***Official 2026 World Cup Thread***
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This is why the sport doesn’t take hold in the US. The flopping is way worse than the nba. And why can’t they have more than one referee? Hockey has four refs in a shoe box.
It 100% is. There are so much subversion in soccer. Watch Brazil. To me, Brazil plays the game the way it should be played. These teams just aren’t very good. The only way they can get a result is to muck it up. And here we are. Theatrics are a huge part of the game. You almost have to appreciate it, even if you can’t stand it.
Paraguay played the same way when they had 10 out there. They just don’t have a guy up top anymore. Nothing has changed really. It’s basically a 5-4 formation, and they would have been 5-4-1 once they scored.
Even a Paraguay draw wins the group for the USA. This a hell of a result if it stands.
Doesn't that hurt there chance to counter by quite a bit? It basically puts them on the defensive with less chance to capitalize on mistakes? I don't watch soccer much, so maybe thats wrong, but it seems like it would be right.
They are up 1-0. They are totally fine with that result. They aren’t concerned about counters.
When they had 10 guys, they were going to take a chance at a counter 1 in 20 chances, and that was the strategy. They had a couple. Once they went a man down, they adjusted the strategy. It’s like no-doubles defense.
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The irony is before we started closing the gap defense was the thing we could hang our hat on. Sure, we had Donovan, and then we had Dempsey, but what we would do is just pack the box in front of the goal and make things hell for teams that wanted to make plays in front of the goal - and what made that possible was a really strong back line.
We seem to have traded that defense for a much more threatening offense.
So I guess losing a position on the field doesn't matter? That's something.
Even Shai Gilgeous-Alexander thinks Paraguay flops too much
Position on the field? No, it means very little when two ****** teams are playing. Both Paraguay and Turkey are ****** teams. Overall, Turkey is probably better, but an early 1-0 score in favor of the slightly less crappy team makes up for the difference.
