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Nope, what tweet?
I won't spoil it. At least, I'm on my phone and don't know how to paste it.
Search Twitter for 'piers Morgan David Luiz'.
So apart from the reverse pass to Muller who should have scored, what did Luiz do that was so bad?
People who rate Luiz are the same people who claim Silva is the best CB in the world. Fucking cretins.
Same goes for Marcelo. Constantly bombing up the wing in the first 25 mins, leaving LB position with no cover & Muller free on the counter.
My favourite bit was when he tried to boot the ball at a German player and totally missed the ball.
Brilliant!
To be fair though, if that's what Scolari's asked him to do, then he's just playing to instruction. And whoever was playing left wide (Bernard?) also has to share the blame for not helping to provide cover.
I acknowledge its in Marcelo's natural game to attack up that left side.Even if Scolari's instructions were to do so, it doesn't mean you do it without using your brain. It's the first 25 mins of a world cup semi final! Get settled. Watching Marcelo in the first 25 mins, you'd think Brazil were 1-0 down with a few minutes remaining in the game.
I agree Bernard barely provided much cover, but having said that Marcelo is an experienced international with big game experience at all levels - whereas Bernard is anything but.
I really hope those rumours linking us to Marcelo are nothing more.
Luiz's performance:
1-0: From a German corner, Luiz loses his man at the far post, enabling Thomas Mueller to cruise in and score the opener in the 11th minute.
2-0: Luiz allows Germany’s Toni Kroos to slide a through ball right by him, and ultimately into the path of Miroslav Klose, who doubles the lead on 23 minutes
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3-0: Just a minute later, Luiz is in no man’s land as Kroos — in acres of space at the edge of the area — hammers home a first-time shot on goal.
4-0: There wasn’t much Luiz can do about this one as Brazil’s Fernandinho gives up the ball almost immediately from the restart, and Kroos pounces to score his second goal in the space of three minutes. Luiz is, however, very slack in tracking back
5-0: Luiz’s poorly timed, rushed-in tackle in the middle of the park allows Germany to cut right through the heart of Brazil’s defence, and Sami Khedira cashes in with a side-footed finish for his team’s fourth goal in seven minutes.
6-0: Second half now, and flat-footed and poorly positioned Luiz again allows a German attacker a free run into the box. This time it’s Andre Schurrle who pokes it home from close range after the ball is rolled in from the right.
7-0: Luiz is a good two metres behind Schurrle as the German races onto the ball on the left-side of the area and hits a free half-volley, which strikes the underside of the bar before nestling in the back of the net
I can't believe that PSG were so naive as to pay Chelsea £50 million to sign Luiz and I wonder if there isn't some kind of shady offsetting transaction going on.