Archie Rhind-Tutt
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Appearances Over Time
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The fact that, I think, the key thing is that Nestor Iarancunda started as well because he is such an outlet.
And whilst I don't think he was the most dangerous player on the evening, I'm struggling with which time of day to say.
You can live in the now, Archie.
I thought, yeah, Jordy Boss was excellent down at wingback, for example.
And look, it's still a big achievement for them to qualify for the next round.
And I would still place them in the category of underdogs at every tournament they go to.
And when you see how...
teams like Scotland have performed where they don't look like they have a structure or a plan.
I mean, Tony Popovich has kept everyone guessing with his plan in every single game so far.
But yeah, the thing that caught the eye here was the fact that
Paraguay went into the Australian box for the first time in the 38th minute and that was from a long throw.
The main thing that stood out here was just the number of thumping tackles and just seeing limbs flying into places that you wouldn't expect them.
And I think the key emotion I saw, I don't know if you can name it as an emotion, but I just saw an awful lot of wincing throughout the game.
They have had excellent results at the last World Cup, for example, against teams where when the other team's been on the front foot, then they've actually looked more comfortable.
And them going out against Croatia in the end was actually because they had to take more of the initiative.
And yet...
I think we've seen in how they've evolved since then that they do look more comfortable having more of the ball.
You saw it also with their result against England in that friendly not too long ago as well.
And the thing I find fascinating about this is that since the start of this World Cup cycle, they've used 86 players.
in terms of rotation.