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Originally Posted by Damien
I wonder if it's a consequence of physical and mental draining after a long season. I would imagine that International football is no longer as important to the players as it used to be and after a hard season for their clubs getting together with a new team for a few weeks is just not a task they can do easily.
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While i agree to an extent, they said something during the Brazil game last night about how many qualifiers Brazil wen`t through to reach the world cup. I think it was 16 matches, plus all the traveling to South America. The fatigue excuse just doesn`t wash it with me as most of the players representing the top nations play in europe, play a similar number of games but can at least still do the basics like trap, look for a player in space (that is if one has bothered to move into space) and pass.
I hope things click into place for the Slovenia game, not holding my breath though
Maybe a not so fancied team like the Dutch could win it this year, nobody has been raving about them and they have quietly gone about winning their games. They look to have a good spirit in the camp for a change and some pretty decent players.