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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
I don't think Spain is contending any more. Again, Championship fatigue is no joke, and human bodies can only be pushed so hard. Spain would have to reload like crazy, and I just don't see that happening, further, many teams now have years worth of footage to draw on for effective strategies. Spain is going to have to quite literally go back to the drawing board and evolve some new plays if they want to continue to dominate, because what they used to win before has become more predictable and therefore more easy to defend.
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Some tactical change is inevitable as younger players start to come in but I disagree that teams have now found them out. There was never any mystery to how they played, it was just outrageously difficult to counter because they were so damn good at it. As they've started to lose some of their sharpness so they've made it increasingly easier for teams to find a way through but I see that as more to do with the players than I do the system. Full credit to Brazil but they really aren't
that good and I'm convinced that, had they played the same way a few years ago against this same Spain side, it would've been a very different result.