some brilliant passing (and awful defending, it must be said) in POR v SWE:
cant let a midfielder have space and time pick out a forward pass. CBs too far apart. LB fell asleep against cronaldo - has he not heard of him? all that space was begging for the run and pass.
CB way too late to pressure - again, too much time to get a pass off, and cronaldo runs into the space that the CB vacated
sick slide rule pass, perfectly weighted, but again, cant give midfielders space and time to play whatever pass they want.
all goals scored in transition. except the 3rd goal, when sweden were chasing, the swedes still had sufficient numbers back, but good players will punish you if you give them space and time.
