In a classic "game of two halves," Brazil was the deserved victor but will have to improve if it is to win the World Cup, fans said last night after Brazil beat Turkey 2-1 in Ulsan, South Korea.
Speaking outside the ground after the game, Reinaldo Lima from San Paulo said, "Brazil did not play good. Today the team was bad in the first half, but I expect them [to get better] as more games are played."
Even Turkish coach Senol Gunes agreed that Brazil was the better side after 90 minutes, but he said he was angry with the referee's penalty decision.
"I'm not in a position to judge the referee. We controlled Brazil but we couldn't control the referee. It was not a penalty, [it was] outside the area. Referee, outside the area, last minute. He was doing nothing. Nothing more to talk about."
Asked whether Luziao made a meal of falling down for the penalty, Gunes said, "There was no referee."
Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said there were positive and negative points to take from the game.
"The first one is something which is not always reasonable for Brazil and that is marking the opponent on the field," he said.
"The second is that the team reacted quite positively [to the first goal from Turkey] in the dressing room. The negative point is that we didn't take advantage of all the opportunities."
Speaking of his decision to take off Ronaldo, he said, "Seventy minutes was enough for him.
"He performed well and showed us what he could do for 70 minutes."
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