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Maiconhad a phenomenal resurgence at Roma this year...showed he still has pace and still delivers lethal crosses...he definitely wouldn't be caught "out"nearly as much as Alves; more position discipline.
I agree he likely did but his reaction was still god awful slow. This was not a laser beam by any means. It bounced twice before going in. His dive was very slow imo
I doubt either of their other GKs are as good as Cesar. That's always been Brazil's big position of weakness.
Nothing caught him off guard. He just has no mobility. He demonstrated it the whole game. It was painful to watch. It's like he was moving in clay.
I think Germany (and maybe Spain) have both more talent and more cohesion.They don't have homefield advantage though.
If they have a viable alternative (I'm certainly not an expert on the back end of the Croatia roster) they have to play him. The guy who played today was atrocious.
The Croat manager Niko Kovac is very inexperienced. His first senior level coaching kid was in the playoffs against Iceland. Kovac also played alongside Pletikosa on the national team for years and may have more loyalty to his former teammate than a typical international manager.
You got: BelgiumBrazillllll!-QG
I thought the toe poke caught the gk by surprise, so he reacted slowly. But he sure didn't get to either of those goals too quickly
Capello had a quick hook for Robert Green in favor of Calamity James 4 years ago, although Green's howler on Dempseys goal was probably worse than anything we saw today.
Yes, it'll be pro Portugal in that game.
Belgium. I bet I could live there, rather have HollandHolland :kicksrock,:Brazillllll!-QG
Man, that was bad. A top flight GK (Howard, Hart, etc.) would have had Croatia walking away with a 1-0 shocker.
Capello didn't have a regular keeper leading up to South Africa. Green was a pretty late selection as I recall. Pletikosa has been the established #1 for Croatia for over a decade.
I heard on one of the preview shows that Brasil is decidedly anti-Portugal.
My Brazil support team has either been blowing smoke up my ### for years, or is generally pro USA soccer. I will fish for thoughts on Portugal once their hangovers wear off.
You got: Belgium
Well, to be fair, he's only your boy for a few more weeks before he is off to a different team. Speaking of which, have you picked a new side yet, or determined to stick it through the fire sale?
UPDATE: "Brazilians are 50/50 between Portugal and US...here in Brazil, people make fun of Portugal...they say portuguese people are slow, they say they're the worst European country
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UPDATE: I broke down and installed the OneFootball Brasil version of the OneFootball app, and it is pretty great - I will dump it after the tourney, but with one minor update (player club teams) it would be the only app I use. I still see myself checking FotMob for player club info, but that is about it. I really do prefer OneFootball over all.
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I'll keep watching them if they play pretty. But that's hard to imagine with half the lineup gone. Having a team isn't a high priority for me.
This. Hopefully he and Rafa Marquez will meet in a dark alley one day and neither of them survive.
My group of 30-40 Portuguese/Brazilian friends/soccer hangerouters gives me that vibe. Everyone with strong ties to Portugal or Brazil, by strong ties I mean that half weren't even born here but in Portugal or BrazilSebowski said:
Maybe it's different because they're here together, though...who knows
You got: Brazil
oh please let this happen. Twellman is beyond worthless. And he totally blocked the camera's view when he was trying to determine if there was a foul before the 3rd goal. Noone saw it so noone could discuss on set.
