Quote (Andi @ Mar 28 2018 06:28am)
From what I understand Brasil played 10/11 (Neymar) of yesterday‘s lineup in the majority of the qualifiers
Germany on a sidenote put 8 players on the field that usually don’t make the first 11
(Trapp, Plattenhardt, Rüdiger, gündogan, sané, goretzka, Gomez, draxler)
The only player that reached normal Level yesterday was kroos.
That being said most of the players listed above are quality players - gündogan and sané should be starters - but the Problem is they never played together with the rest of the squad - and hence the result isn’t really worrying me.
Assuming this really was brasil‘s first 11 then I consider your performance rather poor to be honest
Marquinhos + Neymar should/will be starting WC assuming both can get fit. My opinion at least, so 8 of 11.
Fernandinho isn't a regular either. Assuming Neymar played, Coutinho would be CAM with Paulinho and Casemiro holding.
I'd also like to think Neymars impact would be quite bigger than any player on German A team not playing, but that's my opinion ofc.
You could argue Neuer might be more impactful. With any other GK in the world, they don't beat Algeria in the WC. Best GK I have ever seen.
I'd be a bit worried about the players on the pitch after not getting a shot on target, or close until the 92nd minute @ GK with 0 touches inside the Brasil box.
It's their first time playing together as you stated, so that's probably why they had poor cohesion.
I think Brasil will be satisfied giving up crosses against Alves/Marcelo instead of penetration.
Sane seemed liked the only threat, but it's Dani Alves, so anybody is a threat.
Some poor performances by Brasil indeed.
Brasil very poor in front of Goal, very poor. Especifically Jesus.
They had plenty of play around the box too, but probably won't happen with Khedira, Hummels and Hector playing. All though, Plattenhardt played quite a decent game. Even saved a goal I believe on the dummy play in the box.
If Brasils performance was poor, which may be true, I can't imagine what you rated Germanys performance.
All that said, there is no doubt Germany is clearly the better and more complete team. Insane amount of options of how to play.
This post was edited by ZxFamily-GuyxZ on Mar 28 2018 05:17am