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Re: A Friendly Correction for those Man-Haters who Delve to be Single
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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
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European teams are coming off their seasons, whereas most leagues in this hemisphere are in the middle of theirs. Lots of injuries and some exhaustion on the European teams. 7 of the starters in Spain, for example, had just come off the Champions League final three weeks before the World Cup started. Over half of Spain's team was in the semis. Portugal and Germany have had injury issues as well. Messi was hurt mid season, so he had some time off then. Suarez is coming off ACL surgery, which is why he didn't play Uruguay's first game. Gigi Buffon missed Italy's first game to injury.
Most of the South American teams have players who are in those European leagues (Messi, Naymar, Suarez, Valencia for Ecuador, etc.), but the whole team isn't in Europe. There aren't that many European players who haven't just finished 9 months straight of competition.
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Last edited by Replaced_Texan; 06-23-2014 at 12:31 PM..
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