HAS BRAZIL FALLEN? Herculez Gomez says they need Neymar 👀 | ESPN FC

no they don't times up they really don't times up on the Highlight there is Brazil despite 70% possession go down another loss in World Cup qualifying this time to one nothing Al just how bad were Brazil here you see 7% possession and that that means absolutely nothing because they did zero with that possession there was no threat in the attack from Brazil and it's again a conversation that we've already had earlier this week week about Brazil and and not early this week but then go back to cop America and it's the same conversation and then you go back to the early stages of com qualifier and it's again the same conversation now there are a couple of things here that tell you how far Brazil have fallen around the 59th minute 16th minute in Paraguay they start oay in Brazil they're knocking the ball around and defens CH the stadium ho oh Paraguay is doing this to Brazil and and D Jr you can see him in the silence he's like pushing the team to go and press to get numbers around the ball you're losing one nothing this is a game in which you need to get a result because of the needs and wants of the table you need points if you're Brazil you need points D junor is trying to get the players for and they're just kind of jogging into possession including and this is the second Point including my boy Rodrigo who ran his mouth right I'm I am one of the best players in the world I am disappointed that I'm not included in the top 30 top 30 not the top five the top 30 in the Balor conversation right and he put it out on social media then did an interview about it we were more than happy to show that interview okay so if you're going to run your mouth which I I I wouldn't do but if you're going to do it okay I understand that only works if then you go and deliver on what you just ran your mouth about so if you're one of the best players in the world among the best players in the world then you have to have an impact on this game you have to be a protagonist in this game and Rodrigo was not venicius was not was not no and and I'm singl out Rodrigo because he's the only one that ran his mouth but if Vinnie had R if Vinnie had ran his mouth I would be saying exactly the same thing we're talking about players who are extremely talented with their Club teams and are having difficulties in translating that to success with a national team and we're very quick to say well the talent behind them isn't all that great okay for Brazil standard but for Paraguay standard that Talent behind Vinnie Jr and Rodrigo is at the very least matches matches what Paraguay has on the field so there's more than just lack of talent right now with this team very disappointing performance so you singled out Rodrigo uh I'll take a moment to single out vishas all right go ahead U why not because it's a player that uh for all his exploits with Real Madrid has not really delivered with Brazil you can see the numbers they're pretty Stark right there um he also has some interesting comments more of an apology um after the game or maybe an explanation as well as to why the team is struggling quote we apologize to the fans who are always on our side but this is a difficult time we just want to improve I know my potential I know what I can do for the national team of course it's been a very difficult process because when you don't have confidence you don't get goals you don't get assists and good performances he'd continue it's completely different than playing for Real Madrid games in Europe are different the ball gets one side of the pitch to the other faster we have to know how to adapt so that everyone plays better so that we can win games uh Stevie if you were his manager what would you do to get the best out of inias if I was a Brazilian manager or the Real Madrid manager Real Madrid manager is probably a lot closer to doing that on a regular basis if you're the Brazil manager here if you're the Brazil manager then you have to get him the ball in the right areas at the right time mhm because he has the talent going forward to you think he's capable of being Brazil's guy no because the numbers don't the numbers don't suggest it well if you listen it's interesting if you listening to what he says he's telling you he's not ready for that yet and so he obviously feels the pressure of it every time he pulls a jersey on he's feeling that pressure which means that when you feel like that you end up doing things you wouldn't normally do you end up being in spaces you probably wouldn't do when you're comfortable in you're natural playing with your club team so there are so many things that he's doing in the Brazil team that he doesn't do when he's with his club team now if that's just one guy and you've got the other 10 around them feeling the same way cuz the way they're playing it looks as though the jerseys too heavy for them all all of them I mean that front that's Real Madrid's front three basically if mbapp is injured you're looking at Real Madrid's front three how can that front three be so po yeah and that front three Stevie Lucas petta and marinos have more goals than that front three those aren't exactly forwards don't even get me s look at Paka to the point to the to the point of they're all feeling the weight of the Jersey so think about it you've got 10 guys I'm going to keep aling out of this you've got 10 guys who are thinking overthinking before they do anything and so any footballer that we that amount of time thinking you get closed down the P that was on isn't on there are so many things that affect it when you are not at it mentally and you're going on the field thinking about the outside pressure it's no surprised that the these guys are struggling but how do you get them out it you have to change the team is it is it you have to get guys in yes they might not be well known might not have a superstar on their back but are going to do do things like you your guy was it Rios you were talking about ear somebody like him who who's not thinking about the weight of the jails he's thinking about right this is my job I've got to do this I've got to I've got to get all he's thinking about is getting the ball back to give it to hamus and he's concentrating on that and doing it it's a problem you got they don't have a hamus you know I think that's I think it's as simple as that I they don't have a lot of things I read this quote from Vinnie junor and he's telling me that I don't have in Brazil what I have at Real Madrid I don't have anybody look there's a reason I'm one of the best players in the world at Real Madrid look who I got around me who do I have here to supply me the ball and I don't think he's the only one Rodrigo was running his mouth he said we need Neymar you disagree about what that they need Neymar they absolutely need Neymar you know who's the world in the Momo who leads assists right now there's nobody who has more assists than Neymar Neymar was out in October of 2023 with an ACL injury so he's the one special player you have so of course if you forward if you're a player of worth in that final third you want the one player you know has magic in that final third I don't if he's healthy I know there's a lot of ifs with Neymar there's a lot of ifs but certainly Neymar is the one special player to unlock not only Vinnie not only uh Rodrigo but an enrik and get those guys going we spoke at the other day on the show and and I was I was really hard on him I was like hold on this guy's not done it for Brazil in two years or maybe more he hasn't done it for anybody pretty much but having listened to what the all the players are saying and having watched Brazil you know maybe maybe a fit and healthy Neymar on the field regardless of whether he's producing magic is the trigger that takes the pressure off the rest of them maybe his presence is the thing that relaxes them and makes them perform to what they're capable of maybe that's the key yeah because we will focus on Neymar yes and why are we focusing on Neymar because at his best Neymar was among the top three players in the world but that hasn't been the case for a long time regardless we would focus on him what I would say about Vinnie's quotes is all the issues that he's talking about this are not specific to the Paraguay game they're not specific to the Ecuador game that happened a few days ago this this is not specific to Copa America this is not specific to the early challenge of the com world qualifi this has been happening for a while right so for Vinnie to then come and tell me look part of the problem is that they're the ball is not coming to me nearly as quick as it should if you know that's a problem then address it do something about it have a conversation get on the manager get on the players look I need the ball in this sort of position and it has to happen quicker don't tell me after you've lost the game that this is what the problem is with the team because this is a problem that has been there for for a while the fact that they haven't been explosive in the attack has been an issue for a while and so it's it's very easy after the fact to say I apologize Hey listen you know we're working it's a it's a process uh things are difficult look they were difficult coming into this window so do something about it address whatever is it that you think are the shortcomings of this team offensively before you actually play the games not after you've lost that's too late and now guess what guess what October comes around and how are you going to resolve it because it's not like you have a going to have a whole lot of time to to work ahead of the games and Brazil have put themselves in a position in which they need to get results where they are right now and I imagine that and I think and I know that Brazil are going to be in the world cup but if this pressure continues to build up and they're not getting results and this next window comes around and they don't get the three points that they need or the six points that they need and Brazil are now with all that pressure imagine how heavy that Jersey is going to get yeah and D Val said they were going to make it to the World Cup final they may make it but it'll be without d [Music]