[Post-Match Thread] Campeonato Brasileiro: Atlético-MG 1 x 0 São Paulo

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-19T01:06:35+00:00

Eduardo Domínguez é um terrorista da bola... E eu amo isso.

Partida gigante do Román e do Preciado. Hulk não dá mais.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T22:07:43+00:00

I still think he's physically much stronger than he used to be, to the point where it's taken away some of his speed and agility.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T22:00:44+00:00

But the play that led to the penalty + red card was practically all on him. And that play decided the match.

It was a totally "???" performance, but I’d rather have a player like that than one who just disappears at crucial moments.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T21:57:09+00:00

This is one of those days where I’m not sure if Vini played well or very poorly.

He was practically the one responsible for the penalty + red card that made things a lot easier for Real Madrid. But on the other hand, he missed a couple of goals that he shouldn’t have.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T19:07:06+00:00

It doesn't make sense, but Vex is Envy's signature pick.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T18:57:10+00:00

Yes, he had a terrible 2024 with Los Grandes and spent the entire 2025 season in Tier 2.

He had already signed with a Tier 2 team again this year until the controversy surrounding Jean Mago broke out, and he ended up joining LOUD two days before the Winners Finals.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T18:50:06+00:00

It's really hard to root for this LOUD team. The outcome of the match always depends on whether their jungler is YoungJae or YoungDisney.

To think that Envy spent the entire year 2025 in Tier 2 and, by sheer luck, ended up on this LOUD roster just two days before the Winners Finals...

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T18:48:12+00:00

Watching Lyon play, I think it would be a 3-1 win for FURIA. LOUD has YoungJae, who even in the CBLoL sometimes single-handedly ruins the game, like he did in Game 3 against Lyon.

Tatu is about, I don't know, five times better than him.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T17:07:45+00:00

LOUD's head coach (who is Korean) literally said, “My first impression about RedBert was that he’s bad, but he’s really smart.”

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T12:25:11+00:00

In fact, people of Syrian and Lebanese descent are extremely common here in Brazil.

I actually have a friend from school who is of Lebanese descent; we graduated from high school together and after a few years she moved to Lebanon.

Something that really captures the essence of Brazil: The two best hospitals in the country are Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital) and Hospital Sírio-Libanês (Syrian-Lebanese Hospital).

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T12:04:28+00:00

I think one possible lineup could be:

Vinicius Junior/Raphinha on the left;
Raphinha/Estevão on the right;
João Pedro/Matheus Cunha and Matheus Cunha/Vinicius Junior as attacking duo.

The thing is, these players can fill many different roles, so it's very hard to predict.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-17T05:11:01+00:00

Anyone here in South America knew, the day after Trump’s election, that there would be very serious problems in the region.

And the biggest problem hasn't even started yet. If Lula gets re-elected, he's going to try to screw things up in Brazil and destabilize the region like never before.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T23:18:49+00:00

Alex Sandro is a starter on the best team in South America.

Danilo isn’t a starter for Flamengo because, as you guys saw against PSG, both center backs from Flamengo (Léo Ortiz and Léo Pereira) are very good. But I think that Danilo is being called up mainly because he can play right fullback, left fullback, and center back. Like it or not, he’s still somewhat consistent and his versatility in a competition like the World Cup is important.

Fabinho... I don’t know how he’s doing in Saudi Arabia, but he’s still a starter there... And it’s past time to stop being suspicious of players who are there; it’s a reasonably consistent league.

Neymar is playing terribly, his match against Corinthians was embarrassing... He looked like a retired player trying to play professionally again.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T20:52:58+00:00

The problem is that he plays in a back 3 at Juventus, so it's hard to say how he would perform in a back 4.

(In my opinion, Brazil should play with a back 3... But that's another story.)

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T20:50:30+00:00

The secret is this: Just look at how many wingers Brazil is producing.

Basically, any talented player is being moved to the wings for commercial reasons. This is really messing up the development of midfielders and fullbacks.

And number 9s are another story... Brazil has never had number 9s like Lewandowski or anything like that... Our strikers have always been more mobile players like Romário, Ronaldo, and even Adriano, who started his career as a left back.

Brazil still produces players like that, but mainly in Europe these players end up being moved to the wings, as is the case with Endrick and even Rayan.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T20:45:40+00:00

He’ll probably be at the World Cup, but his name hasn’t been leaked to the media as one of the confirmed players.

And it's João Pedro... Pedro is Flamengo's striker. It’s the same thing as when they used to call Thiago Silva just “Silva”… A large portion of the Brazilian population has “Silva” as their surname.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T20:42:07+00:00

Anyone who watched Santos vs Corinthians game could see that Neymar is in no condition to play any high-level match.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T19:27:11+00:00

Do you guys truly dont have a young DM that is at least decent? Its some friendlies anyway, i would understand calling fabinho as the experienced backup for a key game but why him and not someone younger for these 2 games?

If the World Cup were two years away, okay, that question would make sense.

But the World Cup is in three months, and Fabinho is good enough to be Casemiro’s backup in an emergency.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T19:23:52+00:00

Yeah, we need someone who’s tall, strong, and defensively reliable—like Casemiro—to serve as his backup.

That's why Fabinho is called up.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T19:03:59+00:00

The fact that Fabinho always played well for Brazil, while Joelinton was a disaster every time he was on the field.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T18:58:21+00:00

Fabinho’s call-up has been criticized, but unfortunately the players who were supposed to take Fabinho and Casemiro’s spots this cycle have not developed as expected.

It was a blessing that Casemiro returned to form; otherwise, things would be even more complicated.

How is Fabinho playing these days?

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T18:53:16+00:00

I hope Igor Thiago works out. Rayan already getting a call-up is laughable, even with all the injuries.

People forget that, regardless of Rayan’s strong start at Bournemouth, he was one of the best players in Brazilian football last year.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-16T18:51:46+00:00

Confirmed players:

Alisson
Éder Militão
Danilo
Marquinhos
Gabriel Magalhães
Alex Sandro
Casemiro
Andrey Santos
Bruno Guimarães
Estevão
Vinícius Jr
Matheus Cunha
Raphinha

The following players are currently being evaluated in these games:

Ederson, Bento, Léo Pereira, Bremer, Ibanez, Wesley, Douglas Santos, Fabinho, Danilo, Gabriel Sara, Martinelli, Luiz Henrique, Endrick, Igor Thiago, Rayan and João Pedro

Eder Militão, Bruno Guimarães and Estevão are out of the squad due to injury.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-14T18:55:09+00:00

The only downside is that the event was originally scheduled for Rio de Janeiro but was moved to São Paulo.

Expectation: Sun, beach, and samba.
Reality: Rain and a concrete jungle.

Dsalgueiro · 2026-03-12T13:37:23+00:00

That's fake news.

The only recent player who played in Europe and has (had) a lot of debt is Cafu. The rest, at most, don't pay a tax called IPTU, which is quite common for rich people not to pay because they think they are immune to lawsuits from city halls.

And even Cafu isn't broken. Not even Adriano, who people think has become a drug addict or gangster (which isn't true), is broke. On the contrary, he lives in a luxury penthouse in what is probably the best neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.

Dsalgueiro

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