Day 4: Costa Rica vs Serbia, Germany vs Mexico , Brazil vs Switzerland

Toad said:
Fernandinho is better than Casemiro. Would have started him for this game.
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Casemiro has been clueless with the ball.

Not seen much of Will.I.An. Neymar has been dribbling up blind alleys. Jesus hasn't done much with the ball when he's got it.

Abysmal marking for the conceded goal, Alisson may as well have not existed, for all the difference he made.
 
Why are Brazil so lazy ? It's not quality or balance issue, they just don't care.
 
Willian still on the pitch? This is a fairly typical performance from him, a couple of bright moments of excellence but then long spells when he is barely in the game, thus sitting on the bench for half the season at Chelsea.
 
Jesus and Willian are problems. Costa and firmino need to play
 
Is this the most open world cup in a while? No team looks overwhelmingly dominant in any of the fixtures so far in terms of a winning entity.
 
Spain and Portugal look best equipped of the big sides so far. Brazil's massively tailed off since scoring. I reckon Diego Costa or Ronaldo would destroy this Swiss defence.
 
bosnian_red said:
I think it's more just they're a good side but not the best side, and theres not really a clear favourite in the tournament. All have their strengths and weaknesses, with nobody clearly above the rest.
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Spain look the best for me so far. A couple of really dumb mistakes cost them. With the rest, they haven’t actually looked all that great. Still early days tho and looking forward to seeing Belgium.
 
adexkola said:
Casemiro has been clueless with the ball.

Not seen much of Will.I.An. Neymar has been dribbling up blind alleys. Jesus hasn't done much with the ball when he's got it.

Abysmal marking for the conceded goal, Alisson may as well have not existed, for all the difference he made.
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Plus Danilo has been invisible on the right side. Neymar needs to play it simple until he gets into the game a bit more, seems to be trying too hard to impress. He will most likely bang in a couple of hatricks next couple of games lol.
 
adexkola said:
Casemiro has been clueless with the ball.

Not seen much of Will.I.An. Neymar has been dribbling up blind alleys. Jesus hasn't done much with the ball when he's got it.

Abysmal marking for the conceded goal, Alisson may as well have not existed, for all the difference he made.
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Plus Danilo has been invisible on the right side. Neymar needs to play it simple until he gets into the game a bit more, seems to be trying too hard to impress. He will most likely bang in a couple of hatricks next couple of games lol.
 
Amazing it's taken 79 minutes for Berhami to get a yellow.:lol:

Xhaka should've been booked after 10 minutes aswell.
 
Hope the swiss do them over, neymars diving is already annoying. Give him something real to cry about
 
Bobski said:
Willian still on the pitch? This is a fairly typical performance from him, a couple of bright moments of excellence but then long spells when he is barely in the game, thus sitting on the bench for half the season at Chelsea.
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Swear someone posted "and some people don't want us to sign Willian :lol:" after one piece of skill
 
Traub said:
Spain look the best for me so far. A couple of really dumb mistakes cost them. With the rest, they haven’t actually looked all that great. Still early days tho and looking forward to seeing Belgium.
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Agree, fancy Spain as the best but not sure theyll win. They arent as imperious as 8 years ago with their possession, and more go through periods of domination rather then 90 minutes of domination. I'd say they have the most potential, if they can put it all together over 90 minutes. Looking like a tournament though where anyone can believe they can win against anyone, which is great. 2010 and 2014, even against top teams, Spain and then Germany were the clear favourites, which was a bit meh.
 
Scarlet_Emperor said:
Guys... don't forget that hardly did Brazil start outstandingly well during a World Cup. Not even the spectacular Brazil'82 did dominate URSS during their debut. Let's check out the first Brazilian matches in the WC after they won their third title:
  • Brazil 0 - 0 Yugoslavia - 1974
  • Brazil 1 - 1 Sweden - 1978
  • Brazil 2 - 1 URSS - 1982
  • Brazil 1 - 0 Spain - 1986
  • Brazil 2 - 1 Sweden - 1990
  • Brazil 2 - 0 Russia - 1994
  • Brazil 2 - 1 Scotland - 1998
  • Brazil 2 - 1 Turkey - 2002
  • Brazil 1 - 0 Croatia - 2006
  • Brazil 2 - 1 North Korea - 2010
  • Brazil 3 - 1 Croatia - 2014
As far as you all can see, we've had some tough time even against some average/weak teams during the first match, and this Switzerland's squad is actually pretty decent. So take it easy and hold your horses for a while. According to my knowledge, Brazil is playing a safe game and they weren't nearly as shaky as Germany and Argentina were in this WC.
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On the other hand, Swiss first matches:
  • Switzerland 1 - 1 USA 1994
  • Switzerland 0 - 0 France - 2006
  • Switzerland 1 - 0 Spain - 2010
  • Switzerland 2 - 1 Ecuador - 2014
 
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