Two draws
So, this year's World Cup has started. As it has been for quite some time, I'm watching Brazil's and Japan's matches, along with a few random matches which whose time is convenient.
On the first round, both teams got draws:
- Brazil 1x1 Morocco
- Japan 2x2 Netherlands The interesting detail, for me, is what these draws mean is totally different for both teams.
Brazil (as always with very high expectations) lost a goal with a defense miss; and then made a goal by Vini Jr. and made things equal. For most of the match, Brazil didn't have an effective attack, not even when Morocco wasn't really trying to score. Also, kudos for Marocco who played a very agressive start and got the draw from it.
Japan (since a few World Cups, with expectation to go to knockout stage, but not win the cup) lost a goal, not by a big mistake; then agressively tried to draw; lost a goal again; then went again to the attack and got another one. Even after the two teams had two goals each, both were more or less on the same level, both trying to score (with a few chances for both sides).
So, Brazil's draw feels like a loss, Japan's draw's feels like a win. So let's see how the momentum goes for the next round.
I'm actually going to watch Brazil's next match with some friends. Looking forwards to it.