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Brazil legend Zico has criticised Neymars captaincy of the countrys Olympic side, and says he fears further embarrassment for the nation with another group exit looming.Brazil went into this summers Olympic football tournament as huge favourites, with Barcelona star Neymar just one of a number of top talents who were widely expected to take the gold medal, especially with most other countries not sending stars as their allotted three over-age players. (Olympic soccer players must be 23 and younger.)However, Rogerio Micales side have drawn both their opening group games 0-0, the first against 10-man South Africa and the second against Iraq. They must now beat Denmark on Wednesday to avoid an early exit.Neymars on- and off-the-field behaviour has brought criticism in the past?from retired Selecao legends doubting he deserved to skipper the senior national team.Former star Zico, who played in the 1980s, told Globoesporte?that the 24-year-old was not showing the leadership and focus required to be a captain.The captain of our team is not up to being captain, Zico said. He must worry just about football. But, just the opposite, they just started complaining that Iraq were wasting time. They needed to play football.Zico said that after the Selecaos early Copa America Centenario group exit and the 2014 World Cup semifinal humiliation by Germany on home soil, he feared something similar was about to happen now at the Olympics.Exit would be an embarrassment for those representing Brazilian football, he said. But in recent years, such embarrassment has happened a lot in Brazilian football. This would be another.Issues deep in the Brazilian game were a problem, Zico said, while adding that in the past, big stars had been able to come up with something big to win a game.Nobody can work magic in two weeks, and the Brazil team always comes together at the last moment, he said. There is no team organisation. And neither can we count on those beasts who used to decide games.Zico said the team still can turn things around, though, as there is no outstanding side in the tournament.I believe that Brazil will beat Denmark and can take the gold medal, he said. There is no team here which is dominating.Ahead of the make-or-break game against Denmark, with criticism of Neymar rising in his home country, Brazil coach Micale told ESPN that people should remember the senior star had made an effort to play in the tournament as an over-age player.If we do not respect our stars, then they will not want to be with us, Micale said. 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Hes really playing to their strengths, is what hes doing, Kentucky coach John Calipari said Friday. When you watch them play, they play to this teams strengths. Theyre not trying to do stuff this team cant do. Their bigs can really shoot 15 footers. Their bigs can shoot some 3s, so they play that way.But for all the mind-boggling offensive statistics, this game could be determined by the defenses, and that is where Kentucky holds an advantage.UK gives up 65 points per game and holds opponents to 37.6 percent shooting. The Wildcats also force 19 turnovers per game.UCLA, by contrast, surrenders 73 points and opposing teams shoot 39 percent. The Bruins force 13.4 turnovers.I think this is a shot-makers game and if either team is not making shots, youll be in trouble, Calipari said. I doubt both teams are not making shots. So you just hope its them and not you. Both are good-shooting teams, both have players that are able to go on runs. Score different ways. Its about making baskets. If youre missing baskets, missing shots, missing -- hard to win a game like this.One fascinating sidebar to this game will be the battle of freshman point guards.UCLAs Lonzo Ball was the No. 1-rated point guard in the Class of 2016 by 247Sports.com and is heralded by some recruiting analysts as the best passer in a generation. In his last game, a 98-56 win over UC-Riverside, the 6-fooot-6 Ball set the school record for freshmen with 13 assists.ddddddddddddKentuckys DeAaron Fox was the No. 2-rated point guard. In his last game, a 115-69 rout of Arizona State in the Bahamas, the 6-3 Fox recorded the schools first triple-double since 1988 with 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.Ball, from Chino, Calif., has passing skills that are drawing comparisons to another California product, Jason Kidd. He has 77 assists to just 18 turnovers.Fox is beyond heralded, by his coach John Calipari as possibly faster than another former Wildcat, John Wall. His assist-to-turnover numbers are 53-19.Ball is really good, Calipari said. Like, hes big. He sees the court. Hes OK to take no shots -- he doesnt care -- or if he needs to score 25 he will. Hes smart. You can see on the court -- hes like our guys -- hes got a nimble mind. Hell see something happening before it happens.Those, of course, are not the only cast of characters who could play a role in determining the outcome of Saturday afternoons game.Freshman guard Malik Monk is Kentuckys leading scorer at 19.3 points per game. Sophomore guard Isaiah Briscoe is next at 18.4, followed by Fox at 15.3. Freshman forward Bam Adebayo averages 11.1 points and a team-best 7.6 rebounds.UCLA has six players averaging in double figures, topped by senior guard Isaac Hamilton at 18 points per game. Next comes freshman forward T.J. Leaf at 17.3, senior guard Bryce Alford, 15.5; Ball, 14.6; sophomore guard Aaron Holiday, 12.9; and junior center Thomas Welsh, who scores 10.8 and grabs a team-best 9.8 rebounds. Leaf checks in at 9.0 rebounds per game.This is a great game in early December for us, Calipari said. They could bash us. They beat us last year. We never had a chance. They got the same team back with Ball. We lost everybody and have a brand new team. Itll be interesting. ' ' '