Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2022

[OlympicsFan 858]

5th world cup in a row where Brazil was eliminated by a european team (2006 by France, 2010 by the Netherlands, 2014 by Germany, 2018 by Belgium and 2022 by Croatia). I am surprised by this result, but i guess Brazil was a better opponent for Croatia than France for example. Croatia is playing a kind of football (very physical) that can frustrate Brazil to a point where they lose the plot. I think Argentina would be the better suited opponent for them in the next round, but now that they eliminated Brazil, they have every right to think that they can beat Argentina/Netherlands. I guess not many people thought that we could actually have a rematch of the 2018 final.

Edited December 9, 2022 by OlympicsFan

[Dragon 1,841]

 

[heywoodu 14,953]

7 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

I bet >80% would pick Croatia over Brazil.

I am not denying that, and it's also not the point.

[heywoodu 14,953]

7 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

Brazilian players at the barber shop today 

Should have focused less on the peroxide heads and more on the football  

[dcro 10,210]

1 minute ago, Dragon said:

 

Well, yeah, and that one is largely thanks to the motivation from the Canadian coach.

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[OlympicsFan 858]

I think it also wouldn't have been atypical for Brazil to underestimate a team like Croatia. Borna Sosa and Filip Stanisic are probably happy now that they decided to play for Croatia (instead of Germany).

[Federer91 2,728]

The pigeon dance is cancelled, only Balkan dancing allowed at the parties tonight.  I was certain Brazil got this after that late goal, who knew that Petkovic can do a decent thing this WC. The OT/Penalty run of Croatia is very fascinating, but can they win it all this way. They are certainly trying. 

[Dragon 1,841]

Great result for Neymar.

Now he has more time to fix his tax returns....