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Referee?No Neymar or Silva means there is basically not a single position on the pitch where Germany isn't stronger than Brazil.
Referee?No Neymar or Silva means there is basically not a single position on the pitch where Germany isn't stronger than Brazil.
Apart from the croatia game ,i haven't seen much decisions going brazil's way.I don't know why there is so much of hatred against them,there were more blatant crucial refereeing errors that have benifited other teams than brazil and yday brazil lost two of their players due to idiotic refereeing.Still so much of negativity against them wow.Referee?
truth bombsApart from the croatia game ,i haven't seen much decisions going brazil's way.I don't know why there is so much of hatred against them,there were more blatant crucial refereeing errors that have benifited other teams than brazil and yday brazil lost two of their players due to idiotic refereeing.Still so much of negativity against them wow.
Eh? How is it the referee's fault that Silva is a fecking idiot? I agree with the general point though, the refereeing is mostly just bad, don't think it's as heavily biased towards Brazil as some on here suggest.Apart from the croatia game ,i haven't seen much decisions going brazil's way.I don't know why there is so much of hatred against them,there were more blatant crucial refereeing errors that have benifited other teams than brazil and yday brazil lost two of their players due to idiotic refereeing.Still so much of negativity against them wow.
I don't believe the conspiracy theory, but the ref, due to the crowd pressure or whatever else, inadvertently ended up giving the favorable decisions to the home team. There was a bias; the reason may have been his incompetence.Eh? How is it the referee's fault that Silva is a fecking idiot? I agree with the general point though, the refereeing is mostly just bad, don't think it's as heavily biased towards Brazil as some on here suggest.
you mean that one:Is there a gif of Muller's dive? Most pathetic dive I've seen all tournament.
Marcelo is the far superior left-back to freaking Benedikt Höwedes and one could argue that Hulk is also the superior left winger than both Özil and Götze.No Neymar or Silva means there is basically not a single position on the pitch where Germany isn't stronger than Brazil.
They'll grind a win.
You mean the one in which Debuchy got into his left foot with his right...
I keep thinking of Lahm as a fullback although Loew never does.Marcelo is the far superior left-back to freaking Benedikt Höwedes and one could argue that Hulk is also the superior left winger than both Özil and Götze.
Lahm played RB against France and I expect him to stay on the position. No matter how you look at it though, Marcelo is a far better LB than Höwedes.I keep thinking of Lahm as a fullback although Loew never does.
Hulk better than those two? Nah. Although Ozil does his best to make it so.
Germany could only muster a free-kick goal against France, nothing from open play. They also didn't score in regulation against Algeria.
The Germans completely shut shop after that early goal. Still they created two major chances which together would have resulted in at least one goal most of the time.Germany could only muster a free-kick goal against France, nothing from open play. They also didn't score in regulation against Algeria.
But yes Mexico did hold Brazil.
Without Neymar of course it's a different story now.
I think the silver lining is that Scolari is forced to make changes rather than persisting with the same old shit tactics.I'm the only one who is now actually less confident in a German win? Don't get me wrong Neymar and Silva are big losses but Silva will be replaced by a fresh Dante who is not that much worse while Neymar will be replaced by a fresh player who hasn't the talent but adds physicality and fight. From a psychological standpoint they will now also be under less pressure to win which is a big positive.
So instead of facing a team that would've been the favourites, didn't play that well so far and was under huge pressure to perform we now face a team that will be underdogs, have the whole country rallying around them and with galvanized players that will run their socks off. This is still a 50/50 game for me.
Exaggeration only works if the referees fall for it. And they have to fall for it, because otherwise you'd have Neymar incidents all over Europe. I am convinced the game won't change this aspect, only reinforce it over time until we find smarter rules.Müller defenitely dives sometimes and exaggerates almost every time. I don't like that, still a very big Müller fan. He's awesome. Despite that behaviour.
And they will become incredible at the right time. Mark my wordsI hope Germany win but I've got a funny feeling Brazil will manage to scrape through again. Germany have been decent without being incredible so far.
That scenario would be quite extraordinary. If you hope Klose and Muller to score (a few more goals even), then how would Brazil be in it unless they score more, and without Neymar?! Germany won't let that happen certainly!I just hope Klose breaks Ronaldo's record, and Muller bags a few more goals, but I'm firmly with Brazil for this one.
Willian is a very good player. His pace and dribbling will be hard to deal with for any defender. Despite Howedes being a good defender, it's obvious he's limited at leftback, I don't know why Loew continues to play him there especially with his lack of pace. Other than Algeria's pace the german defense trouble, they are fortunate Howedes hasn't been exposed yet, Willian might be the first to do so. This could've also been Lucas' chance to shine but Scolari gambled on Bernard instead.There's talk of willian coming in now. Who else have Brazil got? I know nothing of their subs or any up an coming talent that could spring a surprise
I'd love to see an entertaining, high-scoring, open match. It's the very least we deserve after the dismal quarter finals from all the teams involved.That scenario would be quite extraordinary. If you hope Klose and Muller to score (a few more goals even), then how would Brazil be in it unless they score more, and without Neymar?! Germany won't let that happen certainly!
And they will become incredible at the right time. Mark my words
Why hasn't Loew bothered to play any natural full-backs?Not as long as Özil is the replacement for Reus.
Lahm played full back last game. And on the left side we don't have a fullback with experienceWhy hasn't Loew bothered to play any natural full-backs?
reus, gundogan and badstuber would be starters, and lars bender would have played some minutes without any doubts.Gundogan in form before his injury would be a starter too.
+ Reus could have been the star of the tournament. Without him we are lacking something special going forward. Kinda the same with Neymar and Brazil now.reus, gundogan and badstuber would be starters, and lars bender would have played some minutes without any doubts.
As much as I love Howedes, he's awful at full-back.Lahm played full back last game. And on the left side we don't have a fullback with experience
You'd think Loew would have replaced him with Draxler.+ Reus could have been the star of the tournament. Without him we are lacking something special going forward. Kinda the same with Neymar and Brazil now.
Draxler has had a very bad season. I was surprised that he wasn't ruled out of the squad instead of Volland.You'd think Loew would have replaced him with Draxler.
Dante is no bad replacement. But can he replace the leadership and more importantly the covering for the rest of the defences failings. As what has made Silva so good in this world cup for me is his covering of the numerous errors the others have done. They have all looked pretty good rather than an accident aiting to happen as he has coverd them all so well like Neur has for Germany in a different way. I think Scholari replacing Alves was a shock but a vert good move and Luis has looked better the last coupel of games, but we knopw what he can do from his Chelsea games sloppyness wise.i am still expecting the "official fifa wankfest brazil argentina final". that final was written all over that tournament since that fred dive in the opening game.
dante is a superb replacement for silva. and neymar will be replaced by referinho.