By DPA
Rio de Janeiro : Despite a 5-0 win over Ecuador in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Brazilian coach Carlos Dunga stressed that the road to finals in South Africa will not be easy.
“The logic of qualifiers is complex. We have very difficult games. We will suffer a lot, still. The most important thing is the will and the pleasure that players get from being with the Brazilian national team,” Dunga said after the match Wednesday.
“I did not see Ecuador as a fragile team. On the contrary, it is a very good team that made the match very difficult for Brazil,” Dunga said. “The goals happened because of Brazil’s ability and aptitude, never because of deficiencies by the rival.”
Kaka, however, did not quite agree. He was confused by the second goal in his personal count, Brazil’s fifth, a poor, long-distance effort that Ecuadorian keeper Daniel Viteri failed to contain.
“I don’t really know what happened with that goal. After the shot I turned my back on the goal because I knew I had not hit the ball well. And then I heard the fans shout and saw Ronaldinho and Robinho coming to hug me,” Kaka said.
The talented midfielder admitted that it was possible that bumps on the pitch might have contributed to misleading Viteri.
Dunga added that his team’s high score was due to the fact that Ecuador was forced to seek the rival goal after Brazil put the score 1-0.
“Ecuador tried something else, exposed itself, and then the goals came,” Dunga said.