Brazil's Early 2010 FIFA World Cup Elimination Is Good For Brazil

At the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on July 2, we saw one of the biggest shocks in this World Cup as Brazil were eliminated by the Netherlands by a 2-1 scoreline.

An own goal from Felipe Melo and a goal off a header from Wesley Sneijder, plus Melo getting sent off for a stomp on Arjen Robben, was enough to get the Brazilians eliminated from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in the quarterfinals for the second straight World Cup.

Now, Dunga's time as Brazil's manager is done and is considered a failure because he didn't win the World Cup despite claiming a Copa America and a Confederations Cup in his three plus years in charge of Brazil.

But now with Brazil's elimination, this is actually a good thing for Brazilian football.

For starters, Brazil can finally move away from Dunga's style of defensive football and move back to the attacking style of football that Brazil is known for.

That means that attacking style players can reclaim a spot with Brazil, and young kids such as Neymar can play for Brazil.

Going into this World Cup, there was a huge push from the Brazilian fans and the media to get Neymar into the World Cup squad, with billboards put up and a petition consisting of 14,000 signatures being ways by the fans to show that they wanted Neymar on the Brazilian squad for the World Cup.

Of course, Neymar did not make the squad along with his highly touted teammate Ganso, and people throughout Brazil were extremely disappointed that neither were able to play in South Africa.

Anyway with these young players, we can expect to see another great Brazilian side get assembled before the 2014 World Cup (which of course is in Brazil), as Brazil will look to win their first World Cup in what will be 12 years.

To say that Brazil will want to win the World Cup is an understatement: they will want to destroy everything in their path to win this World Cup is a more accurate statement.

Brazil hosted one World Cup in 1950, when they lost 2-1 to Uruguay in front of about 200,000 fans at the Maracanã (a record for a football match) in what is now known as the Maracanazo.

With the past still remembered today and now with Brazil's loss to the Netherlands, this loss will serve as even more fuel in what has now become a bonfire as Brazil will look to win the World Cup.

Going forward, yes this loss will linger inside of Brazil's football hungry bodies for four years, but will forgotten in four years as Brazil will become World Cup champions.