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Originally Posted by Thunderball
Frankly, if Germany gets their act together, Scolari might rue his decision to field a B squad. Momentum is everything in a brief tournament, and the poor display by the "Bs" may have stalled it.
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Nah, I don't buy that. In WC 2006, they did the exact same thing, they were already thru to the next round and played Mexico who were already thru and the teams were playing for first place, but it didn't matter where they finished, they would get the Dutch or the Argentines. Portugal fielded a less than stellar squad. Won the game and went on to the semis.
Scolari knows what he's doing, knows his squad, knows the mentality. I don't think this affects Portugal at all. Should they lose to Germany, I can't see them dressing a B squad being the factor. These guys know how to play together, they'll be fine. I can't think of a more overrated and overused term in sports than momentum. And when I say that, I mean from game to game momentum. It definitely exists during a game, but not from game to game. If momentum was so important, how many damn playoff series would the Flames have won?? 07 vs Detroit rings a bell. Wins Game3/4, lose Game 5 by a huge margin. Anyways back to the beautiful game, I truly believe Germany is going to lose or draw tomorrow. Maybe it's me wishing for that, but my gut is telling me that something weird is going to happen tomorrow.