FIFA World Cup 2014 !

[pino]

Sanremo never had a squad in serieA/B

Sanremese AC played both in Serie B and C

[gadjo_dilo]

Sanremese AC played both in Serie B and C

Not in B when I used to play at Pronosport.

[pino]

Not in B when I used to play at Pronosport.

Whatever, but what Sanremese has to do with today's crappy Brazil ?

[gadjo_dilo]

Whatever, but what Sanremese has to do with today's crappy Brazil ?

I simply don't think Sanremese has a better defence than Brazil.....

[jens]

Many people think there is no point in 3rd place games, but I personally enjoy them. Often these games are interesting, because teams care less and take more risks, hence entertainment! I remember Germany-Uruguay 3rd place match in 2010 was exciting, it ended with 3-2!

But yeah, Brazil's defence is absolute rubbish. Whenever Netherlands got past the midfield near to the Brazil's goal, there was always room and danger. Just their passes and co-operation wasn't quite a match to Germany to capitalize with so many goals, but still enough to win this game comfortably.

Tomorrow I want to see what the so far strong Argentina's defence can do against Germany's very organized and multi-talented (with several good strikers) attack. And also if Germany's defence can also effectively neutralize Messi (and di Maria if he re-appears) like Netherlands did. On paper Germany is favourite and I hope they win, but in football you never know what can happen... Argentina's defence should be from quite a different class from Brazil's at the very least.

Germany's team work very much reminds some of the best teams I have seen in action, be it Brazil in 2002 or Spain in previous tournaments.

[dj_bytedisaster]

I simply don't think Sanremese has a better defence than Brazil.....

I was choosing a password for my notebook; I tried BrazilDefence, but apparently it was to weak...

[henners88]

Brazil in their poorest state would still thrash England lol


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[steveaki13]

Neymar must be one hell of a player.

With him they won games to reach a Semi Final, with out him lost 10-1 in their last two games?????

[odykas]

Neymar must be one hell of a player.

David Luiz is a hell of a player... literally.

[jens]

Neymar must be one hell of a player.

With him they won games to reach a Semi Final, with out him lost 10-1 in their last two games?????

I don't think Neymar really has that much influence, one player never makes such a mountain of difference. I mean Neymar is a forward, how would he help the hopeless Brazilian defence?

I think the more likely reason is that Brazil's defence in particularly got badly shown up by top teams. Chile and Colombia aren't probably really a match to Germany and Netherlands and when Brazil met rivals from higher class, their deficiencies got badly exposed.

I remember watching the Chile-Brazil game. Brazil already there was pretty unconvincing and were a bit fortunate to get through as Chile looked like at least a match to them in every way.