This is arguably the greatest soccer rivalry of all-time. He must sit out one more global match.
Meanwhile, Argentina fell to a 2-0 defeat to Ecuador before playing out a 0-0 stalemate with Paraguay.
According to the stats gurus, Argentina dropped 4 of their last 6 games against Brazil, while drawing the other two. The postponement means both teams will have one day less to prepare for their next World Cup qualifiers, schedule to take place next Tuesday.
This won’t be easy.
However, Dunga was quick to deny that Brazil would be favourites against Argentina on November 12, even though they will be without Messi, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez.
And that is what makes him the player he is and he has no qualms about admitting that to the world. When Messi was 23, his goals per game ratio was 0.55 and Cristiano Ronaldo’s was just 0.36. No one did that in the past, only us.
Angel Di Maria darted inside on a jinking run near halfway before releasing Gonzalo Higuain down the right flank.
Chile has its ideal record on the line at home against Colombia.
FC’s Sid Lowe takes a look at Barcelona without Messi and believes that Suarez and Neymar have filled in nicely. I know 50 per cent they approach just for interest, it’s normal, not just me but all the people who are famous they have these kind of problems.
But he has Neymar, who returns after completing a four-match suspension picked up in the Copa America. Neymar is absolutely on fire in Spain lighting up La Liga teams with incredible goals, and Brazil fans hope he can do the same in this game.
Neymar has also got a lot of praise from Manchester United play maker Juan Mata with the ex-Chelsea player writing in his blog that Neymar proves once again how risky he is and his second goals was a complete master class act. It’s pivotal that he continues to play well to relieve a few pressure off Neymar.
“Another golden Brazilian generation is emerging with Neymar, Oscar, Lucas Moura, Philippe Coutinho, Willian, Roberto Firmino and Douglas Costa”.
Argentina will be without a host of key names for Thursday’s clash. The goal came after superb interplay between Argentina’s powerful attacking front three. It will be televised on beIN Sports network. Keep reading for a match preview, links to a few free online live streams and more on this important worldwide football game below!
The only big advantage Argentina has is home-field advantage.
The media is still focused on Brazil’s embarrassing 2014 run that ended terribly in the semifinals, with a 7 to 1 defeat to Germany, who went on to lift the trophy.
More concerns are in for the Argentine coach as he is up against a man in supreme form.