Plínio Fraga

jornalista, autor da biografia "Tancredo Neves, o príncipe civil" (ed. Objetiva), doutor em comunicação e cultura pela UFRJ.

[Giba Perez @GibaPerez]

Quem diria que a gente ganharia da Noruega no esqui alpino e perderia no futebol.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

En el Mundial de EEUU, la marca de desodorante Rexona, propiedad de la multinacional Unilever, quién hizo fortuna con el colonialismo belga en el Congo, contrató al aficionado que imitaba a Lumumba para hacerle publicidad.

Primero asesinan a Lumumba y luego lo mercantilizan, así es el capitalismo, intentando apropiarse de todas las luchas y todos los personajes históricos que dieron su vida por la libertad, en un intento de emborronar su imagen y que se convierta en una marca vendible.

El origen criminal de Unilever (Rexona) viene de la empresa Lever Brothers (quién en 1930 se convertiría en Unilever) y su fundador William Lever, el cual saqueó el aceite de palma durante la época colonial en el Congo durante décadas a través de la Compañía de Aceites del Congo Belga, usando a esclavos negros que eran azotados si no cumplían con su cuota diaria de recolección.

Tras la llegada al poder de Patrice Lumumba en 1960, quién quería una verdadera independencia en el Congo sin que el imperialismo siguiera saqueando sus recursos... la empresa presionó al gobierno belga para que acabase con Lumumba y poder seguir saqueando el Congo masivamente.

En 1961, tras torturar, descuartizar y disolver en ácido a Lumumba e imponer al dictador Mobutu, Unilever se aseguró el saqueo del Congo durante muchas décadas, incluso después de su muerte, hasta 2009, siguieron parasitando el aceite de palma congoleño.

Hay que decir que Unilever hoy no solo tiene Rexona, es una de las mas grandes empresas de alimentación y consumo con marcas como Magnun, Cornetto, Ben & Jerry, Knorr, AXE, Dove...

[Igor Mello @igormello]

EXCLUSIVO: Compilei todas as odds divulgadas pela CazéTV e vi o que aconteceu em cada uma delas. O público perdeu 61% das apostas
apostas estimuladas pelas equipes de transmissão durante 48 jogos da Copa.
https://t.co/xvE11cb95n

[Plínio Fraga @pfraga]

Could A.I. Find Brazil’s Next Pelé? https://t.co/2q3qzoDb0U via @NYTimes

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

A man for the big moments.

[Bernardo Mello Franco @BernardoMF]

E o presidente do Paraguai decretou feriado nacional amanhã para comemorar a vitória sobre a Alemanha…

[Roger Bonet "Ruxi" @Ruxiiii4]

Let's talk about Brazil.

Ancelotti has moved to a 4-4-2 diamond, and it seems this will be the way Brazil will play until the end of the World Cup.

There is an important change in the attacking dynamics, especially regarding Vinicius Jr. Previously, Brazil usually looked to get him wide, allowing him to receive in those areas, accelerate, and carry attacks himself. Now, he is playing more inside and looking to make runs in behind to finish attacks.

In the end, Ancelotti and Brazil have moved from Vinicius Jr, an attacker, being the point of reference of attacks, to having the midfielders, Cunha and Paqueta, dictate and organize play to then find Vinicius to finish. Brazil have moved from attacking more in wide areas to attack more centrally.

One reason behind this change could be that, previously, with Vinicius being the player carrying attacks from wide areas, Brazil’s games often became chaotic. Vini will naturally attempt many 1v1 situations, which can lead to more transitions and more open games. The second reason could be that Ancelotti is looking for a structure that can accommodate Neymar in the false 9 position. He knows that in certain games, especially when Brazil are behind, they will need his creativity in the final third.

Overall, the dynamics look promising. Paqueta drops deeper alongside Casemiro to help organise play, while Guimaraes has a bigger role making runs in behind, taking advantage of Cunha’s dropping movements to drag centre-backs out of position. Unfortunately, Brazil did not have much time to work on this, as they were playing in a different way earlier in the process. Because of that, the relationships are not yet ideal, and this is something to consider.

Defensively, Brazil moves into a 4-4-2, with Rayan becoming the right winger and Paqueta moving to the left wing to defend. Brazil leave Vinicius Jr and Cunha higher up the pitch, ready to attack in transition.

Brazil have found a way of playing that accommodates many of their players’ strengths.

[Snoopy @snoopyb047]

Congratulations Brazil 🇧🇷 👏

[No Score Draws ✍️ (Alex & Sian - BOOK OUT NOW!) @CheapPanini]

Oh Scotland

[Snoopy @snoopyb047]

Vamos Brazil 🇧🇷

[Snoopy @snoopyhero53]

🐶💛 Ready For Brazil?

[Raphael Nishimura @rnishimura]

Na minha opinião, essas são margens de erro altas demais para reportar estimativas sobre, principalmente a de estudantes e empresários, que estão acima de 10%. E isso nem considerou o efeito de conglomeração da amostra, que tenderia a inflar ainda mais essas margens de erro. +

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

Un référendum pour un nouveau modèle de développement
Pour clarifier ses positions et unir ses forces, la gauche doit proposer l’adoption par référendum d’un impôt de solidarité nationale pesant sur les milliardaires et centimillionaires
https://t.co/JRyLHIDGNn

[Between The Posts @BetweenThePosts]

Brazil were in need of changes.
Ancelotti made them.

🇧🇷 🇭🇹

[Rudy Willingham @RudyWillingham]

130 paper cutouts of OG Anunoby’s tip-in for the New York Knicks (aka the greatest play in NBA Finals history )

[NBA da bad @NBAdabad]

Alicia Keys cantando "Empire State of Mind" na prefeitura de Nova York com os jogadores e a torcida.

Sensacional.

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

The Knicks declined the White House invitation.

New York being New York. 🧡💙

[Financial Times @FT]

Argentina’s cabinet chief Manuel Adorni admitted to hiding about $500,000 in savings from tax authorities, as President Javier Milei’s officials grapple with a corruption scandal that has paralysed the rightwing government. https://t.co/imKWVuf5V7

[myles brown @mdotbrown]

This is the only angle that does that miracle justice.

[Conrado Hubner @conradohubner]

"No futebol, o pior tipo de cego é o que só vê a bola", disse Nelson Rodrigues. No Fórum de Lisboa, o pior tipo de cego é o que só vê a palestra

https://t.co/5h43ErleDk