Even beyond the psychological effect, goals affect strategy. In an elimination match, when you go a point down, you NEED THAT POINT. You have to start playing

Even beyond the psychological effect, goals affect strategy. In an elimination match, when you go a point down, you NEED THAT POINT. You have to start playing a more aggressive formation - you've gotta have Everyone on offense. Because of that, any break by the other team is suddenly FAR more dangerous, which is why the momentum went as badly as it did. Generally, I agree that GER was better than ENG and I liked ARG better than MEX, but they weren't THAT much better.