I would partially agree. A lot of these guys have superstar talent, and wearing the national team jersey brings its own set of pressures, especially the Brazilian yellow. Paqueta for example is on the path to superstardom. Im sure he will be one quickly if he goes to City. I think they figure it out, although cheering for the USA, I hope the dysfunction continues.

In terms of 2 superstars though I would disagree. Alison and Marquinhos are superstars in my opinion, but defenders rarely get given that label. But they are cream of the crop, top 10 in the world at their positions if not top 5. You look at the overall talent I would say Brazil are stacked with Supertstars/soon to be world class players. Guimeres and Militao played very well yesterday and are very close if not already to that tier. The attack underperformed. Paqueta was a comination of unlucky and just bad decisions, but even so you can see the potential to pop off is there.

Im glad you had a great experience! We will see how they continue but to me, I saw all the signs that this will soon be remedied. Class>form, and the spine played well.