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Old 07-13-2014, 06:48 AM   #3371
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Originally Posted by bhlloy View Post
You would have to say that in terms of technical ability, the Brazilians are probably in the bottom half of teams at this tournament. Outside of Neymar and maybe Oscar, just not much quality. So many terrible touches around midfield and balls given away in terrible areas have killed them the last two games.

Tim Vickery has been saying this for years and his credibility has shot up tenfold for me. They have spent too much time becoming bigger, stronger, faster and not enough time playing on the ball.
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