Maicon will run riot at his first World Cup
Maicon will run riot at his first World Cup
Brasil has a fine history of attacking full backs. They reached the idea of a flat back four first, and have after that always displayed a tendency to lead the way on defensive progression. The wing back looks to have been no exception.
All of the top sides in the world have some attacking full backs lying around (Clichy, Rafael, Zhirkov, Lahm, Arbeloa, Alves; the list goes on). In 2002 the third greatest Brasilian side of all time won the World Cup in Asia, and one of the stand out elements of the team was the full backs. Cafu and Roberto Carlos are two all time greats, and they sent shock waves through the tactical set up of many nations 8 years ago.
