We’ve reached the Elite Eight of the World Cup. It’s quarter final time and Al Dannity is expecting a classic between Brazil and the Netherlands.
A tailored schedule
Brazil’s manager Dunga must be ecstatic. So far his team has enjoyed the best possible schedule for a World Cup contender. Brazil started with a game against rank outsider North Korea, followed by a decent test against Ivory Coast, and a better one from Portugal. Then in the second round his team faced the perfect change of pace in Chile. Aside from being a tactically fascinating game, this allowed Dunga to work on adapting his team’s game depending on how their opponents play. Now that they have reached the elite stage of the competition, Brazil come to the table well tested but without showing their full hand just yet.
Dutch look to overcome Goliath
The Netherlands and Brazil have quite the history. In 1994 Brazil beat the Netherlands 3-2 at this stage in the game of the tournament en route to claiming the World Cup. Four years later it took a penalty shoot-out for Brazil to push aside the Netherlands at the semi-final stage in another classic.
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It’s no shock to learn then that Brazil has the psychological edge in this rivalry. While historically the Netherlands has been the flair team of Europe, Brazil has been a synonym for style around the globe. Now the Dutch play a more efficient technical game, once again Brazil outshines them with its own scientific approach to the game of Soccer. Never underestimate this mental edge when looking at World Cup betting.
Brazil can exploit holes in the Dutch defense
This game will come down to who makes the fewer errors. The Netherlands have shown an ability to prevent teams from pressing forward, essentially defending from the front. This won’t trouble Brazil. Dunga’s team has shown the patience of champions in dissecting opponents so far. This should lead to a tight low-scoring game, with only one or two goals in it come the final whistle.
While the Dutch will prove a tougher test, the result will be the same. Brazil finds the weaknesses in its opponents and shows no mercy. In this case the Dutch center backs have looked sloppy throughout the tournament, lacking the intensity required to cover a player like Luis Fabiano. I like Luis Fabiano at +120 with Sports Interaction to score in this game. Bet on Brazil to break Dutch hearts yet again.
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screw you guys, we gonna PWN OURSELVES SOME DAMN BRAZILS
Well, it’s always nice to see the underdog win. I cheer for Holland. It would be nice to see Al Dannity proven wrong.
How many games has the Netherlands been unbeaten?
@Arik; Dude… we are not a bunch of southpark characters. Stop going Erik. Brazil is going to be tough. But lets be fair. While a loss of Holland will be sad, it’ll be less so because it’s taken into account. The win however will be all the more sweet.
Quite the contrary Dannity, it is never easier to play the bigger gun in an almost perfectly even match. This is why, Brazil have in all but goal difference (1:0), and everyone who’s seen the match knows what I mean, been flagrantly humiliated by France 4 years ago. No Al, being a favourite against another favourite is never a role that goes without a lot, and I mean a lot of pressure… Moreover, Brazil, apart from the match against Ivory Coast – in which Fabiano showed his “class” by blatantly and shamefully handling, TWICE, the ball to create the perfect opportunity, while the judge ignorantly ruined the game, much like the majority of this FIFA World Cup edition judges, by acquiescing that vomit-worthy goal – has faced only mediocre teams (the irrationally hyper-hyped Portugal side (only utter fools trust FIFA ranking), and the, really if zealous, certainly altogether lamentable Chile side). Its “European” revamp done by rookie coach Dunga might look charming against mediocrities, but it most certainly looks foolish, laughable even, in the eyes of relatively good European teams. The Netherlands will “surprisingly” (for the less insightful ones) brush aside Dunga’s squad, and meet a much more praise-worthy opponent in their semi-final match.
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Brazil has the psychological edge over the Netherlands having won the world cup many times and defeating the Netherlands in so doing but there is no reason the Netherlands cannot defeat Brazil.
Compare the players on paper and look what clubs they play at and what they achieved last year.
The Dutch midfield is vastly superior to the Brazilian one.
Van Bommel and de Jong are going to own the midfield and link up with our forwards unlike the Brazilian midfield that isn’t even part of there game.
And our forwards can score from any position with the likes of Robben Sneijder and van Persie.
There will always be one or two chances in a game no defense is strong enough to prevent that.