We already have the 8 best teams in the world in the quarterfinals! In this post we reviewed which were the big winners of this phase and what were the disappointments of the round of finals ALREADY culminated.
We go with the failures: Argentina could not reverse the role it played in the group stage to qualify. The team did not work, Messi did not appear ... And against France, they do not forgive you. What appeared to be a resuscitation ended in catastrophe. Yes, they will tell me that he scored 3 goals, but the decisions of the coach are responsible for the bad game of the Argentine team that did not show any desire and said EARLY from this world cup.
Spain is another that promised but that left us with expectations at 0. After completing a European elimination in fantastic form and 2 days after the debut of the red, Lopetegui is thrown out of the selection for a negotiation to "secret" with Real Madrid. Fernando Hierro was called to take charge of the selected, for some a hasty decision.
Spain without shine manages to qualify from 1st with ties versus Portugal and Morocco and a victory over Iran. And well when Spain falls in the "easy" box we said: "Well, Spain will have a little stroll against Russia" And this is where a project failed. The Spanish team was eliminated in the 8th final against the host of the World Cup, incredible for a team that was called to win this world championship.
The Big Winners: Brazil with this victory against Mexico plasma much more its candidate sheet. To come from worse to better. Neymar is finally involved in the team's game because he needs it. He managed to handle in the 2nd half the Tri, who applied the same game against Germany. The prize for those of Tité are the quarters vs Belgium.
Belgium being one of the few teams that played well in the 1st round, we did not expect that in the game against Japan the Belgians were falling 0-2. It was like that, when I saw this result, he told me: "Belgium, if it loses the image of the cold team of 2014 and 2016, they would not take it away". That is something that is being asked to this selection every year. In the 2nd half he got a spectacular comeback with a goal in the agony of the match included; and Well, it is one of the selections next to France, Brazil and England that are not put on the list of "Favorites Out" and as I said in a previous post: "Be careful with Belgium, Careful with this team!"
Those who owe a little more: Croatia was ranked 1st in the group winning the 3 games and winning forcefully to Argentina. But in the 8th final he expected more from this team, he could only draw 1-1 against Denmark and wasted a penalty in extra time. Thanks to his goalkeeper Subasic managed to qualify in the penalty shootout but did not show much of what he did leave us in the group stage, although he has a great chance to advance versus Russia
England is another that must improve. he took over the game vs Colombia but not the result. He needed penalties to get into the final 4s, today he was more worried about being charged than what was really important: Goal goals. He did not have anything left over.
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Pride: France as well as being a winner and reaffirm as a candidate, I am proud that this selection has shown a hierarchy that was lacking before and that has recovered again in this World Cup to beat the albiceleste categorically with a game very well expressed and known for its players.
Uruguay pulled the Uruguayan claw for South America, beating Portugal. He has an idea of a memorized game, a balance both in attack and defense, a replacement that works for him, a coach who has managed to unify all this for 12 years, and taking advantage of the youth proving them in the biggest and shooting him. For a country with 2 million inhabitants, it is to admire all this work that they are doing in this World Cup.
Sweden is another selection to admire. Without Zlatan Ibrahimovic:
- Eliminated the Netherlands and Italy from the World Cup
- Remained 1st in the group of Germany and Mexico
- They eliminated Switzerland and got into 4th after 24 years without doing it.
Impressive about this team that will play against England.
Japan reaffirmed what was shown in the group stage when it beat Colombia and competed hand in hand with Senegal. Complico to Belgium when in the papers was unthinkable managed to get 2-0 up, unfortunately he came with all the Belgians and suffered a historic comeback, yet it is admirable what they did.
Colombia did not show the football that was asked, but if the heart to tie the match to England on the final and then take it to the penalty shootout where the cost effectiveness cost them, Colombia is still proud of its selection and its players , who left everything on the court.
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We finished with Russia, the hostess, who despite being inferior in the previous one against Spain, showed her local personality and they competed against the red fury, being very effective in the penalty shootout that was anyway what they wanted, and Their idea worked. The local wants to continue advancing in its Cup, all its people have hope in this team.
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