- How do you review a 7-1 trouncing? How do you sit down to write and not laugh? Whatever Germany did last night was an absolute annihilation!
by Harsh Khara Brazil vs Germany:
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by Divyam Arora France vs Nigeria
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Pointers of the World Cup matches Uruguay vs England
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Pointers of the World Cup matches Germany vs Portugal · It’s even before kick-off and Michael Schumacher has already won half the battle for Germany. He is awake from his coma and continues further rehabilitation. · Kick off! by Divyam Arora Derailed Douchebaggery presents to you:
Pointers of the World Cup matches Spain vs Netherlands · Half time scoreline – Spain 1 – 1 Netherlands · Scorers: Alonso (27’ pen.) and Robin van Persie. (44’) by Aman Mittal Derailed Douchebaggery presents to you :
Pointers of the World Cup matches Brazil vs Croatia · Half time scoreline – Brazil 1 – 1 Croatia · Scorers : Neymar (29’) and a Marcelo own goal. (11’) by Aman Mittal Last week (Squad Analysis) I had my say on United’s defense and their quality and role that they should play in the squad now. This time I will be looking at the midfielders. Yes, it is going to be tough and I will be trying to be as unbiased as possible. So here goes
1) Ashley Young Uh huh ( clears throat, clenches fists, okay it was hard to type like that ). So Young is in the league of overrated Englishmen who have been buoyed by the media early in their careers with him even being compared to Messi and Ronaldo after he scored two goals against Everton by Martin O’Neill. He was high I am guessing. Anyway there is no denying that he has a quality right foot which is capable of good deliveries into the box when there is no defender around cause when there is, Youngy doesn’t know what to do with the ball. He still is quite creative at times but in the end he is and never was United quality regardless of those two goals against Arsenal. He is the perfect player to play at Aston Villa and well Sir Alex Ferguson bought him to replace Giggs. I am sure even if Fergie thought he was good enough, Young has failed to deliver and cannot handle the pressure before his form takes a ‘dive’ too often. Result : Not United quality, no not even as a squad player. by Divyam Arora "It's all very well having a great pianist playing but it's no good if you haven't got anyone to get the piano on the stage in the first place, otherwise the pianist would be standing there with no bloody piano to play." Ian Holloway made the above comment in response to the criticism he received for playing too many defensive minded players. Not many people realize this, but it is these defensive that are given the thankless task of relentlessly closing down and chasing players, which eventually helps shape the outcome of the game. I guess, one could argue that the goalkeeper occupies the most important position on the pitch as even the slightest of errors can be fatal or the strikers who can single handedly fire a team to the title. But since the evolution of 'tiki-taka’ and possession football midfield has become THE crucial area, most matches are won and lost in midfield. And you can see the managers stacking up the midfield in the big matches. Jose did it against Manchester United, well that was a bit too much but he did get the result. You can see Brendan Rogers changing the formation to 3-5-2 to get a better hold in midfield. Most teams today have shifted to defensive midfield pair rather than just the one. Two central defensive midfielders provide a solid base for the playmakers to function upon and brings in a sense of solidity and organization in defense as well. The stock of central defensive midfielders has been on the rise even since evolution of modern football and indeed it has become the most important position.
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