July 3, 20186 yr 4 hours ago, Sanni said: That moment came around 8 minutes before he stepped on Neymar’s ankle. At the 62-minute mark, he pushes on Neymar even though they are not on the ball. Neymar falls down and remains in a seated position. Then it seems that Neymar refuses Layun’s “help” in getting up, which further provokes the Mexican player and he grabs Neymar from behind and lifts him up. I'm not a fan of Neymar (because he sometimes behaves like a spoiled child), but I agree with you. He gets targeted a lot by other players (Mexico was particularly rough with him). He doesn't help himself by behaving like a lead role in a tragicomic drama, but it doesn't change the fact that other teams' defenders are sometimes dirty with him...
July 3, 20186 yr 23 minutes ago, Sanni said: Kinda wish we could swap some advanced team with Japan! Why? They gave everything they had against Belgium, which was really nice to see, but it's not really a great team.
July 3, 20186 yr 16 minutes ago, Enrico_sw said: Why? They gave everything they had against Belgium, which was really nice to see, but it's not really a great team. Looking at the easier side of the bracket (the side Japan was not on), gives me the impression that Japan might have played more exciting football than e.g. Russia and Sweden had the team advanced. BUT the matches are only gonna become better with the crazy 8 remaining…
July 3, 20186 yr Btw, Brazil’s player number 11 wears his socks in a funny way, makes it look like he is wearing white cowboy boots.
July 4, 20186 yr Brazil is now my fave to win! Also… I might have the magic touch! In the 2006 World Cup, Cannavaro was my favourite. As it turned out, Italy won, and he was seen lifting the trophy first. During the 2010 World Cup, Casillas caught my eye the most, Spain won, and he lifted the trophy first. In Euro 2016, I focused on Ronaldo, Portugal won, and he lifted the cup first. This time around, Neymar has been on my mind… Maybe again…?
July 4, 20186 yr My favorite teams: France (even if they were the crappiest, I'd support them...), Croatia (this team is brilliant...), Belgium (I like this red devil spirit! They keep cool, organised and they preserve their fighting spirit up until the end), Sweden (good spirit and... great female supporters ) Uruguay: I like many of their players (Cavani is wonderful , it's sad that he got injured), but Suarez is a douche (even when he doesn't bite...)
July 4, 20186 yr Author 17 hours ago, Sanni said: Brazil is now my fave to win! Also… I might have the magic touch! In the 2006 World Cup, Cannavaro was my favourite. As it turned out, Italy won, and he was seen lifting the trophy first. During the 2010 World Cup, Casillas caught my eye the most, Spain won, and he lifted the trophy first. In Euro 2016, I focused on Ronaldo, Portugal won, and he lifted the cup first. This time around, Neymar has been on my mind… Maybe again…? You jinxed yourself!
July 4, 20186 yr Author UEFA has 6 teams in the quarters and CONMEBOL has 2. All the other confederations have to step up their game.
July 4, 20186 yr 23 minutes ago, Stromboli1 said: You jinxed yourself! I did not! I’m super curious to see how Neymar will act in the next match. Will all this embellishment backfire on him in a spectacularly bad way? Or is he just working the situation he is in to the best of his advantage, so that he doesn’t end up like Pelé who initially didn’t want to return to the World Cup due to all the fouls he received? Team Sweden does play very fair, no dirty tricks from them! I think it’s good that Russia advanced for the host country’s spirit to remain high but I’m hoping to see better football from them. Uruguay looked deadly good in the match against Argentina but without the Cavani & Suárez duo, it looked like a completely different team, so the pool of top talent doesn’t seem to be too deep there...
July 4, 20186 yr Author ^Did too! Cannavaro - was the captain of Italy in World Cup 2006 Casillas- was the captain of Spain in World Cup 2010 Ronaldo - was captain of Portugal in Euro 2016 Neymar - not the captain of Brazil in World Cup 2018 BTW the captains are always the first to lift trophies.
July 4, 20186 yr ^ I know but the Brazilian coach likes to rotate who is the captain. I think Neymar would be one of the top picks to lift the trophy first if the team won.
July 4, 20186 yr Author ^Captains always lift trophies first, I don't think Tite would pick him as captain. Coutinho or Silva should be the Brazilian captain imo.
July 4, 20186 yr Tbh, I think Neymar could throw a tantrum if he wasn’t given the captain’s armband before the finale. But Coutinho is def. a good contender, he could even do better in this tournament than Neymar although he doesn’t get the spotlight as much. However, Neymar does seem to be on an upward trajectory.
July 4, 20186 yr Depends on how his teammates feel, I guess. One of the main things that I find very positive about Neymar is that he celebrates every goal even if he didn’t score or assist. Sometimes players seem a bit lazy if they didn’t make the goal themselves, but he is always quick to e.g. run to the teammate who succeeded. (Of course, it can be different for defence players because they are playing on a big ass field so running all the way to the other goal to celebrate for a minute can be a bit much.)
July 5, 20186 yr So Neymar has spent 14 minutes (!) on the floor during this World Cup http://www.whoateallthepies.tv/world_cup/275258/floored-data-study-reveals-neymar-has-spent-nearly-14-minutes-on-the-floor-at-world-cup.html Quote According to RTS’s numbers, Neymar spent a whopping 5 minutes and 30 seconds writhing around on the ground against Mexico alone.
July 6, 20186 yr Author I got Uruguay & Brazil advancing to the semifinals tomorrow, would rather have France & Belgium advance.
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