How is 30 Brazilian girls jumping a bad thing???? I mean, maybe our girls are not your type.
No one that knows football will ever say any team is untouchable, since it involves more than good players to win a match. The thing with Brazil is that the potential to be unbeatable is there because of the quality of the players (can you name any country that would have the depth to sit Pato and players of such caliber through any tournament??) as well as the history of being magical on the field at times. The whole idea behind games like Egypt and South Africa for example, which were the toughest games after the USA final, is that the smaller teams (whether you want or not USA does fall in the category because YES, tradition and trophies are what establishes a country in the sport) they step up against Brazil as if it were the final of the World Cup because it adds a great prestige to beat the ONLY nation which has won 5 World Cups and has been among the best teams in the world at any given time of history. Just for the record, you're right, we might not win the world cup, but that was said about Brazil in literally every one of the World Cups we won... The problem has been when we're expected to win really, so keep up the skepticism and maybe we'll reach six World Cups before anyone (well, Italy) reaches five, like us.

his excitement in the half-time report was so noticeable that by the time the game ended I was cringing just watching him trying to sound professional on TV... so funny.

yeah, the 8 teams who qualified for it. some of the best teams in the world. get a clue, kid.

Disagree man, we got a lot of work to do, we're way too defensive.

well it's like this in brazil, we don't want them to just win, we want them to win with style and flair, otherwise we feel like they're not playing to their full potential and the victory wasn't satisfying. haha we're the worse man, i feel bad for our national team and the ones with the curse to coach them haha

fifa rankings are bullshit anyway (i understand it, but still don't fully agree with them) but i'm glad to see we re-claimed our true place. We have 5 world cups, 3 finals in the last 4 world cups which we won 2 of them, we won 4 copa americas out of the last 5... i feel like spain and any other country would have to do a lot more than have a phenomenal week or year to catch up to brazil's level, even in our worse day.

shamo

I don't agree with you man. Going all the way to the final of a strong tournament like this is a very good performance. No one expect the U.S to win a world cup, but they put up a good fight and did very well.
However, why are we still talking about the U.S? Brazil did not lose a game and won it all and with few changes, they will win the WC too. Those are the guys who deserve all the attentions.

lol deserve all the attention, what more or 50 plus years and 5 world cups of attention do they need fool.

hahahaha well, kinda harsh, but true... made me laugh the way you put it though. we probably wont win the world cup, it's a curse if we're playing too well on everything else haha, we never win the world cup if we win the copa america or the confederations cup and are playing well before the world cup, true story... and we've done all three of them... i wouldn't be surprised if we didn't make it through the group stage... hahahaha

Chome oooon M.J, the guy is dead already.
Besides, don't we always celebrate victory and not defeat? then why are we still talking about the U.S (with all respect).
Raftke691, you are right about the curse but I think this time is going to be different, I just feel it. Do you know why I love Brazil? It is because every team that plays against them, they step up to the plate and play their best, which create great shows. Sports is about entertainment and Brazil knows how to do just that.

yeah...I never really thought about it that way, but you're right. What amazes me even more is how much harder the games against "weaker" teams are because they play against Brazil like it means winning a world cup. What was the easiest game we played this tournament? ITALY! (well US the first time around as well, but that was different) South Africa killed themselves trying to beat us, Egypt fought like no other, to be honest im glad we won but they deserved at least a draw out of us for the amount of effort they put into the game. The US stepped it up like they did in the final, those 3 games were the most entertaining games of the championship in my opinion, if you love dramatically tense games... as a Brazilian i'd much rather have games like the one against Italy though... just an easy stroll... haha