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#3 Brazil's attack is not over-reliant on Neymar
While having a player of Neymar's abilities is definitely an advantage in Copa America 2021, Tite's pupils have shown that they are not over-reliant on their talisman. Brazil romped to continental glory in the 2019 Copa America without their star man, with Benfica's Everton Soares and captain Dani Alves shouldering much of the creative burden.
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Despite a sub-par season with Liverpool, Firmino has a knack of finding form in national colors. For Tite, he is ideal as a target man and adeptly finds ways to play in the talented wingers of Brazil to ensure there is no dearth of goals.
Everton's Richarlison and Copa America 2019's Golden Boot winner Everton 'Cebolinha' Soares are expected to chip in with goals alongside Neymar and Firmino. Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus is expected to act as an impact sub.
The unavailability of Philippe Coutinho due to injury has given Lyon's prodigious playmaker, Lucas Paqueta, a chance to impress. The 23-year-old has really come off age for the French side, scoring 9 goals and providing 5 assists from central midfield. He was also selected in the official French Ligue 1 team of the season for 2020-21 alongside PSG's Brazilian duo of Neymar and Marquinhos.
With Gabigol's rich vein of goalscoring form in Brasilerao as well as the Copa Libertadores and Vinicius Junior coming off an improved season with Real Madrid, Tite is truly spoiled for choice on the attacking front.
#2 Casemiro could be Brazil's trump card at Copa America 2021
Ever since Tite took over as Brazil manager, Casemiro has been an integral part of every squad and one of the first names on every teamsheet. It was once an incredible record that Brazil under Tite, had never lost a game when Casemiro had played!
A mainstay of Zinedene Zidane's incredible Real Madrid team that won three Champions League titles in a row, Casemiro will be hungry for continental glory at Copa America 2021 after an uncharacteristically trophy-less season with Los Blancos.
Tite's midfield is built around Casemiro with either Aston Villa's Douglas Luiz, Liverpool's Fabinho or Manchester United's Fred partnering him. Adept at playing a shield in front of the back four, he also takes care to protect star players like Neymar and Richarlison from rough treatment from opposition defenders.
Having contributed 6 goals and provided 4 assists for Real Madrid this La Liga season, he also provides another additional goal threat for Brazil. This is especially pronounced in set pieces, due to his incredible aerial ability.
With him fit and ready to fire, the Brazilian midfield is capable of running the game against any opposition.
#1 Young, attack-minded wingbacks as opposed to conservative options like Danilo and Alex Sandro
With the notable exception of Dani Alves, Brazil have struggled in recent times to find players that can balance both attacking and defensive capabilities in the wingback position.
With conservative wingbacks like the Juventus duo of Alex Sandro and Danilo, Brazil were unable to generate creativity and pacy attacks down the wings, a hallmark of the Selecao gameplay.
This was a key weakness that was exploited in the 2018 World Cup quarterfinal by Belgium, where Brazil, with the declining Marcelo and the limited talent of Fagner, struggled to create anything of note down the wings. Brazil were knocked out 2-1 by Belgium.
However, Brazil approach the 2021 Copa America with young, promising talent in wingback positions, particularly Barcelona's new acquisition Emerson Royal and Spanish champions Atletico Madrid's revelation Renan Lodi.
While Renan Lodi has made the most of his recent run with the national side to nail down a starting spot, Emerson is expected to displace Danilo in the starting lineup for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
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