In sports, just like in fashion, there are trends and there are trendsetters. If a coach or a team is successful using a specific tactic, other coaches try to "borrow" those tactics and apply a version of it to their teams. There is no doubt that Jose Mourinho is a defensive genius. His teams play organized counterattacking football and they often get favorable results. He has multiple european championships and league titles to his name to prove how great a coach he is. Although he is not a pioneer of counterattacking football, his success has had a ripple effect on the world of football. I can't remember seeing a world cup with so many teams playing so defensively. Outside of a couple of games here and there, the games have been disappointingly boring and far from the exciting, end to end action that I like to see.
Although there are certainly weaknesses in the Spain team, which were exposed in the game against Switzerland, I hope for the sake of beautiful and attack minded football that they win this world cup, because if a counterattacking team ends up winning it all, this trend will continue, which in my humble opinion, is not good for the game of football.
EDIT: Argentina, Netherlands, etc. would also work. I'm not singling out Spain here.
Although there are certainly weaknesses in the Spain team, which were exposed in the game against Switzerland, I hope for the sake of beautiful and attack minded football that they win this world cup, because if a counterattacking team ends up winning it all, this trend will continue, which in my humble opinion, is not good for the game of football.
EDIT: Argentina, Netherlands, etc. would also work. I'm not singling out Spain here.
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