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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And the Cup is about to be over. Never since I’ve been following it (can’t really remember 86 only that everyone was sad with Brasil going out), it has ended in such a mediocre manner. No matter what will be Sunday’s outcome.
Neither of the teams in this final was supposed to be a top four team. They actually didn’t play well enough to be considered that. But anyway, here they are and we will just have to live with it.
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