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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chrisbasket" data-source="post: 2867" data-attributes="member: 10220">Brazil seems disoriented and dazed when playing without Silva. Neymar's presence could alter things quite drastically though. He is a constant offensive threat and in order to be defensively solid the opponent must fear your offense. That was clearly not the case in this match. Germany pressed and pressed hard and high. They had almost nothing to be afraid of. Creatively speaking Brazil was below zero point. No imagination, lousy transition game between the center and their offense. Of course their defense is also to blame, after all they took 7 goals in. Every great team in the history of sports goes through dramatic defeats every now and then. Brazil is a force to be reckoned with, will always be. It's just that they need change, and the need came knocking on their home door. Knocking really, really hard.</blockquote>