Messi Times, Ronaldo and Neimar Pass – Sports Mail.Ru

Matthaus believes that new trends were perceptible at the world championship. Compactness is also very important now. The standards have been highlighted, with many objectives hammered. These things are not new, they are sometimes forgotten about them. Football has its roots, and we can not get away from it. For example, compactness has always been important. Look, thanks to which teams such as Sweden, Denmark, Iceland succeed. You can take an example closer to you – Russia. All at the expense of the team game. In the Russian team, there are no stars such as national teams from Brazil, Germany or Argentina. But the Russian team acted in a compact and disciplined, focused manner.

Of course, with this set, it's hard to count on the title of world champion. In addition, we need players who make the difference. For example, France has Mbappa, Grismann, Kante. This is why France and Croatia are in the final stages. These two teams and Belgium are the strongest teams of the championship, so everything is fair. They are at a high level constantly maintained all matches, they did not have any fluctuations. All matches in Belgium have been spectacular, their game is fun. These teams do not forget the roots of football.

What the teams of Spain and Germany have played, when the ball must own 70% of the time, it is in the past. Now, some other values, everything is decided not by the possession of the ball, but by the speed. Spend the time of Ronaldo, Messi and Neimar. Although Ronaldo scored four goals here, his game was not impressive. The three main stars have flown, but the tournament has not lost anything. On the way, there are new stars, new talents – said Matthaus in an exclusive interview to the "Championship."