The women's soccer semi-final interest me so much that I was glued to my seat all night to watch 2 semi-finals. Brazil vs Germany and the other one was USA vs Japan. These are the young girls from 4 different corners of the world and of different cultures. I learnt a lot. Plus, it was a lot more fun watching them play comparing to any national, world or professional male soccer. These are some of the reasons.
They chased the ball more intensely as compared to men.
They all carried out total denfensive strategy where the striker was the first line of defense.
Their tackles were fair and they did not like to commit fouls
They hardly talk back to the refferee, not to mention giving her the F word.
They did not 'dive' or intentionally hurt any other player
They pass the ball a lot quicker than male players
They attacked in total
They never get tired and never get emotional
They played simple football, opened space better than men
They sticked to the strategy the coach told them
When trailing, they did not get frustrated or demoralized easily.
Their game was faster as compared to men's football.
The matches caught my attention because in football, if a team is playing a simple and fast game, it will be very interesting. From there, we can expect to see many goals.
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