zephervack
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Del Bosque just said on TV that he didnt know it was Villa's last match. Wat?
2014 FIFA World Cup |OT4| What can European men do against such reckless heat?
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Winning > tradition?
Tragicomedy
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He really was. Who knew we had to go all the way to Gambia to get a ref who doesn't affect the game with bad calls?
Sviatoslav
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I don't hate Pep. It's not like he's ruining my favourite team or anything. He's inconsequential to 99% of my football viewing. But he'd probably try to make Stoke play tiki taka too if he were managing them. What a one note hack.
I though so too, but some of decisions in the first half were questionable. The second half was total ace tho.
Oveja Negra
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Hmmm, no. Holland played the same the whole match. It's just when Sampaoli sent Valdivia to the field, our defense got much more vulnerable. As someone said, it was a gamble and it didn't end well for us.
Magic Mushroom
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Nine points, ten goals.
For Europeans, yes.
Charles Foster Kane
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That's what I wanted to avoid. Really wanted Chile to win.
Defending is a skill too. the point of the game isn't to be "technically superior," it's to win by whatever means necessary.
figadapaura
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Mate, those tactics won them the match. Who gives a fuck?
Tarkus
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An Argentinian steak? Lol
Explain please, oh master troll.
Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no.
Broder Salsa
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Hahaha what. I didn't say it was classic Netherlands either, but they have not exactly seen themselves as too good to not do that before, they have. Don't be so upset that they won playing like that, it will only get much worse when Chelsea wins CL next year. It's not saying your team is inferior especially in a case like this, it's not wanting to risk something silly.
Oveja Negra
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No, he was extremely mediocre. He should have shown several yellows cards to divers from both teams.
Still, the referee had nothing to do with the result.
Depends how it is executed. Italy in 2006 played conservative football while being technically superior to most teams. Netherlands simply didn't want to spend too much energy today and were content on giving the initiative away.
They were actually far superior to Chile in every possible way and controlled the match without even touching the ball.
Six points against two of the worst teams of the world cup and one Mourinho style parking the bus. Yes, they won the points but zero respect from me. Anyone winning parking the bus will never get any respect from me.
Roland1979
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Lol. To the salt mines with you. They both made plenty of fouls and dived a lot too.
figadapaura
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LOL you play to your team's strengths. Why should tradition matter?
Not surprised at all. Netherlands was the better team. Really love what De Jong does in the midfield and how Blind was involved in every encounter but i don't like what Sneijder did. They wins in a very classic-Netherlands way with a lethal counter attack.
I believe Chile is a good team too, they not play bad but i feel they don't have a permanent number 10, so is hard for them reaching the area. Gutierrez was ok but he's too young. Valdivia is offensive but it doesn't help too much in defense. Sanchez sometimes was playing as 10 but is not his natural position.
Good game after all, just very strategic and not too pretty to watch.
Too bad i missed Australia vs Spain. Was at the same time so i can't see.
Waiting for Brazil now.
I believe Chile is a good team too, they not play bad but i feel they don't have a permanent number 10, so is hard for them reaching the area. Gutierrez was ok but he's too young. Valdivia is offensive but it doesn't help too much in defense. Sanchez sometimes was playing as 10 but is not his natural position.
Good game after all, just very strategic and not too pretty to watch.
Too bad i missed Australia vs Spain. Was at the same time so i can't see.
Waiting for Brazil now.
Broder Salsa
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I'm sure they will cry themselves to sleep, knowing T Ghost from Netjeff won't respect their wins
I certainly wouldn't be surprised, but I think he hasn't played on the counter with kick and rush since... Chelsea? During the last WC final he also outpaced the Spanish defense twice, but during that period he missed all his chances, instead of most of them now.
We're on the good 'side' of the tournament now.
So yes I expect to exit 0-2 to Costa Rica.
Sr Kitsune
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For Mexico vs Croatia.
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Roland1979
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No, imo you don't have to give cards as long as the match is contained. In other words, as long as it's not escalating.
ColossalLazy
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We all know the Dutch choke in the finals. So everyone should hope for a final with them.
Bam Bam Baklava
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He should have given one of the Dutch players 3 yellows.
Oveja Negra
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gutter_trash
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Qatar 2022 lol
The cartels got to Sepp
He's wooden as fuck for me, I feel him in particular is the one making risky challenges all the time but I probably have a bias after watching him in the world cup 4 years ago.
Liability? Lol what?
He's so important for this team, get's so many balls out before they reach our defenders
Salty tears, best tears.
Don't Laugh
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¡vamos méxico!
Wrong. They will not care at all. All they care for is to win. And they won. Why would anyone care about playing a beautiful game when all they need to do is to park the bus, make the whole sport an ugly and boring fest. Win. Its all that matters anyways. Fuck fun.
aronnov reborn
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Mexico - Croatia (DRAW)
Cameroon - Mexico (3-0 Win for Cameroon)
Brazil knocked out!!! I believe!
Cameroon - Mexico (3-0 Win for Cameroon)
Brazil knocked out!!! I believe!
Sovereign 9 points from 3 matches, 10 goals for, 3 against, of which two undeserved penalties. Best numbers of the WC so far arising out of the group of death.
of course it's a limited team which is why van gaal picked a system that suits them best: 3-5-2/5-3-2. that's what good coaches do, they adapt. 3-5-2/5-3-2 is a system that's perfectly suited for counter-attacking football, but that doesn't automatically mean that you're parking the bus--it depends on your players.
janmaat is a very offensive wingback, and kuyt is originally a winger/striker. wijnaldum was playing instead of de guzman--wijnaldum is more of an attacking midfielder whereas de guzman is a central midfielder who mostly plays right next to de jong. add two forwards, and, on paper at least, you've got quite an offensive team.
the execution could and should be better, though. while it was defensively sound (chile were mostly neutralised), there were still many opportunities that they missed out on when they did have the ball.
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