Creativity?
allyuh forget is Dunga we talking about.
Dunga want men to run back and defend. Arguably the only truly creative player in his Brazilian line-up is Robinho and still that creativity is being able to beat a few men or use individual skill.. not creative in terms of being able to thread and work the ball or build the play.
Brazil is very much a counter-attacking side built around Kaka so it would be interesting to see where Dinho would fit into that philosophy given the way he plays. But all the same, a world cup without Ronaldinho would be a loss to football on the whole.
Brazil was actually more of a counterattacking team before Dunga came in. I would classify them now as a stifling, ball winning team. With Dunga in charge I think they keep the ball more than before. They do thrive on discipline and their possession game is pretty rigid, with little bursts of individual flare from Robinho and a turn of speed from Kaka, so I agree they are not amongst the more flamboyant or creative Brazilian outfits we've seen.
When Ronaldinho played against Italy in the friendly a year ago under Dunga, he fit in quite well, and he good dance around the Azzurri before they went up 2-0 and switched tactics.... and they didn't depend on the counter attack in that game. When they beat England in the most recent friendly they didn't rely on the counter attack either- they dominated the ball from whistle to whistle....In the Confed Cup, Brazil wasn't a pure counter attacking team either. I think Brazil is a dynamic enough team with the weapons to play different styles depending on the opposition, and in all honesty from what I've seen, their pure counter attacking style of play that we have gotten used to recently hasn't featured as much under Dunga as it did under Scolari and Parreira before him.