Day 18: Croatia vs Brazil | Netherlands vs Argentina (QF 1&2)

Livakovic has had a great tournament. Zagreb might struggle to hold onto him too much longer
 
Oly Francis said:
He looked like that since the 1st minute, I suspect they went too hard to have him back to "fitness" for the previous game and he's paying it. He's sluggish every time he touches the ball, no lightness.
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It’s Neymar in a big game. It’s typical of him these days, he just becomes Lukaku in front of goal some reason
 
Antony is clearly the superior player of Raphinha, glad the Brazilian manager finally sees it now too.
 
Nice to see our boys having some warm weather training before Forest on Boxing Day. Just need Fred on now.
 
Giggsy13 said:
Antony is clearly the superior player of Raphinha, glad the Brazilian manager finally sees it now too.
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Raphinha's so average. Never understood the fuss. He's explosive and that's where it ends.
 
Neymar, as great as he is, his finishing in the most important games always seems a let down from what I've seen. So many times he (and Mbappe too to be fair) have missed great chances for PSG in CL knockout games, including the final with Bayern.
 
With both Antony and Casemiro, I'm switching to supporting Brazil now. Bring on Fred too!
 
Croatia are really poor in attacking areas. Their forwards are all equally shite.
 
Juranovic would be a really solid addition to our back line....hell of a lot better than bloody AWB
 
I know there haven't been goals but I've been really impressed by some of the players today. Some of the quick passes and interplay from Croatia in particular has been really nice to watch.
 
I was in Zagreb over the weekend and watched the Croatia/Japan game at a packed bar with a load of their fans. Crazy atmosphere and hope they do well here!
 
Giggsy13 said:
Antony is clearly the superior player of Raphinha, glad the Brazilian manager finally sees it now too.
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Wouldn't say clearly superior yet. However he is much safer in possession under pressure. I expect him to start dribbling the opposition full back more soon and upping his output too. Until he does I'd say he's a bit better but with the potential to be far better.
 
They need to bring Bruno in.

He can be very untidy but he'll bring some urgency into their play.
 
Croatia without a shot on target shows you just how light they are in attack. Brazil have been shit and still created much more
 
Croatia trying to play this match at their pace and doing a really good job of it especially to start this second half....really making Brazil have to defend for decent stretches
 
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