Huge drop off from one of the best strikers in the world to some random CM from Japan
Kane and Ronaldo are two of the ~3 guys in all of football to just crush it with power at 80%+.
Vardy does as well.
I genuinely think thatās it?
Almost everyone else doesnāt go with power or has a varied approach.
Maybe Mahrez?
It should also be noted saving pens is a skill for gk too.
DDG is one if the best shot stoppers of the last 20 years. They are awful at pens.
EMI Martinez from Argentina is maybe the best. Oblak used to have the best pen saving stats but I think itās close now.
holy shit I just came up with yet another innovation to make soccer better. Do the penalty shootout at the end of regulation and then play extra time after that. If itās not a tie at the end of the extra time the shootout will be moot.
Maxed Brazil -200 on the live line. Looks like they could overwhelm Croatia down Viniās side.
Or before the opening kickoff. Then we get one every time.
How piping hot is this take: Vinicius Jr is the best player on the Brazil squad.
Think itās pretty common knowledge tbh. Although Neymar has been inform this season at PSG. Farmers league tho
OK, well good to know Iām not crazy. Iāve only seen him in the WC and the CL final.
I donāt really hear nearly as much about him as I do about Neymar.
Been debated a long time ago, as was doing the penalty shoot outs before KO.
Both run into the problem that one team knows they only need a draw.
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Take those at the upper extremes with a pinch of salt. Itās just someoneās WAG after all and arenāt benchmarked against anything real.
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But the other team knows they canāt have one. Theyāve got to go for it. Wouldnāt that make for a more entertaining game in general?
Only if your hobby is watching buses being parked.
Tons of teams do that anyway as their default strategy.
If you do it pre game, it seems really tough to park it for 120 min.
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Weaker teams do it a lot. Itās not great for the neutrals to watch.
Basically it would give the shoot out winners a 0.5 goal start. Seems bad. Not a huge fan of the status quo either though.
Looks like Croatiaās best chance is Perisic down the left. Militao looks a little lost playing RB.
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Brazil looks like by far the more dominant so far.
Naturally, the score is 0-0.
Even better!
Croatia has done a bit better than expected, but they have to score and hold for 50 more minutes to even get to ET. Then you have another 30. And thats with your depth being bad and Martinelli, Antony, Bruno G etc coming on