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Diniz has mentioned in one of his interviews that "Brazil was trying to follow european football style, with positional football and lack of individual plays, style which was developed to play against Brazil in previous decades". This quote itself reveals so much because, why are we brazilians trying to follow this play style instead of improving ours, which has been so successful for so long? Diniz come to Brazil as a light at the end of tunnel, encouraging Brazil's players to go for individual plays, flair, dribbling, fast-paced plays and passes, this is our way of play, this is what brought 5 world cups to us, not pretending to be europeans.

As Argentinian this brings me so much relief and happiness. Our Brazilian brothers needed those tactics so bad... And football itself needed a new Jogo Bonito Brasil ❤

It's crazy how Neymar is such a good player, instantly understanding the style (which suits him)

Diniz' game feels a lot like futsal. Neymar, Robaldinho, Ronaldo and so many of our great players started as futsal players when young. And Diniz actually was a profissional futsal player, I believe.

So hyped this is not just a one off and you will be following the journey and keeping us posted! I am a high school coach in the US, and my Varsity Coach and I want to play pure football like this...high level counterpressing, and then play. Joga Bonito...not automations. Diniz has inspired us to try and do our own sort of Fluminense up here in Montana. 👊

Second game showed where growth was needed but the potential is crazy, I hope they stick with Diniz

Como argentino, como amante del buen fútbol celebro que Brazil vuelva a sus raíces y a su juego vibrante y hermoso. Espero que esto sirva para regresar a la gloria al pueblo brasileño y a su fútbol.

this didnt aged well already isso ja envelheceu mal

Neymar was having an awful game against Peru until the 90th minute when he assisted Marquinhos' goal. It's crazy how even when having a really bad game he can become decisive in an instant.

As funcional programing freak i aprove the "functional attack" name very much!

Sou torcedor do Fluminese. Ver os jogos é algo prazeroso. Diniz tenta resgatar o futebol criativo, forte e eficiente. Ele encoraja seus jogadores a acreditarem na vitória.

Neymar's rapid adaptation to Diniz's football philosophy can be attributed to his roots in futsal, which fundamentally shaped his approach to the 11-a-side game. This background has endowed him with an innate understanding of the game, particularly suitable for dynamic and skill-focused styles like Diniz's. This approach naturally favors players with an element of unpredictability and flair in their play. However, it raises the question of how this more spontaneous, skill-oriented method will fare against a disciplined, positional strategy, especially when faced with rapid counter-attacks. I do believe that this philosophy if uphold by the Brazilian federation, will for sure bring back highly skilful and a joy to watch players.

Great to see Brazil going back to it's own brand of BRAZILIAN football!

The Brazilian team of 1982 had certain things in their favour which is radically different from their current situation and that Zico, Falco, Socrates and Eder all played their football IN Brazil. That being said Diniz and his methods of training is the absolute way forward for Brazil’s team to return to the Beautiful Game once again.

The posicional playing method is perfect for Japan and other asian contries. Brazil needs more than anything is to be in a great psychological state. This has been lacking in recent WC eliminations. Stay calm, relaxed and having fun in the dance of football. Nossa bagunça organizada!

Great analysis. Here are some observations: Bruno Guimarães's first experience as a professional player came in a small club called Audax and it was with Diniz as the coach. He had his breakout seasons later in Athletico - PR where he worked with Fernando Diniz once again. So he can most definitely be a center piece in Diniz's work with seleção and that's one of the reasons. The players are indeed mostly from europe, where they work in a much different style of play, but in all of his career one of his characteristics has been how fast he can make teams play his signature style. So despite not having much time with the players, I think in a few games we might be seeing the squad more comfortable with his style. And finally, the biggest question mark regarding his work is the fact that it's not supposed to last long. CBF's president has said publically that Ancelotti will be running the team at the Copa America, so this leaves everybody wondering what's the point of developing such a bold project if in one year's time we'll have a different coach with different ideas. Loved the analysis, can't wait for the next episodes!

I should mention Bruno Guimaraes was coached by Diniz as a youth player and it was Diniz that promoted him to the professional team in Clube Athletico Paranaense. They have a close relationship, worth looking into btw. So, if there was a single player that would know the coach's book by heart, that would be BG. For sure Diniz will have a hard time changing the mindset players like Casemiro, Rodrigo, Vini Jr, Marquinhos etc, comfortable with what made them champions in some of the worlds toughest leagues, tournaments...

Because of you I knew this "weird" way of play. I watch some Fluminense match and its so refreshing and fun to see.

I´m so glad that we Brazilians take our own approach. Not anymore the European style.

This is so exciting to see! I’m so bored watching teams try and play so similarly to one another based off of what pep is doing. Great upload! Love this channel

Modern day mobile rondo throughout the pitch. BRILLIANT! Will be easier to implement at club level vs national team when the players come together infrequently.

As an East African, I always loved the way Brazil played football, especially in the late seventies and eighties. Just take yourself back to 1982 and 86. They entertained the whole world. That is what football should be. I hope Brazil come back and win a world cup like the way they used to. Amen

Excellent video! I'm a Fluminense fan, and here we call this style of play "Dinizismo, in reference to Fernando Diniz himself. We call it that way, because in addition to being Diniz's particular style of play, it is also his philosophy of life, which goes beyond the field. His life philosophy is linked to first having good relationships between people, and from that, in his view, a team is built. It also considers solidarity, so everyone defends, creates and attacks. And he also considers it essential that players play happily and without fear of making mistakes, he generally takes responsibility for any mistake his players may make. I hope to have contributed a little more to a deeper understanding of Dinizism.

I complained about diniz in a previous video of yours, as a life-long fluminense fan. Although there are still some aspects of his play he needs to improve, he has led us to the libertadores semi finals which will be happening next week. It's only the second time we reach this stage of the tournament in our history, and the quarter final games were quite easy for the team. I'm very hopeful Diniz can put us through to the finals with his jogo funcional.

Seu canal é muito bom, será um prazer ver suas analises da seleção brasileira e do Diniz. Saudações do Brasil!

The influence of the 1982 Brazilian team on Diniz's proposal is clear. In this sense, I think that many people forget a characteristic common to most Brazilian players on that squad: they were ambidextrous. It seems silly, but Cruyff himself already pointed out the importance of this ability for modern football. I believe that the national team's football will improve a lot if the players focus on improving their passing with both legs, passing with the same quality whether with their left leg or with their right leg.

Could you do one about what Argentina did to win the last World Cup after all those years? I remember when I realized that they were going to be Champions: when Paredes gave two consecutive slide tackles, made a foul on the second and shot the ball on Neatherlands bench... it's a dirty way of playing, but they do stuff like that to impose themselves shaking opponents' minds, something common in the Libertadores Greetings from Brazil!! I'm loving your videos about Diniz. I really hope it works and that us Brazilians are patient enough to let him develop his work with time.

Esse estilo potencializa nosso futebol e nossos jogadores. Temos um estilo próprio que já ganhou 5 copas do mundo. Parabéns pela excelente análise do estilo Diniz de futebol.

I like that this style is such a contrast to European Football. I feel like it's a shame that Ancelotti seems to be coming in the next year. I feel like sticking to Diniz and letting him build on this project is much more exciting.

It seems like this style is more natural. Go towards the ball and move forward. Play through the defense instead of around it. That's classic Brazil.

Really appreciate your effort to use brazilian portuguese words to describe a few plays mate. You have perfect understanding of Diniz's play style. It's rare to see that. I think it has a lot of potential. It's usually a play style that players like and when it works it's incredibly beautiful. Congrats, great content.

At the end of the 90s, when all the best Brazilian players were in Europe, I was sad because the national team did not have players from Brazilian clubs, as was the case until the 1980s. I remember saying at that time: "this is not The Brazilian team, this is a European team of Brazilians." Brazil in 1982 was celebrated for its stars and how they played together. Brazil in 2002 was celebrated by individual names only.

You could also analize Bielsa's Uruguay, I think it's a match made in heaven with all that young talent coming up. Great content as always!

I like the experiment that Brazil is doing and I hope that maybe Brazil will sign him permanently if they don't sign Ancelotti.

An interesting thing here is that all schools in Brazil and their millions of children play futsal and football in physical education classes. Not to mention that practically every neighborhood in Brazil has a futsal court or an artificial grass field and scheduling games by renting these courts is common among Brazilians. For example, I play football every Tuesday and Friday with my friends from work and college. This logic of thinking about football for Brazilians through our culture is basically like the Portuguese we speak (totally different in pronunciation from the Portuguese of Portugal), our way of making music, dancing, smiling, all of this is reflected in the way we play football for Brazilians. football is rooted in our culture. It's common for Brazilians to propose to their girlfriends in stadiums, it's common for us to wear our team's shirt under a jacket to work or some event with a dress code. Team symbols and team names are common on streets, bars and public spaces. The way of playing Brazilian football is linked to the way we Brazilians see the world and relate to it and seeing Diniz trying to rescue our inner self that is not Western, is not European and is our cultural school of playing this wonderful sport is beautiful to accompany. Thanks for the video my friends. A hug from São Paulo-Brazil

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO i was waiting for your video since his debut

Greetings from California! Diniz is such a breath of fresh air, he created an interesting style that forces the players to move the ball forward. It is definitely daring and when it works, it works in a way that is very fun to watch.

Another fantastic video on one of my favourite topics, looking forward to you covering more! Up there with Tifo irl for one of the best right now, keep it up!

Excellent video, I think you hit the nail on the head. Aside from Neymar and Madrid Brazilians all of the European based Brazilians are going to be hard wired into doing positional play passes (which totally goes against the whole point of their current style). I think Brazil have huge potential if they build around Vini and Rodrygo. They're club teammates and they'll have that telepathic connection if they keep developing together.

as a Brazilian, I love the ideal of football Fernando Diniz defends, even though he's kind of underappreciated, and sometimes ridicularized (by the other teams' supporters) for not having won anything relevant for big clubs in his coaching career yet. But I must say I don't like the way his situation at the Seleção is being conducted. As an interim manager, for a year, so that Carlo Ancelotti can take the reins in 2024 to play the Copa America (most probably). If I were a player, I wouldn't be so concerned in trying to fit in the way Fernando wants the team to play, because he's not gonna be there any longer, and the one taking charge after him is very well known in the football world, and everybody knows how Carleto wants his players to behave on the pitch. I firmly believe Fernando has the potential to be the manager of the Brazilian national team, but I guess the people at CBF just pushed it way sooner than it was due

I'd appreciate if you analyse Leverkusen under Xabi Alonso! They seem to play a mixture of positional play and relationism, in a highly fluid system. Definitely interesting to me and successful as well :-)

I'm a Brazil fan from Bangladesh. Please in your 2nd part, talk about defense and off-the-ball strategy of Fernando Diniz. Brazil conceded a ugly goal vs Bolivia thogh scored 5 goals. When the payers stay closer instead of remaining wide, one small mistake can bring a counter attack, isn't it? Fluniese defense is not the best in Brazilio SerieA. And, What's happened to Richarlison in Brazil squad. Richarlison is struggling in tottenham as well. But in Tite's Brazil, Richarlison was shinning. All the players are used to play in european regular style. Can they cope up with a new style all of a sudden? Though all of them are prefessional.

Fernando Diniz está recuperando o que sempre foi nosso futebol...jogar bem bonito e vencedor...

His tactics worked out great in the game against Uruguay... ( for Uruguay ; )

This is literally how I used to play in Fifa, but later on I started trying to emulate how teams played on TV😂

*_Nosso futebol é cultura, criatividade e momentos de oscilação_* .

As a non-Brazilian I'm excited for this appointment. It is going to be a lot of fun watching a country as rich in talent as Brazil play in a way that will be so different from everyone else.

At 4:30 when you talk about some players instinctively passing to open space, you can see both Brazilian players closest to the ball complaining that it was passed away. I think most of the Brazilian players prefer this relational style.

im Flamengo fan (Diniz team’s rival) but I really hope to see Diniz football philosophy thrive!! This looks like football I always knew and admired.

Your future coverage of the Brazilian NT will be very interesting, not only for the analysis but also because of the rather... questionable, way CBF is handling the coach situation. Since Ancelotti will supposedly take over after having Diniz for a year I can't help but wonder, if Dinizismo works wonders for the Seleção, will Ancelotti try and adapt his coaching style to this new reality, or will he simply ignore it and have the team be closer to what we have at RM, which is not completely positional but certainly not the Diniz style either?

I really liked when you used our terms. Great video and vamos Brasil!

O diniz ainda esta desenvolvendo esse estilo de jogo, ele é um tecnico muito novo e ainda tem muito o que percorrer, ele ja mostrou que é capas de aprender com os erros e melhorar seu estilo de jogo, se der para ele o tempo certo tenho certeza de uqe ele vai aprimorar esse estilo e vai se tornar um grande tecnico um dia. Abraço

I liked the analysis a lot. I agree that we need our own style to combat the European standardization, it's the way we won all the world cups, "sambando com a bola no pé" as they say. Dribbling, fast-paced passes and speed. That is what makes Brazil, Brazil.

I'm from Brazil, and this video is amazing. Congrats!

Fernando Diniz is a breath of fresh air, he should stay as a Brazilian national team head coach.

ive always believed in joga bonito if diniz is trying to bring that style of play i would much proud of him encouraging the selacao playing how brazil is supposed not by me assuming all brazilians are good tho thats all

Always love watching the traditional play of Brazilian football. ❤

Brazil needs defenders who are more comfortable with the ball. Who can ‘pausa’ as well as give forward passes. The attackers and midfielders can hugely profit from this patterns.

Excelente analysis. Thank you very much.

Coaches usually dont let players take chances on the game. They are scared of errors... Diniz is so far different on that, because he understands that we are humans and we fail... so, he just accepts the errors and encourages the players to try dribbles, to experiment... because creativity is the essence of Brazilian football.

That was a tremendous video, both in content and in visuals, thanks a lot for this!

Awesome video bro! This is gonna be a great series

You are so great in doing this bro . Thanks for these amazing videos

We were waiting for Acelotti for the position but Diniz is proving to be much better than expected, maybe he can stay in the position, we hope so... Congrtz for the job! great video..

I love your videos on Diniz, such a refreshing and interesting way to play football. Your comprehensive analysis of this is most welcome! More please :)

It’s about time, after Barca’s tiki taka, there’s only been few bursts of good football

really liked the video, cant wait to the next one

I was hoping to get Deniz at Spurs after Conte left, I'd love to see this style in the premier league. Can't wait to see how Brazil develop.

Beautiful analysis! Looking forward to more content on this current Brazil project.

"Joga bonito" was a Nike campaign. The correct term we Brazilians use is "futebol-arte".

Great football analysis, one of the best channels out there. Good stuff 👍🏻

Wow! this video is amazing, as a Brazilian, I got mor info here than in most sports broadcast here in Brazil. This coming from a person who consumes a lot of sports media here. Well done mate.

Excellent video! Will be interested to see how things evolve over the next several qualifiers.

I really was waiting for your video. I hope you really do more analysis during Diniz time with the Seleção. After your two last videos, I could see perfectly the Diniz's game structure, and was able to point the same mistakes you pointed in the video. Just waiting the analysis for next games as well.

Dude, you're so precise, so analytical... it feels like you've known Diniz for a long time

The defence is the most important part of his strategy. The CBs need to be brave and skilled enough to carry the ball and pass it when in possession (even attacking if opportunity arises). On the other hand, the extreme counter press leaves them very exposed to counterattacks, so they need to be fully aware of their positioning to either clear the pass or use a tactical foul if needed. The WBs often play inverted as a part of the midfield as to create overloads, which is great when in possession but tricky when out of it.

Such a great analysis, thank you for that.

Excellent video 👏loving your content

fluminense fan here. what diniz must improve the most is his making fast adjustments to create direct attacks when opposing teams overload pressure by making 6+ men blitzes. i think you mentioned something in this direction in your video about how circulation isn't always best on a relationist team, but there's a key game vs américa-mg that illustrate this a lot. fluminense suffered a really aggressive overloaded press all first half in this match, and in the second half diniz subbed an extra 9, played a 3 strikers formation and fluminense just beat the press via direct long passes, and it was imo some of the strongest performances by fluminense in second half. diniz needs to create more consistent direct passing routines so his team can make faster adjustments vs press cheaters. i think he's already aware of that because of his new 2-striker formation with Cano and John Kennedy that has been a success so far. also, i would add that it's not true that diniz is a radical relationist as his team does have positional concepts, specially with the wingers keno and arias. i believe you watched the first leg vs olimpia in libertadores where diniz played a 6-man front very positional to beat a stacked bus parked in front of the area. when i watched the past few selecao games, i couldn't help but wonder what would be neymar's career if he had a coach like diniz in his physical prime and i believe rodrygo-neymar-vini will be a terrific deathball of an attack. also, i think diniz benefits a lot from having a very versatile, mobile and switchy 8 (like alexsander), i am interested in watching lucas paquetá under diniz.

awesome analysis!!

That’s what Ancelotti did last season(or similar) so him going to Brazil end of his contract is really good for the Brazil national team

Amazing job, mate

Muito boa a sua análise.

Hey @ThePuristFootball, just wanted to say that I really love your videos! I've been getting into watching more football recently, and your videos are always so insightful and wonderfully informative :D Cannot wait for more stuff on Diniz's Brazil, his style goes against the grain of most European wisdom and I am so here for it! Could you also make some videos analysing women's football? I thought that the World Cup was filled with some football of the highest quality (I was particularly blown away by how Aitana Bonmati played throughout the tournament) and it would be really cool to get some insight into the different playstyles there!

I loved your pronounciation of the portuguese words , awesome job dude!

Great analysis!

Ver jogo do Diniz é lindo, desde que ele não treine seu time...

Small detail: Fluminense (Diniz’s team) has just won Libertadores (South America’s Champions League)

never heard of this before, but it is so cool. creating and playing in tight spaces to keep control.

foi legal da parte dele colocar legendas em portugues, porque as legendas automaticas sao horrives. eu como brasileiro adoro a abordagem tatica dele, no youtube brasileiro há uma escassez de canais de analise tatica, tomara que o algoritimo apresente mais videos do canal dele na comunidade de futebol no youtube brasileiro

I think Diniz will have to select players more accustomed to his style of play rather than just shoehorn all of Brazils superstars into his system

O NEY É GENIOOO

And now he brought Fluminese to the finals, incredible.

Great video!

Dinizismo takes a bit of time to fine tune. Once the National team has a stretch practicing together it will mature and impress the world again. It is bigger then tactical details, it is the essence of Brazilian football.

Great video ❤

Fantastic video

Excellent video.

Thanks to Purist..nice vid!keep em coming!! Brilliant