Day 4: Morocco vs Croatia | Germany vs Japan | Spain vs Costa Rica | Belgium vs Canada

Think a better team would have scored a few against this German defence.
 
JPRouve said:
Recently when I watch Football games, I think about this sentence that coaches used to tell us, "the ball travel faster than the legs". Is it me or way too many players don't follow that logic and try to carry the ball way too much in situations where a pass and move is the obvious and easier option?
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Too many players do that for my liking too. They do that for carrying and for passing too.
 
I think Germany would have conceded a couple if they were facing a better team like Saudi Arabia.
 
Rektsanwalt said:
Not convinced by Havertz tbh. Rather play Füllkrug at this point.

I think it's a worry if a team dominates like that, creates as many chances but isn't able to score from open play, yet looks so weak defensively itself.
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It's the old xG argument. It's just something you don't worry about normally as long as you keep creating and dominating, the goals will come.
 
kouroux said:
Too many players do that for my liking too. They do that for carrying and for passing too.
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By passing you mean that they don't move or that they pass it too much?
 
Players afraid to shoot in this world cup
 
That depth in quality Germany has in midfield is incredible. I fancy them being a dark-horse in this tournament.
 
Pronewbie said:
That depth in quality Germany has in midfield is incredible. I fancy them being a dark-horse in this tournament.
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They really shouldn't be a dark horse. They have most of Bayern's team who is a top 3 club team in the world, along with the manager who won the CL with most of said team just a few years ago. They should absolutely be top 3 favourites. People let performances from 4 years ago under a different manager influence their judgements way too much
 
Japanese gk wow. Their entire defense just gave up for a min ffs
 
This has been an interesting game but the atmosphere sounds horrible.
 
bosnian_red said:
It's the old xG argument. It's just something you don't worry about normally as long as you keep creating and dominating, the goals will come.
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yea, no time for that in such a tournament, let alone in a single game. Reality works differently than x goals.
 
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