The Football.....

[Crackle]

Sideshow Bob's goal was crucial.

 

[swee'pea99]

Having missed earlier due to work, I'm catching up with the highlights, just heard that this evening's result puts Germany into 'their fourth consecutive world cup semi final.' What a record. I don't want to even think about how it compares with England's.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Having missed earlier due to work, I'm catching up with the highlights, just heard that this evening's result puts Germany into 'their fourth consecutive world cup semi final.' What a record. I don't want to even think about how it compares with England's.

It makes Germany look like Man Utd and England look Like Accy Stanley!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I don't want to even think about how it compares with England's.

You have nothing to worry about, not even on the same page, the same book or the same trilogy, series of novels, etc etc. It ain't happening. So why even contemplate comparison?

 

[Flying_Monkey]

That was a highly entertaining game, with two sides with fantastic ability instead knocking chunks out of each other, but with a referee who didn't go card-crazy or let it descend into total chaos. I think it showed that Colombia hadn't really been tested as much as other group winners so far and weren't quite as good as they had seemed, and in contrast that Brazil are capable of being better than they'd appeared up to this point. I still think they'd be beaten by any of Germany, Netherlands or Argentina though. The semi-finals are as far as Brazil are going. I also really hope that James Rodriguez's goal total stands unbeaten and that he gets the Golden Boot; he deserves it.

 

[MarkF]

You reap what you sow...................Brazil deliberately kicked J-Rod out of the game so it was fitting that they have now lost Neymar.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

You reap what you sow...................Brazil deliberately kicked J-Rod out of the game so it was fitting that they have now lost Neymar.

I don't think either deserved the treatment that they got.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

No they didn't, unfortunately the ref allowed way too much of it before acting.

Yeah, but he would have been equally condemned for dishing out the cards. While i liked the fact that he let the game flow, what he should have done was got the two captains together when this started happening and told them that this wasn't acceptable, and that he would start carding players if it continued.

 

[Andrew_P]

I didn't really enjoy seeing a young, skilful and talented footballer get a tactical kicking all over the pitch. Feel sorry for Neymar but how Scolari can be fuming when clearly it was a game plan to kick Rodríguez off the park at best to stop him playing at worst to get him sent off for retaliation. I thought he handled himself incredibly well.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Scolari is denying any involvement in training this insect to nobble Rodriguez:
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/socce...tly-after-scoring-for-colombia-223709856.html

 

[JoeyB]

Fancied Messi to finish that last opportunity. That will be the highlight of the Belgium keepers tournament now lol

 

[MarkF]

Poor game and Belgium never troubled Argentina. I am not fussed as I have begun to find Vertonghen extremely annoying.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

New keeper for the penalty shoot-out.
Never usually any pressure on a keeper, but that's just changed!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Never usually any pressure on a keeper, but that's just changed!

Which some pundit on BBC just said, he must have been reading CC.

 

[Piemaster]

I've been thinking for the last hour and half the only way Costa Rica would win was on penalties. We'll see...