Former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood feels Brazil have a weakness in midfield.
Sherwood took in Brazil's opening World Cup win over Croatia and wrote in the Independent: "It can be hard to criticise a nation with the heritage of Brazil but my first thought watching them play Croatia on Thursday night was that they were too rigid. Sure, this is a team with some outstanding individual talents in Neymar and Oscar, but when I watch Brazil I expect to be blown away with their quality and their movement. This time I wasn't.
"My belief is that a team requires a ball-playing midfielder. One who can pass the ball forward from deep positions and bring other players into the game. That was what Brazil teams had when I watched them as a kid but I did not feel that way this time.
"I felt the issue was that Brazil, in Luiz Gustavo and Paulinho, do not have a player who is comfortable passing the ball forward. They are both good up-and-down, workmanlike midfielders but neither of them has got the guile. That was the problem that Tottenham had last season. We missed the clever ball-playing midfielder."
