Re: 2014 World Cup.
Reply #227 –
The sad part if you are Brazilian is that Germany didnt even need to hit 80% rat power.
It was awful defending from a group of players who play for Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Chelsea to name a few.
Honestly, the art of defending has slipped dramatically over the last decade.
Cannavaro at his best was the last of the great ones. Even Italy are producing pedestrian defenders these days.
I still rate the Nesta Cannavaro defensive pairing against Holland in a semi at Euro 2000 as one the greatest defensive efforts ever. That was defending with Coglioni
If Varane and Thiago Silva are the best going around, its a sad indictment on the craft.