French Football's centennial football dream team selection triggered a series of knock-on effects, which led to the first quarter of 2021 full of "the best squad in the eyes of so-and-so". Brazilian media PLACAR also made a similar selection, of course, the sports channel selected three teams for samba football. As we all know, samba football superstars are gathered, and champions such as Kaka and Bebeto have not been selected for the three squads. When Ronaldo, Carlos and Rivaldo commented on Brazil's ideal squad, they all said that Cafu should be in the first squad according to his strength, but unfortunately, in THE PLACAR selection, the samba team captain was the right-back of the second squad.
Previously, Mbappe, Luo Xiaoluo and Kaka also selected the dream 11 in their hearts, including Ancelotti and Ranieri and other famous coaches, who invariably chose Cafu as a right-back candidate. In a way, Ronaldo's and Maradona's quota doesn't seem to be as stable as Cafu's. These are all players selected in world football, and Cafu can be firmly selected, and he deserves to enter the dream 11-man first team in Samba football. So the question arises - Cafu was selected as the dream team of most of the stars, why did he not make it to the Brazilian team for a "dream"?
First of all, we should see the difference between the stars in the selection of the ideal lineup and the magazine media selection of the dream team - the stars represent personal views. In some of the official best lineups, the judges are different. Cafu was named to the first team of The Dream Team of French Football, which was voted for by a large number of journalists who belonged to European football, and most of them were people who watched Cafu's contemporaries grow up with Brazilian players. This view also explains that many current stars have also idolized Carfoe, and the former Brazilian captain was naturally selected for the dream team selected by most stars.
However, THE PLACAR selection is made up of samba football journalists, as well as veteran fans and commentators, who are more accustomed to playing for Brazilian stars in domestic leagues. In this way, Cafu left the golden period of his career in the European club that year, which is a "minus point" in the selection of the Brazilian team Dream Team. The right-back who replaced Cavo in Brazil's "dream" is Carlos Alberto, and perhaps the fans now don't know Alberto very well, after all, he is older and he died five years ago. However, Alberto's status in the hearts of Samba fans is particularly high, and since then the technically good right-back has not been able to match him.
After the ball, I noticed that the era span of these selections is very large, and in terms of the technology of right-backs alone, Cafu may be better than Alberto, but the two are three decades apart after all, and the rules of football have changed many times. Moreover, the technology of the full-back is developing rapidly, so Cafu's advantage at the turn of the century may be even greater than Alberto's advantage in the 60s and 70s. And in the era of Alberto's playing, Samba football is rich in right-backs, and the old man faced fierce competition to stand out from Samba football and enter the national team. And at that time, transportation was not very developed, and Alberto's career was basically spent in Brazil, which was a plus for him in this selection.
Let's take a look at the popularity king in Brazil's first team - not Ronaldo, but Pele and Garincha, two "ancient" superstars. This shows that the voters are very nostalgic, but also because of the relationship of the times, "Birdie" and "Crow's Mouth" basically played in the Brazilian league in the player era, which made the old players win a lot of good feelings in the hearts of Samba fans. Cafu may not have these advantages, and after the 1990s in Samba football, there was a blowout in the midfield and a decrease in the number of defenders. Cafu himself has said that he has transformed from a forward to a back because of lack of talent.
That is to say, Cafu's time, he did not have to face very fierce competition in the right-back position, and Brazilian journalists knew this. In Brazil's Dream Team selection, voters from samba football voted Alberto to the first team. The stars who have played in European football for a long time do not understand the development process of the Brazilian team, and they choose Cafu, who is more representative of the right-back technique and honor. Therefore, Cafu was selected for most of the stars' selection of the Dream Team, and the reason why he did not have the Brazilian team to "dream for a while" can be explained clearly. I would like to add that Alberto has opened a number of youth schools in Brazil, which is another reason for his high status in the hearts of domestic fans.