How Brazilian football hit rock bottom

[@squawk4700]

Brazil's decline in football is proof that talent alone isn't enough-poor management and politics are killing the sport in the country.

[@Wahllos]

Yeah imagine if they got Don Carlo they would be an incredible team

[@kelsey_roy]

I can’t watch a game that doesn’t use hands and feet

[@samstromberg5593]

Video: All Brazil’s good players are just moving to Europe so they can make more money Your takeaway: Bro politics ruined Brazilian football😭

[@popps33]

I agree! They are in a identity crisis and the biggest issue is two-fold: pace & finish. The creative game they played requires tapping into intuition and high trust environment. There are ways to train these skills.

[@trissolariano]

@@samstromberg5593 How the hell do you think moving to Europe to make more money has nothing to do with politics??

[@briankiernan4756]

Dropping this after they draw Costa Rica in the Copa America 💀

[@despahotaru]

Ikr😂

[@BallinLikeMike23]

Brutal

[@nathanmorales2748]

So sad to see this because in my youth I fell in love with Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, Ronaldo and other legendary footballers style and integrity. 😢

[@NicolasMagneTang]

Marketing haha 😂

[@gamescomfonseca]

Sam knew it would happen! :D

[@Lottoboi100]

I believe Brazil's inability to develop elite coaches is a huge factor in the downfall of the national team got to fix that

[@lazarousmuzandu2568]

Yes coaches that have modern tactics

[@truth-uncensored2426]

This is all bull*, when the team is winning no one says anything about "bad" or "antiquated" tactics, Argentina has won with a native south american couch playing in the traditional south american style with "raça", not using tik taka or guardiola tactics. Brazil has own 5 cups with brazilian couches so I don't think that the deep problem is really the tactics or the coaches, the problem is generational, not every generation of players can produce a WC winning team and Brazil is not immune to such things, this is part of life.

[@johnny0510]

Look for me thats bs you know why because brazil dont even need a coach to play you just tell them to play football and they will coach is not playing the game just giving some instrucions before coaches in brazil in the 60s they tell players be yourself thats all play football like you do in brazil when you were poor then you see you see the brilliance in football remember where you came from dont let millions of money bring lazyness waiting for the ball to come to ur feet to play

[@stormmeansnowork]

EDIT: scroll down to the second half I agree. That to a huge extend was the result of the narrow-mindedness of Brazil's fans themselves. Firstly the fans were very impatient and demands for success all the time. Demanding for success is nothing wrong, but demanding it with little to no patience is the problem. The end result? The club management had to fire the coaches that the fans don't like every 6 to 12 months. Dorival, the current National Team coach for example, had 26 jobs in 22 years of coaching. That means, even if he has a philosophy and good tactics to build upon, he doesn't get the time to train his team to do so, even at club level. Don't forget, at the international stage, players and coaches don't train week in week out. They probably just have weeks if not days to do so before a match. From that angle, Tite would actually have been the right person to continue to coach Brazil, but it's just that he doesn't want to. The end result of this is, any coach who wants to keep his job has to be conservative, even if you earned your club hero status while playing for the club. Secondly, teenage talents are sold to Europe as soon as they started to show the potential. This means people like Endrick will leave your team mid-way through the season and the coach needs to implement something less dependent on a single player, or something more simple that any players can pick up easily. That gradually means that all your great players would be played as wingers rather than a box to box midfielder or a center forward. Thirdly, the fans prefer old school attacking football, and so the league and its referees are indirectly pressured to incline the refereeing towards the attacking players far more than the rest of the world, so then your wingers, box to box guys and center forwards would have a lot more time to play the ball when he wouldn't be so when playing outside of Brazil. Simply put, what works in Brazil doesn't work outside. In fact I would say this whole downfall of Brazil is far more than just a lack of coach and player development, but I think I have said enough so far. I have given it some more thought after writing this comment. While this may not be clearly related, I cannot help but feel the discomfort of the 5 years gap between Coutinho's freekick in 2019 and Raphinha's in 2024. Between 1994 to 2006, we have Branco, Rivaldo, Carlos, Marcos Assunção, Juninho Pernambucano, Ronaldinho, Rogerio Ceni, Adriano and even Lucio to take freekicks for the team (they may not all have played or taken freekicks for Brazil but there is the potential). Between 2012 to 2024 however, it came down to Dani Alves, David Luiz, Neymar, Coutinho, and then arguably Hulk and Raphinha. It's clearly not just a decrease in freekick capable players, but also the quality and quantity of goals scored from freekicks. 5 years wait for a freekick goal? We saw two in a month during the 02 World Cup, including one that lasts in memory and won THAT match. Perhaps the refereeing leniency has also caused the players to foul less and encouraged wingers who dash down the flanks than motivation for coaches and players to practice freekicks and set pieces. No matter the cause, Brazil is essentially throwing away one important source of goal and it's really hard to understand why no one other than Neymar bothers to practice freekicks anymore. Additionally there is also the matter of penalty shoot out losses. I could hardly recall in my memory that Brazil loss a PSO until 2022, and to make it a consecutive knockout by PSO? I need some historians to tell when did it last happened. The point is, how come neither Tite nor Dorival prepared the keeper (Allison in both occasions) for the scenario, when even Uruguay would do that? Come on, you really think this Brazil can advance without worrying about penalty at all?

[@misfitcherries]

​@@stormmeansnoworkExcellent comment, I'd like to complement your point with a fourth point, which is the pressure from the media itself, it doesn't help at all that Brazil's local media is very result-oriented rather than trusting in a gradative process. It results in the people that consume the media believing that results are the only thing that matters and permeates that cycle of fans being unnecessarily demanding to the point it pushes the "Seleção" away from their own fans, which has ironically helped them in the past to achieve trophies.

[@randomone4832]

They play European football now. They’ve lost their identity. Their youth used to play four of five seasons in South America before shipping off to Europe. Now they go early and become any other European player.

[@vitodoriacalcio]

I agree. Brazilian football looks mechanical and robotic now. For many years, they were poor defensively until losing to Italy in 1982 woke them up. Now the Brazilians do not not have the same flair or ability to improvise like their predecessors.

[@shashwatmishraalumni4918]

​@@vitodoriacalciomoney is the issue Brazil is a poor country Have to go to europe to earn some

[@vitodoriacalcio]

@shashwatmishraalumni4918 It has been the case for at least 40 years, it is not a recent phenomenon. Brazil not producing the flair players of the past has been an issue in recent years.

[@shashwatmishraalumni4918]

@@vitodoriacalcio makes sense coz Argentina are in the best form of their life despite playing in europe

[@tjk9263]

Because all the money is in Europe

[@Rukhage]

As an Argentine I always want Brazil to be at the top of its game because it means that we need to be at the top of our game. The greatest continental rivalry in football means nothing if one team is languishing. And as for what Brazil is going through it's exactly what Argentina went through in the past 30 years before we won the Cup in 2022. I hope that the Scratch gets back up and give us that beautiful old rivalry.

[@isabelagimenis2564]

😢 respect u

[@muwafaqmosa5303]

I like your mentality.

[@leticiaabreu2815]

As a Brazilian, I agree with you. Hoping to see our National team as good as Argentina's. You guys are keeping the latino soccer culture alive 💪

[@joaomarcoscassiano5330]

Thank you for your support! There’s no greater rivalry than ours! 🇧🇷🇦🇷

[@Corredor1230]

Yeah, like the Argentina of 2010 felt light years away from a world cup win, kind of like Brazil today. But come 2021, I think a lot of people were seriously thinking Argentina might win it, and you guys did. We may as well see Brazil get the sixth, but probably not in the next 8-12 years.

[@stonie3216]

It’s hard to overstate how crazy the 7-1 game was if you’re not a football fan. As the vid said, one of the worst losses ever, and it was in a semi finals with arguably the 2 favourites. This isn’t an incredible team vs one that barely qualified. I’ll never forget watching that game.

[@mtk3755]

And in their home

[@blizzard_king5942]

@@mtk3755no Neymar and no Thiago Silva, David luiz was captain😭 that Brazil side was a shadow of what they were when the tournament had began.

[@take2762]

The 7-1 was the semis. Germany went on to win the whole thing, beating Brazil's arch rivals Argentina 1-0. Brazil went on to lose to the Netherlands in the third place playoffs, finishing the tournament without playing in their home stadium,

[@stonie3216]

@@take2762 Ah yeah it was. Oops. I’ve edited it lol

[@Gadottinho]

well, bayern won against barcelona 8-2 for example...

[@gabrielvogas9770]

Just a linguistic curiosity: many foreigners picture "seleção" as a word we only use to describe the Brazilian national football team, but actually it is the common word in Brazilian Portuguese for any national team: for instance, "Seleção Inglesa" (English Selected) or "Seleção Alemã" (German Selected). We just only use "Seleção" to talk about "Seleção Brasileira" by elipse, like anyone else: if we talk about ours, we don't need to specify it (like an English in England saying "the national team" means the English one).

[@abdullahaanawaleh]

Yes a good example in English is the FA (the Football Association). By default it is the English FA, the governing body of football in England and for the national team. Other ones have to be specified like CFB Brasil or DFB Germany or FFF France or RFEF Spain.

[@L.internet8]

@@abdullahaanawaleh It's CBF, not CFB.

[@eimere]

Same in Spain. "La selección" is the spanish national team, and the others "selección brasileña", "selección alemana" etc

[@HOCKEYFILES-sf8gv]

Same with the Russians. A lot of people call the Russian hockey team "Sbornaya".

[@Karvelas_]

It's the same with every national team. Outsiders call them what people from inside the country do. In Greece we call the national team "the National" and all the others "National Germany" etc.

[@gabesilva9055]

There is a lot more that was left out. There is corruption inside the Brazilian soccer system, where agents pay CBF (Brazilian Soccer Federation) so their players get called to play and then they are worth more. I also don’t blame the players but, before they played for the jersey, now they don’t want to get hurt in a national game because they already make millions at their club. Last night Brazil tied Costa Rica, which is hilarious, the wage of one starting player in Brazil is worth more than the entire Costs Rican team.

[@spinyslasher6586]

Money and greed is ruining Brazilian football. Hell Brazil's 'Pele' of the 2010s, Neymar, is probably one of the best examples of a career ruined by greed.

[@markdwighttadina7655]

Part of the blame also is Neymar's ego and Vini Jr. and Endrick's rawness

[@Ryanlexz]

why he only attack far right party? Seem a bit bias coming from a so call "INDEPENDENT"

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@Ryanlexz all westerners are like this.

[@gabrielmorales7208]

​@@Ryanlexz Because only the far right instrumentalized the jersey for their politics. Before Bolsonaro the kit was just a national symbol that were weared by anyone. After Bolsonaro's term with his massive online propaganda, the national team jersey became attached to his political views. Bolsonaro would go out of his way to lift trophies for a league victory from Palmeiras and be in the celebrations of Copa América win in 2019. Holding the trophie, taking photos with the players as he was a member of the team. Remember the Salt Bay guy in 2022? He was in that level of inconvenience. A win of the national team was a political gain from him. Also before Bolsonaro few players were manifesting political allegiance to any politician. This began to happen with Bolsonaro, which was really devise for the fans that despised Bolsonaro's political views and awful management of the pandemia.

[@frankkkbard0n315]

In the game against costa rica, I noticed and comented how weird it is that there is Not a sound in the neighbourhood. No one cheering, no one cursing, no one throwing firework, no one with the Tv turned on really loud, just dead silence. That started with the 7x1, but it only got worse through the years

[@stanleymaximillian8403]

Good time for Brazilian to focus on other sports with more gold medal possibilities in the Olympic than football

[@Schnipp08]

It's the same here in Germany. Most Germans are not in love with their national team anymore since 2018.

[@frankkkbard0n315]

@@Schnipp08 for us it started 10 years ago exactly, because of you germans 😂 Brasilians never recovered

[@gustavo-zt2wl]

The fans went into depression after so many humiliations, we simply stopped caring about the team.

[@o_sagui6583]

​@@stanleymaximillian8403not with the kind of rotten scumbags on power. Olympic athletes don't even have the resources to get training gear or proper transportation and healthcare

[@Linothe3rd]

Ronaldinho spoke about this perfectly. There's no more Joga Bonito

[@No.1komanga]

I miss Ronnie! 😭

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Growing up, Brazilian footballers like Pele and Ronaldinho were Demi-gods in our circles.

[@siddheshk6943]

Started growing up in 1950's and still growing up in 2000's 😅

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@siddheshk6943 Lol I meant Pele’s legacy has been strong 😂

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

Why is Neymar not that popular like pele?

[@akjdhajkdjhaghjkadh9804]

damn unc

[@ICharlyl]

​@@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781he's good but he's also a crybaby amongst general population (not enthusiasts), there's no game in which he isn't faking fouls.

[@NtGism]

Whatever happens, NOTHING can delete my memories of watching the Brazilian team in 2002 and enjoying players like Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu, R. Carlos, Rivaldo and so on in the Champions League. My fondest memories of football have to do with brazilian "magicians". Bless you Brazil for the wonderful moments.

[@9and7]

AND..they very well should have won 2006. Probably a better team too.

[@Jomiixx]

@@9and7 yea brazil not winning 2006 was wild to me, 3 ballon d'or winners on the same team, not just the best brazilian team ever but one of the if not the best national team of any generation

[@9and7]

@@Jomiixx shocking and a shame.

[@Ryanlexz]

why he only attack far right party? Seem a bit bias coming from a so call "INDEPENDENT"

[@corymiller536]

​@@9and7 In 2006 is when they started playing bad, no joga bonito anymore

[@H0ldThat]

My dad grew up in Africa in the 70s/80s. Him and his friends shined shoes for weeks in order to afford a plain yellow t-shirt that they'd share between themselves. They then did the same to afford a green t-shirt. They took both t-shirts home to his mother, who cut out a '10' from the green shirt and stitched it onto the back of the yellow. It's crazy because they had no way to watch live football. They'd never seen Zico. They'd never seen Pele. They'd never seen Garrincha. They'd never seen Rivelino. Yet they still knew how special that yellow number 10 was. This really highlights the influence of Brazil on football culture imo. Kids in Africa spent hours trying to emulate a style of football that they'd never even seen, yet they knew was beautiful! I've been on this Earth for 21 years and am yet to see Brazil achieve anything... I hope that changes one day soon!

[@leticiaabreu2815]

As a Brazilian, thank you so much for these kind words! Sometimes we don't see how important this Brazilian football culture is to other countries as well. Hope our national team arises again so many can have these feelings again ❤

[@StefanoSalSindacco94]

Brazil has won 3 Copa Americas in your life time.... most recently in 2019! Argentina went 28 YEARS (1993 - 2021) without Winning a SINGLE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT! These things Happen.

[@enelstech]

​@@StefanoSalSindacco94You don't seem to understand. He's not talking about winning alone, he's talking about the great football artistry that those Brazilian players put out on the field. We don't see them anymore.

[@marcushamsun83]

@@enelstech Neymar was the last one with the ROnaldinho/Ronaldo/Pele spirit, but his attitude and work ethic was very questionable

[@enelstech]

@@marcushamsun83 very correct. I think he allowed money to get to his head.

[@jrodartec]

Pele is from Três Corações (three hearts), which is in Minas Geraes, not São Paulo. He played for Santos, which is a small city near São Paulo, but he is not natural from there.

[@Lcs546]

Yes, but he spent a good part of his childhood in Bauru, which is in São Paulo.

[@rappcu]

Sao Paolo has 25M people and covers a massive area. I’m sure we can forgive a foreigner for missing that one.

[@jrodartec]

@@rappcu I sure can forgive anyone for mistaking anything. That doesn't mean we should not calmly point out the mistake so other people are aware of it

[@sergiosaunier]

We should not forget that, after winning in 1970, it took Brazil 24 years and 6 tournaments to win again and, after that, it reached two more finals, winning one. So maybe Brazil's third golden era is just around the corner.

[@djaztec97]

So you're saying they're going to win in 2026 and 2034?

[@novemberqz.]

@@djaztec97 As an brazilian i say we're going to stay out of these World Cups, that's the way Brazil is.

[@Daniel-xp8ct]

Com esses bagres da geração tik-tok, encabeçados pelo superestimado Endrick, pode esquecer.

[@brucebanner9664]

24 tournaments and 6 tournaments where they had amazing teams and were always one of the top favorites. Today's Brazil is a dull, boring, joke team in comparison to those stellar sides. The problem with Brazil today is that they look unrecognisable from Brasil of old, and that's where the concern is. This is a different Selecao.

[@joatanpereira4272]

​@@novemberqz. boa foto de perfil kkkkkkkkkk

[@justinaudiovision]

Every great national football team experiences ups and downs. As legends retire and future legends are born, these teams naturally need to rebuild and adapt to modern football. Often it takes a decade or two before a national team manages to reach the top of the world again. This is what keeps the sport exciting. Long periods of failure make the victories even more special and memorable.

[@A-man3607-p7o]

Yeah but also it’s the role of the scouts to keep scouting for talent. If you have to stay on top then saying that legends retire is not the way to go. It’s the role of management to keep introducing new faces, so they can learn from the seniors and keep this going.

[@roccociccone597]

We in Italy got the same issue…

[@vitorfalqueto1116]

I totally agree, people here are so desperate to win again and feel that we are not only a corrupt country that they forget the world cup is just so hard.

[@marving2481]

Agree. The same is happening with Spain!!

[@truth-uncensored2426]

Yep, this is the most simply explanation but people need to create content and try to find deeper meanings, like corruption, bad brazilian coaches, even low fertility rates and changing demographics and social behaviors in Brazil. In reality the answer is just that not every generation of players can produce a WC winning team, that's it.

[@TanibImtiaz]

As a Bangladeshi, 🇧🇩 I grew up obsessed with Brazilian football. The fandom here is huge-during World Cups, every house and street is covered with Brazilian flags. I still remember watching my first World Cup in 2002, where Brazil won and I became a huge fan. It’s sad to see them struggling now; I really miss the vibrant team spirit they used to have.

[@Odisseu_AOE]

Brazil will come back strong, Vini is the leader we lacked since Ronaldinho.

[@marihutten]

That's how it goes, eras come and go. Imagine being 10 in 1970, you wouldn't see Brazil win for another 24 years. Same gap as the next wc

[@MatsMatsuo]

in these times is where we see the true fans and the people that only root for the current best team. They'll comeback eventually, i'm sure. It's a big country with always a bunch of talents, literally a matter of time.

[@ashikulislamprottay9429]

To be honest as a die hard Bangladeshi Argentine fan, I still want Brazil to perform well. Cause without competition there is no joy to watch a match and this is why football is no. 1 sport in the world. Hope a recovery of Brazil team soon and waiting for a final like 2021 Copa America 😉

[@shobhitbhatnagar729]

Isn't Cricket most popular sport in Bangladesh???

[@miladeskandari7]

I'm 28. I miss the old Brazil. Football hasn't been the same sport I fell in love with since I was 6 and lack of Brazilian magic is part of it.

[@Cdr_Mansfield_Cumming]

Here in England when our club football teams are playing and they show immense possession, flair and hammer the opposition. The fans will chant “Braaaa-zillllllll! It's like watching Brazil, it's like we’re watching Brazil”. A great compliment to such a great footballing country.

[@guitarlawyer75]

Another strange thing here in Brazil: whenever a see a child with a soccer jersey they are wearing some foreign team's jersey. I don't see children wearing soccer jerseys of national teams as often as I would 10 years ago

[@Minhang-pt2hz]

Wow, definitely weird, considering that brazil is one of those iconic foreign teams that we non world cup people in my country look up to and wear their jerseys(though now i see more argentina, france, england and portugal shirts than brazil) Hope brazil comes back, my favorite SA team. I love how they use to play football more beautiful and clean (less foul/tricks) than other SA teams.

[@Steven-gg1bn]

​@@Minhang-pt2hz I think she's referring to club jerseys. In Brazil it's becoming more common to see a child wear a barça or manchester united jersey than a flamengo or corinthians jersey for example. Not to say that those clubs arent still loved by many but the enthusiasm for brazilian clubs is declining

[@doctorgeek2454]

Same phenomenon happening in Mexico, the kids now are wearing jerseys from european clubs, they follow andsupport them but don’t know much about local league or teams

[@Nicolas-1812]

@@doctorgeek2454that isn’t a phenomenon, your league trash

[@doctorgeek2454]

@@Nicolas-1812 well, yeah, our league is bad (nowadays is worse), but even being bad, all the kids rooted for local teams in the past. Now is different

[@chazjohannsen]

Bruh. As soon as you started talking about “talking to someone”, I was dreading where this was going.

[@MaxPowers1245]

Yeah why are they still “going there” ? Doesn’t everyone know it’s a scam and they sell your data ?

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

You could've mentioned their World Cup silver medal in 1998 too. For me, 1994-2002 was the golden years of Brazilian football.

[@falconeshield]

And after a 24 year decline might I add.

[@TioPika-Pau]

1958-1970 was the golden age, 1998-2002 was the silver age

[@jacksonsouzasilva]

​@@TioPika-PauAre two golden age, the silver age was the Zico's era.

[@netaji-thebritishslayer]

@@jacksonsouzasilva zico won shit with tht extremely talented team in 82

[@Supermunch2000]

Trigger warning for Brazilians between 11:04 and 11:50 (graphic violence and 7x1)

[@chombus2602]

Nah, it's pretty fun (I'm brazilian)

[@jpcorinthians2009]

Ignore that guy, it's giving us PTSD syndrome. Thanks for the advice, it was utterly disturbing

[@joaomarcoscassiano5330]

I watched that game with my ex. well, you know…💀

[@luis_hp986]

​@jpcorinthians2009 only you

[@nikodraganic]

For a channel that prides itself with its research, I would expect some more digging into the sponsorships you take.

[@petersheard1002]

Or to know that Ronaldo definitely did not play for Barcelona. One of the most famous Real Madrid players ever.

[@Iyashikei-t4u]

​@@petersheard1002but he did. He went from PSV to Barcelona, then from Barcelona to Inter and then from there he went to Real Madrid. The research on this is done correctly.

[@amartyaneogi1336]

@@petersheard1002 Ronaldo played for both Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain and at both the Milan teams in Italy. Although he didn't play at those rival clubs consecutively.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Oh boy imagine thinking you're this correct. ​@@petersheard1002

[@forgedbyironandfire4150]

@@petersheard1002a simple google search would have sufficed, ronaldo did play for Barcelona you smartass

[@user-tr1zj]

who's here after Brazil crashed out vs Uruguay?

[@ahadryhan]

Crashed? Uruguay played shit bruh

[@fabioruiz4899]

​@ahadryhan brazil played 20 mins with one more player and shoot once. Tragic really to watch this team, for all the criticism that neymar gets this Brazilian team can't play for shit if he is not there

[@ahadryhan]

@@fabioruiz4899 Brazil wasn’t going to win anyway, we all know. But Uruguay didn’t played that well how everyone is hyped about them. Colombia played far better Against Brazil.

[@david91lvb]

@@ahadryhan Doesn't matter how Uruguay played. The point still stands

[@Drunkgg775]

Yes, Brazil team is weak.

[@educarvalho6516]

It's funny how the true main problem is never mentioned outside of Brazil in a blatant and straightforward way. The main problem is Europe and modern European positional game. Brazilian players are going to Europe too early in exchange for millions of euros, therefore losing knowledge and touch with the Brazilian style of play, with Brazilian dribbling and Brazilian relationist game. Arriving in Europe, they are met with Guardiola style positional game and European tactics and discipline, they are asked to forget the very little they learned at the football academies in Brazil in order to start playing like an European, due to that, they barely get to achieve any sense of intimacy and familiarity with other Brazilian players or the Brazilian style. Unable to play like a consistent and coherent group, the national team has become heavily dependent on individual talent and individual talent doesn't win world cups all by itself. Our mistake is trying to imitate European football and abandoning our true roots and sense of style.

[@mrconfusion87]

Good point man!

[@mustlane]

Only apologies!!! Football has evolved. Joga bonito no longer works for a long time. Dribbling and all kinds of tricks do not bring trophies. Cups are won with strong defense and strong tactics, and the reason for this is that Europe has won 4 of the last 5 World Cups.

[@neroresurrected]

Excellent point and very underrated comment.

[@augustusalexander5774]

@@mustlanenah he’s right

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

This makes no sense. Arguably it’s the old Brazilian style that’s more dependent on individual talent, in Europe it’s the whole team that wins games. Dribbling and fancy tricks don’t work anymore unless you’re really good, and that’s why Brazil won in 2002, because of a golden generation. The play style isn’t effective, it’s only worked cause of the extreme talent. Brazil has no or little talent in midfield or defense

[@epr118]

Neuer was so pissed when Brazil scored in that 7-1 game.

[@lazarousmuzandu2568]

The whole German team

[@fatmirzekaj5582]

No, they allowed Oscar to score to lessen their embarrassment.

[@jvctr5977]

Winner mentality. The thing that Brazil National Team has lost since 1994.

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@jvctr5977 Since 2002

[@jvctr5977]

@mrconfusion87 1994. In 2002, we were lucky that everyone else had a bad tournament, and Ronaldo was at his peak as a fixed striker. 1998 World Cup is the best example of how the lack of a winner mentality is negatively impacting the Brazilian National Team.

[@brunohenriqueps]

The Brazilian championship does not stop during the Copa América, so players called up for the competition miss their clubs in more than 10 rounds of the Brazilian championship. This is yet another reason for Brazilian fans to stay away and not support the CBF team.

[@JakeStevyson]

More divisive or Scheduling conflicts?

[@brunohenriqueps]

@@JakeStevyson Scheduling conflict. The main championship is taking place parallel to the Copa América. Flamengo, the current leader, is having to play without 5 of its main players.

[@Karvelas_]

Genuine question. Why does it not stop? Most other South American leagues stop of have ended.

[@samelmudir]

MLS also haven't stopped

[@tacomike262]

It’s a bit difficult to take a break for a month-long tournament when you only have 7-8 months to complete a 38-match season, due to the state championships taking up January through April. Honestly, the role of the Brazilian clubs and the league system in the downfall of the national team deserves a deep dive video of its own.

[@ivanpetro8464]

Every great soccer team have had its "dry seasons". Italy, Argentina, Germany, France. Italy is out of World Cup since 2014.

[@vascomunista]

Vasco da Gama is the football club that beat the racism in brazillian football... they were forbidden to play with black players, so they formed a new league and won it... they were so great that the other clubs were forced to let them play, and they won it again!! The team were known as "expresso da vitória" (victory express).

[@EdensukoV]

Football evolved into systems. Systems don’t mesh well with creativity.

[@ryanmontague3377]

Was at the game against Costa Rica yesterday. Brazil definitely isn’t what it used to be to be, perfect timing on this video

[@falconeshield]

Get rid of Neymar, all divas, and focus on the younger ones. There is the key to save Brazil.

[@Pawnsappsee]

​@@falconeshieldvini and rodrygo😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aoitsukishiro9926]

Many teams just not playing their own style football nowadays. They play european style with short pass and minimum dribbling. The only creativity appreciated is from key passes, while dribbling always associated as selfish play who gave too much disadvantages.

[@De_Séchelles]

Bro really play the whole 7-1 tragedy highlight. 😂

[@Search-Party]

For journalism.

[@whmsft]

@@Search-Party emotional moment though...

[@fishyfish6510]

​@@Search-Partyfor emotional damage😂

[@Hyperion-i9e]

@@fishyfish6510 se você fala 7-1 pra um brasileiro ele ja tem um TEPT

[@spinyslasher6586]

What's even sadder is that Brazil's sworn enemy in football, Argentina, is having probably one of the best times in their football history, and their next generation is looking brighter while Brazil's is looking darker.

[@torrecillas999]

How do you say that ?? The next generarion from Brazil is far better, Vini, Rodrigo,Endrick, Vitor Roque, Estevão

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@torrecillas999 all attackers already playing in Europe indoctrinated into European football tactics. Where are the fullbacks, center backs and midfielders?

[@falconeshield]

​@@torrecillas999Vini Jr is definitely gonna be a world cup winner. Just without Neymar

[@manniking233]

Vini is ordinary for Brazil. He's depressing to watch in the Gialloverde shirt. Smh.

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@torrecillas999 All attacking players. Where are the fullbacks, centerbacks and midfielders?

[@michaelfarrow5817]

Brazil is the example of politics and football crossing with each other. You have a country of immense wealth, with some of the richest people in the world, but also extreme inequality. The rich get richer and the national team get worse because the money doesn't filter down in society. When you have people turning youth development into an increasingly exact science, you can't just rely on the streets to fuel Brazilian football. Any number of other countries that relied on "the kid from the neighbourhood" have suffered. Look at Scotland. They were the "Uruguay of Europe" but now any number of other European countries invested in better facilities while their development pipelines have run barren. Iceland has better facilities than Scotland with about 7% of the population.

[@ch.ch186]

I remember the 2002 team... that was one scary team - a death squad. Unfortunately after that world cup, the team was on decline. Then in 2014, one of the worst humiliations ever. A psychological damage that will take a long time to heal. I truly hope the Selecao can make a strong come back sooner than later.

[@RealisticMgmt]

You should do a video exploring why Canadian teams have gone 31 years without winning a Stanley Cup. Before 1993, Canadian teams regularly won the Cup. I think it's a combination of factors including the new salary cap system, expansion of teams, push to grow the sport in non-traditional U.S. markets, and overall corporatization of the sport (the original NHL had a significant anti-capitalist bent).

[@0livelive0]

Agreed! But as an oilers fan commenting this right after the oilers lost game 7 is too real

[@RealisticMgmt]

@@0livelive0 🥲

[@marihutten]

Canada sucks at most sports because all the sports are owned by the same marketing corporation. The moment each sport is its own thing it'll get better. Imagine buying a ticket to see a TFC game and only like 10% of it goes to actual TFC the rest goes to a pool of marketing expense for all types of sports that aren't even soccer and to help pay hockey things. I hope for an end to the Maple Leaf sports reign and then canada will get back to winning things. The Raptors win is an anomaly of modern times lol

[@RealisticMgmt]

@@0livelive0 🥲

[@moraka_moalosi]

This piece hit so much home South African Football also lost its flair by players moving away from the country... They lost what we used to call show me your number or what is now be given the dark name of showboating. I will never forget South African vs Brazil in 1996, it's one of the best football games I have ever witnessed.

[@lazarousmuzandu2568]

I think sundowns is now helping out

[@siggychi]

The timing with the draw to Costa Rica yesterday haha

[@flaviog3047]

As a brazilian, I completely agree with everything that was said in this video. I don't watch many games anymore, but when I watch it, it's crystal clear how "european" our futebol has become. It's not that fun anymore. It is more like strategic chess than a creativity and art sport which we're known for and good at. Of course, that are some sparks of creativity like it was said, but it's rare. As a curiosity (and it was mentioned in the video), when we play futebol with our friends and not in a official terms, we're focused on having a good time and fun. Sometimes, a good dribble is more important and more valued than the goal itself. It's nice to make goals, but the play that got that result is what makes us laugh, enjoy, and vibrate. It's where the energy is. Ps: I'm not saying that european football is boring, they are really good. But when it's "translated" to our sytle, it didn't work well.

[@power279]

​@Hadc577brasil lost it ways

[@MagicMike_101]

As a Brazilian, I start my phrase as a Brazilian.

[@laoch5658]

yeah blame Europe because brazil suck..easy way out

[@laoch5658]

Europe created football..so it hasnt just become european it has always been european

[@leovell8554]

I'm Brazilian and I watched our last World Cup victory. I can guarantee that we lost interest in our national team long before Bolsonaro became known. You regrettably politicize the issue, your video was doing great so far. The main reason is because of the CBF, Brazilian Football Confederation. There were many cases of corruption, they selected players based on sales interest and didn't care about building a team. The result is consecutive defeats and a team made up of players with no connection with the fans.

[@Dante-nu5cn]

Como brasileiro, eu acho q a midia fez o que faz de melhor, exportando uma imagem do que acontece aqui totalmente distorcida. Ele lembrou de mencionar o mensalao, o nosso maior escandalo de corrupcao e, mais do que isso, uma tentativa de subverter os tres poderes, mas nao mencionou que o atual presidente foi uma das cabecas desse escandalo. Nao creio que fez isso por malicia, mas sim por ignorancia, pois o que chegou para eles foi isso.

[@JoaoPedroKF2013]

calma aí paizao, bolsonaro foi 0,1% do video, não precisa ficar tristinho pq ele atacou seu micto

[@hyperproductionsa]

Funny how no one's complaining about your sponsor on this video 😅

[@Box0898]

I think they're deleting negative comments

[@silversan9743]

Great video, but why that sponsor ?

[@JakeStevyson]

I was going to say that

[@joeym5243]

​@JoshuaNinetyninebro said it in the most chill way possible. Plus this sponsor is a notoriously bad company.

[@Odisseu_AOE]

Why not?

[@skasev]

Got a problem with indirectly paying the channel you are enjoying? What’s your day job fella? Would you work for nothing?

[@ShubhThakkar]

​@@skasev He clearly has a problem with that specific sponsor, not sponsorships in general I don't know his job but yours must involve speaking out of your ass on a regular basis

[@xdgolden2306]

Ever since I saw them lose 7-1 against Germany, that team has never entertaining to watch anymore 😢

[@eduardofigueiredo2491]

Great video. I am Brazilian and I think you were right on the spot with this analysis.

[@MagicMike_101]

As a Brazilian, I start my phrase as a Brazilian.

[@sandyfeet9502]

Thank You. I'm Brasilian and I do believe Brasilian Futebol players lost their souls to $$$ and Europe. The players are NO LONGER in the jogo bonito as much as they are in the Euros and flash. Futebol is a money making machine for the European clubs. The loss to Germany was a pivotal point in our collective mindset. We the fans will return to O JOGO BONITO if the players recognize us and our fervor. Brasilian futebol was like a dance that all of us wanted to dance and play.

[@oilslick7010]

Problem is that this is a worldwide development. Many European football fans feel the same way about $$$ ruining the game (especially those from small countries and clubs). But just going back and pretend it's 1950 won't cut it. The game has changed and the playful (you could even call it naive) style of football won't get you results nowadays. We have the same discussion in the Netherlands, where half the fans would rather have us adapt to the cynical controlled style of play in order to finally win something, while the other half would rather stick to our identity ('clockwork orange'/ 'total football') even if it means yet another glorious exit in the quarters/semis......

[@Mad_Intellect]

@@oilslick7010 There has to be balance, but it is possible, look how Spain play (when they have the talent to).

[@lucasfragoso7634]

​@Mad_Intalect Spains return is honestly terrifying because they are good in every age bracket and in the women's game. Welp at least England lost another cup lol

[@rascality9714]

Brazil is having a hard last 24 hours. 😂

[@rockyluan]

No we're not! None of us are even watching Copa America... We're more interested in Brasileirão 2024, which by the way Flamengo might be winning this year and Corinthians is once again fighting relegation... A lot of us aren't even aware of Copa America or even care about Copa America!

[@birdkio20]

more like we're having a hard last 20 years lol

[@VictorSilva-qf2tu]

Copa america is the least of our problems

[@placidonetodeassisvieira5358]

We've been in the mud since the 7x1 bro, that's a whole ass decade of misery. We don't even feel pain anymore at this point, we just accepted that we are finished at the sport 💀

[@joaomarcoscassiano5330]

No shit! 💀

[@mchiarelli91]

I feel like these videos should be longer or a bit more in depth. They cover interesting topics but a lot of times seem way too surface level. Even for KZbin standards

[@thiagoveloso7610]

Since football went global and more players started to play in europe, they started to learn the european way of the game. More physical, more tactical. BUT. Who coaches the Seleção? The brazilian coaches are outdated and they simply lack behind what foreign coaches have to offer. You can see this at the brazilian league, where the top clubs roll with portuguese or argentinian coaches. It is time to embrace the change of scenery and bring a foreign coach to the Seleção. I doubt CBF (the football federation) will allow it tho.

[@lazarousmuzandu2568]

True tactics have greatly changed

[@omarsaab1215]

Instant subscription after this. Thanks for this vid. It’s been a frustrating couple of decades but I have faith 🇧🇷⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@DeftPol]

Interesting episode - I’d wondered what was behind Brazil’s decline. Growing up in Australia we didn’t much follow soccer, but whenever we thought of it, we all thought of Brazil and liked they fact that they wore the same national colours as Australia - and also because their playing philosophy appeared to mirror that of the big national teams of Australia, which at the time were the Wallabies in Rugby Union (a relatively minor sport in Australia, but which enjoyed incredible success in the 80s and 90s with 2 world cup wins built largely on the back of a “running” flamboyant style) and Cricket, where Australia has been staggeringly successful with 6 ODI World Cup wins, largely on the back of an incredibly aggressive style. Actually - if you want to analyse an interesting topic, you ought to look at “Why Australian Rugby is losing fans”. We weren’t on the level of Brazil in soccer, but in 2002 the Wallabies had won literally everything (World Cup, the series with the All Blacks, the British Lions series and regularly beat all their major rivals). It looked like they’d never fall from the top, but 22 years later the game is in utter disarray on the back of bad investments from wars it launched with the more working class “Rugby League” competition called the NRL and then “Aussie Rules’” competition the AFL started hollowing them out. It’s actually a pretty fascinating story that not many people outside of Australia appear to understand, yet those same people still often associate Australia with “Rugby” and don’t get why the Wallabies have been so weak for so long now.

[@keithlawford-r5e]

nobody cares about the lame sports you aussies play and cricket is probably the most boring sport on the planet. you guys are terrible at the world's number one sport, the real football.

[@raphaeldecastropereira6987]

Even the Brazilian National Championship is becoming less brazilian, the clubs are hiring lots of foreigner coaches and players in the last decade

[@BocaoZ]

Hiring more foreigners is a positive move indeed. BR football has historically insulated itself, therefore not learning from others.

[@DanielCamargoTalks]

Good. Brazilian football is roughly at the same level as African leagues and Arabian leagues. But the individual talents are world class. Having a world class coach in Brazilian teams is the best thing that could happen. There is not a single Brazilian coach worthy of coaching brazil.

[@Mad_Intellect]

@@DanielCamargoTalks This is hyperbole, Brazilian clubs are still better than African and Arabian clubs. They aren't on (top) European level anymore though.

[@Lucas-qr7ul]

@@DanielCamargoTalks You got negative ball knowledge 😂 How on earth are you comparing the brazilian league with african and arabian leagues. Any ranking will put the Brazilian league in top 10 in the world. Global football rankings place the brazilian league on the 7th position just behind Eredivise and ahead of the Portuguese Primeira liga. That's a very eurocentric view that you got.

[@DanielCamargoTalks]

@@Lucas-qr7ul because I watch both and they are very very similar, especially the Arabic league. I’m Brazilian. Primarily I would say the coaches are nowhere near the quality of Europe.

[@andrewfossatti4937]

Awesome video thank you so much!!! Would love to see a similar video showcasing the evolution of the Argentine national team.

[@lucasa.3189]

As an argentinian, I would love it.

[@audacious0604]

I watched the highlights of their match against Costa Rica yesterday. Brazil played more like a mediocre European team. In fact, I think they're even worse than teams like Switzerland and Austria.

[@clarencegaultieri8293]

Swiss and Austria are actually pretty good teams and would Give this brazil team a run and probably beat them

[@ebeyslough]

We saw Brazil played in the 1994 World Cup games in California. That team was absolutely brilliant.

[@shulestuff]

Grew up in Kenya watching the likes of Pele, Rivellino, Jairzinho in the 1970 world cup, and like most Africans, Brazil was the default team of choice. Nowdays I just watch highlights cos watching Selecao is like watching Italy or Germany play their usual zombie football.

[@melooo3347]

Blaming the downfall on players playing in Europe is wild, this video is great, but really misses the mark in many aspects. The game has evolved a lot, and it will continue to evolve, it’s more tactical and cerebral than ever, teams and players that don’t adapt will fall behind. Sure Brasil could continue to play they old flashy style but they would get absolutely destroyed, regardless creativity hasn’t disappeared it’s still there in brasil and many other teams. I liked the video, but it lacks a lot of context and it felt super superficial…

[@lazarousmuzandu2568]

Tactics true have evolved

[@andrekoerber7334]

If only players from Brazil would play for Brazil they would hardly qualify for any WC. In the past it worked but these times have long gone. In19 82 only Falcao played in Italy (Roma) and nobody knew any Brazilian player expect Zico. It worked as an element of surprise in the beginning of the 82 WC but we all know how it ended.

[@JustLennart]

I do not think the video is explicily claiming that, just stating the views on others on it, but I do agree with your point. There is this almot mythological tendency to talk about the "Samba football" of the Brazilians as if they are somehow technically more gifted compared to the most gifted players of other nations. But apart from maybe the early days of football (and maybe not even, but I simply did not live at that time) it mostly seems to be a selection bias. Quantitatively there might have been more gifted Brazilian players, but Brazil is also by far the most populous football country, only recently having been overtaken by Nigeria. It's no suprise their talent pool would be bigger to find more and better players. The tactical shift in that last 10-15 years also led to a much higher tempo in the sport in general at top level and with it came less space to dribble and a disappearance of the traditional creative role of the no 10. This more rigid form of football is not at all an experience specific too Brazilians.

[@enelstech]

European clubs poaching young Brazilians so early at their age is killing Brazilian football. That needs to change. Brazil have their style that needs to evolve in their own way not the ways of Pep guardiola or Mourinho or Klop. These players and coaches are the ones who are suppose to grow together to find a way out. Let's imagine a situation where all south American players played in their continent. Do you think Europe would have been better? No way. Messi, Neymar and Kaka would have been playing for the same team like say Boca Juniors or Corinthians. The likes of Martinez, Suarez, Nunez, Thiago Silva, and Co. might be playing together for another team. So tell me, how on earth do you think those so called big European teams would have beaten these guys? No way. No matter technical the coaches want to be. It may happen but not all the time. SA football would have evolved into its own modern version based on their traditional football style. So I just feel it's the money that's changing things not the so called coaches technicalities or something. Europe has a better economy. That's just the difference.

[@Steven-gg1bn]

Brazilian players aren't developing their skills in the Brazilian way like they were before. They're being taught to play like Europeans and end up barely playing and working with eachother. 2 things to note: in the past 2 and a half decades Brazil has really only produced 1 superstar: Neymar. That was unthinkable in 2002 with a fully loaded squad. Also: in 2014 10 of the german players had regularly played with one another on the same team (7 played for Bayern, and 3 played for Arsenal). It was almost like a trained club side squad put together for a national team. I'm not trying to say that Germany had an unfair advantage, but the point is the biggest mistake Brazil made was to try to emulate European football, instead of developing and modernizing brazilian football on its own trajectory.

[@aye3678]

Shout out to the Search Party team. Y'all have been nailing it with the content! Loving my time here :)

[@blackout995]

Something to add to this video is that luck has not been on their side. Countries like Spain, France, Netherlands, Germany, and Argentina have had golden generations that would (and did) beat the BR national teams of 2006-2022. The team also lacked a set of reliable attackers, which has always been their strongest suit. Their time will come again. The country produces extraordinary talents consistently. Just needs to develop talent and support the right leadership, as you point out.

[@trevormccarthy9019]

I think your analysis is spot on, for example in 1982, Brazil was the most celebrated and talented team and everyone talked about them, and even though they didn’t win the World Cup that year, they were by far the stars of the show, and everyone in the world was in awe … so really they are who everyone removers from that World Cup .. their greatness I’ll never forget. Zico, Socrates, Falcao, Eder…. Amazing

[@keithlawford-r5e]

italy sent those losers home

[@_mizoguchi]

Nice job on this videos. Sport and geopolitics are so interesting and it is difficult to find those kind of content. But the most important is your own interests to understand the history. Keep going. Cheers from brazil

[@filipelucena6883]

As a braziliam I would like to point out that we cherish more for our regional teams rather than the national, several factores involvolved. If you ask brazilians, most of the would prefer their team to win a Libertadores rather than brazil winning a worldcup. I Wonder if this happens around the world?

[@cosmoluc]

As a Dutch person (admittedly, I kind of enjoy watching football, but am not really a year-round fan): no, I don't think so. No team in the Netherlands is more important than the national team. Three clubs have won European cups, of which one had three back-to-back titles, but the 1988 European championship victory is much more well-known. Even if my own favourite football club, from my home region (we are definitely not one of the three clubs to have won the European Cup), would win the Champions League, I would not be as happy as I would be if the Netherlands - finally - win the World Cup.

[@adsonreinaldosilva]

As a Brazilian, I would like to point out that most people around me would prefer the world cup. Even with my team being the Vasco da Gama mentioned in the video (we aren't being competitive since 2011 😭).

[@joebueno]

I couldn't disagree more. Maybe this is the perception of young fans, such as yourself, because you grew up not seeing Brazil playing good football in a World Cup. But I grew up with Brazil being the master reference in football and we would spend 4 years waiting for the WC, streets would be painted, decorated, that's all people would talk about in schools, work, streets... But that's exactly the point of the video. Brazilians don't see ourselves represented in the national team anymore, so it's only normal that, on the other hand, we still identify with our clubs. Plus, the Libertadores became a thing for Brazil only recently. Especially after the country became so much economically powerful than their neighbours - and Argentina went the other way around - and started winning all of the Libertadores editions, one after the other...

[@noussommesparisiens6729]

In England, Fans have similiar sentiment there.

[@MagicMike_101]

As a Brazilian, I like to start my phrase as a Brazilian.

[@ZacharyTomlinson-l5s]

1:09 Belgium being 3rd is diabolical

[@jomancool55]

Im Belgium and I agree, we shouldn't even be in the top 10. We're a one man team called KDB. No KDB=autoloss

[@jelanifinkley6407]

No mention of them winning the Olympics in rio against Germany in the final, that was an epic performance, one of the best of rio2016

[@jvctr5977]

No one cares about a under-23 tournament in football.

[@retromaniaco_br7422]

@@jvctr5977 This comment really represents the mindset of Brazilian supporters. Only care for major leagues, BUT if they lose a minor one, the suddendly care and suddendly start to complain. The sub-23 team, despite winning two golden medals in-a-row, something which Brazil never managed before, failed to qualify to France 24. The result? A mob of angry supporters calling out the youngster, acussing they of "being more concerned recording tiktok dances than training".

[@queenzoroark]

@@retromaniaco_br7422 But he is right, we don't care about that, nobody was really caring for missing the next Olympics though we played poorly due to the coach.

[@jackcole2935]

Brazil have been disappointing in the past couple decades, and winning a World Cup is so hard. Endrick and Estevao coming through Palmeiras should be the future of the team.

[@mykschumacker967]

They're going to Europe soon, so... They'll lose what little they have of their "Brazilian style"

[@laoch5658]

@@mykschumacker967 there is no brazilian style anymore

[@mykschumacker967]

@@laoch5658 I agree...

[@shashwatmishraalumni4918]

​@@laoch5658u cannot change that Players will move ti europe for money

[@TheHilltopPillbox]

Just found your channel, thanks to the Olympics. Very impressive research and production value! You should have a million subs, but I am sure you will get there, and beyond.

[@notarealperson9709]

lul Germany single-handedly destroyed an entire generation of Brazilian football in 2014

[@_patch21]

7-1 #NeverForget

[@JOKEMMM]

​@@_patch21BR7Z1L

[@zusafrostbite]

and then i guess destroying themselves as well. Who knew one game could kill 2 national teams

[@Odisseu_AOE]

Nah, the generation was destroyed because it rellied on a weak leader and human being called Neymar.

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@zusafrostbite The difference is that, Germany is making a comeback, Brazil is sinking further.

[@El_Guara_Productions]

I’ll be real with you guys, the current Brazillian team doesn’t seem really that diffrent from the 1994 Team that won the WC. Both teams were with the weight of 24 Years without winning a WC, both teams were eliminated in the Quarter Finals of the previous Copa América before the WC (1993 and 2024), both almost didn’t make it to the WC and despiste having great and talented players, no one believed in them

[@apa5749]

During the Cold War, Yugoslavia didn't allow their football players to play for clubs in other countries until they turned 27-28 and they had great players. Probably not as good as Brazilians but you know what I mean. Maybe Brazil should do something similar.

[@BocaoZ]

impossible

[@100c0c]

​@@BocaoZ why impossible

[@cristona.d5265]

@@100c0c money

[@gustavo-zt2wl]

@@100c0c Money, clubs want to sell to make money. Every Brazilian boy's dream is to play for a European team. Since they were little, they have looked at Real Madrid and Barcelona and wanted to play there.

[@MiaQuacko]

Interesting video - I am Colombian, grew up in Colombia but since moved and I wasn’t fully aware of the development of futbol in Brazil

[@anirudha4176]

Other teams have caught up in the last two decades. Them winning 5 World Cups in the space of 44 years was insane, and FIFA World Cup is one of the toughest competitions in Sport, huge football nations like Netherlands and Portugal are yet to win a WC and there are other big nations that have won it just once (England, Spain etc.)

[@benbranham5641]

Get so excited seeing a search party vid

[@qkomodo9098]

Theres WAY too many factors in the downfall of Brazilian football 1. Rossi single-handedly destroying the 1982 squad 2. Zidane Single-Handedly destroying the 2006 squad 3. The 2014 7-1 defeat as hosts 4. The tragic downfall & relegation of Santos 5. the best youth prospects being sent to Europe as teenagers 6. The political division among the squad 7. The economic woes of the league and country Brazil may be a massive economy with arguably the greatest impact on the sport of futbol, but I don't see them winning a Worle cup before my hair turns grey or vanishes

[@L.internet8]

I disagree w/ two topics on your comment 1. Brazil recovered from 1982 world cup loss. If we didn't, we wouldn't have 2 more titles. 2. Ever since Neymar left the team, no Santos player has ever been selected. Their relegation has no true effect on Brazilian football. If Vasco or Bahia had been relegated I doubt you'd be talking about it, even though they are both Brazilian champions and are the 12th and 13th teams with the most seasons in Série A, respectively.

[@andrekoerber7334]

Nr. 5 is disagreed. They are not "sent"...they wanna go because of their own wish in order to become millionaires, most of them arrogant ones like Neymar and Vini.

[@kristeinsalmath1959]

Since Neymar era It was obvious Brazil will never recover. 2002 was the last golden era of Brazil.

[@StefanoSalSindacco94]

Brazil will win another World Cup in the future... 2030 Earliest.... It took Argentina 36 YRS (1986 - 2022) to win Another World Cup, Germany had to wait 24 YRS (1990 - 2014) to win the World Cup Again! These things take time!

[@kristeinsalmath1959]

@@StefanoSalSindacco94 get lost leftoid lulista

[@kristeinsalmath1959]

@@StefanoSalSindacco94 argentina had a good and talented team. Also Messi is the best. This generation is gone. Brazil probably will take more.

[@XTHEUS2011]

As a Brazilian, i can say that we all felt sorry for not having this moments with our national team anymore. This video its so accourate that now a days we only care about our own teams, as PALMEIRAS, FLAMENGO CORINTHIANS, SÃO PAULO. The only championship that we care is the Libertadores, National leagues and the World Club cup. Those are the teams that we have, that we cheer that we watch and talk about during the week. Even the people who doesnt watch football knows the national leagues and our rivalry. So when we got the oportunity of a COPA AMERICA OR a WORLD CUP we dont even know who those motherfuckers are. Honestly half of the national team of Brazil during the COPA AMERICA, i didnt knew who they were, it could literally pass by me in the street that i'dnt recognize.

[@kendrinawaskoro3031]

I still remembers how scared I am to watch the Germany vs Brazil match beause I know how good they were, only to wake up the next morning to a shock watching the news to a 7-1 with Brazil lost

[@arturoquiroz3521]

Ronaldinho was the last Brazilian who had that famous style, it was fun to watch.

[@jamesk2429]

neymar??

[@oluwatayo.x]

@@jamesk2429my reactions exactly

[@bradyscott4483]

Neymar had it and of course fans hated him for it. These same fans would’ve hated Ronaldinho

[@eduardosoares7453]

​@@jamesk2429Neymar didnt win any important title, Ronaldinho won.

[@biscoito1r]

@@eduardosoares7453 Neymar won Brazil's first Olympic title plus Copa America and Nobody Cares Confederation Cup.

[@mykschumacker967]

I didn't even remember who scored Brazil's goal against Germany in 2014... That's how much I wanna forget that... Thanks for reminding me... lol

[@ps_ps]

You could concentrate more on 1994-2002 times and show more of Ronaldinho for example. I am a fiancee to a Brazilian born in 2002. It strange to think that she is 22 years old now and she has never seen Brazilian over quarter-finals in her life (no, mentioning 2014 7x1 does not count).

[@davidtavares2351]

Beautiful content, thank you for being so kind and comprehensive of my home country.

[@skanda33333]

This video title should have been history of Brazil football. Not why Brazil football lose fans.

[@squawk4700]

The passion of Brazilian football fans is unmatched. Their support will drive the team back to glory. Here's to their next chapter of success! 🌟⚽

[@andrekoerber7334]

Argentinians are more fanatic. I witnessed football matches in both countries...and in Europe there are quite a few countries where the supporters are more passionate. Just watch a derby in Greece (PAOK - Aris) or in Serbia (Red Star - Partizan) or even a 3rd division game in Germany (Dynamo Dresden versus anybody)... just to name a few examples. Millwall - West Ham in England is more than mad....and Djurgarden - AIK in Sweden or Marseille - Nice....simply breathtaking.

[@mauriciobernalmusic]

How did you not mention Ronaldinho and joga bonito 😅

[@nicolasdossantos3947]

I'm Brazilian and I agree with most of the video, a job well done and respectful of us. Congratulations!

[@vastoaspecto]

Before the 7-1 defeat to Germany, the population was already turning away from football, both because of the loss of the artistic element and because of the feeling that football was nothing more than "bread and circuses" that diverted people's attention from the country's real problems, especially politics as a whole. The 7-1 defeat was just the most impactful moment in this whole process. And the population was not wrong at all. The government spent billions on stadiums while many people barely had quality education and hospitals. And this got even worse when Ronaldo, considered an idol by many, responded with: "You can't have a World Cup with hospitals." This only reveals something obvious. Brazil is a country with a small and powerful elite that deeply disrespects its own origins and its fellow men... Who think "screw all of you, all that matters is me."

[@u1rtc7t5f64t157856v8]

Drogba deserves a searchparty deep dive

[@Search-Party]

hell yes

[@JJ-ud1xr]

Why is that?

[@BOT-MERC]

Drugs

[@abhish3kjain]

Unfortunately the internet has taken everything down, including our players. Those are not professional players. They are all influencers at best.

[@aristide2075]

😂😂😂😂

[@so1745]

Do Belgium next and how it creates unity in the country

[@AP-o2]

That’s actually interesting. Sports and mainly football and cycling does really unite us. Although I also have to say that mainly politicians like to stress out the differences between our different country parts

[@Rodrigo-ft7xg]

Great video and great channel! I'm form Uruguay and would like to propose a video analyzing our player's international performances, in contrast with domestic league and clubs quality. I like our football, but our tournaments have some really amateur conditions and resources.

[@osasunaitor]

From a Spanish guy: these cycles are normal in football and I guess any team sport. We also went through a rough period after touching the sky in 2008-2010-2012. We were kicked out embarrassingly in every successive tournament after 2013 (such as 1-5 against Netherlands in 2014) and everyone though that the glory days were over. It takes time and a lot of work to overcome generational and style changes, but the results eventually arrive and a positive cycle may start again. Now things look promising again in Spain after the 2023 Nations League and 2024 Euro trophies, and we see the fruits of the hard work that has been underway since the end of the last successful period. I'm sure Brazil will also experience a positive comeback sooner or later

[@yankees88888g]

You should've mentioned that the last time they won a trophy (2019 copa america), their main man was a 23 year old that was playing in brazil. What the team needs to do is limit the European based players and call more players who play in brazil.

[@bernardocosta7935]

This video really starts here 8:17

[@naka3339]

Seleção died because of marketing/midia. The whole Neymar era, where no coach, no journalist could ever criticize Neymar because he was the one who sold most products, gave the higher TV ratings and etc ... this led to this stupid and childish generation who idolizes someone who basically won NOTHING with Brazil. Even Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Romario, Kaka. All of them had to fight to even be called, losing? if you lost you are done. Neymar in 12 years with Brazil got 0 Copas Americas.

[@anadeliz479]

As a Brazilian whose very first memories are my dad holding me high after the 2002 victory, and who has watched the slow downfall since then... obrigado for this great video

[@MagicMike_101]

As a Brazilian, I start my phrase as a Brazilian.

[@CRValtierra]

Im mexican and a México fan, but to watch Brazil play is see magic happen. Now, that no longer exists

[@viniciussiqueira8664]

As a Brazilian, I loved the approach that you had on the topic. But let me explain something else, THAT 7x1 loss snatched the heart out of our team and fans forever, like you said. The brazilian media pressure on the national team is INSANE, mostly the winning culture became winning obligation. The players aren’t good enough anymore, but they’re advertised as the best for weeks before any competition. The media has the “thing” to advertise the team as champions without played a single game, and when they fail, the hammer drops on everyone on the team harder and harder. I feel like the players have lost faith on the national team too, the lack of motivation it’s there to everyone watch, the “joga bonito” became the “defeated” style of play we are witnessing these days.

[@ResoundGuy5]

Could be worse...you could be England (from a proud English man 😅🫠)

[@laoch5658]

you qualify for every tournament and go far in the competition..you dont have a devine right to win..youve never won outside of England

[@mcoeif]

Because many of them are choosing to play in England for money. Which isn't the country you want to go to if you don't want to lose your skills and technical abilities as a player, especially if you're from Continental Europe and South America.

[@estossala1]

We can't forget it took Brasil 24 years to win the world cup again after 1970. I am confident the same kind of stress and frustration was experienced in those 24 years. It will be 24 years in 2026 since their last world cup win in 2002. Brasil is the best team in history, but winning the world cup is no joke. It took Argentina 36 years to win their 3rd one. I believe Brasil biggest problem right now is leadership, both in the field and a manager. Vinicius can't lead by himself, once a decent 10 + Vinicius and a good coach can tech these players how to play together, they will be invincible. The talent IS there, they just don't know how to play together.

[@andreysantos6660]

There is still talent but the problem is that many european countries have arguably more talent than Brazil nowadays.

[@grege5074]

not quite as dramatic as this example, but the 1998 Men's Olympic hockey saw NHLers participate for the first time and Canada with multiple HOFers on the roster finished without a medal and left the greatest player of all time out of the shootout lineup, watching live, but also watching the fallout after was astonishing. You could also play up the redemption angle, Gretzky (the GOAT left off the shootout lineup) came back as the GM for the team and won in 2002

[@Gregoregatos]

I would like to add that one of the problems is not just the players distancing politically from the population, they are also richer than ever and seem to despise the poor communities they came from, like regular new rich people that go extra hard and beyond to show how not-like-the-rest-of-us they are. neymar is the main symbol of that of course, a cancer in the team, a whole football generation in brazil ruined by following his horrible examples, in my opinion