World Cup 2014 - Group B: Preview & Analysis

Discussion in 'Group B: Spain, Chile, Australia, Netherlands' started by Matilda Maniac, Dec 9, 2013.

  1. Hayaka

    Hayaka Member+

    Jun 21, 2009
    San Francisco North Bay, Bel Marin Keys
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    Denmark
    Dutch team full of harmony and warmth, as usual:
     
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  2. Froboy69

    Froboy69 Member+

    Inter Milan
    Colombia
    Mar 25, 2011
    San Diego
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    I think that Chile will top this group if they can win the first match and just not lose to Spain and the Netherlands afterwards. And I see Spain following up so long as they continue to play their style of football.
     
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  3. Yañez

    Yañez Member+

    Oct 11, 2005
    Santiago, Llolleo
    Club:
    Univ de Chile
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile

    Hope you are right-
     
  4. RobinVanRobben

    May 1, 2014
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I think that Holland will top this group if they can win the first match and just not lose to Australia and Chile afterwards. And I see Spain following up so long as they continue to play their style of football.
     
  5. RobinVanRobben

    May 1, 2014
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    I hope your right-
     
  6. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    I hope you're wrong
    :p
     
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  7. Wolfie65

    Wolfie65 Member

    Jun 16, 2010
    Albuquerque, NM
    If there's 1 team who haven't won a WC and deserve to, it's the Dutch. I'm afraid this is not likely to end well for Aussie.
     
  8. freroht

    freroht Member

    Jul 7, 2010
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Haiti
    I love how people ridiculed me when I said that both Spain and Germany are in for a rude awakening. Tiki-taka is dead, the secret is out, any "average" team can play against Spain
    By average I mean Chile's level
     
  9. zahzah

    zahzah Member+

    Jun 27, 2011
    Club:
    FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd
    #209 zahzah, Jun 13, 2014
    Last edited: Jun 13, 2014
    What is it with European World Cup champions and failing miserably during defence of their title? France 2002, Italy 2010... Spain not out of it yet of course, but best case scenario it looks like Brasil in the 1/8 final.

    EDIT: Spain obviously the better team. They had 64% of possession!
     
  10. Nicola777

    Nicola777 Member

    Dec 9, 2013
    Club:
    Olympique de Marseille
    Robben and Van Persie sent dreams from Brazil all over the world
     
  11. Yañez

    Yañez Member+

    Oct 11, 2005
    Santiago, Llolleo
    Club:
    Univ de Chile
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Ouch marking Robben. Hope Torres plays versus us, he marks himself.
     
  12. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Possession has no relationship to domination.

    The Netherlands dominated Spain at will, and if it not were to another Oscar academy performance by another brazilian player whom got a pk call over a dive (2nd, after Fred's performance, of yesterday), Spain wouldn't have scored any goal today.

    Of course, whom controls the ball the most time of a match, in theory has more probabilities to win, but if you do not score in all that possession, it is useless, while that team whom makes it count more, the few moments they have the ball, that one is definitively going to win. And this game is not about taking control of the ball, but scoring goals, and today, the Netherlands proved it, by doing that countless times. As the main objective of this game to win, is to score more than your opponent, the Netherlands were inmensely better than Spain.
     
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  13. zahzah

    zahzah Member+

    Jun 27, 2011
    Club:
    FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd
    Sorry. Thought the sarcasm was self-evident.
     
  14. RobinVanRobben

    May 1, 2014
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    As happy as I am with this and barely able to contain my celebratory words, Spain can easily pull off 2 wins, Holland perhaps (sorry Oranje) lose one and Spain nets 6 goals on Australia. Right back to where we started. Unless.....sorry, but also go Socceroooooooooos.
     
  15. zahzah

    zahzah Member+

    Jun 27, 2011
    Club:
    FK Crvena Zvezda Beograd
    Spain ain't scoring 6 goals with their current tactics.
     
  16. zhuangzi

    zhuangzi Member

    Feb 7, 2008
    Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Turns out the Round 1 predictions were correct: a tough, competitive match and a one-sided blowout.
     
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  17. Football Lover NYC

    Aug 21, 2008
    My Room
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Despite Spain's loss, I see them and the Netherlands passing to the next round. Chile is overrated and had trouble with Australia at times and the Aussies are just thankful to be in the tournament this year.
     
  18. mfw13

    mfw13 Member+

    Jul 19, 2003
    Seattle
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Anybody else wondering how Spain's defense managed to play so badly? Is it because they play on teams that are so dominant in their domestic league, that they never really have to play top-quality defense?

    Goal #1 - Van Persie splits Pique and Ramos, Casillas indecisive and gets stuck in no-mans land
    Goal #2 - Robben splits Pique and Ramos
    Goal #3 - Casillas flaps at ball, Azpilicueta stops marking DeVlij
    Goal #4 - Casillas muffs back-pass
    Goal #5 - Ramos caught out of position upfield, outraced by Robben
     
  19. Yañez

    Yañez Member+

    Oct 11, 2005
    Santiago, Llolleo
    Club:
    Univ de Chile
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Medel to injure Robben in the first 5 mins, we win.
     
  20. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Or Robben doesn't get injured over it, and Medel gets a red card, and we are out.
    :thumbsdown:

    Bad suggestion.
    Better would be to outscore them.
     
  21. fademan77

    fademan77 Member

    Nov 21, 2001
    Melbourne, Australia
  22. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Now if Spain beats Chile, and Australia beats Netherlands next match-day, all 4 teams could face the last match in the group with the same probabilities to go through if they win in it.
    Would be pretty odd.
     
  23. Football Lover NYC

    Aug 21, 2008
    My Room
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    Netherlands has now emerged as one of the favorites to win the tournament, who knew this would be the case even a week ago.
     
  24. Rickdog

    Rickdog Member+

    Jun 16, 2010
    Santiago, Chile
    Club:
    CD Colo Colo
    Nat'l Team:
    Chile
    Too early to get that conclussion after one game.
    They still haven't even made it to the next phase yet, and many things can still happen from here to the end.
     
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  25. Football Lover NYC

    Aug 21, 2008
    My Room
    Club:
    Juventus FC
    I'm quoting the media analysts, now my own opinion, though I somewhat agree.
     

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