Comments on: ZM’s World Cup 2010 Best XI http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/07/19/world-cup-2010-team-of-the-tournament/ Football tactics, formations, diagrams, chalkboards and graphs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:21:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: minimalas http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/07/19/world-cup-2010-team-of-the-tournament/#comment-17286 minimalas Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:13:13 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3839#comment-17286 that busquets - he's just disgusting diver, a cheat maybe better said, so i wouldnt pick him in my squad for sure. that busquets – he’s just disgusting diver, a cheat maybe better said, so i wouldnt pick him in my squad for sure.

]]> By: Xavier http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/07/19/world-cup-2010-team-of-the-tournament/#comment-15970 Xavier Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:47:12 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3839#comment-15970 I'd go for Lucio over Carvalho not Juan. Was a beast in the tournament. I’d go for Lucio over Carvalho not Juan. Was a beast in the tournament.

]]> By: Fnarf http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/07/19/world-cup-2010-team-of-the-tournament/#comment-15264 Fnarf Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:40:40 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3839#comment-15264 To me the most interesting thing about this 23-man squad is that there are no players from the Premiership in it. Ill omen for English clubs in this year's Champions League? To me the most interesting thing about this 23-man squad is that there are no players from the Premiership in it. Ill omen for English clubs in this year’s Champions League?

]]> By: tsj http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/07/19/world-cup-2010-team-of-the-tournament/#comment-14927 tsj Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:43:56 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3839#comment-14927 As this is the tourney wrap up I just wanted to take the chance to thank you for your wonderful work. I had to watch the games on the tivo after work, and often would already be getting excited to see what you had to say as the last few seconds of extra time were still ticking away. Your quality of work is a rarity in football commentary and always a pleasure. As this is the tourney wrap up I just wanted to take the chance to thank you for your wonderful work. I had to watch the games on the tivo after work, and often would already be getting excited to see what you had to say as the last few seconds of extra time were still ticking away. Your quality of work is a rarity in football commentary and always a pleasure.

]]> By: Marco http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/07/19/world-cup-2010-team-of-the-tournament/#comment-14652 Marco Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:34:24 +0000 http://www.zonalmarking.net/?p=3839#comment-14652 I don't understand what you mean when you say it's easier to shine in the first round than in the final. I mean, it's easier for strikers to score in the group stage when they face weaker defenses than in the final rounds, that's obvious (take Higuain as an example) But for a goalkeeper?? I don't see a keeper take a spotlight in a match when you win 7-0 and all you do is stay 90 minutes between the posts. Besides, while Eduardo was being crucial for Portugal to keep clean sheets against the likes of Ivory Coast and Brazil, Casillas was ruining Spain's matches against Chile and Switzerland so you can't use the opponents as an excuse. Even in the Spain-Portugal match Eduardo performed way better than Casillas. While the first was (sometimes miraculously) saving countless shots, the other, despite facing a mediocre Portuguese attack, seemed to make a problem out of everything (he almost offered Portugal a goal when he fumbled a poor free-kick from Ronaldo). Ok, so he had good performances in the final, 1/2 final and 1/4 final, but even those can't match Eduardo's in the group stage and specially in the last 16 and I completely sure that if had been in these matches instead of Casillas he would have done the same or even better. So, you have Casillas with 3 good performances and 4 bad ones and then you have Eduardo with 4 good performances and no (legal) goals suffered. Seems like an easy choice. But it isn't cause there's always the tendency to pick a keeper from the final and we must congratulate ZM for this great choice. So you say Carvalho wasn't that impressive? Then tell me if leading a defense against Brazil, Ivory Coast and Spain and only suffer a single (offside) goal isn't impressive I don't know what is. The fact that there are 3 Portuguese players (LB, GK, CB) just reflects the fact that Portugal was the best team in the WC defensively and wasn't world champion, because screwed things up in attack I don’t understand what you mean when you say it’s easier to shine in the first round than in the final.

I mean, it’s easier for strikers to score in the group stage when they face weaker defenses than in the final rounds, that’s obvious (take Higuain as an example)

But for a goalkeeper?? I don’t see a keeper take a spotlight in a match when you win 7-0 and all you do is stay 90 minutes between the posts.

Besides, while Eduardo was being crucial for Portugal to keep clean sheets against the likes of Ivory Coast and Brazil, Casillas was ruining Spain’s matches against Chile and Switzerland so you can’t use the opponents as an excuse.

Even in the Spain-Portugal match Eduardo performed way better than Casillas. While the first was (sometimes miraculously) saving countless shots, the other, despite facing a mediocre Portuguese attack, seemed to make a problem out of everything (he almost offered Portugal a goal when he fumbled a poor free-kick from Ronaldo).

Ok, so he had good performances in the final, 1/2 final and 1/4 final, but even those can’t match Eduardo’s in the group stage and specially in the last 16 and I completely sure that if had been in these matches instead of Casillas he would have done the same or even better.

So, you have Casillas with 3 good performances and 4 bad ones and then you have Eduardo with 4 good performances and no (legal) goals suffered. Seems like an easy choice. But it isn’t cause there’s always the tendency to pick a keeper from the final and we must congratulate ZM for this great choice.

So you say Carvalho wasn’t that impressive? Then tell me if leading a defense against Brazil, Ivory Coast and Spain and only suffer a single (offside) goal isn’t impressive I don’t know what is.

The fact that there are 3 Portuguese players (LB, GK, CB) just reflects the fact that Portugal was the best team in the WC defensively and wasn’t world champion, because screwed things up in attack

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