Any team with 15 players vs 11 and home support would look good going forward. What a tragedy for Croatia who were at least as good as Brazil. That kind of refereeing is what puts me off getting into football. Teams spend over a year qualifying only to get done over by a bent referee.
Brazil are so ridiculously lucky that I now despise them and want anyone but them to win the world cup! I can't believe Sanchez of all people missed a penalty. 2015 Oxford Dictionary definition of lucky: Brazilian national football team of 2014! Please, someone batter them, it has to be 1 of the worst Brazil sides I have ever seen! Greece to beat Costa Rica today and Holland 10/11 to be Mexico?????? That's generous!
kong wrote:In the real world, Brazil aren't quite there. They might have smashed Spain in the Confederations Cup last summer, but if a key player gets injured just before the semi final stage they'll potentially capitulate. They'll be worrying signs in the quarter final and if they play like that again I can see a big European team giving them a hiding in the semi, maybe even putting 6 past them.
One of my better years for predictions! I really should have had a bet on Germany, shame I didn't get the 7 quite right though.
500/1 odds on that 7-1 scoreline.
Someone in the Betfair exchange offered 999/1 odds.
Brazil never impressed me in the first place, only a matter of time before someone smashed them.
