Klinsmann rocks. Tim Howards=best keeper in the world.
is howard going to be back for the next world cup? he is 35
All right gents, the kids have gone home and it’s the usual suspects that remain despite having been absolutely battered.
Costa Rica have ripped up the script and gatecrashed the party but i think the road ends here for them. I for one am aboard the Colombia bandwagon.
Vamos Los Cafeteros.
Unfortunately I don´t think Colombia will make it. Brazil didn´t convince throughout the tournament but still succeeded. I´m hoping on Costa Rica, maybe they can surprise the Dutch. Netherlands only benefitted from their offensive power (including Robben´s spectacle) but was vulnerable in the defense…
to be fair though, he had an absolute shocker of a game until he scored.
C’mon man. He was the only one apart from Messi trying anything.
No shoes, no shinpads, no field…no problem.
apparently this is the 1st time ever that all the group winners have won their last 16 games and gone through to the quarter finals. The only team that have been convincing are Colombia.
Friday is going to be immense. France Germany then Brazil Colombia
Hazard was terrible too. the coach has 2 options, a) play him in the middle b) keep playing him wide and make him track back or a better side will pick them off. I personally don’t think Hazard will ever reach the level he should.
Fellaini is just awful, they need to drop him for the next round.
De Bruyne should have had more chances at Chelsea
This guy always has me on the fence. He’s immensely talented no doubt, but there’s something wrong with his head because he could be so much more clinical and influential. Instead we never know who’s going to show up on game day.
You can’t be serious.
Madrid’s best player last season behind Ronaldo and ahead of Modric. 17 assists or some such ridiculous stat.
Funny, I always thought he played above his talent level.
He had a good 2nd half of a season with Real but he’s not really showed up at the WC. Apparently Real are looking to sell him.
Colling breaks are not common here (unless you mean at the WC).
In Brazil the press is all over Julio Cesar like he’s a good goalie because he caught a couple PKs against Chile. Yet I see Colombia doing like everybody else and shooting from far because they know he might take it. And he might take it.
On another note, this is very interesting: This is very interesting: http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21603420-worlds-largest-nations-will-play-almost-no-part-world-cup-there-are-signs . Analysis and some interesting graphs on soccer’s influence all over the world, especially the situation in US, India and China.
You guys are making me mad. Di Maria is the fking man. End of story.
Moving on…anyone fancy Costa Rica over the Dutch?
Di Maria is a flat out beast. His current WC campaign however has been below average thus far
get riquelme back there
Holy shit, sweet article.
Just to add, India’s rise to the world cup might take place sooner than expected. Manchester United have handpicked the son of a whore from a eastern Indian state and there have been whispers about an Indian kid in the Liverpool academy. These clubs are literally scrambling to set up academies here as the article touched because they know the first club to field an Indian player just unlocked a market greater than Europe.
Cha-Ching $$$