The Netherland Morocco game is full on physicality wise. I was surprised to see there wasnt - or didn't seem to be a concussion protocol when the Nlands player copped a boot to the skull. The on field medic whipped out a stapler to repair the damage.
Germany and the Netherlands out. This is the risk of not attacking enough and having to negotiate the PK shootout
I love to give krauts shit as much as the rest of us but it’s hard to take it seriously after such an awful var decision. Properly robbed.
i get your point too
but those passing/possession teams need to be more direct
I note Spain (who are best at it) are much more direct this time around
what they did at the last WC was ridiculous (and tedious)
just shoot it/cross it
back yourself with a high press to get a turnover, with the defence now discombobulated
the primary aim to be getting a scoring opportunity, possession being secondary
that ticky tacky shit has had its day
@Windows97 said in FIFA World Cup:
Well we were ahead against Iran and Egypt for significant periods of the game but in the end only manged a draw and a loss from being in a winning position both games.
Our parking of the bus seemed to consist of letting the other team have the ball and come at us, which seemed to have an air of inevitability about it.
It's also fair to say that our qualifying path for the WC now in no way prepares us for the WC, and unless we can get a diet of high class international friendlies or involvement in some kind of competition higher than beating the likes of PNG and Vanawatu it's going to be hard for the All Whites to do much better than what they are doing now.
yeah
I thought they played it all wrong for a WC
what they did would have been fine when they were beating up on Oceania types
At first i was blaming the coach for the strategy
but it turns out the game plan was decided by the players
so that probably means Chris Wood, as the senior player
as an attacker (and a good one) that would mean an attacking strategy
and the attack was ok (4 goals, some teams got thru with less than that) and secured the lead in a couple of games
but the defence was terrible, badly neglected
all the other teams at the WC are good (so not Oceania types)
organising a decent defensive structure to deal with high class attacking teams, has to be a priority for next time
bit of a shame really, had two class strikers with the ability to snag some goals, and secure a couple of wins
@MajorStokes said in FIFA World Cup:
I love to give krauts shit as much as the rest of us but it’s hard to take it seriously after such an awful var decision. Properly robbed.
Haha
guna disagree again
as soon as I saw Anton had contacted and blocked the keeper I thought it was a foul
the only thing I wasn't sure about was whether VAR would intervene
all the players knew the ball had crossed over to the back post
seeing that, Anton then moved directly into an offside position, and into the keeper
his sole intention was clearly to take the keeper out of play, and he did
if he hadn't actually contacted the keeper, he might have got away with it
was a reassuring call by VAR, was beginning to think they were favoring "big teams" with their no calls
go Paraguay
first germany,
france next!!
@mohikamo said in FIFA World Cup:
@MajorStokes said in FIFA World Cup:
I love to give krauts shit as much as the rest of us but it’s hard to take it seriously after such an awful var decision. Properly robbed.
Haha
guna disagree again
as soon as I saw Anton had contacted and blocked the keeper I thought it was a foul
the only thing I wasn't sure about was whether VAR would interveneall the players knew the ball had crossed over to the back post
seeing that, Anton then moved directly into an offside position, and into the keeper
his sole intention was clearly to take the keeper out of play, and he did
if he hadn't actually contacted the keeper, he might have got away with itwas a reassuring call by VAR, was beginning to think they were favoring "big teams" with their no calls
You can’t be offside from a corner unless another player touches it. It all happened before the header.
The debate is whether he pushed him or not as he’s entitled to hold his ground.
I’m with Shearer, no way.
you have to call it, or the set piece just gets even more chaotic
cant have players running interference on the keeper (american football style)
so i'm ok with it
Shearer!
corse he's goin orf his head!
desperation play by anton, which is ok, but maybe he didn't even need to get involved
@mohikamo why is shearer of course going off his head? Poms and Krauts are sporting enemies! Schmeichal, arguably the goat keeper, also claims it was bullshit.
Anton allowed to stand his ground, no question.
Keeper runs into him and totally milks it. It’s bollocks and VAR isn’t in place for this.