white is right
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It's probably Argentina which is largely an ethnic Italian team with some Castizo players and a few Spaniards and one player who has a Scottish surname but at best is half Scottish as he looks like a Southern European.Hi - I'm new to the thread and don't know much at all about soccer. Who should I be rooting for? I know it's not America or England or France or Germnay. Who is the white team most likely to win?
As others have stated Germany was awful again and lost to a very mediocre Paraguay squad in penalty kicks. The Germans have been so bad since 14' that the have consistently broken unprecedented levels of achievement with the awful opposite of these achievements.
Until 18' The German squad always made at least a quarterfinal, that went up in smoke. They have failed to advance to the old play off format for 3 straight tournaments( a new record for ineptitude) and now they have lost in their first shoot out.
You can't expect the goalie to save 3 straight shots because your players repeatedly hit posts or attempted try out for NY Jets kicker job with sky high penalty kicks.
As for the Dutch they have been awful at penalties for years and this came back to bite them in the butt.
I will say that through better coaching weaker squads have come closer to being equal with better talented squads with using defensive shells as Germany was repeatedly smothered by Paraguayan defenders in the first half as Paraguay was content to play in a shell similar to a team killing a penalty in hockey.
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