In my opinion again, since the great Brazilian team that played in the:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_Final#Details
the subsequent teams have gradually deteriorated, even though all of them have consistently remained one of the best teams in the world until now.
The current Brazil's defence is still one of the strongest in the world, but it's their attack that is inferior to the above-mentioned 2002 team, which had the famous "3 Rs", who were over 1.8m tall and quite big and strong:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo_(Brazilian_footballer)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivaldo
which is why they managed to overcome their tall European opponents back then; whereas all the forwards in the starting line-up against Belgium a few hours ago were 1.75m tall or shorter:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neymar
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Jesus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willian_(footballer,_born_1988)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Coutinho
Many thanks for your reply!
I also think Brazil were a bit unlucky to concede that first own goal (which was obviously an accident!
) so early in the match; after that, Belgium started to play with an obvious advantage:youtube.com/watch?v=t8IK0ZqfxNI
But as I said earlier this morning, the current Brazilian team's attack is simply not as good as the attack of the above-mentioned 2002 team, which is why they were not able to come from behind to win!
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