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Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan (Japan and Spain qualify)


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10 minutes ago, Abacus said:

Spain looking incisive, some great play.

 

But that stadium looks half empty even from the pitch-side angles you can see. There's no way you can disguise what a shower this whole thing is.

Many tournaments have previously had empty seats TBF. Not disagreeing with your overall point but Euro 96 alone had thousands of empty seats at all the grounds except Wembley.

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Difficult to make a judgement on the strength of the favoured sides; England, France and Spain have all looked incredibly strong but have all faced far inferior opposition. Argentina and Germany obviously have both shit the bed.

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I don’t think Germany even played poorly, their xG was over 3 and they absolutely dominated the first 70 minutes. Players must have switched off after the domination thinking it’s over. Then Japan raised their press and Germany couldn’t up their tempo anymore.


Look dangerous going forward but that back line looks vulnerable. Manager also seemed to have no answer to Japan changing their formation and raising the tempo.

 

 

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28 minutes ago, alexf said:

Always itv that seem to have the worst commentators, ever since I was a kid. Just shut the fuck up and keep your personal opinions to yourself.


Absolutely dire. Now lecturing Enrique about squad management even though this match is about as intense as a kickabout in the back garden. 

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