Is it time for the ULTRAZICO? This image is the front page of ‘O Globo’ newspaper sport section. I thought it was worth sharing with you all. Today’s match against Japan will be important for our side because Parreira will be able to do some experiments.

Some TV shows informed that Parreira will spare Emerson, Cafu and Ronaldo that already have a yellow card. Probable subs will be Gilberto Silva, Cicinho and Robinho. It looks good to me, but I still hope to see Juninho playing too, leaving Ronaldinho more advanced to create more goal opportunities and giving the team more mobility.

Japan will be desperate to win, so I guess this will open some spaces for Brazil to score. Since our defense is looking solid my prediction is that we can win 3:0. If I’m right Zico will be in a sad situation. As I said many times before, he is my football hero who led my beloved Flamengo to be World Champions (Interclub Cup) and scoring amazing goals during his great career. He helped Japan to develop the sport and his team is the Asian champions that qualified first in his group. Anyway, now I want him to lose again. He was complaining that his team played under heavy sun twice. Oh my God… there is no need to blame other than himself and his players. Now the Japanese are praying for a miracle.

The newspaper quotes Zico saying “Brazil is no monster”. I know that our team has a sinister alien (Ronaldinho) and some prehistoric creatures (Roberto Carlos and Cafu) like the Ultramanenemies used to be. Let’s wait and see if Hayata grows against us on the pitch then.