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That and their defense sucked. And not just bad, absolutely, downright, horrible. 

marcelo isnt that bad but he is only a LB so there is only so much he can do.. i think the absence of thiago silva really hurt their CB position.

 

its crazy because USA doesnt have a very good defense at all... omar gonzalez isn't even european quality but managed to look better than anything brazil had at cb,.we got that result because we gave them help from the mids... they didnt have to go up against the whole german atttack with 4 men... we had 8 men breaking to our side of the pitch every time germany had possession.... to me thats a cop out way to play but its part of the game.

 

i dont enjoy watching one team hold 60% possession just passing it around the 18 yard box because their opponent  has their whole team in front of goal... i think you find out who is the btter team by trying to stand up and trade goals with someone but, as we saw, thats also how you can get blown out...  imo if brazil had put david luiz at cb instead of CDM and put ramieres as a box to box cdm they could have competed... but they left two inexperienced CB's on an island against the counter attack and germany had a field day... thats what happens when you try and get in a shootout with a well rounded team and your defense sux.

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