Most knockout games are pretty dry affairs, as far as I can remember.

Higuain this game though holy crap

That run where he bent over Kompany and then hit the bar

Messi was alright but he should have buried that last chance

izzy wrote:

farfan wrote:also , since when a game against belgium is considered " big " ?

A WC quarter final isn't a big game?  

Also, LOL at your comment at Belgium being a 'garbage' team.

belgium is garbage
lol at Gil ( 3 years of busting everybody's balls about belgium for this ? )
lol at hazard
lol at witsel  

its how funny how sheepish a lot of posters are , so you scrubs can talk shit on france left and right, but belgium is legit you guys stay contradicting yourselves

Basically it was the replay of Germany-France

for Belgium  same thing said for France : the overall result is good because it is quarter final against a team most rated, but anyway I waited something of better, a different attitude because there are ways and ways to lose. No a real reaction after that goal.

It was really the replay

on the other hand I think Wilmots manages the Belgium just because he was a great Belgium player ( I can remind him , lost a Uefa Cup for his goal) in 90's. Nothing more. Not so adapted to manage a team with quality players.

gtfo france was a lot better than belgium, you guys can spin it anyway you want doesn't change the fact

Thank you Argentina for ending the most annoying overrated bandwagon in recent years.

not sure what did you guys expect from a team with no fullbacks , marouane STINKING fellaini as their main man in midfield, and nacer chadli as a " joker "

farfan wrote:belgium is garbage
lol at Gil ( 3 years of busting everybody's balls about belgium for this ? )
lol at hazard
lol at witsel  

Your comments after the France game can answer your comments in here.

Zealous wrote:Having said that Argentina are such a fluke team

Belgium have talent but their coach and overall decision making sucks.

Not too many Argentine fans will mind if this "fluke" team can conjure up two more "flukes" and win this world cup.

As for Belgium they were hopeless today. Other than some of Kompany's last ditch defending and Coutois' stoppage time stop, they probably did nothing right today. Lost the ball too often. Struggled to get it back. No dribbling ability. Terrible final passes. Hardly a sight of goal.

I think playing just two central midfielders against our three was a mistake, especially when one of them was Fellaini.

Eden Hazard tonight may have come up with his career worst performance but then De Bruyne, Mirallas, etc. were hardly impressive either.

Gil wrote:This is what happens when you don't call up Nasri. Only player that can emulate what he does was injured.

Griezmann, Pogba, Matuidi and Benzema have been exposed in this World Cup. Pogba still has time on his side though of course.

Anyway, France went out a round too late. Easily the worst game of the tournament, Nigeria would have been a better opponent for the Germans.

"Anyway, Belgium went out a round too late. Easily the worst game of the tournament, USA would have been a better opponent for the Argentinians"

Well, it seems to work with that as well.

France were better than Belgium I agree. However if Belgium were 2/10 then France were 4/10.

Belgium played some disgusting route 1 hoofball that went nowhere. At the very last minute when Mertens finally plays an intelligent ball to Lukaku they creat a good chance

Pathetic crossing as well. All in all Belgium should be ashamed of themselves considering how many decent players they have. Only Courtois was good (Messi whiffing a 1v1 )

messixaviesta wrote:

Zealous wrote:Having said that Argentina are such a fluke team

Belgium have talent but their coach and overall decision making sucks.

Not too many Argentine fans will mind if this "fluke" team can conjure up two more "flukes" and win this world cup.

There are no fluke winners in this tournament, not after the semi final stage.

If Argentina are serious about winning they need to step up their game.

izzy wrote:

farfan wrote:belgium is garbage
lol at Gil ( 3 years of busting everybody's balls about belgium for this ? )
lol at hazard
lol at witsel  

Your comments after the France game can answer your comments in here.

the difference is that nobody overhyped france.
nobody was annoying us about france for the past 3 years and how they're going to be the next big thing.

hell , nobody gave france a shot to qualify to the world cup after the first ukraine game.

and even after that, france was the majority's pick for " big team to exit in the first round " on GL .

not to mention that france actually had some convincing performances in this tournament ,something that belgium couldn't do against lesser opposition .

so yeah , not comparable at all

Belgium are shit, they been lucky all tournament and first elite team they face handles them with relative ease.

Before anyone says "only 1-0 doe" Romero basically had nothing to do all game.

Anyway why are Belgium so hyped to begin with? Witsel, De Bruyne, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Fellaini, Mertens and Lukaku are EL standard players.

The way people talk about them you would think they all going to latter stages of CL every year, yet they only have 3 players who belong in that class.

VivaStPauli wrote:Most knockout games are pretty dry affairs, as far as I can remember.

I don't need three goals per game but what I want to see in knock out matches is a CONTEST. Two sides both showing that they are capable of going through. Some twists and turns. Audience on tenterhooks till the end as to who would go through. In these three matches we knew the winner after 15 minutes. International football is probably at it's lowest ever point.

Zealous wrote:

messixaviesta wrote:

Zealous wrote:Having said that Argentina are such a fluke team

Belgium have talent but their coach and overall decision making sucks.

Not too many Argentine fans will mind if this "fluke" team can conjure up two more "flukes" and win this world cup.

There are no fluke winners in this tournament, not after the semi final stage.

If Argentina are serious about winning they need to step up their game.

Far enough. In fact I actually want that. In the semi finals I want to see two proper contests unlike the quarter finals. Otherwise in spite of the goals galore in the group stages and some individual moments this for me will probably be the worst world cup ever. It's mainly the quality of the knock out rounds that defines the quality of a world cup for me.

As for Argentina we played better today than we did against Switzerland. Maybe we can raise our game as per the level of the opposition.

farfan wrote:the difference is that nobody overhyped france.
nobody was annoying us about france for the past 3 years and how they're going to be the next big thing.

hell , nobody gave france a shot to qualify to the world cup after the first ukraine game.

and even after that, france was the majority's pick for " big team to exit in the first round " on GL .

not to mention that france actually had some convincing performances in this tournament ,something that belgium couldn't do against lesser opposition .

so yeah , not comparable at all

Sure, sure..........

Zealous wrote:France were better than Belgium I agree. However if Belgium were 2/10 then France were 4/10.

THIS. It can't be said better.

Zealous wrote:

Fußball wrote:Z, on a scale from 1 to DNMAD, how much will you rage if Argentina win their next 3 matches which will guarantee Messi his 5th Ballon d'Or?

Luckily I won't have to commit to any comments just yet.

Hopefully Hazard has the game of his life and leads Belgium to the win. Messi will be labeled a flop because he couldn't get things done despite playing for the mighty Argentina

2 games. Is that sweat I'm seeing on your forehead?

Honestly, how do Barca fans feel seeing Messi get stuck in?

Last time he showed that kind of effort was like back in 2011

izzy wrote:

farfan wrote:the difference is that nobody overhyped france.
nobody was annoying us about france for the past 3 years and how they're going to be the next big thing.

hell , nobody gave france a shot to qualify to the world cup after the first ukraine game.

and even after that, france was the majority's pick for "  big team to exit in the first round " on GL  .

not to mention that france actually had some convincing performances in this tournament ,something that belgium couldn't do against lesser opposition .

so yeah , not comparable at all

Sure, sure..........

eh, yeah ... everything i said is easily verifiable by looking at past threads.

Zealous wrote:

messixaviesta wrote:

Zealous wrote:Having said that Argentina are such a fluke team

Belgium have talent but their coach and overall decision making sucks.

Not too many Argentine fans will mind if this "fluke" team can conjure up two more "flukes" and win this world cup.

There are no fluke winners in this tournament, not after the semi final stage.

If Argentina are serious about winning they need to step up their game.

Tbf you can apply this logic to every team left, none of them have been very impressive performance wise.

One constant theme between them all, is they all have made great strides defensively as the tournament has progressed.

messixaviesta wrote:

Zealous wrote:France were better than Belgium I agree. However if Belgium were 2/10 then France were 4/10.

THIS. It can't be said better.

you guys are so full of shit

france lose: no real leaders in this team, no characters and players getting exposed bunch of over top garbage to sound knowledgeable, when its simply hating

belgium lose: their coach sucks

Fußball wrote:

Zealous wrote:

Fußball wrote:Z, on a scale from 1 to DNMAD, how much will you rage if Argentina win their next 3 matches which will guarantee Messi his 5th Ballon d'Or?

Luckily I won't have to commit to any comments just yet.

Hopefully Hazard has the game of his life and leads Belgium to the win. Messi will be labeled a flop because he couldn't get things done despite playing for the mighty Argentina

2 games. Is that sweat I'm seeing on your forehead?

No but I'm clinching my butthole pretty tightly atm.

Hala Holland

Hala Costa Rica