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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Koreans can't put 2 passes together
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Are you talking about the same Koreans that totally outclassed and outplayed America in their first game? Korea has much more technical skill than America, they play a flowing a game!
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
it was attack after attack, counter after counter.
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This was a reason why the game may have been fantastic in an entertainment sense, but in terms of quality of football it wasn't very good. The counter attacks were the States knocking the ball up field and catching the Brazilians in transition. On numerous occasions the ball wasn't moved around the Brazilians but rather just skipped pass them.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
You have to give the US credit, they showed alot of speed and nice touches and counterattacks. They have scored NINE goals.. you dont do that playing 'ugly-soccer' as you call it. They didn't 'dump-and chase' at all. Some of the touches by Adu and Zizzo were world class. They are a force in this tournament.
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I will give the American squad some credit, they did play well defensively. They didn't give the Brazil squad any extra time on the ball and like I said earlier, they were always in position when Brazil made a foolish pass or play. I'll also admit, and I'm happy that I saw it, on a couple of occasions the American squad did try to develop the play and bring the ball up field, however, it was few and far between and needs to happen a lot more. As for those magnificent touches, I only saw Adu use some fancy footwork a couple of times.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
They have scored NINE goals.. you dont do that playing 'ugly-soccer' as you call it.
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Three of them were... I won't comment on the 6 from the Poland match because I didn't watch it.
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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I can't stand Brazillian arrogance.
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I'm not a Brazil fan, I'm just a fan of the beautiful game and hate when crap is displayed as football. I love my club, Charlton Athletic, but I'll even call them out when they resort to hit-and-hope balls! Unfortunately, I did that a lot more often then I would have liked this past season, maybe that's why we got relegated...