Really OT : World Cup 2014

[Cribtop]

Man I feel for Brazil. Ouch.

[tocaff]

[:(] How the mighty have fallen.

[KenchiSulla]

I know the Dutch are not the favorite team but they showed a couple of things that previous dutch player groups lacked.. Character, team spirit and courage...

[Symon]

They weren't the most dazzling side but they played good honest futbol and, like you said, did it with grit and character. Good team.

[patrickl]

The goals :

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/videos/hig ... index.html

[Cribtop]

The Dutch deserve kudos for a technically sound and professional performance. They also probably regret the injuries they sustained in an otherwise relatively meaningless game.

Brazil has some serious re-thinking ahead of them. Their side just isn't very good despite having some big names. I suspect their issue mostly arises from the fact that they have a lack of big name firepower up front from players not named Neymar (although Oscar tried and played pretty well).

[chemkid]

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[Erkki]

And soon 22 men will run after the ball for 90 minutes. And then Germany wins. [;)]

[patrickl]

Di Maria not starting ?

[patrickl]

The line ups :

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/ro ... s#nosticky

[buutsy]

ORIGINAL: patrickl

Di Maria not starting ?

No !
Go Germany , get the fourth star [:)]

[KenchiSulla]

Well deserved, congratulations Germany! Perhaps next time we will see a Holland - Germany final!

Cheers,

Fodder

[Erkki]

Another goal by a substitute - nice Götze! I was hoping for a close 2-1 or even 3-2. The definitely better team won. Higuan will be dreaming of that goal he almost made for months...

[TulliusDetritus]

wOW I didn't know there was a WC thread thing here too.

ORIGINAL: Erkki

Another goal by a substitute - nice Götze! I was hoping for a close 2-1 or even 3-2. The definitely better team won. Higuan will be dreaming of that goal he almost made for months...

You have certainly seen another match. This has been a tight game therefore no superior / inferior teams here. Argentina could have perfectly won [;)]

Higuain will dream for the rest of his life...

[patrickl]

The German BMW power all the way![&o]

[tocaff]

Congrats to Germany.

I thought the officiating was less than stellar in the match, but otherwise a nail bitter.

[buutsy]

Don´t cry Argentina ! That was a great fight!
What a goal to decide that match, simply "Götzlich"[8D]

[obvert]

A great game, and a great goal. The defenses were superb, Three or four times Argentina had golden chances and couldn't get it done. Even Messi didn't finish, and what was that free kick at the end?!

Watched in a bar in London and at the end they played Don't Cry for Me Argentina! [:)]

[patrickl]

The highlights and goal:

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/videos/hig ... index.html

[Erkki]

Yeah, it could have ended either way(especially with Higuan's golden opportunity) but I still felt to me that Germany controlled both the ball and the pace of the game after first 45 minutes and managed to create some twice or more the opportunities than Argentina. Hummels seemed a bit slow though, and his side of the defense kept leaking...

Once again Germany's substitutes were the ones to finish: from Schürrle to Götze to goal.