Football Thread 21/22

[LipeJJ]

VGPolyglot said:

LipeJJ said:

 

Not to mention 90% of those games could go either way or had Brazil playing better than the other team (like today). The way you talk is like there is some technical gap that will prevent Brazil (or Argentina) from winning something. If anything, it's the opposite (excluding Germany and Netherlands in 2014). We always had the edge, but ended up defeating ourselves or simply having bad luck due to things like an own goal (today), a bizarre goalkeeper failure (Netherlands 2010), a irregular goal (Switzerland 2018), and so on. My point is... Brazil is as competitive as ever, just like teams like Germany and Argentina will continue to be, even tho they had utter fails this cup.

If they keep on having games where they supposedly beat the team in terms of play but lose, then yes, they have to look inward. Like, who cares if they play well, it's winning that matters.

Maybe it doesn't matter to you, or to people who have no conexion or knowlegde of the sport. But here, it definitely matters. Winning is the ultimate goal and will always be, but playing well is the better way to achieve it. Not only that, it what makes you competitive in the long scheme of things. Plenty of teams have come and go through the years, but 3 or 4 of them always have real chances of winning due to playing well or having strong bases.

Plus, we love seeing technical showcases (from any team). Football is also that for us, and I believe for many people as well. Don't worry, one day or another we'll win a World Cup again. We spent 24 years without winning one in the past (from 1970 to 1994) and we're still the top football nation.