Coaches' watch
Jury still out: Klinsmann, Eriksson
Kudos to: Don Leo for reacting to going a man down by sending on a striker; maybe he shouldn't have needed to react, AJ3 being an obvious candidate for half-time substitution
Quiet progression: Pekerman, Scolari, Basten, Parreira
Missed opportunities: Karel Bruckner -- with Czeckia two goals up against the plucky-but-uninspired USA, why make TR10 and PN11 run around in the heat for a further combined 90 minutes?
Neatly done: Hiddink didn't start with his strongest team against Zico's pretty zonal quasi-flair, keeping TC4 for early in the second half; the other two subs came on early too, overloading the Nihonese box with big blokes
Cool in the heat: Marcello Lippi identified ME8 in the opposition and had him out-psyched early in the game. Plan AP21 having worked as well, each sub brought something fresh and different
Could've done better: Aragones' replacements were late and his choices unadventurous
Kudos to: Don Leo for reacting to going a man down by sending on a striker; maybe he shouldn't have needed to react, AJ3 being an obvious candidate for half-time substitution
Quiet progression: Pekerman, Scolari, Basten, Parreira
Missed opportunities: Karel Bruckner -- with Czeckia two goals up against the plucky-but-uninspired USA, why make TR10 and PN11 run around in the heat for a further combined 90 minutes?
Neatly done: Hiddink didn't start with his strongest team against Zico's pretty zonal quasi-flair, keeping TC4 for early in the second half; the other two subs came on early too, overloading the Nihonese box with big blokes
Cool in the heat: Marcello Lippi identified ME8 in the opposition and had him out-psyched early in the game. Plan AP21 having worked as well, each sub brought something fresh and different
Could've done better: Aragones' replacements were late and his choices unadventurous
posted by Rik Howard at 12:16
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