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The Belgians were as good as the Argentinas.
Only that lucky goal in beginning of the match.
Argentine didn't want to play a normal match becouse they only want to take time and defensive play.
Not seen a great Argentina, even Messi??? Was he on the field?
tioms, from Belgium,
Belgium? What? This team was supposed to be "grat play" and not even manage to have goal chances seriuosly. Mid- to low class team. Argentina showed the guts needed at this stage: goal, good deensive system and Messi. Belgium? Haha. You guys did a much better job in 1986, and we all know how the tale ends...
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tioms
The Belgians were as good as the Argentinas.
Only that lucky goal in beginning of the match.
Argentine didn't want to play a normal match becouse they only want to take time and defensive play.
Not seen a great Argentina, even Messi??? Was he on the field?
tioms, from Belgium,
Belgium? What? This team was supposed to be "grat play" and not even manage to have goal chances seriuosly. Mid- to low class team. Argentina showed the guts needed at this stage: goal, good deensive system and Messi. Belgium? Haha. You guys did a much better job in 1986, and we all know how the tale ends...
..There were at least 2 clearly-cut, open-goal chances for Belgium - exactly the same for Argentina, who did score but hardly crossed the midline after that goal (9').
It was definitely a mid to low-class match; nothing to accuse Belgium for. And exactly how low the quality of their game was can be debated (though I'd agree about it being - way! - to little to make a genuine claim on the semi-final... and that goes for their achievements during the whole tournament, btw); but imo there's no debate about the anti-game Argentina has played in that quarter final.
Oh, and apparently you DID see Messi, didn't you!? Wow. Lucky you!
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Stoneage
Apparently an American journalist named Ann Coulter has published a couple of anti-football columns in a right-wing newspaper.I won't replicate the content of it since it's to idiotic to be taken seriously but I have duly noticed it.
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Zero points for me in the prediction game for the last four matches. Maybe I should start predicting again what I expect, rather than what I wish
I should have played, I've predicted all the games since the knockout started.
OK, final 3 picks.
Germany over Brazil
Argentina over Netherlands
Germany over Argentina
Thanks, you just saved me alot of time.
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Germans will destroy brazil aka the floppers
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jpasc95
Come on Brazil !!
Please get rid of the Germans. I've never liked the way they play football.
and go ahead the Netherlands !
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Come on Brazil !!
Please get rid of the Germans. I've never liked the way they play football.
and go ahead the Netherlands !
What problem do you have with the way Germany play football? Since 2006 they have played with attacking flair and passion. They showed that beating Argentina 4-0 and England 4-1 in their knockout stage games in the last World Cup. They try to score goals, not engage in cynical stalemate matches.
This time round they have been in closely fought matches with Ghana, Algeria, USA but you can't accuse them of being boring. Their only game so far that has resulted in an air-less game with few chances was the last one against France. Were any others of the quarter finals really better. I don't think so.
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Come on Brazil !!
Please get rid of the Germans. I've never liked the way they play football.
and go ahead the Netherlands !
What problem do you have with the way Germany play football? Since 2006 they have played with attacking flair and passion. They showed that beating Argentina 4-0 and England 4-1 in their knockout stage games in the last World Cup. They try to score goals, not engage in cynical stalemate matches.
This time round they have been in closely fought matches with Ghana, Algeria, USA but you can't accuse them of being boring. Their only game so far that has resulted in an air-less game with few chances was the last one against France. Were any others of the quarter finals really better. I don't think so.
I completely agree with you.
And your statement "since 2006" is valid for a serious time frame previous to that year, too!
As far as I can remember, Germany has had that very 'complete' & attacking style of footbal that you're referring to, with a distinctive flair & passion to it indeed, dating back as far as 1990... (though they've had their ups & downs as well.)
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emotionalbarbecue
A very frustrating Cup according to the level showed by all the teams.
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Greg
I promised my son a smartphone and my daughters a tablet each if we would become world champion this morning. Think I'm gonna start to put money aside.
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I promised my son a smartphone and my daughters a tablet each if we would become world champion this morning. Think I'm gonna start to put money aside.
Excitement is growing chez Greg...
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jpasc95
Come on Brazil !!
Please get rid of the Germans. I've never liked the way they play football.
and go ahead the Netherlands !
What problem do you have with the way Germany play football? Since 2006 they have played with attacking flair and passion. They showed that beating Argentina 4-0 and England 4-1 in their knockout stage games in the last World Cup. They try to score goals, not engage in cynical stalemate matches.
This time round they have been in closely fought matches with Ghana, Algeria, USA but you can't accuse them of being boring. Their only game so far that has resulted in an air-less game with few chances was the last one against France. Were any others of the quarter finals really better. I don't think so.
I completely agree with you.
And your statement "since 2006" is valid for a serious time frame previous to that year, too!
As far as I can remember, Germany has had that very 'complete' & attacking style of footbal that you're referring to, with a distinctive flair & passion to it indeed, dating back as far as 1990... (though they've had their ups & downs as well.)
I wouldn't take him too seriously...I'm sure he won't post a rebuttal either as he wouldn't know how to defend his stance as it is probably more emotional than factual.
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I promised my son a smartphone and my daughters a tablet each if we would become world champion this morning. Think I'm gonna start to put money aside.
Excitement is growing chez Greg...
Whi is 'we' Greg?
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I promised my son a smartphone and my daughters a tablet each if we would become world champion this morning. Think I'm gonna start to put money aside.
Excitement is growing chez Greg...
Whi is 'we' Greg?
The orange team, we dutch tend to speak in the first person plural when it comes to football, probably because we’re such a tiny people. I promised my kids these things in jest hours before our match against Spain, when expactations were extremely low.
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varilla
Coming back to the Suarez affair i was wondering: 9 games out, 4 months suspension for a harmless bite to Chiellini, who continued to play with no problem at all, and Zuñiga from Colombia, after an assasin and coward foul that left us fans without Neymar and maybe Brazil without the world cup,and his colleague seriously injured, NOTHING...
Don´t you think something is not quite right?
As i said, biting is just not normal, but this giant fouls are for sure much worse (remember Matiudi breaking an african´s leg?: again no sanction...)
Stoneage said i have a screw loose....i don´t really know who´s screw is the loose one
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jpasc95Matuidi didn't do it on purpose while Suarez did.Quote
varilla
Coming back to the Suarez affair i was wondering: 9 games out, 4 months suspension for a harmless bite to Chiellini, who continued to play with no problem at all, and Zuñiga from Colombia, after an assasin and coward foul that left us fans without Neymar and maybe Brazil without the world cup,and his colleague seriously injured, NOTHING...
Don´t you think something is not quite right?
As i said, biting is just not normal, but this giant fouls are for sure much worse (remember Matiudi breaking an african´s leg?: again no sanction...)
Stoneage said i have a screw loose....i don´t really know who´s screw is the loose one
What's more, he has not been punished by the FIFA.
The intention makes a big difference.