I don't know. Brazil probably has more individual quality than Japan, but there's something special about the Japanese when it comes to football, they've become a really respected team, and I felt they could have gone further. Brazil, on the other hand, didn't look very convincing throughout the tournament and right now I'm sad.

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Really wanted Japan to get through

fuck's sake

like there was good play from Brazil in the second half but this Japanese team deserved far better than that, they had them wrapped up in the first half.

I thought Brazil deserved it.

I don't feel like Japan have lived up to the expectations at all in this tournament.

2 minutes ago, Iz様 🌟 said:

f***'s sake

like there was good play from Brazil in the second half but this Japanese team deserved far better than that, they had them wrapped up in the first half.

Let's write FIFA names in the notebook 🤣

11 minutes ago, nine¾ said:

I don't know. Brazil probably has more individual quality than Japan, but there's something special about the Japanese when it comes to football, they've become a really respected team, and I felt they could have gone further. Brazil, on the other hand, didn't look very convincing throughout the tournament and right now I'm sad.

Same. I don’t like this Brazilian team. I hope a top European side stuffs them. A team or individuals beat a Japanese team of hard workers.

1 minute ago, Steve201 said:

Same. I don’t like this Brazilian team. I hope a top European side stuffs them. A team or individuals beat a Japanese team of hard workers.

Manifesting a Haaland poker against them. 🕯️

It's just delaying the inevitable with Brazil, someone will knock them out of the tournament. They played much better in the 2nd half though today.

I worry for Casemiro in midfield, it was a knife through butter for the Japanese goal.

Germany (4-2-3-1) Neuer; Kimmich, Tah, Rudiger, Brown; Pavlovic, Nmecha; Sane, Havertz, Wirtz; Undav.

Subs: Baumann, Nubel, Anton, Goretzka, Leweling, Musiala, Woltemade, Gross, Beier, Stiller, Amiri, Raum, Thiaw, Ouedraogo.

Paraguay (4-5-1) Gill; Caceres, Gomez, Canale, Alonso; Almiron, Cubas, Bobadilla, Galarza; Avalos.

Subs: Fernandez, Olveira, Velazquez, Alderete, Balbuena, Sosa, Sanabria, Mauricio, Romero, Arce, Ojeda, Caballero, Pitta, Maidana.

Paraguay have the edge, and keeping it, by looks of it. Germany seems to be smash and grab, getting nowhere fast, although it's early days yet.

Paraguay scores first!

Waking up to Paraguay leading 1-0 at half time against Germany wasn’t something I was expecting to see.

2 hours ago, Houdini said:

It's just delaying the inevitable with Brazil, someone will knock them out of the tournament.

England in the QF?

I wasn’t too fussed with the Brazil v Japan result. I didn’t mind either team team progressing.

Germany v Paraguay has been grim so far. No real sign that Germany have been woken up by falling behind.

Damn that's all the Asian teams out now, very disappointing return from them.

And as Alan Shearer gets something on the end of it and Germany have, 1-1.