Generally that's the case. It's rare a team starts off brilliantly and carries it on through a whole tournament, there's generally a dip somewhere along the line and it's whether or not they get through it to the next round. More often than not a tournament winner gradually gets stronger as the tournament goes on.
I'll tell you later after England trudge to a 0-0 draw
I doubt Spain will play as badly again as well, but even if the do improve they've shown enough vulnerability that better teams can exploit it when they play them. It's a question of will they? The same applies to France. Senegal are a decent team but they're not potential winners or finalists. But they were the better team first half and showed France's vulnerability at the back and should have been in front at half time. Infact with luck and better finishing they could have been 2 up at half time. The fact so much turned when Mbappe came on shows how key he is and if he can be handled it'll nullify France a lot.
Pele and Jairzinho for me, thet Brazilian slde were phenominaly good.
Before my time amigo.
I hope Ronaldo turns up mind because Portugal have a very good chance of winning it but his last few performances for them have been terrible. Shoot on sight mentality and so wasteful of good chances. Which has generally worked for him for a long time but from the little I’ve seen his shooting has been honking lately.
Aye be a real shame if he was dragging his arse through his last tournament.
I found that over a period of a few world cups Germany always started crap, just got thru the group stages and well they haven't done to bad over the years. Tw*ts
Big shame isn’t it …
Baffles me this.
