2014 FIFA World Cup

I don't understand how a goalkeeper that is consecutively benched for two years by two different coaches in their club (with another goalkeeper of the same country!), gets assigned the starting position of their national team (I assume because of name value and past victories) while the other goalkeeper is not even called.
So what happened was not a surprise, it was the result of lack of team renewal and blind faith in old glories, that may solve things sometimes but are clearly not on their game, and probably won't win a lot in the long term.
 
cubizh said:
I don't understand how a goalkeeper that is consecutively benched for two years by two different coaches in their club (with another goalkeeper of the same country!), gets assigned the starting position of their national team (I assume because of name value and past victories) while the other goalkeeper is not even called.
So what happened was not a surprise, it was the result of lack of team renewal and blind faith in old glories, that may solve things sometimes but are clearly not on their game, and probably won't win a lot in the long term.
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asuming you R talking about Casillas?
 
Im not good at picking Spain vs netherlands match-ups. I picked the Dutch to win 4 years ago and the Spaniards to win yesterday :/
 
Antonie faz fan said:
greece lost 3-0 :( dissapointed.
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Go Colombia!!!

Well I've been struggling to keep up, but as of now I am officially completely up-to-date on every match. Here are some of my opinions:
- It looks like Spain have fallen victim to the ageing problem discussed earlier in the thread. Already eliminated! Ouch, I didn't see that one coming.
- Brazil have been very unconvincing. Other top teams that have failed to impress me are Argentina, Bosnia, Greece, Italy, England, Uruguay, France, and Belgium.
- Portugal are absolute no-hopers after their humiliation. They'll still make it through the group stages, but if they keep playing like that they won't go much further.
- Germany and Holland are the teams to beat. They could very well find themselves against each other in the final.
- Colombia don't look too bothered without Falcao. It's just such a shame he has to sit it out!
- Chile are the real deal. And their little feisty coach is totally badass. They could pull off a serious upset against the Netherlands next week in what will be the match of the round. I'll be getting up at 2am for that one!
- The other exciting group, in my opinion, is group D. Can Uruguay bounce back from their embarrassing loss? Will Costa Rica cause more troubles for England and Italy? Can't wait to see what happens there!
 
Keroma12 said:
England can still go through.
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Not anymore ;) . So much for Group B being the Group of Death. Group D is for sure, and Costa Rica is The Undertaker! How awesome do they look right now?! I hate to say I don't think they'll go past the round of 8 because they're on fire right now. But if my calculations work out, they'll come up against the Netherlands eventually, and we can't have Costa Rica winning that one :p

Alongside England having already been eliminated are Cameroon, Spain, Australia, and Honduras. I suspect there won't be any more teams added to this once the other groups finish their second round of games.

Teams that are already guaranteed through to the round of 16 are Holland, Chile and Colombia. I suspect Argentina will be added to this list after the second round of games are done.

For every other team, they can still make it through, and they can still miss out!! This includes Brazil, as unlikely as that might sound.

How about that performance by France? They absolutely decimated Switzerland. Although by letting in a couple of goals at the end I'm still not quite convinced. If I'm right they're going to come up against Germany in the round of 8, then we'll see what they're really made of.
 
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