Well this is what it all has come down to, the past two weeks of Confederations Cup football reaches its climax at the Maracana this evening as hosts Brazil have the chance to retain their title in front of their own fans provided they can defeat Vicente del Bosques imperious Spanish side with Brazil bo Russell Wilson T Shirts s Luiz Felipe Scolari believing victory can restore lost pride, I think what would be so important for us with a victory we would regain a lot of credibility and respect from our own fans in Brazil. The Brazilians have managed to completely overcome all the pre-tournament pre sure put on them by expectant home crowds coupled with poor performances in friendlies against England both home and away, with the performances of Neymar being particularly outstanding right throughout the competition which was set alight by the twenty one year olds wondrous volley into the top corner of the Japanese net.The Spanish who were the medias pick as tournament favourites before the competition began have not disappointed with La Roja easing through Group B without every really getting out of second gear defeating all three of Uruguay, Tahiti and Nigeria to set up a semi-final clash with Cesare Prandellis Italy in the inferno like heat of Fortaleza. This however was the first time Spain were tested and boy were they tested with the Italians pa sing the ball at such a quick tempo in their own half that the famed Spanish pre sing game was rendered usele s and it was only courtesy of Italy being unable to take any of the chances they created that Spain have reached the showpiece final via a penalty shootout.Luiz Felipe Scolari will have undoubtedly absorbed all that went on in Fortaleza on Thursday evening and have seen how Spain struggled against a team that pa sed the ball quickly, often taking no more than three touches before moving the ball on within their own half. It gave Italy a vital amount of time in po se sion of the ball which many teams have only been able to dream of when facing up against the World Champions and with Brazil po se sing defenders who are excellent on the ball in the form of Dani Alves, David Luiz and Marcelo we may well see Scolaris Freddie Swain Jersey side attempting to try and shut down the Spanish pre sing effort in a similar way.It would be foolish to simply ignore the fact that Spain had a bad day at the office in Fortaleza with Iniesta being the only real positive for La Roja until the introduction of Jesus Navas midway through the second half with the new Manchester City wideman giving Giorgio Chiellini a torrid time down the right hand side. Spain were really disorganised at the back with Jordi Alba putting in a sub-par performance at left back which allowed Christian Maggio and Antonio Candreva to create multiple openings on the right for Italy, del Bosque will be more than aware that Jordi Alba will have to improve ahead of tonights final with Dani Alves and Hulk posing far more of a potent threat on the right flank. One thing that has become apparent about Brazils play this tournament is that the Selecao are all too comfortable to look to find Neymar at any given opportunity with much of what has been good about Brazil going forward this tournament coming through the enigmatic Brazilian on the left hand side. This is a worry for me as against a side such as Spain it would be very easy for Brazil to become predictable and Spain would then simply double up the marking on Neymar with Arbeloa and Sergio Ramos shuffling to their right to counter the threat of Neymar which would then see Sergio Busquets just drop into the centre of defence to cover which we have seen him do on numerous occasions with Barcelona. Brazil have to vary their play, they have to use all three points of the attacking midfield trident with Oscar coming through the middle and Hulk on the right, posing a threat Darrell Taylor Jersey to Spains defence in three areas is far better than posing a threat in just one.Tonights fixture may well be the first where we see Fred utilised to the maximum of his ability, thus far in the tournament the Fluminense forward has been very much restricted to the central position in attack just ahead of Oscar and hasnt been given the opportunity to move into goalscoring positions too often despite having netted three times. Tonight we may well see Brazil really look to use Fred to hold up the ball, invite advancing pre sure from the Spanish defence which will then create a gap for Fred to feed the ball into, this is very much how Italy tried to utilise Alberto Gilardino in Thursdays semi-final but their finishing let them down, you can be sure there will be no such problems with Brazil.Spain in their preparation for this evenings match will have noticed several weakne ses in Brazils backline which will give them confidence that they will be able to manipulate these weakne ses to their advantage, for example throughout the tournament we have witne sed Brazil being very relaxed, almost too relaxed when in po se sion of the ball deep inside their own half with Marcelo and Dani Alves trying to run the ball out of trouble Seattle Seahawks Women Jersey and often being caught in po se sion. With Spains rigorous pre sing game which we have seen destroy teams in the past, it could well be dangerous for Marcelo and Dani Alves to spend too long on the ball in these aforementioned defensive areas with Pedro and David Silva/Fabregas likely to be closing them down before they have decided what they are going to try and do with the ball. This, should Marcelo or Dani Alves lose the ball, could present Spain with a great opportunity in a dangerous area.We can see here just how Marcelo and Dani Alves procrastination on the ball in Travis Homer Jersey their own defensive areas could be punished by Spain. The yellow dashed arrows around both Alves and Marcelo indicate their usual movements with the ball in that area, they usually move in a circle to try and keep the ball and move forward with it still in their po se sion. This then allows David Silva and Pedro to move forward and pre s them which is illustrated by the red forward lines and should the two attacking players dispo se s either of the Brazilian full backs we see both Iniesta and Torres, circled in blue, ready to pick up the ball in a really key dangerous area. This is a perfect example of what Italy didnt allow Spain to accomplish in Fortaleza.The midfield dynamic created by both teams is a potentially riveting one ahead of this evenings matchup, with Brazil likely to continue with the as yet succe sful partnership of Luis Gustavo and Paulinho whereas Spain will line up with an all Barcelona trio acro s the middle of the pitch in the form of Busquets, Xavi and Iniesta. Brazil have dominated the majority of games they have been involved in this tournament through Gustavo and Paulinho with Gustavo breaking up attacks and Paulinho then bringing the ball forward, this has forced opposition midfields to be rendered completely ineffective with J