It's strange, it seems clear to me Iran can play offensive football after the Spanish goal. They turned into a completely different team and were still fine defensively. Yet they chose to put 11 men behind the ball until that first goal.
I can see them giving Portugal's defense all sorts of issues if they play that latter type of game.
What was Gareth Southgate doing in the woods?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/world-cup-2...hgates-injury/
It's no secret that Portugal is nothing without Ronaldo, but 1994 Brazil is very underrated. It also had Bebeto, Dunga, Branco, Cafu, and Tafarel who was considered the goalkeeper of that Cup. The 94 team had no brilliant super stars, but it was a very well-rounded team, decent at offense, mid-field, defense and a great goalkeeper. If anything, it was the closest Brazil ever got to playing like an European team, it's why it's my favorite Brazilian squad that I've seen. No tricks, no superstars, but well-rounded with a great finisher in Romario. That dude would not miss a goal if you put the ball on his foot in front of the opposing goal.
World Cup ending injury for Pepe right here, NSFW so don't view it if you are squeamish
True, he did play internationally, but was he as highly publicized as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho Gaucho and even Neymar? Because the FOX Brazil match commercial for some reason shows Neymar aspiring to be as great at Pele, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaucho as soccer greats, and for whatever reason omits Romario, just one example. Not to mention by 1998, Romario was actually cut from the Brazilian squad, mind you, 1998 was when Brazil lost to France 3-0 in the final and Ronaldo didn't deliver. Makes you wonder if Romario had been playing, I know he was older but he was still actively playing. Couldn't have been worse than losing 3-0 to France in the final.
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LOL!!! You win the thread for the night.
Of course he wasnt, in the mid-90s most people had no internet at home, there were no such things as social media: Romario would probably be as publicized as the others if he was a bit younger.
I also never said 1994 Brazil was crap for that matter, I compared it to nowadays Portugal because, at that time in history, Parreira was pragmatic: he knew the game style wouldnt be pretty to watch, but he "fixed" brazilian defensive issues so they would have a better shot at winning, which in the end happened luckily for him. If Parreira lose that WC, he would be reminded today just like Lazaroni, who tried exactly same thing in 1990.
Same as Portugal today, they are being pragmatic and playing for the final score, regardless how.
I wonder who she is Supporting ?
Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, R.E. (Mary Elizabeth; née Donaldson; born 5 February 1972) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne, which means that should Frederik succeed, she will automatically become Queen of Denmark.
The couple met at the Slip Inn, a pub in Sydney when the prince was visiting Australia during the 2000 Summer Olympics. Their official engagement in 2003 and their marriage the following year was the subject of extensive attention from Australian and European news media, which portrayed the marriage as a modern "fairytale" romance between a prince and a commoner.[2]
Queen Mary is Australian Born... I wonder who the Queen of Denmark is supporting?
I say the Queen is supporting a DRAW...
VAR and its a penalty.. I wonder why they didn't go to VAR yesterday.. Portugal had at least 2 handballs inside the box and 2 tackles inside the box.. 0 VAR.. so inconsistent.
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australia
onya bro
I guess jumping naturally is a foul now lmao. Fucking hell what a shit pen to give.