Tbh you don't really have a choice but to defend Brazil that way. If you play in a more traditional 4-3-3 or 4-4-2, you get exposed, as a press doesn't really work on them. They're too good with the ball. Even in one of those formations you're gonna end up dropping behind the ball. (And actually I didn't even see what Croatia was playing today, but they definitely had their striker isolated one on three or four up top many times once they won the ball back in their own half).
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