Julio Cesar likens Brazil to Inter Thursday 1 July, 2010
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Julio Cesar believes Brazil have the same mentality as Jose Mourinho's Inter when it comes to defending.
The 30-year-old goalkeeper was speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport ahead of Brazil's World Cup quarter-final against Holland tomorrow.
“I conceded two goals in the first two games because we still had to sort something out at the back, then we pulled down the shutters,” he said.
“But Dunga is right. It's wrong to say that he has copied Mourinho. It's now been many years that he has asked to take great care in the defensive phase.
“Lucio has always been a reference point with Dunga, a leader who brought doses of experience and solidity to Inter. He's a wild beast, and he finds himself very well with Juan.”
Julio Cesar was then asked to reveal how he plans to deal with Inter team-mate Wesley Sneijder who will be pulling the strings for Holland.
“We have a slight advantage in that we know him well. Do you know how many training sessions at Inter end with him killing me shooting at goal? I have learnt something about being able to stop him. But just as we know almost everything about Wes, we also know that if it's the right day you can know him as much as you want, but he is dangerous all the same.
“For this reason, I have told my team-mates one thing: avoid as much as possible fouls that present Sneijder with a free-kick from where he says.
“Inter have taught me to win, coming to the World Cup after a year like the last one means you have a different kind of consciousness inside you: you feel stronger without feeling satisfied.
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