No Coutinho in the team yet they include Paulinho and Neymar, amazing.
True that.
He carried Brazilâs attacking threat for most of the tournament.
@AbouCuellar: I expected more from KDB, was incredibly poor against France. Probably gave away the ball the most in the whole team, play broke down around him for fun.
Neymar ahead of Perisic? Bollocks.
Any best team with Ashley Young at LB isnât to be taken seriously
I disagree. He was overly direct in that game at times, I agree, but still had some very dangerous crosses that almost resulted in goals, and a nice key pass/touch to Hazard to set up an important chance. His worst game of the tournament, but I was watching it with a French friend and he was scared every time De Bruyne got the ball because of his directness and verticality, although, like I said, I agree, he was pushing it sometimes a bit too much. But âincredibly poorâ is definite hyperbole, and he was class in every other game.
Weâll agree to disagree.
He didnât carry last seasons form into the tournament in my view, although this may be in part to the wrong system being implemented by Martinez.
Coutinho missing out stands out like dogs balls, was absolutely fantastic IMO.
Some record in finals!
Could he win The Ballon dâOr? Cannavaro and Sammer managed it.
He done everyone.
Haha how on Earth did that manage to go so far?!
Literally everyone was tweeting it, all big media outlets included â so I didnât think to doubt it.
Good work!
Thatâs actually sensational work
Wait what, so the actual team of the tournament has yet to be announced?
So unfortunate that Ballackâs English is limited or he could overtake Lalasâ spot easily.
There must be a lot of times that Ballack was thinking, âwhy am I sitting here with Lalas??â.
Apparently they donât announce team of the tournament, didnât do it in 2014.
Sounds weird, but is Neymar actually underrated?
https://statsbomb.com/2018/07/the-great-neymar-debate/
Hope he can accept MbappĂ© as his equal this season, donât like the sounds that have come out about his treatment of the young genius. But they are both top 5 in the world.
So much for Willian being considered to hold up the play then.
Who said that?
Not a go at you, been mentioned by others in various threads.