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iseah100

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He's better than Willian in attack.

In the 10 mins he spent on the pitch he was positve, missed a great chance and later scored the winner.

Its really crazy Brazil are starting an important tournament with Willian and Fred.

Anyway Chelsea don't need Costa if Cuadrado is staying.

Don't hate on Willian.
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He's better than Willian in attack.

In the 10 mins he spent on the pitch he was positve, missed a great chance and later scored the winner.

Its really crazy Brazil are starting an important tournament with Willian and Fred.

Anyway Chelsea don't need Costa if Cuadrado is staying.

Douglas Costa is certainly better at getting into good attacking positions than Willian (give me the name of an AM who isn't), but he's much less intelligent than Willian in his use of possession. He's one of those players that, although very talented and capable of being dangerous in attack, nonetheless has a tendency to turn the ball over quite often due to poor decision-making; he dribbles when he should pass, he passes when he could shoot, he shoots when he should pass etc. This is the reason that he has developed a reputation for inconsistency.

In contrast, Willian's passing and decision-making were exemplary against Peru, with a number of dangerous crosses from the right supplementing some excellent vertical passes, well-timed switches of play, and effective 1-2 combinations with various teammates; he was one of Brazil's best players (behind Neymar) alongside Alves and Costa.

The biggest issue for Brazil at the Copa is going to be their enormously unconvincing double-pivot; Fernandinho and Elias were really poor against Peru, affording the defence little in the way of protection in open-play, giving away free-kicks in dangerous areas, and failing to move the ball forwards quickly enough when in possession. The problems arising from the DMs were compounded by Dunga's selection of Fred (over Douglas Costa, with Coutinho injured) and Tardelli (over Firmino) because it meant that only Alves and Willian were initiating/developing the attacks for Brazil, and only Neymar was effective at getting into dangerous positions and finishing these attacks.

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LAM09

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I wouldn't say he's better than Willian in attack just a better end product, but then again who doesn't have a better end product than Willian?

Very few. [emoji1]
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Willian was arguably the 2nd best player for Brasil last night, according to many, and also been included in the first round XI. Mentioning Fred and Willian in the same sentence is odd, especially if you saw yesterday's match.

With Oscar and Coutinho injured i see no reason why Wiilain wouldnt start every game for Brasil. But Brasil should play Costa and Firmino, Fred and Tardelli cant offer too much.

As for Costa, i always liked him and he's a good player, he can contribute in Chelsea, but I agree with WNDS about his decision making, not as intelligent as a Chelsea starting AM shoud be. Could be a decent squad option in the place of Cuadrado, if he's leaving, but i think Sterling got more potential as a starter.

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Willian was arguably the 2nd best player for Brasil last night, according to many, and also been included in the first round XI. Mentioning Fred and Willian in the same sentence is odd, especially if you saw yesterday's match.

I watched the game from minute 7 (after it was already 1-1) to the end.

Being the 2nd best Brazil player doesn't mean much with the average lineup they had out there. The most notable thing he did (apart from when he humiliated some guy) was an outside of the foot pass to Neymar, who fired wide from outside the box. While the others did fuck all.

sheva is a good poster but he hates on Willian all the time

Not all the time lol, i think he's a decent player, but not 'un-droppable' at a big club.

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