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I don't think Messi took a dive. There was contact, but it wasn't a PK. Sometimes dudes go down by contact but it's not a foul. Giving him a yellow was a little much. Both reds were bad calls. The second half was much more under control, but can't believe Messi missed that PK. I knew starting Higuain was going to cost Argentina in this tourney, and was proven right. Aguero missed a tough one that he normally hits, but I would have started Aguero any day of the week over Higuain.
This ref is terrible. At least he made up for it by making it 10 v 10.
cards everywhere. Both sides sending 6 guys to argue every call. I'm actually entertained for much of the game for once
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don't have the back 4 to pull the pressing style and US can't possess the ball worth a shit. Pressing style is high risk/high reward and US isn't good enough to do it.
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That's part of the soccer culture.
hombres. Dominating possession with their rough, aggressive style blended with highly skilled players. Alexis Sanchez is a joy to watch on the counter attack, and Vidal is so intimidatingly effective when he goes into berserker mode.
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Flip the channel and watch quarterfinal world cup caliber teams play each other
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Ill watch a race in historic Spa with teams like MB, ferrari, mclaren...
A common car reduces competition. Its the racing version of 'no one gets below a B'
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Yeah lol, Argentina and Chile are top 5 teams in the world, without a doubt.
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So, basically any football game in which either Baylor or Miami is involved would be a good analogy when it comes to the number of penalties and fouls involved?
I was just about to tune in, but I want a good mental picture of what I am about to do here.
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This kind of referee in the final game in a major soccer tournament is so rare. It's just so bad. I normally only see this in NBA playoff game.
Yes, hell of a save
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hockey fights!
that was a foot clear of the bar
I missed the discussion on the excuse of the "US doesn't commit its best athlees to soccer, therefore other nations will be superior", so I figured I'd post here. I find it amusing that this excuse emerges every time the US has exited a tournament to a superior team since 2006; I never heard this excuse in 1998 nor 2002. As other people noted, the US is already a very athletic team; I'm not certain what having another level of elite athletes will add. Guys like Yedlin, Altidore, Johnson,and Jones aren't you're average athlete--is having someone who can run up and down the field marginally faster than Yedlin going to improve the US team?
The other part of this excuse is the arrogance regarding US athleticism relative to other soccer nations. The US isn't the only country producing superior athletes. I'd argue that Nigeria and Ivory Coast have the most athletic (i.e. playing with pace and power) international squads. But when they less athletic, yet tactically and technically sound teams, such as Egypt in the African Cup of Nations, they tend to lose. And most top players are already elite athletes--are the Lebrons of the world that more athletic than Cristiano Ronaldo or Wayne Gareth Bale or Sergio Ramos, especially within the skills and athleticism necessary for soccer?
The US should focus on technique and tactics--as they've seen against Ghana, Belgium, and most recently Argentina and Colombia, the athleticism can be matched (Ghana) or outplayed by technique (Belgium, Argentina, and Colombia). This comes down to coaching and the soccer culture; less emphasis on pure athleticism, and more technique--even England have realized the necessity of this.
the best athletes don't play soccer, and there's no mechanism to teach elite technique because not enough people care about soccer.