winning.Football these days is all about. If you keep losing your will be shortly receiving your p45 in the post. From the beginning of the world cup each match just supported the argument that Brazil had sold their footballing soul for the price of winning. No longer was joga bonita on the agenda  it was something else, something ugly. I know for sure what i was watching was not the Brazilian way.
5. Just doing enough can only take you so far. That statement sums up Brazil's 2014 world cup journey. This defeat was coming although perhaps not in the crushing manner. Brazil would win but it would never be convincing and Germany just seemed to be to efficient, to lethal and to clinical the game was over in the first half an hour 

Although Brazil finished the competition in fourth place i'm sincerely hoping that Dunga Brazil's new manager will make complete changes and breath life into this classical team. The road to redemption starts now and Brazil must be planning to make a better show of themselves at the Olympics which will they will host.

Number 10 please come again!

I’m back again. Yep I know it’s been a while (precisely a month) but this world cup has had me glued to the television. Don’t worry I will be having 2 posts up for you in the next couple of days. I would begin by talking a little about Tuesday night; some of the memes and pictures coming out on the social networks were hilarious. To be honest Brazil have been winning ugly all the way through this tournament and its sad to say but I thought that winning this way would only take them so far and a lackluster poor performance would be coming very soon. Number 10’s have been vital in this tournament with all top goal scorers playing in that role, apart from Thomas Müller who has sorted drifted from a false 9 and number 10.

Evidently with Brazil without their main man and poster boy Neymar Jnr and talisman captain thiago Silva things went from ok to bad to horrendous. Conceding 4 goals in 400 hundred seconds is atrocious it reminded me of the Liverpool vs arsenal game at Anfield in terms of swiftness and decimation of a highly ranked team.

During this tournament I had really hoped that one of the African sides would perhaps progress to the quarter finals two made it out of the group stages Nigeria and Algeria and fought valiantly however they were knocked out by France and Germany. I was rooting for my home country Ghana but they failed to win a game, this wasn't because they weren't good enough but bottom line is they couldn't take their chance and where not clinical enough in front of goal. Look at Germany yesterday they were brilliant, efficient and ruthless in front of goal.

Not since Abedi Pele has Ghana produced a number 10 of such quality. Ghana have always been fantastic on the counter attack and were so close in South Africa to making their first ever semi final appearance in a world cup, cruelly they were knocked out by Uruguay.

Since then Ghana has been seen as a rising team but we lack a number 10 playmaker that can find pockets of space in-between the lines of a team and create. An example of this sort of player who I watched and admired was Juan Román Riquelme.

He was a player known for his creativity, passing, vision and skills. I remember the 2006 world cup. Riquelme was the key in a sequence of 24 passes made by the Argentine team, setting up their second goal scored by Esteban Cambiasso when Riquelme fed Javier Saviola, who slipped a pass inside for Cambiasso, Cambiasso knocked the ball into Hernan Crespo who back-heeled a return pass back to Cambiasso who netted from 12 yards. Crespo described the movement as "the most beautiful goal"

  

Have a think and ask yourself this question when was the last time you say a world class African player in the role of a number 10. I haven’t seen anyone like that for a long time. Africans tend to dominate central midfield roles because of their speed and strength.

My theory was brought to light even more in the USA after they had scored in the first minute we struggled at times to break them down, don’t get me wrong USA are a decent team who are set up very well, but it’s at these times that a classic playmaker can break down a team.

Overall I thought Ghana’s world cup went o.k. but didn't reach its full potential. Well done for Asamoah Gyan breaking Milla’s record as Africa’s top world cup goal scorer with six goals. But when you don’t take your chances at international level like Jordan ayew had to square the ball to Gyan to make it 3-1 you will always ask yourself what if????