World Cup!

Robben is a cheat though. I really like Holland and would love to see them win their first WC, but why do all teams always have one Arsehole.

Who is the one in the German team? :-)

Robben was denied a clear penalty earlier, though. That’s not an excuse for his acting skills later on, but overall it’s basically justice

German cheat is Muller: over-reaction to get Pepe sent off.

Wittman, England will never be any good as we will always appoint coaches who are yes-men for the decrepit FA committee.

Hodgson failed to do the honorable thing, even after deciding he could beat Italy and Uruguay with just 2 in midfield. I found his comment about not being used as a “scapegoat” for the failure of his own tactics downright offensive.

However I abandoned supporting England many years ago. I will only ever get emotionally involved when there is a Northumbrian Atheist Republic team.

Good luck with that one!
I know some  who feel like you about England. I love football too much to abandon it and Italy though.

Advanced!

Good try by our team, but they gave Belgium to many chances to score. What a game by Tim Howard! :-D

I am sorry for you guys, but Belgium were better. Fantastic goalkeeping display, I agree.
Argentina weren’t great, so let’s hope Belgium can knock them out.
So much good football at this World Cup. I am so happy I can get to see so much of it.

Everyone is talking about how fantastic Tim Howard was.

He did get hold of a lot of shots, true. But only very, very few of them were really hard to catch. Most of them were shot or headed directly onto him.

Amazing display from Belgium, exactly what I expected. I think they will beat Argentina as well. Sorry for the US Team. It was a good thing for soccer generally, that the US paid so much attention to the sport.

There is no question who was the better team, and Belgium proved that. Good luck to all remaining teams. :-)

I think the Germans should have played the Belgium Team and the US should have played Algeria, in this case both ,the US and German Team would have advanced!..Now Germany’s chances shrunk to a minimum to get into semi finals… :-(

@aequitas:

Now Germany’s chances shrunk to a minimum to get into semi finals… :-(

…not really … ;-)

@P@nther:

@aequitas:

Now Germany’s chances shrunk to a minimum to get into semi finals… :-(

…not really … ;-)

why not??!

@aequitas:

@P@nther:

@aequitas:

Now Germany’s chances shrunk to a minimum to get into semi finals… :-(

…not really … ;-)

why not??!

Because they are in the semi-finals now.
Well, the question is why you thought the chances shrunk to a minimum. No reason for it, as I think.

I was very positive about the chances against France. Because I think it’s easier for Germany to match the European teams than South-American teams. It was a close game, of course, as expected.

I can’t wait for Brazil-Columbia…still about 30 minutes to wait. Then we know the first semi-final pairing. :-)

So it is Brazil - Germany in the first semi-final  :-)

Will be great, I’m really looking forward to it. Maybe Dante instead of Silva fighting against his Bayern Muenchen team mates…

Let’s see what happens tomorrow…  :-)

Columbia were disappointing. Pity.
That free kick by Luiz was mental. Never thought he would score from there.
I thought Rodriguez would miss the pen too. Looked nervous as.
Hell of a player.

Daantsch vs Munich, basicly… :-P

I fancy your chances Aequitas. Fantastic record, incidentally: 10 semi finals since 66.
Consistency is Germany’s watchword.

2002 final
2006 semi-final
2008 final
2010 semi-final
2012 semi-final

It’s time to break the curse and get the titel!

After that horrendous foul on Neymar he might be unable to play against us, come Tuesday. As much as I pity him, it will surely enhance our chances to advance into the finals. And of course Thiago Silva missing is a huge blow too.