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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
but your pace was much faster earlier in the game. by the end the speed wasn’t there anymore.
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But that's the point. It wasn't that we'd run out of pace; tactically we just chose not to exploit it by trying to do a Spain, which we're not good enough to pull off (although to be fair nor are Spain these days)
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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
so late in the game was the only time when colombia was free to push forward, because earlier they would have been surprised at the back.
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That we'll never know, but yes. in principle at least it's a perfectly acceptable tactic, as proven in the past by Italy and more recently Uruguay. I've no problem with teams doing that, I actually like it. What I don't like is the constant provocation of opponents, etc, that Colombia go in for, which for me only gives defence-minded teams a bad name, as though an emphasise on defence is somehow synonymous with cynicism. Tough yes, but cynical no.
Stuff like
the barge or
the scuffing don't seem like much in isolation, but everything together just encapsulated Colombia's attitude.