MANAGER: Carlos Alberto PARREIRA


GOALKEEPERS:

1 DIDA
12 ROGÉRIO CENI
22 JÚLIO CÉSAR

DEFENDERS:

2 CAFÚ
3 LÚCIO
4 JUAN
6 ROBERTO CARLOS
13 CICINHO
14 LUISÃO
15 CRIS
16 GILBERTO

MIDFIELDERS:

5 EMERSON
8 KAKÁ
10 RONALDINHO
11 ZÉ ROBERTO
17 GILBERTO SILVA
18 MINEIRO
19 JUNINHO
20 RICARDINHO

FORWARDS:

7 ADRIANO
9 RONALDO
21 FRED
23 ROBINHO


4-2-2-2 or 4-3-1-2 FORMATIONS:

Brazil Vs Australia - Group Stage Game (18/06/2006)



GK DIDA
CB LÚCIO
CB JUAN
RB CAFÚ
LB ROBERTO CARLOS
DMF EMERSON
CMF ZÉ ROBERTO
AMF KAKÁ
AMF RONALDINHO
CF ADRIANO
CF RONALDO

Substitutions: Gilberto Silva for Émerson (72 mn), Robinho for Ronaldo (72 mn) and Fred for Adriano (87 mn)

Captain: Cafú
Short Free Kick: Ronaldinho/Roberto Carlos
Long Free Kick: Ronaldinho/Émerson/Roberto Carlos
Free Kick 2: Kaká/Ronaldinho
Left Corner: Ronaldinho
Right Corner: Ronaldinho
Penalty: Ronaldinho
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Lúcio, Juan

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Opposite Side Attack
★CB Overlap: Lúcio
★Change Sides: Kaká/Ronaldinho | Adriano/Ronaldo


Japan Vs Brazil - Group Stage Game (22/06/2006)



GK DIDA
CB LÚCIO
CB JUAN
RB CICINHO
LB GILBERTO
CMF JUNINHO
CMF GILBERTO SILVA
AMF KAKÁ
AMF RONALDINHO
SS ROBINHO
CF RONALDO

Substitutions: Zé Roberto for Kaká (71 mn), Ricardinho for Ronaldinho (71 mn) and Rogério Ceni for Dida (82 mn)
Note: Zé Roberto changed position with Juninho, acting as left DMF/CMF while Juninho took the place of Kaká as right AMF/CMF

Captains: Dida | Ronaldo
Short Free Kick: Juninho/Ronaldinho
Long Free Kick: Juninho/Ronaldinho
Left Corner: Ronaldinho/Juninho/Ricardinho
Right Corner: Juninho/Ronaldinho
Penalty: Ronaldinho
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Lúcio, Juan

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Opposite Side Attack
★CB Overlap: Lúcio
★Change Sides: Juninho/Gilberto Silva | Kaká/Ronaldinho | Robinho/Ronaldo


Brazil Vs Ghana - World Cup Round of 16 (27/06/2006)



GK DIDA
CB LÚCIO
CB JUAN
RB CAFÚ
LB ROBERTO CARLOS
DMF EMERSON
CMF ZÉ ROBERTO
AMF KAKÁ
AMF RONALDINHO
CF ADRIANO
CF RONALDO

Substitutions: Gilberto Silva for Émerson (46 mn), Juninho for Adriano (60 mn) and Ricardinho for Kaká (82 mn)
When Adriano was substituted, the formation was changed for a 4-5-1/4-1-2-2-1 formation with Gilberto Silva as the DMF, Zé Roberto and Juninho as the CMFs, Ronaldinho and Kaká as AMFs and Ronaldo as the lone CF

Captain: Cafú
Short Free Kick: Ronaldinho/Zé Roberto
Long Free Kick: Ronaldinho/Zé Roberto
Free Kick 2: Roberto Carlos
Left Corner: Ronaldinho
Right Corner: Juninho/Ronaldinho
Penalty: Ronaldinho
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Lúcio, Juan

Team Strategy

★Centre Attack
★Opposite Side Attack
★CB Overlap: Lúcio
★Change Sides: Kaká/Ronaldinho | Adriano/Ronaldo


Brazil Vs France - World Cup Quarterfinal (01/07/2006)



GK DIDA
CB LÚCIO
CB JUAN
RB CAFÚ
LB ROBERTO CARLOS
DMF GILBERTO SILVA
CMF JUNINHO
CMF ZÉ ROBERTO
AMF KAKÁ
SS RONALDINHO
CF RONALDO

Substitutions: Adriano for Juninho (63 mn), Cicinho for Cafú (75 mn) and Robinho for Kaká (78 mn)
Note: Brazil changed their starting formation to their typical "quarteto mágico" when Adriano was introduced

Captains: Cafú | Dida 
Short Free Kick: Juninho/Ronaldinho
Long Free Kick: Juninho/Ronaldinho/Roberto Carlos/Lúcio/Kaká/Gilberto Silva/Cicinho
Free Kick 2: Ronaldinho/Roberto Carlos/Zé Roberto
Left Corner: Juninho/Ronaldinho
Right Corner: Ronaldinho
Penalty: Ronaldinho
Players to go up on free kicks and corners: Lúcio, Juan, Gilberto Silva, Zé Roberto

Team Strategy

★Right Side Attack
★Left Side Attack
★Change Sides: Ronaldinho/Ronaldo | Kaká
★Counter Attack


HOME & AWAY KITS:

Regarding Brazil x Australia, I don't really have much to add.

I would just like to point out that G.Silva, Robinho and Fred perform different roles than Émerson, Ronaldo and Adriano.

Gilberto Silva - Much less movement than Émerson, keeping a defensive stance behind Zé Roberto.

Robinho - SS, hovers a lot around the box and steps in for shots, while Ronaldo lurked mostly inside the box.

Fred - Opposite to Robinho, keeps waiting for opportunities inside the box (CF).

NOTES:
Cafú - Yellow Card '28 (Trips Cahill near the sideline)
Ronaldo - Yellow Card '31 (Shoots the ball after the whistle is blown)
Robinho - Yellow Card '81 (Protest after Cafú pushes Mark Bresciano to the ground)

The kick takers and strategies are still spot on? Is like 7 years I watched them vs Australia, Japan and Ghana; because unlike the game against France, which I recently watched (like less than 2 years), I used to see things relatively with a little less of 'maturity', you know.

Yes, really spot on. There's this kinda iconic scene: Grella hits Ronaldo's leg and concedes a short FK to Brazil. 3 takers step up to the ball with Ronaldinho (who took the short FKs after this one) rolling the ball to Kaká, who stopped it in order to Roberto Carlos deliver a blast away from the goal. You can see it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOK5Ev2 ... assicMatch at 2:16.

For the strategies, everything seems good. Kaká and Ronaldinho would indeed switch sides a lot, with Kaká roaming free by both sides, while Ronaldinho moving more through the middle.

One thing I noticed though, was that Juan would attack as well as Lúcio. In fact, both went up on corners, but Juan would run back quickly to the D-line after the corner was struck, while Lúcio stayed longer on the attacking half. Juan also produced Overlapping Runs (Even carrying the ball twice, I believe, near the Aussie box, then proceding to pass the ball to Ronaldo, if I'm not mistaken). I would just give Juan the "CB Overlap" too.