Vinicius has been better than Neymar.
Day 18: Croatia vs Brazil | Netherlands vs Argentina (QF 1&2)
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Hate to say it but Brazil need Fred.
There's no way Neymar is fit. I've never seen him this sluggish.
Same, but I tend to see it as Cakir having made a total mess of it rather than that being the standard to which other refs should officiate. For example I would have hated to have seen a red given there.
They're both disapointing so far, Neymar is the only one able to find players in the last third between the line but messed up several times, Vinicius runs a lot but so far the end product is underwhelming.
Terrible wall for the FK. Well done keeper
Seems like Brazil are taking their time and waiting for Croatia to run out of gas.
Croatia's ability to slow down the game is amazing.
yes but the guy marking Vinicius has been Croatia's best attacking outlet, he has no interest in tracking back
good point. He is outstanding in attack. His defensive stats at FBref are atrocious though.
Class by Thiago
Croatia have been better in 1st half. Think Tete needs to change something at half time, maybe bring Neymar deeper to help Brazil's midfield which is struggling against Croatia's 3.
He's clearly not fit, his playing with injections in the ankle.
I don't think they're doing this intentionally
Croatia have been the better team I think
Which is funny because defensively he's good for Celtic but doesn't contribute nearly enough offensively.
Brazil’s passing has been way too scrappy
There is absolutely no way Croatia can win this. Brazil is clearly waiting for their moment, and according to the Cariocas footballing bible, it will come from a Lucky deflection/rebound/ silly mistake from any Croatian defender.
Croatia should concentrate their attacks on Vinicius-Danilo's side.
They don’t have much going on in the final third but in midfield they have been much better
Stalemate in the Michael Oliver show.
Jenas: “it’s poised”.
Both teams look leggy, not too surprising since they both played on Monday.
France and England should be a cracker as both teams will have close to a week off.
France and England should be a cracker as both teams will have close to a week off.
Maybe, we'll see how it goes in the second half.
Watching Modric’s deft outside of the foot flicks and passes is a joy to watch. So easy on the eye.
A first half with any decent chance never mind a good one
Me either , If they were they wouldn't be getting so frustrated.
Yeah it looks very obvious. I don't see the point.
He didn't do anything wrong.
Have we been bamboozled by Brazil?
The WC does that on occasions, makes me think of Laxalt, the urugayan wonder from 2018.
Thankfully at this point our biggest concern is getting Dalot to sign a new deal and hoping Laird can prove good competition to him. At least not a problem position anymore.
Boring so far. Just like every other Croatia game at the tournament.
Croatia in complete control of the midfield which is stifling Brazil - also Neymar has been really poor. Perfectly poised for the second half.
Are you trying to jinx them?
Croatia is a good match for them today. Could go either way.
I can see Portugal beating this Brazillian team in the semis. They better not let that happen.
Half time thoughts:
Modric is still world class. Brazil midfield struggling to get on the ball.
Modric is still world class. Brazil midfield struggling to get on the ball.
He is the only truly creative player in the middle they have. Otherwise it's Paqueta there and the level goes seriously down
Alex Scott is glowing. Highlight of the game.
Yeah that's true. Funnily enough, we also had Laxalt at Celtic and he was genuinely one of the worst players I've ever seen
Was so excited after watching him at that WC.