World Cup 2014: Goals, thrills and villainy – a tournament to savour

 

"There is, of course, a more sensible, more systematic explanation for all the fun so far. In tactical terms elite-level football is perhaps at an estuary point providing, like the famous Amazonian meeting of the waters, a contrast of opposing shades. The retreat of all-out possession play is intersecting profitably with the advance of the counterattacking style, a clash that has produced rough edges, sparks, weaknesses in one system that can be exploited by strengths in the other."

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World Cup 2014: Goals, thrills and villainy – a tournament to savour | Barney Ronay | Football | The Guardian