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How to win without Neymar

We won't see Neymar again in this Copa America. The Brazilian FA released a statement confirming that they accept the four game ban and won't be appealing.

And guess what? Maybe it's not entirely a bad thing.

Brazil are obviously a better team with Neymar than without him. Any team would be. But when Neymar isn't there, there is no Neymar dependency. Others need to step up and, in particular, Dunga needs to figure out an alternative way of playing based around other stars. And that can only help in the medium-term.

Against Venezuela on Sunday night, Willian was the only holdover from the front four which started the tournament and Brazil played some of their best football until a somewhat jittery finale, winning 2-1.