内马尔因伤缺阵，9号弗雷德成了摆设。

It is as unlikely that Fred will play for Brazil again after Saturday’s third place play-off in Brasilia as it is that Scolari will carry on as coach. The latter notion, in particular, appears unthinkable and the only good that can come for the Selecao from the humiliation against Germany is that it happened in Brazil, in their backyard and the brutal truth was ruthlessly exposed. They are not good enough and they have, under Scolari, betrayed their tradition, their roots, their DNA.

巴西在巴西利亚踢完3、4名比赛之后，弗雷德很可能无法重返巴西国家队，斯科拉里也可能帅位不保。斯科拉里留任简直不可想象。他率领的巴西队被德国彻底羞辱，而且是在巴西，在自家后院粗野、无情地让真相大白于天下：巴西队不够好，而且在斯科拉里的领导下背弃了自己的传统，自己的根基，自己的DNA.

Fred is not to blame, but his limitations have been highlighted as he has struggled for form and fitness following his heroics in last year’s unlikely Confederations Cup triumph.

矛头不应该指向弗雷德。在去年联合会杯的胜利中，弗雷德表现优异，但今年他的身体状况一直不尽人意，也集中体现了巴西的局限。

His role for Scolari was simply to act as the presence up front to try to get the best out of Neymar. It was a basic approach and one that was then exposed with Neymar’s injury. Instead of being brave and changing his tactics Scolari at first appeared set to revert to type by beefing up his midfield, but then lost his nerve and decided to attack Germany.

按照斯科拉里的安排，弗雷德只需要出现在前场，给内马尔做球，给他提供最大的发挥空间。在内马尔受伤之后，这套基本战术的弱点被彻底暴露出来。斯科拉里没有勇气变阵，只是加强了中场，后来失去理智，决定和德国对攻。

That was Scolari’s fault and not Fred’s, but unfortunately for the striker he ended up symbolising the stupidity of it.

要怪就怪斯科拉里，别怪弗雷德，然而不幸的是，弗雷德已经成为了巴西队愚蠢的代言人。