Brazil showed the world how to counter the Spain/Barcelona style............have players take turns kicking Iniesta every time he gets the ball, and hope you get a compliant ref who will let you get away with it, as last night's one did.
On 1 July 2013 15:03, Sutton / Smail <dsm...@dsmail.plus.com> wrote: > I take great heart in seeing Spain (and Barcelona) lose. I have nothing > against the country or club, but they do play the same endless boring > boring passing game. I think opponents simply get bored > or mesmerised playing them and fall into a trance. Maybe that's part of > their plan? Brazil are much more of an exciting team to watch with so many > different styles and pace changes to their game - not unlike Bayern. > > However, Pat Nevin did a very eye opening piece on the Spanish passing > style which is well worth a look for those that haven't seen it. > > Very admirable perhaps, even so, still boring. I noticed even at 3-0 down > the Spanish had no plan B, Plan A obviously wasn't working against Brazil. > This was not a good example of Pat Nevin's observations as they were under > heavy pressure last night which > they aren't so used to. > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/**football/23024166<http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23024166> > > Dave > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.** > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist<http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email > leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.**org<leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org> > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
