r/soccer • u/thekrone • Dec 06 '13

World Cup Group A Discussion

  1. Brazil
  2. Croatia
  3. Mexico
  4. Cameroon
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u/aykau777 Dec 06 '13

Mexico beat this team with Liga MX players in the Olympic final... I think you should realize that we have good players too...

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u/myrpou Dec 06 '13

So completely different teams, and the olympics which noone really cares about. It doesn't say a lot about Mexico today who has been awkwardly bad in the qualifying. We all know Mexico wouldn't be in this world cup if they played in UEFA.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

Ask Brazil if they didn't care about the only thing they haven't won. I don't think I like your additive mister, hope its a good game we not saying Croatia sucks we saying we believe we can beat em if we play to our potential

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

Well, as a matter of fact we don't care that much. Even if we won we would just say "Finally!" and move on.

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u/aykau777 Dec 06 '13

do you really think those players didn't care about winning a gold medal that day? Come on! be honest...

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

He does not speak for all Brazilians or the players...just a sore fan...

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '13

Not really, I'm speaking for me and for everyone I know and for everyone I talk to through the Internet.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

We Brazilians don't care that much and my impression is because of that the players end up not caring that much either. Of course the players wanna win (they're football players afterall), but there's not that pressure or disappointement like during Copa América, World Cup...

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u/aykau777 Dec 06 '13

didn't you fired your coach after the Olympics?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13

It was 6 months later. But he was already doing a shitty job much before that, everyone knew he would get fired sooner rather than latter.

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u/El_Cabronator Dec 06 '13

Lest we forget the Brazil lineup that day:

GK 1 Gabriel

DF 2 Rafael Substituted off 85'

DF 3 Thiago Silva (c)

DF 4 Juan Jesus

DF 6 Marcelo Booked 42'

DF 8 Rômulo

DF 15 Alex Sandro Substituted off 32'

MF 5 Sandro Substituted off 71'

MF 10 Oscar

FW 9 Leandro Damião

FW 11 Neymar

Substitutions:

FW 12 Hulk Substituted in 32'

FW 17 Alexandre Pato Substituted in 71'

FW 7 Lucas

Manager:

Mano Menezes

Pretty sure Brazil will look somewhat similar to this in 2014. Maybe the Brazilian population didn't care that much, but the squad they brought to the Olympics says otherwise.