Archie Rhind-Tutt
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Amazing.
So no one could complain that they've not had at least a shot.
Everybody seems so on the same page of knowing what their role is.
And yeah, I think slick is the right word for that goal.
And also because not many teams can play that kind of football at international level who look like they're capable of pulling that off.
So to be honest, I back Japan to beat Brazil right now.
I don't think that...
Brazil are in their most comfortable phase.
And I think that the games that they had against Haiti and Scotland, those are two weak opponents.
And look, a lot of things were going to have to come together after what happened against Morocco.
But I think that Japan could be a real stumbling block for them.
Yeah, so a good friend of mine is from Tunisia.
And even before the first game began, I got a text from him at 4am being like, just waking up for this hate watch.
And I thought, look, it can't be that bad, what you're about to see.
And yet they have managed to disprove me in every game by conceding inside the opening 10 minutes in every game.
And look, from what I understand,
It's about a much bigger problem in Tunisian football, about the infrastructure not being there and talent production because of underfunding of training centres and no long-term vision, and over-reliance on finding players of dual nationality, and crucially, no accountability within the Tunisian Football Federation when things have gone wrong in the last few years.
Poor results for the national team at youth team level and at senior level have been continually brushed under the carpet and the culprits have never gone.
And I think that when you see the noises that Avegana was making, even after one game being like, I'm not too sure I'm going to be here for much longer.
And you look at the fact that Tunisia have had 20 coaches in the last 18 years.