No, this match had nothing to do with Neymar missing, and everything to do with Thiago Silva missing. Neymar wouldn't have marked Muller for the first goal. No

No, this match had nothing to do with Neymar missing, and everything to do with Thiago Silva missing. Neymar wouldn't have marked Muller for the first goal. Nor would he have been at the back to clean up the second fuck up, and the many fuck ups thereafter. Thiago Silva is an excellent defender who organizes his defense to ensure proper defensive shape. In his absence, David Luiz was in charge of the same, and he isn't a particularly great defender to begin with (decent attacker, sure, but not a good defender). Further, football resists statistical analysis, unlike most American sports, because momentum plays a HUGE part. Upsets are a common phenomenon in football. Small teams beat the big fish ALL the time.