**The World Cup 2018 Official Thread**

[Majestic]

German team just lacks motivation.
And historically Germany almost never wins the second group game, guess it's a wrap for them

And why isn't Goretzka playing?

Everything seems setup for a Brazil or Portugal triumph

We sleeping on Belgium?

 

[DStyles]

Yeah a potentially talented Brazil team that can turn it on <Serbia.

This Brazil is not scary. Mexico has shown that they can go toe to toe with the big teams. They did it in 2014 against Brazil. They embarrassed Croatia and almost beat Netherlands but like always they started playing it safe

I’m only scared of Belgium and Croatia.

And Argentina because even if they’re shyt, they have our number

 

[yseJ]

Also I hope we go back to having proper CM's again. Tired of these jack of all trades, masters of none CM's, that's all over the game.

Game is also littered with too many attacking mids, who literally do fukk all, barring a few things here and there.

Box to box cms are the modern futbol way tho hella teams nowadays have all 10 non goalie players defending in the box.. so it's really tough to score via possession unless you have insane pedigree like Spain or a huge difference in class.

a lot of teams will gladly give up possession get a score on a counter or two and then play counter all day.

I mean, I love defense in any game and I played a right fullback myself in soccer, but the way modern defense evolved athletically calls for almost all the players of any position being jack of all trades... the only exceptions are the very few superstars who simply are too good to be stopped

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Hate to say it....but Sane in this team and they win BOTH these games.

Low's hubris/rigidness cost them this WC.

Unless Sane is suddenly a defensive mid or a center back then this isn't accurate at all.

 

[African_brehda]

Hate to say it....but Sane in this team and they win BOTH these games.

Low's hubris/rigidness cost them this WC.

I doubt.
He won't be able to use his flair and pace in this system they're playing

And someone get Kroos off the pitch now

 

[Majestic]

You can't blame Germany. There is no motivation. The core of this team have already won it.

 

[TobiOT]

Mario Gomez is coming on....AGAIN?

 

[Darts]

I hate it had to be a brotha....but Boateng has been absolutely dreadful for Germany

 

[African_brehda]

Should've been another Sweeden goal right there.

The Germany squad setup is baffling as fukk right now. They're just asking to get killed on the counter.

Imagine them against Brazil

 

[GzUp]

You can't blame Germany. There is no motivation. The core of this team have already won it.

No motivation?

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Mario Gomez again

Wait for Draxler jesus Christ so they're basically playing three center forwards now

 

[African_brehda]

We sleeping on Belgium?

I think they'll choke when they meet one of the big boys.

 

[Majestic]

Breh I'm sayyinnggg

Jerome and Rudiger almost playing as CMs. And that Kimmich kid is just being a liability, thinking he's a right back Messi
This slow ass Swedish side catching you on the counter

Can't believe people called kimmich Lahm's successor

 

[TrueEpic08]

Gomez?

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Damn, you knew it was coming.