What? Argentina was very unimpressive in todays match and in the tournament in general.
Was anyone else completely impressed by Yedlin? When he subbed in for Johnson the BBC talking heads were noting his relative lack of experience at the world cup level, but within a few minutes they were all fans. He handled the ball really well in the corner and had a few nice crosses.
Those are from a betting site.your math doesn't make sense.
I take my statistics from FIFA, since its the official source:
http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255951/match=300186497/statistics.html#nosticky
Shows you exactly where every shot went too, though somehow they count "on target" even when its slightly outside
Still, unbelievable number of shots on target in a single game
Was anyone else completely impressed by Yedlin? When he subbed in for Johnson the BBC talking heads were noting his relative lack of experience at the world cup level, but within a few minutes they were all fans. He handled the ball really well in the corner and had a few nice crosses.
Lemme guess, soccer fan every 4 years right?
Now that the USA is out, let's leave the thread to the rest of the people who actually give a shit about soccer. I bet a few of these guys in this thread can name the MAN U or Real Madrid rosters.
Our time is over. Time to wait another 4 years.
I don't think we will still have Howard though (he will be 40 in 2018, IIRC).
I think Argentina will win for a few reasons.
1. Belgian players were puking at the end of the match. They are exhausted.
2. Argentina gets 1 extra day of rest.
3. Argentina still hasn't played to their potential. Really, I expect them to pull their head out at some point.
4. It's nearly home field advantage for Argentina.
5. And of course, Messi.
Edit: That being said, I'm rooting for Belgium.
What? Argentina was very unimpressive in todays match and in the tournament in general. They are not even top 3 among South American teams.
Columbia should beat Brazil, another overhyped unimpressive team. People ranked them way to high because they beat Italy and Spain previously, but as we found out, both those teams are not World Cup finalist material this year. Looking like Netherlands v. Columbia for the final.
I could not believe how Yadlin chased down Hazard and stole the ball from him. WOW
Belgium def deserved to win, but man, US had the chances at the end of the game and in 2nd part of the overtime. Too bad they didn't capitalized. Perhaps Belgium misfortune on finishing spilled onto them.
I think Green would've finished all of those chances Wandachowski and Dempsey had if he was to start. Kid just looks AMAZING.
US future looks great IMO.
10-20 years and world cup is ours, mark my words.
Its Colombia not Columbia :| Starting to get annoyed at all the people who cant spell the name of the country properly
If you look at all the previous games so far Colombia are the favorites, but yeah, its still hard to believe Brazil will get knocked out before the final
Ironically though, the only world cup that took place in Brazil before, was won by Uruguay, so you never know
Im excited for the quarter finals, there isnt a single game that has an obvious winner, it really could go both ways with all of them
Holland vs Costa Rica is probably the most obvious one, at least if Costa Rica plays as badly as they did vs Greece, but you never know, there is a reason they placed first in a group with Uruguay, Italy, and England
Starting to get annoyed at all the people who cant spell the name of the country properly
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Holland vs Costa Rica is probably the most obvious one..
Holland is used pars pro toto.It's spelled Netherlands.
My predictions for the QFs
France vs Germany - Germany
Brazil vs Colombia - Brazil
Argentina vs Belgium - Belgium
Netherlands vs Costa Rica - Netherlands
France has to advance. It wouldn't make any sense. 1998, won WC; 2002, did awful; 2006, WC finals and lost on penalty kicks; 2010, did awful. 2014 is their year!