Tim Vickery
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154 appearances
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 19 Jul
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It meant that there was no one in that space.
And Morocco's out ball and the reason for their first half dominance was that they could always play the ball into Hakimi, the attacking right back.
And he always had a corridor in which to run.
So the team simply didn't make sense.
And Igor Thiago ended up carrying the can for that.
But I think that's more of the fault of the coach than it is of the player.
They looked far better balanced with Cunha in there.
But as that result from 10 years ago might seem to indicate...
Haiti are kind of perfect opponents because they don't defend particularly well.
And especially they don't defend particularly well in that space between their right wing back and their right centre back, which is exactly where Vini is.
And it's exactly where Brazil's three first half goals came from.
So it steps in the right direction, yes, and it's a morale boost.
And if Ancelotti isn't feeding the pressure and just raises his eyebrow Roger Amor style and bats all the criticism away, you can be sure that the players are feeding the pressure.
They go on social media, they see things that are being said about them, and they will be feeling the pressure.
So this is a terrific morale booster, and it more or less ensures their qualification for the knockout stage.
And I think Ancelotti all along has felt that the group phase is a bit of a phony war, and the thing will start once the knockout games come.
urgency in the second half from Brazil because they could have really put the hammer down and they didn't yeah a little bit surprising because given the fact that Morocco and Brazil have drawn the first game it would seem that first place in this group will come down to goal difference that's likely now because you would certainly expect Morocco to beat Haiti and Brazil now have a goal advantage of two
But Morocco could well overtake that, given that Brazil are facing a Scottish side which will be fighting for their lives in the competition.
Is a conclusion from that that Ancelotti is not really concerned about first or second place?
That is one possible conclusion.
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