On the whole I thought Bosnia played fairly well for their first time out, until his goal they had Messi completely shut down; and heck, at least they pulled one back rather than get shut out. But man, the guy who ducked out of the way and caused the own goal rather than clearing the cross owes the rest of the team big.
I avoided this thread all day since I was in the clinic until 8 tonight. They won't be able to sit on a lead like that with Portugal, but a win's a win. They can make a game of it against Portugal, but they'll have to do a better job of maintaining possession and creating opportunities.
I avoided this thread all day since I was in the clinic until 8 tonight. They won't be able to sit on a lead like that with Portugal, but a win's a win. They can make a game of it against Portugal, but they'll have to do a better job of maintaining possession and creating opportunities.
if portugal plays like they did against germany then the US has a chance. if portugal shows up... well thats a loss if you ask me.
I avoided this thread all day since I was in the clinic until 8 tonight. They won't be able to sit on a lead like that with Portugal, but a win's a win. They can make a game of it against Portugal, but they'll have to do a better job of maintaining possession and creating opportunities.
if portugal plays like they did against germany then the US has a chance. if portugal shows up... well thats a loss if you ask me.
Personally, I think Portugal is overrated. They have a couple of brilliant playmakers, but if they play like they did against Germany the game is up for grabs. I hope that the US win gives them some momentum and Portugal's spanking by Germany doesn't inspire them...best case scenario, I know. US needs to play possession and create some opportunities. Hoping today's game got the World Cup nerves out of their system. Should be interesting to say the least.
I think Portugal, as usual, has already mentally packed up and gone home. BUT the US definitely needs to play much better than they did. That little slashing run that Ghana made all game was open every dang time and they put far too little pressure on crosses. Part of that I think is playing that narrow midfield diamond without much cover for the fullbacks. Hopefully scraping out the win will be a wake up call and they can put in more than 15 minutes of quality play. But what was up with all the muscle pulls? Did they over train or under hydrate? 77 degrees and 70% humidity is not exactly dangerous to play in.
I'm calling Klinsmann out on this. He knows how to prepare for this, he's been there. Having both played and coached, that can only be due to warm-up imho. It's highly unlikely they're overtraining at this stage. Klinsmann also needs to have a little faith in his squad. They're a talented bunch, but hearing your coach express his doubts in your abilities publicly has to have an effect on your confidence. I'd love to see him play with the roster a bit for the match against Portugal. Sub assist and sub goal on the game winner. Might as well give the performers a chance.
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