With Neymar out, Brazil must apply the 1962 formula to win this match and the final.
7+9+11=10
It was Garrincha(7), Cutinho(9), and Pepe(11) stepping up to compensate for an injured Pele(10) back then. This time Hulk(7), Fred(9), and Oscar(11) must step up for the injured Neymar(10). Of course Hulk is no Garrincha in terms of finessed finishing but Oscar is better than Pepe was and it's a now-or-never situation for Fred. I think InshAllah he'll find his form the way Higuain did after a pitiful start. All are due a couple of great games to help Brazil lift the Cup at home.
Defensively Luiz needs to be a little less adventurous until Thiago Silva returns to lead his team again. The Brazilian midfield with Gustavo coming back should allow him to do that with its solid two-way game.
Ar dadosh bekti-to achhei. Viva Brasil!
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Injured Neymar says Brazil World Cup 'dream' not over
... "They took away my dream of playing in a World Cup final, but the dream of being world champion has not ended," Neymar said in remarks released by the Brazilian football federation.
"There are two games left and I am sure my teammates will do everything to lift the trophy," he said ...
... Pele said on Saturday his heart ached for Neymar after Brazil's star player was ruled out of the rest of the World Cup but noted that the team lifted the 1962 trophy despite his own injury.
The football legend, recalling that Neymar had played at Santos like him, wrote on Twitter that "it hurts our hearts to know that he can no longer defend Brazil in the World Cup."
"I was also injured during the 1962 World Cup in Chile, and I was out for the rest of the tournament," he wrote in English and Portuguese.
"But God helped Brazil continue on to win the Championship. I hope the same will happen with our Selecao in this World Cup."
Four years after winning their first World Cup, the Selecao had to play without Pele in the tournament in Chile after he was injured against Czechoslovakia in the second game.
But they managed to win their second World Cup thanks to the dribbling skills of another legend, Garrincha.
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