Howard kept low. If Belgium started dinking they could have made it 5-0. Glad Belgium went through though because I see them making a bigger impact later on than the USA.

Hope Belgium beats Argentina

Having a Netherlands - Belgium semifinals and a Germany Netherlands final would be so cool

Especially great, but unexpected, if Netherlands could manage to pull through and win it all

big tactical question with the belgians is how many waffles they get fed. too many waffles and they will become doughy and bloated. too few, they will lose their natural belgian pep. it's a fine line and it could go either way. also, full-backs

There were some bars near me (in USA) that said they would not serve Belgium beers that day of the match. Pretty funny.

big tactical question with the belgians is how many waffles they get fed.

well said.

A game that should`ve been 6-1 for the netherlands in 90 minutes, is decided by penatlies. This game was such bullshit -.-

more should have been 0-1 since costa rica should have had a penalty and the dutch missed all their chances. still, aranka will be happy, so i'm happy.

It was like the Costa Ricans built a brick wall around their goal, the Dutch had very little opportunities to do anything.

they had plenty of opportunities. they hit the bar 4 times and navas was motm. and costa rica got plenty of men forward for attacks, going into a 3-5-2 and getting men in the box, leaving plenty of space for counter-attacks. they also played a fairly high line (in the first part of the game at least), catching the dutch offside very often.

Yeah, but that's if you define opportunity as getting the ball inside the penalty area. Because the Costa Ricans really played 9-1 the ball rarely came close to the goal.
But I should not complain really, Krul did an amazing job and Argentina will be easier I think (after watching them against Belgium).

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That was the best goalkeeping performance of the tournament so far.

more should have been 0-1 since costa rica should have had a penalty and the dutch missed all their chances. still, aranka will be happy, so i'm happy.

No way in hell was that a penalty.

"Glad Belgium went through though because I see them making a bigger impact later on than the USA"

lol?

What on earth is happening? I knew Germany was better, but 5 in less than 30 minutes?

This is just... yeah.. germany is just being sadistic right now

Yeah, bit of a surprise. Although I would have predicted 4-1 for germany but I didn`t since everytime I predict big scores it ends in 1-0 or something. 5-0 in less than 30 minutes is definatly a surprise though and shows how good Germany is at this moment.

Germany is trolling my prediction D:<

If this isn't enough to convince people that Brazil's team is overrated, I don't know what will.

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Germany aren't that good. They get the basics right. Brazil are just shambolic.

Arun are you kidding me?