Two nations looking to return to form will do battle today in an international friendly between Brazil and Colombia. The match scheduled for 9 p.m. ET will be held at Sun Life Stadium in Miami and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on beIN Sports.
Brazilian midfielder Oscar had this to offer ahead of today's encounter on American soil (via Reuters): "Dunga, [our head coach], told all of us that we have to hold our heads up, put the past behind us, show our ability and that we deserve to be national team players. It is not easy to put the [7-1] Germany defeat out of our minds. It is difficult, but we have to work and to show our value."
Left-back Filipe Luis added: "I think we have to just think about winning, then the good football and the confidence will come quickly. Then Brazil will recover our identity. Dunga has made some tactical improvements, and he told us that we have to win and that we have to dream about being big players."
"His message was that to truly become big players, you have to write a history with the national team. We have to start with winning against Colombia."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: For Radamel Falcao, today marks his return to the Colombian national team. The 28-year-old was forced to miss the 2014 World Cup due to a ligament tear, but is still considered to be one of the world's premier strikers. In just three appearances with AS Monaco this season, before transferring to Manchester United, Falcao contributed two goals.
Brazil's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Jefferson; Maicon, Miranda, Luiz, Luis; Ramires, Gustavo; Coutinho, Oscar, Neymar; Tardelli.
Colombia's Projected Lineup (4-2-3-1): Ospina; Arias, Zapata, Balanta, Zuniga; Sanchez, Aguilar; Ibarbo, Rodriguez, Martinez; Falcao.
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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