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Spain will come for him!
Brasil x Argentina Copa América Final 2021 Thread [7/10 @ 8et] “En Memoria de Maradona ¡Adiós,D10S!”
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Spain will come for him!
Nero Christ
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I feel even more concerned than before now that European teams will continue to dominate the World Cup indefinitely. This match was the best of the rest of the world and both teams looked so pedestrian. It's already been 20 years since the last time a non-European team won it, based on how they played today it might be another 20 years before we get a South American finalist, never mind a winner
shyt makes me miss those early 2000s Brazilian teams
England have impressed
Spain started slow, but finished strong
Germany will have a new manager by 2022
Belgium will be solid
Spain has a good future if they can find a proper 9 and get Fati healthy they'll be dangerous
I expect Germany to bounce back Loew was their biggest problem. They still have a lot of talent
shyt makes me miss those early 2000s Brazilian teams
I took Brazil for granted I thought they would always produce a plethora of amazing attacking talent , players with flair, etc...
I don't see him getting sacked because of this. Maybe in 2022 after Brazil goes down to Czech Republic or some shyt in the quarter finals.
Nero Christ
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Spain has a good future if they can find a proper 9 and get Fati healthy they'll be dangerous
I expect Germany to bounce back Loew was their biggest problem. They still have a lot of talent
I took Brazil for granted I thought they would always produce a plethora of amazing attacking talent , players with flair, etc...
they weren't lying when they said you never know what you got til it's gone
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Neymar don’t countSo wait, Neymar only has a confederations cup title to his name?
The only time I ever expected a Neymar lead team to do anything. Just shameful.
I dont ever want to hear anything about Neymar Jr, no more. You just a good player. Greatness ain't him.
This is why I get pisssed off, when people throw around words like 'Great' so casually.
I dont ever want to hear anything about Neymar Jr, no more. You just a good player. Greatness ain't him.
This is why I get pisssed off, when people throw around words like 'Great' so casually.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Emi Martinez, balon d’or winner
Leno
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I think the problem is that anytime a Brazilian player shows some promise they get hoovered up by European clubs at very young ages. They don't spend enough time at home, so they don't gel as a team when they come together for internationals because they're basically not used to playing with other Brazilians like that, they don't get to develop a consistent style of football that they want to play.
It also affects the other South American teams equally.
Another thing is that football and sport in general is such a big money enterprise now that wealthy countries have a huge advantage over developing countries. If a whole country is wealthier than another it means it can massively outspend the other country with youth development programmes. Previously there was so little money in sport that developing countries could easily compete with wealthy ones in terms of youth development and coaching and all that. Now not so much.
If you look at the 20th century, developing countries excelled at most team sports: Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay at football; India and Pakistan at field hockey; West Indies at cricket (that's a combined team made up of cricketers from Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua, Barbados, Guyana, and basically all the English speaking Caribbean countries); Colombia at cycling. But by the 21st century, Europe has come to dominate football; Indian and Pakistani hockey is dead; and West Indies are a shadow of what they used to be, cricket is dominated by the three richest countries that play it in Australia, England and India.
Nero Christ
Sniper out now on all digital platforms brev
I think the problem is that anytime a Brazilian player shows some promise they get hoovered up by European clubs at very young ages. They don't spend enough time at home, so they don't gel as a team when they come together for internationals because they're basically not used to playing with other Brazilians like that, they don't get to develop a consistent style of football that they want to play.
It also affects the other South American teams equally.
Another thing is that football and sport in general is such a big money enterprise now that wealthy countries have a huge advantage over developing countries. If a whole country is wealthier than another it means it can massively outspend the other country with youth development programmes. Previously there was so little money in sport that developing countries could easily compete with wealthy ones in terms of youth development and coaching and all that. Now not so much.
If you look at the 20th century, developing countries excelled at most team sports: Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay at football; India and Pakistan at field hockey; West Indies at cricket (that's a combined team made up of cricketers from Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Antigua, Barbados, Guyana, and basically all the English speaking Caribbean countries); Colombia at cycling. But by the 21st century, Europe has come to dominate football; Indian and Pakistani hockey is dead; and West Indies are a shadow of what they used to be, cricket is dominated by the three richest countries that play it in Australia, England and India.
breh hearing the stories my folks used to tell me of the West Indies team back in the 80s...walking in to any stadium and dominating
all I had growing up was Brian Lara who is still one of the GOATs but the team as whole since those glory days
