A wonderful match – Tottenham looked like being given the thrashing of their life after half an hour, but recovered to take home a decent result, considering the two away goals.
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Young Boys 3-2 Tottenham: Spurs fortunate to avoid a thrashing
The final analysis, part one: the basic shapes, and pressing
Here is Holland’s basic shape when they have the ball with their goalkeeper, Maarten Stekelenburg. This shows their defence (red), their holding midfielders (yellow), the attacking band of three (green) and the striker (blue).
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Holland v Spain: two teams rooted in similar history
This is a tremendously intriguing final for a variety of reasons.
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Brazil 3-0 Chile: Dunga prevails over Bielsa in the tactical contest of the tournament
A fascinating game of two vastly different styles – with one clear winner.
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Spain 2-1 Chile: Chile press, foul, then hold on
What a bizarre game. Chile started better, then conceded a silly goal, then went two goals and one man down in the same move, then started the second half brightly, then realised a 2-1 defeat would send them through, and stopped bothering.
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