Monthly Archives: July 2011

Japan win

July 18, 2011 – 12:26 pm

So Japan are the World Cup champions.
They played simple, on the ground, in control of short passes from player to player.
But USA played well, and especially in the first 25 minutes, and created major problems for Japan with their movement.
The under pressure Japan needed an outlet, somebody to hold it up and to alleviate the [...]

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Can USA deliver again tomorrow? I believe the answer is no!

July 16, 2011 – 9:13 am

I will copy what I wrote after the US was defeated by Sweden.
“Once again, this result was not unexpected. Casual fans tend to overlook poor performances, such as v Colombia and Korea, as long as goals scored were spectacular. Few noticed that all three goals v COL were results of naïve mistakes by COL not [...]

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USA v France

July 12, 2011 – 7:57 pm

Tomorrow, the expectation is that France are likely to enjoy a large share of possession, so USA must attempt to catch them on the counter and, if they are to do that, there are two areas in which USA can excel and punish France.
First of all USA must stop the supply line to Luisa Necib [...]

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Four ways the USA v Brazil match will be remembered

July 10, 2011 – 11:03 pm

USA
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than
unsuccessful people with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
In football, mediocre performances are often remedied by wins.
Aided by the last minute heroics [...]

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Lima’s Brazil

July 8, 2011 – 3:10 pm

Brazil’s coach Kleiton Lima knows he has gifted players and he wants to attack. So far in three victories he used a 3-4-3 system.
Unlike the UNC 3-4-3 which relies on a high pressure, high tempo that requires excellent levels of fitness, Brazil sit back (to limit the space behind) and wait for their opponents to [...]

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USA 1:2 Sweden

July 6, 2011 – 7:09 pm

This result was not unexpected.
Casual fans tend to overlook poor performances, such as v Colombia and Korea, as long as goals scored were spectacular.
Few noticed that all three goals v COL were results of naïve mistakes by COL not of creativity or sustained possession and patient build up of the US team.
The immediacy of Twitter [...]

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