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From the Shakespearean Elimination of Germany to the Hitchbadian Ranking of Argentina, Nearly Half of World Cup Stage One Matches have changed in the last minutes, a trend that has been strengthened since the beginning of Russia-2018.

The Mannschaft perfectly illustrates the syndrome of the last five minutes of play that hit the World Cup and set the tone. Germany thinks it was saved by beating Sweden (2-1) with 10 men with a superb free kick from Toni Kroos (90 + 5), but received a spoonful of his own medicine from South Korea ( 2-0) with two very late goals (90 + 2) and (90 + 6) who sentenced her.

In Russia, 25 of the 116 that were scored before the last day were screaming after the 85 minutes of play, a much larger proportion than in 2014 (15 goals out of 136).

Up to now "we see a super World Cup," said judge Rudi Garcia, Marseille coach, to AFP. "It's very controversial and there are surprises," he adds.

"Those who are the victims of goals in the final minutes tend to bounce back and maintain a result," Garcia explains to explain this trend. 19659004] The OM coach quotes as an example "the Swedes who played in the numerical superiority and concede a free kick at the edge of the big box, whereas they should have pushed much more high knowing that they were playing eleven against ten ".

Former Japan badistant coach Jacky Bonnevay is "surprised" by the frequency of goals on the end. "It happens when one of the teams plays all or nothing, because it has no other choice," he explains

. The specialist quotes the example of the German goalkeeper "Manuel Neuer who left his bow to fetch the goal". they ended up converting it with the empty fence.

Unlike France, many qualifying tickets were sealed on the twilight of the defining games of the groups, starting with the Argentina, saved by defender Marcos Rojo with a little 86 minutes against Nigeria ( 2-1).

At the beginning of the tournament, giants like England against Tunisia (2-1), Uruguay, against Egypt (1-0) and Brazil against Costa Rica ( 2-0), they have signed their triumphs in the last minutes. La Seleçao two against the Ticos.

Messi, Ney and Griezmann disappoint
° In the game, in addition to the difficult implementation of VAR (video arbitration) which continues to cause controversy, we observe "a football recovery-transition" badysis Bonnevay

With this formula, Russia beat Saudi Arabia (5-0) and Egypt (3-1) before returning to their limits against Uruguay (3-0). ). 19659004] Overall, the table of the World Cup is quite balanced.

Some stars have been slow to say present, as well as their goals. Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick and drowned in the Croatian midfield, to score a beautiful against Nigeria.

Antoine Griezmann has disappointed for the moment in France, only moving the criminal networks, in the first VAR in the history of the Coupe du Monde

The Brazilian Neymar scored, but his nerves have betrayed him a little, beyond which he has received many shots from his markers.