Mascherano wins everything.
Mascherano wins everything.
I was thinking Germany -2
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This World Cup has gone from being only behind 82 and 86 in my experience to just being another average one. The knockout games have been largely awful.
Yeah agreed. I'm tempted to go to bed. Absolute poison.
At least the NFL is only a couple of months away.
This is really depressing.
Pile of shite, tactical genius, my arse.
Kuyt on the left touchline, either passed it back inside or gave it away.
Huntelaar on the field yet Vlar takes the first penno.
What a waste of 2.75 hours.
Ah! but a man's reach should exceed his grasp......
Holland had a few chances late on but I felt overall Argentina marginally shaded the game and deserved to go through. At least the penalty decider was emphatic.
The final should be really good. Might go to penalties again!
Illegitimi non carborundum
Why get to a World Cup Semi Final and not try to win the game? Argentina were as usual, abysmal and yet the Dutch didnt attack??
Dreadful team through to the final but dont care who wins.
I despise both countries.
I switched to x hamster
I saw last night's game being described as 'drab' somewhere earlier this morning (BBC?).
I thought it was a decent enough game. People's expectations will have been raised beyond credibility after the other semi and that game itself might have influenced the tactics for last night. Open up against top opposition and you could be inviting disaster.
I thought Argentina were quite impressive defensively. Germany might struggle to break down that defence. Argentina also found different ways past the Dutch defence but the Germans will be even tighter.
I'm still hoping the wee man can score a couple and end up at least joint top scorer.
Illegitimi non carborundum
i think Man u fans will have some dull saturday afternoons ahead
Would be ncie to see a team let Messi play, rather than put 3 around him every time he receives the ball. (Purely from a selfish point of view!)
to be fair..if he's as good as people believe..it shouldn't matter...at least its not Tommy Smith..Norman Hunter or Chopper marking him. Good players have it easier today than in the past with the protection they get....he would have spent most time up in the air if he'd played in the 60's & 70's.
who told kuyt to keep doing that silly nonsense though Euro?..as Colin said..he just received the ball...turned towards his own goal..then went in field..did it at least 30/40 times..was really annoying..Townsend only spotted late in 2nd half..it pissed me off all night. He must have been told to do that..it was so mechanical
i don't like the tactics of the Dutch team at all..every time a midfield player received the ball it was with a mind to looking back not forwards..even the first touch knocked the ball back towards their own goal.
If he uses those tactics at Old Trafford he will be more unpopular than Moyes...mechanical football..looks sh*te and is ineffective...kuyt was like a wind up player just doing the same move all night..ineffective move as well.
That goalkeeper nonsense in the penalty shoot out also wants stamping out..another ugly tedious tactic...its cheating.. and imo if a keeper goes anywhere near the player coming to take the penalty they should deem it that the player has scored without having to take the shot..that would put a stop to it.
Last edited by EC1; 10th July 2014 at 9:30 AM.
I was disappointed with Messi last night, he was walking around for the second half and most of extra time having no affect on the game, I read an article last week highlighting that he does the least amount of running of any player in la liga because he watches the game and only comes to life when he sees an opportunity to run into space, that's fine but as captain of his country in a WC semi final there has to be periods in the game where he puts in a shift and leads by example.
Argentina wont roll over in the final but I cannot see anything but a German win, Mascherano cannot do it all on his own against their midfield and honestly the Germans deserve to be World champions.
Last edited by Jakers; 10th July 2014 at 9:48 AM.