Match 31 Chile-Switzerland (21 June) PBP-Match Thread (R)

Hollywood has 'Drama acting' classes for soccer players.

 

Good timing for this post!

 

The Swiss are out of gas.

 

unfortunately this will not be enough for chile. honduras is going to throw the final game, i am sure of it

 

To be blunt, I just wish they'd stop acting like **************.

(the word I used was of a feline variety)

 

For me this game has been great to watch. Better than the 7-0 first game.

 

Hard to like that one, unless of course you're Portuguese.

 

The guy coaching Chile, Loco Bielsa, he loves fluid play a bit too much. Which means the strikers often find themselves in positions where they are not comfortable.

When he coached Argentina (WC '02), he went into it having played beautiful football and having won all friendlies.

In the cup, however, he showed one thing he couldn't do well: change plans when he was trailing. England scored a penalty at the end of the first half, and from then on, Bielsa couldn't find the formula to translate the pretty passing and constant attack into goals.

This Chile is not too different. I think they are less likely than Switzerland to recover from going a goal down. Otherwise, they do play some pretty football, very fluid.

 

they CAN'T win like this against spain

 

The finishing on both sides is dire.

 

TERRIBLE miss!

 

What a Swiss miss!

 

This bears repeating at the other end.

 

hahahaha Swiss Miss, geez.

 

i must say i would prefer switzerland and chile advancing ... spain is just shitty barcelona

 

So many chances missed. Even the Swiss missed an unmissable shot.

 

Hooray for a card to diving!

 

Much as I hate diving, the Swiss caught a break there.

 

Haha yellow for diving!

 

First Goal for Chili by Mark González 75
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This 2010 World Cup winning team will come for the Americas. Yeah, I said it.