And it is finally over. Fortunately, Spain took home the prize and gave a little bit of beauty to this tragic tournament. As a synthesis of it, the final was a really bad display of football. Hopefully, next time in Brazil we get more “samba” to it.
But, of course, there were those players that tried their best and produced some moments. Among then, I’d like to highlight the following: Read the rest of this entry »
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Hello! Thought that it would be nice to make an analysis of how both Spain and Netherlands got to this surprising final. Will try to point as well weakness of both teams, key players and their opponents strength. So, let’s roll!
Group Stage
Theoretically, the Dutch group was supposed to be far more difficult than the Spanish one but it proved to be as weak as the other. With Denmark, Japan and Cameroon, it was expected that this group had exciting matches and both qualifiers would be unpredictable. What it was showed instead, was a lost Denmark, a good Japan and a messy Cameroon. None was a real threat to the Dutch.
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Before the matches yesteday, I discussed with my colleagues why I was 99% sure that a bet on Barcelona to win first half by at least two goals was good. They are in exquisite form and run as hard as possible to get posession back if they don’t have it. But on first half, they usually do it even more, since it looks like Pep loves to have the game “over” after the first half end whistle.
What Arsenal, a team that also likes to play with posession, do against such a big eager to maintain the ball and in better overall shape?
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