Gilberto talks about Brazil’s style
November 15, 2009
Brazil coach Dunga has insisted winning is more important than playing flair football and revealed his admiration for the English game ahead of Saturday’s friendly with England in Doha.
Former Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva admitted there had been a rethink about the way Brazil play after the 2006 World Cup.
He said: “The strength of this team is the unity and desire from everyone to win things. After the World Cup we were very heavily criticised and we learned from that, especially the things we did not do right. We had to review everything and start from zero and now we can say the team looks strong, but we are always up to learn things and make things better and better day by day.
“It is not a fantasy team. Everyone knows if you don’t do the (basic) things right, everything starts against us. We are always realistic now in this group and try to achieve things and will work very hard to do that.
“You can see from the results since after the World Cup, they have shown what we always look for even if sometimes not everything goes right. All of us enjoy being in this squad but we also know our responsibility to do even better and reach a better level than we are at now.”
Gilberto believes England will pose a stiff challenge despite failing to beat Brazil since 1990.
He said: “We know they have a lot of quality. That is why they are in very good shape and Fabio Capello is doing a great job with them.”