Re: Mex vs Cam, Spn vs Dutch, Chile vs Aus-predictions
Not really. If you have seen Barca and Spain play for the last year then you would know that either they win tight or they collapse. Bayern did that to Barca last year too and they play exactly like Spain. Teams have adapted to the tikitaka style.
Xavi is past it, the manager cannot drop him since he is Barca’s captain and well like Tendulkar. And Xavi can’t run the midfield as well he used to. Alonso is on and off. They had to change their entire system to accommodate Costa (finally their first good striker since Villa) and they failed when they should have played with Cazorla or Fabregas. Coupled with the fact that teams have adapted to their tikitaka. Their defence has aged and isn’t really good enough anymore. Other than Costa they have no good striker and if they play him then they have to change their entire system.
They also lost the first match of the last WC as well. Rest was history.