Really OT : World Cup 2014

[tocaff]

Not for long as on Friday the French or the Germans will be going home. A match that is eagerly being looked forward to as it promises to be a very good one. That evening Brazil v Colombia will be another tough test. A good day of football.

Today the Swiss take on Argentina and I'm waiting for a team to dismantle Argentina's defense, though probably that won't happen in this matchup. Then this evening the USA v Belgium. I love World Cup, but hate FIFA.

[patrickl]

I hope the Germans win. Love to see their BMW power.

[Gaspote]

ORIGINAL: patrickl

I hope the Germans win. Love to see their BMW power.

[patrickl]

Oh oh.. I love Citroen too![:D] Both are very strong teams. [&o]

[buutsy]

Yeah, another "classic" coming up !
Good luck for the "Klinsmann - Team" , they will need it [:D]

[Cribtop]

C'mon USA!!!

(As a rebel I have trouble saying C'mon you Yanks!)

[tocaff]

Argentina squeaked past the Swiss and now await the winner of the USA v Belgium. I want the US to get that first, elusive star before I die and I'm not getting any younger. Remember that sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

[GreyJoy]

Really hope USA's magic continues tonight.
But Belgium is pretty strong. The Americans will need a bit of luck!

[Gaspote]

Blegium is really dominating but with some luck [:D]

[warspite1]

Brilliant, end to end game. [&o]

[HansBolter]

Belgium really deserves the win.

The USA defenders are awesome, but our midfielders are AWOL.

[warspite1]

Well done Belgium - unlucky USA. The latter did themselves proud. Punched above their weight, gave their all. Quality.

[tocaff]

No shame for the USA in the loss. They did better than I expected in the Cup. Tim Howard was stupendous.

[obvert]

Very fun to watch! How many great saves by Howard?! [&o]

Would have been amazing to steal it by putting away the point blank chance at the end of regulation, but Belgium deserves to move forward. Sets up another must see game with Argentina! [X(]

[tc464]

16 saves by Howard, the most in 50 years. Amazing performance. Yedlin and Green are 20 and 19 respectively....we'll be seeing them in the next couple of tournaments I imagine.

Colombia, Belgium, Germany and Costa Rica for the semis [:D]

[Cribtop]

On the whole, a lot to like for the USA in this Cup performance. We are no longer the outsiders, and have a young base of solid talent and coaching to build on, with dramatically increased home support.

That said, as great as Howard was, and as exciting as the ending was, we were outclassed and Belgium deserved the win.

Still, I bet Wondolowski is seeing his chance to smash and grab right at the end of the 90 in his dreams for a while. Sigh.

I shift to Costa Rica, Germany and Colombia. Should be a great finish either way.

[pharmy]

ORIGINAL: tc464

16 saves by Howard, the most in 50 years. Amazing performance. Yedlin and Green are 20 and 19 respectively....we'll be seeing them in the next couple of tournaments I imagine.

Colombia, Belgium, Germany and Costa Rica for the semis [:D]

Colombia are at 4.3 to win against Brazil and 13 to 1 to win the Worldcup. Belgium are 3.5 and 12 to 1 to win the Worldcup. I think its worth a bit of money to wager on either/some of these (maybe in combination with France who are 2.9 underdogs to Germany and 8.5 to win the4 worldcup)

[Symon]

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[LargeSlowTarget]

Jeez, emotions are cooking up at work in anticipation - I'm the only German guy in an office full of Frenchmen...

Sorry Gaspote, but although I have supported the Frenchies as my second-favorite team until now, the situation obliges me to retract my earlier post "Allez les Bleus!" and change it to

"Coulez les Bleus!"

Heck, Monday I will either get ribbed or beaten up by the entire office, or worse...

[wegman58]

In many ways I'm glad the US is out. Leave the World Cup to countries where the nation really cares. Highest number I've seen for paying attention in the States is 30% - and I have to say it drove down MY ESPN watching over the past few weeks.