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2014 FIFA World Cup Brasil™ - Europe vs. America


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Spain have approached this World Cup from entirely the wrong angle imo. Their style of football 4 years ago was sublime. It wasn't new, but it hadn't been played in a long while and other teams just couldn't get a hold of the quality. But football has moved on and this is not the stage in which to try and slowly dictate a game. This is the world Cup in Brazil. Teams have come here to play, to attack. Formations have evolved and Spain aren't facing the same opposition as they used to. I don't at all get the impression that Spain have evolved in the same way. They seem soft, predictable and old.

 

Think it's more to do with the fact the vast majority of their best 11 have declined as players.

 

Aye. Bring that team from four years ago forward in time and they'd still win this world cup.

 

Yep.

 

Not sure I agree, myself.

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Spain have approached this World Cup from entirely the wrong angle imo. Their style of football 4 years ago was sublime. It wasn't new, but it hadn't been played in a long while and other teams just couldn't get a hold of the quality. But football has moved on and this is not the stage in which to try and slowly dictate a game. This is the world Cup in Brazil. Teams have come here to play, to attack. Formations have evolved and Spain aren't facing the same opposition as they used to. I don't at all get the impression that Spain have evolved in the same way. They seem soft, predictable and old.

 

Think it's more to do with the fact the vast majority of their best 11 have declined as players.

 

Aye. Bring that team from four years ago forward in time and they'd still win this world cup.

 

Yep.

 

Not sure I agree, myself.

 

Yeah, I think even with the same players the style would've been known by now and the other teams would have evolved to know how to counter it. Sure the Spain players are a bit worse than four years ago, but still. It's the style that's failing, teams know how to stop it now.

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Spain have approached this World Cup from entirely the wrong angle imo. Their style of football 4 years ago was sublime. It wasn't new, but it hadn't been played in a long while and other teams just couldn't get a hold of the quality. But football has moved on and this is not the stage in which to try and slowly dictate a game. This is the world Cup in Brazil. Teams have come here to play, to attack. Formations have evolved and Spain aren't facing the same opposition as they used to. I don't at all get the impression that Spain have evolved in the same way. They seem soft, predictable and old.

 

Think it's more to do with the fact the vast majority of their best 11 have declined as players.

 

Aye. Bring that team from four years ago forward in time and they'd still win this world cup.

 

Yep.

 

Not sure I agree, myself.

They didn't exactly coast to victory in 2010 and I think there are better teams in this world cup than the last one

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