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Great game. Feel bad for Algeria, but they should've buried their chances.
The Germans could (and should) have been dead and buried by half-time.
Great game. Feel bad for Algeria, but they should've buried their chances.
Algeria had enough chances to win the game twice over.Cruel.
I love watching Messi so much that recently, I watched the whole of a 26-minute video mainly showing his dribbling and I did not become disinterested once.Doesn't matter. Messi is a genuine world-beater. Even if the rest of the team is only good enough to keep the score down, Messi has it in him to win games single-handedly. I think the goal against Bosnia was a massive psychological lift for him, and he's only going to get better and better as this tournament goes on. Who are they going to face? Switzerland? Probably Belgium after that? He'll build up momentum pretty quickly, and once he gets firing on all cylinders there's nothing that will stop him.
Neuer was great tbfThe Germans could (and should) have been dead and buried by half-time.
Doesn't matter. Messi is a genuine world-beater. Even if the rest of the team is only good enough to keep the score down, Messi has it in him to win games single-handedly. I think the goal against Bosnia was a massive psychological lift for him, and he's only going to get better and better as this tournament goes on. Who are they going to face? Switzerland? Probably Belgium after that? He'll build up momentum pretty quickly, and once he gets firing on all cylinders there's nothing that will stop him.
So does Ronaldo, but it didn't stop Portugal from going out early. It won't help Argentina against a side that has better teamwork and chemistry. But a collection of individuals is not going to win the world cup, which is what Argentina is at this point.
So does Ronaldo, but it didn't stop Portugal from going out early. It won't help Argentina against a side that has better teamwork and chemistry. But a collection of individuals is not going to win the world cup, which is what Argentina is at this point.
Better quality strikers later in the tournament will score goals against this German back four. I'd say their back four looks a lot like England's. Slow, ponderous and dated.
Yep I think France will do them
Better quality strikers later in the tournament will score goals against this German back four. I'd say their back four looks a lot like England's. Slow, ponderous and dated.
This pretty much already says everything I was going to.Tactically that was an utter fiasco really, could have been about 10-10, but for pure entertainment that was another barnstormer.
Fair play to Germany, they don't have a negative bone in their collective body. There's a refreshing naivety to their game, it's like watching kids in a playground. And that game was like a playground game.
Algeria gave their all and if they just had a modicum of composure would surely have scored before the 120th minute. I genuinely believe they could have done with Bentaleb's cool head so many times tonight. It wasn't just in the final third, but in the middle of the pitch too there were so many chances to counter that died because the Algerians just weren't careful enough with the crucial pass. And too often they gave the ball away needlessly.
Great nights entertainment for the neutral though.