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Australia is not going to win this WC, and it's almost impossible for them to go through their group so they already did what they were supposed to, giving their youngsters the experience of playing in a WC. The best thing they hope for now is to not end the WC with three defeats (Australia got a really difficult group, so better luck next time).

That means nothing, every player makes blunders once in a while. He was so confident on trapping that ball that he got careless. He is one for the future.

To be honest i was surprised with Australia, they aren't terrible like i thought they were and that Halloran is a pretty good player.

It makes a huge difference, i was playing with Wrexham at Skrill premier but i couldn't get a winning streak going early in the season and my team's morale kept dropping a lot, and since my team was just average compared to the rest of the league i couldn't recover and got sacked not too long after that. I don't think your team needs to be fully familiarized with the tactic to be winning, it certainly helps but it's not a decisive factor on the game (Match preparation is one of them) i managed to win the Brazilian Serie A with only half of the Tactic Familiarity.

Fluminense was a team that got relegated from the Brazilian first division last year, They have a decent team with some former internationals but it's not a team italy should be struggling against. And Aquilani, Cassano, Thiago Motta and De Rossi played like crap today. (Immobile's Hat-Trick wasn't bad though).

Mexico is not a bad team but they are relying too much on Chicharito (Who, by the way is a very limited player) and their crappy midfield means they will be starving for the ball against Croatia and Brazil (maybe against Cameroon too, but i'm not sure on that).

Mexico's team was still shocked from that nasty injury their team mate got in the last friendly and so their players were afraid to get injured and then miss the WC. Also, Bosnia has a pretty good team (better than Cameroon), and Pjanic and Dzeko are world class players. It's not a surprise that Mexico lost (since to me Bosnia will be second in their group while Mexico is a likely third place, maybe fourth if they lose to Cameroon).

Remember to warn your players when their match ratings get lower than 6.3 to increase their Determination and Work Rate (Determination is a key stat in this game and it's also crucial to the development of young players).

Bosnia says Hi! ( might be a surprise too).

To me the most important thing in this edition of FM is to manage your players. Always do a private chat with them when they have underperformed in the last 5 matches and if your team's morale is low you'll struggle on any match, so when your morale gets low you should schedule a friendly against a team much weaker than yours (which in your case is very difficult) to raise morale. Try to get a winning streak going and keep winning consecutive matches for as long as you can.

Fuccboi's going to love this:

Cameroon's coach Volker FInke is really, really dumb. How can you leave your best GK out of the world cup when your team's biggest mistake in the last WC was not playing him.

I dont think it was heartbreaking, personally i think it's more of a divine punishment than anything else, since Diego Costa had played for the Brazilian NT before the Spanish NT called him but since that match was only a friendly he opted to play for the Spanish NT instead (note that he isn't spanish nor his parents/grandparents were spanish so he should never, ever be allowed to play for the spanish NT). I also think most Brazilians dont feel any kind of pity for him. It's just like Scolari said:

I live in Brazil too and i don't think it makes any difference, the gun laws here keep normal people from getting their hands on a gun (which is a good thing, who knows how many people were saved by this law) but the criminals will find a way to circunvent this and get guns the same way they get drugs. The only drawback of 3D printers that i can think of is the plastic waste. Paper is easier to Recycle than Plastic, and plastic takes much more time to decompose.

He doesn't have the winning mentality that great coaches have. That's what makes the difference in a cup competition. To me the biggest reason why Brazil are favourites is the experience on winning Scolari has. And you think Low isn't a bad coach but if he doesn't win this WC he might end up not winning a single title with one of the best generations of german football ever.