Brazil V USA V Football Irony V Luck

So, yesternight in the Confederations (i.e. Pointless) Cup Final, Brazil beat USA coming back from 2 goals down. Here’s the irony, even if USA would have won (which really would not have happened), they would have no where come close to deserving their win. It’s quite obvious that they are technically no where close to Brazil. They have no midfield and no real play maker. The commentator (who was so biased towards USA – these Englishman have something perpetually against Brazil), yesternight, kept raving about the size of Altidore, but that chico is arguably smaller than Lucio, Luizao, Julio Cesar, Luis Fabiano and a ton of other big players in other good footballing teams. Besides Altidore and the other stuff, USA was lucky enough to take advantage of the chances they got which were considerably straight forward. Dempsey really did not know where the ball was going when he made the “intentional” (haha right) volley count. That does not make USA a good team. When it comes to bare bones, as in creativity and technical skills, USA is not competitive. So, the comparison to Brazil, and the so called “close encounter,” is farcical. Please do not make much of it.

Just as a refresher, USA qualified for the knock out round of the Pointless Cup, not because of a superior number of points, not because of a better goal difference, not because of a better head to head, but because they scored one more goal than Italy. Yes one friggin’ goal! So yeah, all I want to do is calm the hype down. Through a bizarre connection of circumstances and a massive gigantic bucket full of luck, USA quite miraculously made it through. Yes, they were decently organized at times and surprised Spain. Yes, Tim Howard is a good goalkeeper. Yes, Donavan’s counter-attack-made goal was decent. But USA is still pretty average. They are technically weak. They are not a threat and were never a threat to Brazil. What was threatening was bloody luck. It went the right way in the end though, so no worries.

P.S. I am not anti-USA. I am just pro-Brazil and a little frustrated by all the American reactions.