World Cup 2014

Hazard is sucky today

Shame, I like his enthusiasm xp

yeah it was right after a really sweet sequence where he had a one on one opp that was unfortunately blocked.

lol way to play into Messi's trap Belgium

ow that almost grazed the sac a bit

I think I'd better stop watching, Belgium only scores when I don't watch

beautiful cross

Despite not being 'a natural left back' Vertonghen's crossing is excellent.

arg have bossed belg out of the game as the half has gone on. i am glad that belgium are playing football because it is their best chance to win this game but arg are playing pretty well front to back. one belg goal tho and it could all fall to pieces.

Belgium could have used a lil more patience on some of their possessions

Oh great, local channels on Directv crap out just in time for one of the matches to be on a local channel. I suspect a soccer-hater somewhere.

"too much respect/fear for the Argentinians" is what Belgian TV analysts are saying. They're reminded of the first three matches but this is a little more attacking. They're expecting Lukaku in the second half.

Messi's long pass to Di Maria was the best moment so far.

Hazard hasn't been on his best form for months (xposts)

de bruyne most frustrating player of the tournament?

not sure about those subs, 2/3 used and not taken opportunity to change anything

https://vine.co/v/MUQiOglJpla

lol at coach

BLOCKED xpost

lol 'you idiot throw it in!'

The tournament always becomes kinda crap in the final stretch.

Four of the last seven world cups have had higher average goals per game in the last eight than in the group stages

― ogmor, 5. juli 2014 17:30 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, yeah, if you include penalty-comps...

(no, but seriously, is that true? That sounds amazing, I always remember boring 0-0 games towards the end, but I'm not old enough to remember seven world cups.)

fellaini is getting the proper big man treatment off the ref

oof bye bye hazard

xp 1990, 2002 & 2006 had fewer average goals in the last eight. partially skewed by the third place play off which is nearly always a wild goalfest

i don't think 0-0 matches are inherently boring, if there are lots of scoring opps and tight defense negates each opportunity.

I find a match like this one far more boring because Belgium are playing extremely sloppy purposeless ball

Poor WC for Hazard. He's a bit over-rated anyway imo

1990 had the lowest goals/match overall right?

one good corner cmon!

5 offsides in the match

sorry, 6!

Maybe next time, Belgium. This was this generation's first attempt at something big, I'm happy they got this far already.

hahahahaha

(laughter not at you, Stan, the last crummy corner)

one good corner cmon!

Impatient and one-dimensional play from Belgium

Favourites take early lead, underdogs never quite mount a challenge is such a disappointing narrative

no way this is a beautiful outcome DEATH TO WAFFLES

you ozzy traitor.

https://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/858275498.gif

farewell sweet princess

i agree Ismael. Argentina played a fine match and did what they were supposed to do but at least if that early goal was to stand, it might have been more entertaining had Belgium ever launched a solitary effective attack.

aww. well, i hope this group of players does improve together. there is a danger they never move beyond being a slightly better, more fun england.

go Costa Rica!

wau at that bird's eye view of that swarm of people

We'll probably get another tonight xps, but if so at least there won't be any favourites in the rest of the tourney

Chiles just wrote them off in exactly those terms, RS: 'and so Belgium's golden generation go the same way as England's'

Favourites take early lead, underdogs never quite mount a challenge is such a disappointing narrative

Otm. Haven't really enjoyed any matches this weekend, here hoping hoping Los Ticos come up with a spanner to throw in the works of the Clockwork Orange *fingers crossed*
(xp)

none of the quarterfinal matches have gone to extra time yet.

sick burn xxp

it was hard to parse what I thought of Brazil - Colombia as I'd been drinking for 4 hours already

No way is this Argentina getting past the Netherlands.