Brazil vs Ecuador – Conmebol World Cup Qualifier Showdown | The GSMC Soccer Podcast

move on to preview um the kbo World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Ecuador this is a crucial crucial World Cup qualifier for Brazil Brazil currently find themselves in kumble in sixth place with seven points sixth place after after um uh after how many games after six games two wins one draw three losses and the start of it wasn't bad they had they got two wins in a draw but then since then three straight losses suffered and and uh now they find themselves in a position look it's not a panic time because K World Cup qualifiers are um 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 18 games and and and we've only played a third of the or Brazil has only played a third of those games so um so look well but Brazil they can't you know they can't get complacent now every game needs to be like like critical crucial the intense needs needs to be up for Brazil uh now dval Jr was not the manager of those opening six games and so far dval Jr has not lost a single game within 90 minutes you know he lost to Uruguay but it was in penalties but Brazil hasn't exactly looked scintillating you know they've you know there a lot of those performances has been draws they've not really taken games over they haven't been dominating games um like Brazil should and and yeah you know it's a it's a transitional period for Brazil of course it is and it's it's a hard time for us Brazilian fans but look Ecuador that's a big game they're going to be playing that game at the quto Pereira in um in CBA uh in ctia Brazil uh about 40,000 not the biggest of stadiums in braz brail but there's going to be a good tense atmosphere there and it's interesting this game is getting played simultaneously while the Eagles Take on um while the Eagles Take on uh who did the Eagles play the Eagles Take on the Packers at Sal Paulo stadium in at at uh 7:30 I believe the game set to start at 7 7:15 this game starting off at 8:00 pm those are games pretty much simultaneous almost so yeah that's interesting I wonder you know if you know the NFL you know you know would prefer not that to be happening I mean maybe they should have pushed this game to Saturday the NFL um because we know the attention of the Brazilian fan will be in this Brazil game critical critical World Cup qualifier now we know Neymar is not going to be present he's you know he's nearing his return to Al Ali which is great news for everybody in the football World um but there's also no Richard who's how Howard so and you know Brazil number nine depths is a is a weak you know you know there's andri who's a 17year old and then there's um the play man his name is escaping my head I was just talking about him he plays in the Brazil League well um where is it give me one second as I pull it up oh my God where was it okay while I find that though um but you know Brazil they're going to have you know they're they're going to be coming weak-handed no Rafia also who's not going to be available so it's looking like it's going to be a real Madrid front of andri Venus Rodrigo um and you know not the strongest the front R especially when you look at their performances for Brazil um uh specifically talking about venicius only having four goals in 31 games but these players these players that do brilliant for their Club specifically venius Rodrigo they need to be they need to show up for their national team they need to pull them out of the hole that they're in dvil Jr now on this team they have a chance post the cup America to develop a pattern to develop a system that we as Brazilian fans we love to see we want to see attacking football we want to see Flair we want to see qu and most importantly we want results we want results and um and Ecuador Ecuador is a tidy team you know Ecuador is a team that's comfortable going away in k b it's a team that qualified for the last World Cup it's a team with real quality you know with the likes of you know Stan kaedo you know and Valencia still being involved uh they're really really good team and they've shown you know they had a brilliant last World Cup in the Copa America you know they were you know they narrowly lost to Argentina they're a team that can definitely make it out outfit for Brazil um and look in the CP America it was a disappointing really disappointing performance for Brazil they didn't dominate G they dominated that Costa Rica game and and Paraguay um they dominated that Costa Rica game but they couldn't get a goal finished nil nil they did dominate Paraguay but again with Paraguay um you know Paraguay is not to the level of competition that Brazil are expecting to be bra Brazil you know want to achap higher than being able to dominate Paraguay and it's a critical this is a critical hyper critical World Cup qualifier um for me I think Brazil will will get the result I think they need to have some sort of a positive performance after the disappointing cup America they need to build some sort of momentum as they're able to get players back from injury like name as they get suspended Rafa back um soon as well probably they'll both be available that next International win oh rafino well Neymar might be available for that next International window he'll come back and he'll be the Talisman in this team and then they need to develop sort of consistency in Def in defense as well um Yan Coto now he's taking the next level going on Bia Dortmund can he go become that Top Class fullback and become that sort of player for Brazil as he continues to develop I think that's a player that I that I'm really looking forward looking forward to see his development now that he's at bisha Dortmund um so yeah we we'll see with Brazil uh this Brazilian team is not of the Brazilian teams of the past I've been really critical over them but um look um you know we have a World Cup that we're preparing for in two years in the US and even despite Brazil over this past decade or so Brazil have put out some poor teams in their C C America the 20 the 2016 CP America centenario not being able to get out of the group this past CP America as well but in the World Cup every World Cup we've had a you know the 2018 2022 World Cup we've had really really strong teams that you know just couldn't get over the hump in quarterfinals but they had they were the ability the players and the team had the ability to win it they just couldn't really get over the hump in those games can Brazil get back to that can they build this sort of dominant team for the World Cup in which they are able to get over the hump and win it we'll see we'll see D Jor he has a lot a lot of work to do with this Brazilian team