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Winter John said:
All I'm seeing is a team that can't get out their own half but are somehow 2-1 up. It's not like I give a shit. This just gives us Americans a better chance at winning
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Actually the heat map shows that the game was relatively in the middles vs Germany X Costa Rica.

Japan was just too clinical with their chances, Spain wasted too much time building for nothing.
 
As a costarrican I can only say

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With the exception of 1938 (where there was only 16 teams anyway), Germany in either its modern, old or west form had never failed to reach at least the quarter finals in the entire history of the world cup. Now they have gone out in the group stage for the second time in a row with only two wins between them.

What the hell happened?
 
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Kadve said:
With the exception of 1938 (where there was only 16 teams anyway), Germany in either its modern nor west form had never failed to reach at least the quarter finals in the entire history of the world cup. Now they have gone out in the group stage for the second time in a row with only two wins between them.

What the hell happened?
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They failed to beat Japan in their first game basically.
 
Winter John said:
All I'm seeing is a team that can't get out their own half but are somehow 2-1 up. It's not like I give a shit. This just gives us Americans a better chance at winning
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One of the reasons soccer is so enduringly popular is the unpredictability of it, there are always these weird happenstances and crazy reversals, sometimes in a matter of minutes, sometimes after nearly an hour of tedious kickaround. You can analyze the shit out of what goes on in the field, the psychology of it, the group dynamics etc, but in the end you just need to score more than your opponent and that's just what Japan managed.
 
Man, how much is the speed of that Japanese equaliser! It must be something faster than 160km/h! Also let Spain enjoy not having De Gea.

 
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jm89 said:
I guess if it is even a few mm in it would count. I mean look at some of the offside decisions and how close they are.
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Well a ball and a line is easier to verify than comparing two body parts potentially dozens of metres apart at the instant of a pass so I can't blame them. Early+wrong offside calls in this age with VAR on the other hand...
 
jm89 said:
I guess if it is even a few mm in it would count. I mean look at some of the offside decisions and how close they are.
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That's how close it was!

Though im not sure which was closer. This or the Offside during Belgium-Croatia.


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Unless, hear me out, Spain
balls of snow said:
Japan..
World cup contender..
Nani the fuck.
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It was explained to me that Spain could have been eliminated still? Well, if that is the case, I stand corrected...I'll have to watch the game ftom start to finish...
how the hell did Japan manage to outscore them with how dominant they -Spain- were, according to all the stats I have seen?
 
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I haven't really been very interested in this since Sweden didn't make it there (yeah, I know we wouldn't actually have any medal chance anyway), but now I'm all in for #teamjapan!

Lol Germany. Again.
 
Germany have just had their 'Hand of God' moment in the World Cup.

They'll be whining about it for decades to come...:messenger_beaming:
 
Bo_Hazem said:
They fucking had 1,058 passes, they nearly passed out from over-passing. The Japanese were just too clinical with their very shy 17% possession.

Check out the stats, it's absurd:

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Here in Spain what we saw yesterday we call it "tuya mia p'atrás" which is slang for the ineffective unambitious passing that sometimes happens.

Roughly translates to: "your ball, my ball, send ball behind".
 
Bitmap Frogs said:
Here in Spain what we saw yesterday we call it "tuya mia p'atrás" which is slang for the ineffective unambitious passing that sometimes happens.

Roughly translates to: "your ball, my ball, send ball behind".
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This reminds me of Guardiola but without Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, and the golden team he had in Barcelona. Pep himself has become more effective with his possession and sometimes he doesn't retain that much possession as people may think anymore. The game he beaten Man United 6-3 he had around 53% possession. I think overdoing it has a toll on players' stamina, mental focus as well. I don't remember seeing passing stats reaching 700 let alone a whooping 1,058!
 
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Bo_Hazem said:
This reminds me of Guardiola but without Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, and the golden team he had in Barcelona. Pep himself has become more effective with his possession and sometimes he doesn't retain that much possession as people may think anymore. The game he beaten Man United 6-3 he had around 53% possession. I think overdoing it has a toll on players' stamina, mental focus as well. I don't remember seeing passing stats reaching 700 let alone a whooping 1,058!
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Ultimately possession is a resource and if you don't use that resource then what's the point.
 
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