The fact that they didn't tell you how to properly shoot and pass the ball probably was the reason you didn't make it!
And I agree about Brazil, which is exactly what my point all along is. In Brazil, the culture is all about passing and dribbling, and this comes across in the training techniques and the style of football managers prefer - so Brazil makes better dribblers. Nothing to do with luck there.
I knew how to pass and shoot properly or else I wouldnt have made it to the trials of what was a one of the biggest clubs in swiss at the time and passed, specially considering I played mostly as a winger/forward. Like I said, the coaches are there to see if there is something wrong and correct you, but knowing the theory and applying it in a match/training situation are completely different things, the latter is always up to the player. Football theory is quite straight forward actually, just like most sports, I can't imagine a central midfielder for example not knowing how to pass properly even at the age of 8, but that doesn't mean all of them are little Xavis.
As for Brazil and their football culture, I think you missed my point. I'll give you an example: when I moved to portugal I picked up football again but this time I wasn't even a starter because there were better players in the positions I preferred (winger/forward), and I was at a local club that played in the regional championship. I later switched to goalkeeper because the team was lacking in that aspect (and while I did play a few games I gave up football soon after).
It's not like Portugal has bad goalkeeper coaches, it's just that most people here just don't seem to have an interest in goalkeeping. In the other hand, if you asked most people in my team and asked them who is their favourite player they would tell you: Luis Figo, Rui Costa,Simao,Quaresma and so on. Mostly wingers. Portugal always had a goalkeeper problem, but always had many exceptional wingers.
Brazil never really had specific problems, but always had an excess in great dribblers. Coaches have very little to nothing to do with that, it's just that most brazilians have a thing for dribbling, it's part of their culture to learn dribbling before they even learn how to shoot or pass properly. As a matter of fact, in Portugal I met three brazilian players, two of them were in my squad. All of them came to Portugal at a early age, and were all pretty good dribblers (specially one of them who was probably the best at that in the team), even if the positions they played at didn't require dribbling at all (one of them was central defender). The two that were in my team had just arrived, with no previous team experience whatsoever. The fact that they were great dribblers had nothing to do with training methods or anything since my coach was the first one they ever had.
Well deserved win for Spain on Germany, even though it was boring. What I didn't like was how the Spanish don't even bother to score goals after leading... they had plenty of counter-attacking chances, but preferred to just keep the ball away from the Germans, instead of trying to score.
Also, a great high-scoring final game from Germany's substitutes for the 3rd place spot. They've shown to be the most entertaining team the whole cup. Even though they didn't get the trophy, they've earned the most fans and that's a better consolation prize than the 3rd place finish. I would've liked seeing Uruguay win 3rd though. Forlan really deserves the Golden Boot for scoring all those challenging goals. Then again, Spain would probably be out by group stages if they didn't have David Villa
Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
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