Three words seem a bit easier that just one to characterize every team of the World Cup. This was attempt by the British Telegraph

So the English press has given 3 words for the Greek National team “defensive, cautious, stubborn.” Not bad …

Extremely good comments for Croatia “dangerous, right regular, competitive,” for Costa Rica “dynamic, unpredictable, combative,” for France “organized, defensive, exciting” and for Germany “strong, focused, committed.”

While for some countries the reviews were not so good. Italy ‘slow, vulnerable, pessimistic, “Brazil” emotional, popular, desperate, “Spain” defensive, poor, humiliated “England” enthusiastic, infinite disappointing “and Uruguay” bite, embarrassing, do or die »!