[WC 14] GROUP B: Australia, Chile, Netherlands & Spain

[Infinite_limit]

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[dfens]

the loser of this group is brazil imo. They get an absolutely nasty first knockout game where pressure will be insane on a relatively young team that has never experienced such conditions as a unit before. And don't bring that confed cup talk bullshit here.

[DD]

Dutch and the Spanish advance.

[lefty]

Chile could be a tough opponent for Spain

Those be@ner teams are a bad matchup for La Roja

[velik_m]

This will be an interesting group - poor Australia.

[The Gemini Method]

I'm going La Roja Furia and La Roja to get through...

[urunobili]

Chile and Holland out of this one

[Brunodf]

I got Spain and Chile tbh

[Infinite_limit]

I see Netherlands self destructing and Chile moving thru

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

Too close to call. Australia looks like the punching bag, but Aussies are tremendously competitive people who don't like losing at any sport, specially if England plays it too. Spain will probably go with the pass until your defenders snore approach and stack 1-0 wins. I'm not sold on the Dutch yet. They have some obvious talent, but their overall squad isn't anywhere near previous versions in quality. Chile play a very frenzy game, always nice to watch to the neutral. But we aren't neutral. Fuck Chile, hope that turd of a nation sinks into the Pacific and someone flushes the WC.

[dfens]

Too close to call. Australia looks like the punching bag, but Aussies are tremendously competitive people who don't like losing at any sport, specially if England plays it too. Spain will probably go with the pass until your defenders snore approach and stack 1-0 wins. I'm not sold on the Dutch yet. They have some obvious talent, but their overall squad isn't anywhere near previous versions in quality. Chile play a very frenzy game, always nice to watch to the neutral. But we aren't neutral. Fuck Chile, hope that turd of a nation sinks into the Pacific and someone flushes the WC.

chile will give spain a tough match imo. they are underrated.
:lol hating on neighbours.

[NASpurs]

Fuck those other games, hope this one is a good one :hungry:

[velik_m]

The Dutch would be so much more likeable if they didn't have Robben.

[lefty]

Will Deigo Costa get booed ? :lol

[lefty]

Will Deigo Costa get booed ? :lol
YUP :lol

[ElNono]

lol midget sneijder

[lefty]

Gunther almost scored

[ElNono]

damn Costa choking...

[lefty]

lmao Costa

[ElNono]

:lol Busquets

[ElNono]

there's the gift

[ElNono]

:lmao

[urunobili]

:depressed

[NASpurs]

It wasn't even a penaldo from the replay. Looked like Costa unintentionally? stepped on that dude

[ElNono]

:lmao goal line technology shoved down our throats

[NASpurs]

Good thing we have goal line technology confirming that penaldo was a goal. I initially wasn't sure.

[lefty]

http://giant.gfycat.com/FlimsyEssentialIrishredandwhitesetter.gif

[ElNono]

That douchebag Van Gaal is so easy to hate, tbh...

[NASpurs]

What a boring game.

[lefty]

What a boring game.
I'm sure it has nothing to do with Spain's "possession"

[ElNono]

what a pass

[lefty]

:lol Silva
:lol Peruvian

[IronMaxipad]

damnnnnnnnnn

[ElNono]

:wow what a goal!

[NASpurs]

There we go RVP... that felt wrong

[FkLA]

Van Persie is such a boss tbh.

[Muser]

Wow, what a goal!!

[lefty]

RVP

[IronMaxipad]

van persie flew like an angel :wow

[MannyIsGod]

Fucking WOW!

[NASpurs]

van persie flew like an angel :wow

:lol more like a fairy to me

[IronMaxipad]

:lol

[ElNono]

lol spain, 3 attacks, one penaldo

[Kyle Orton]

Rvp!!!!

[NASpurs]

Venti Quattro, what did you think of your hero, RVP, Flying Dutchman goal?

[lefty]

Much better than this

http://gifsforum.com/images/gif/fail/grand/12378887545.gif

[lefty]

Was it a goal really? I am waiting for the goal line technology for confirmation.

[IronMaxipad]

http://abload.de/img/untitled-53xpyf.gif

http://abload.de/img/untitled-6psr7t.gif

[Muser]

Commentators saying how well Costa has played, he hasn't done anything special really.

[velik_m]

A healthy Van Persie is a thing of beauty. I still can't believe Arsenal let him walk away. :depressed

Also was that Kluivert on dutch bench?

[NASpurs]

Much better than this

http://gifsforum.com/images/gif/fail/grand/12378887545.gif

Arsenal DNA :cry

[scott]

First Goal of the Tourney candidate

[lefty]

Arsenal DNA :cry
:lol

[velik_m]

On a side note - i remember Danny Blind from when he was playing with Ajax - now his son is playing for Oranje - i never felt so old in my life. :(

[NASpurs]

http://i.imgur.com/98zuvEa.jpg

[Blizzardwizard]

RVP, more like MVP.

:hat

[Infinite_limit]

Commentators saying how well Costa has played, he hasn't done anything special really.
If you swapped RVP with Costa. The score would be

Spain - 3
Netherlands - 0

[lefty]

oh shit heavy jersey alert for Bartha players

[lefty]

On a side note - i remember Danny Blind from when he was playing with Ajax - now his son is playing for Oranje - i never felt so old in my life. :(
I knew that name sounded familiar

[Muser]

Holy shit!!

[ElNono]

:lol Spain

[IronMaxipad]

:lol spain

[lefty]

Robben is that neiger

[Blizzardwizard]

GOOOOOOLLLLLL.......GOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLL

Mi Hombre :cry

[lefty]

:lol Gerard Shakira

[NASpurs]

Zidane!!

[velik_m]

Lol Pique fucked up on both goals and really how do you fell on that - when did robben ever shoot with his right foot?

[Muser]

Costa is such a dumbass

[Infinite_limit]

Netherlands - 2
Spain - 0*


Costa BS penalty

[IronMaxipad]

http://abload.de/img/untitled-109az4h.gif

[velik_m]

Spain ain't winning shit with that defense.

[Blizzardwizard]

Pique is my starting CB in my fantasy team :cry

Welp, it was a good run :cry

[NASpurs]

Costa should have just stayed Brazilian.

[NASpurs]

Good thing I have a sub to take out Ramos in my fantasy team :lol

[lefty]

Pique is my starting CB in my fantasy team :cry

Well that was a very stupid decision

[lefty]

Costa playing Palace and Stoke next season will be fun

[IronMaxipad]

close

[NASpurs]

Fuck!!!!!

[Muser]

RVP! So close..was offside though

[NASpurs]

Chile and Holland are going to advance. Chile and my nigga Vidal are going to beat that Spanish ass.

[Muser]

Wonder what the odds are on Spain pulling a France.

:lol Torres the saviour

[NASpurs]

:lol Costa

[Blizzardwizard]

Well that was a very stupid decision

But, Shakira :cry

[IronMaxipad]

Rape train

[Muser]

Game!!

[ElNono]

:lmao

[NASpurs]

HahaHahahaha

[ElNono]

this gunna get ugly

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Spain

[Darth_Pelican]

:lmao Spain

[Muser]

RVP being a fucking retard

[lefty]

LIRL

[NASpurs]

No goal for you

[ElNono]

lol offside

[Muser]

Offside rofl. What a game!!

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.minus.com/ihhIKqj4oUJjZ.gif

[Infinite_limit]

Without Costa's questionable penalty. This is a 0-3 skullfucking

2014
Fall of Barca Football

[IronMaxipad]

CROFLLLLLLLLLLLL

THIs is pure gold

[Muser]

hahahahhahahahahahahahahHahahahHhahahhahahahahahah ah

[NASpurs]

Lmao!!!!!!!!

[ElNono]

:lmao:lmao:lmao Casillas

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Spain

[Blizzardwizard]

::lmao

[ElNono]

Spain gotta be careful with the goal difference at this point, tbh

[Brunodf]

Damn... Looks like Spain=Mavs? One fluke championship and done?

[NASpurs]

Spain are in the Dutch Oven.

[Sportstudi]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

If you discount Costa's dive and the third goal from the Netherlands as RvP fouled Casillas right before de Vrij scored, this is a 3:0 buttfucking to Spain :D

[Blizzardwizard]

Damn... Looks like Spain=Mavs? One fluke championship and done?

Tbh, Spain were the alpha team from 2008 to 2012, winning the European cup twice and the World cup. Not sure if it was a fluke.

[resistanze]

:lol Casillas
:lol Mou laughing
:lol Tiki Taka
:lol my pool dead :cry

[Brunodf]

Tbh, Spain were the alpha team from 2008 to 2012, winning the European cup twice and the World cup. Not sure if it was a fluke.
European Cup doesnt mean anything... Its like America Cup...

[Sportstudi]

Spain gotta be careful with the goal difference at this point, tbh

Well deserved though. After the wins at the WC 2010 and EC 2012 Spain has become incredibly arrogant. They deserve to get buttfucked and fail in group stage tbh.

[IronMaxipad]

http://abload.de/img/untitled-153us3b.gif

[resistanze]

European Cup doesnt mean anything... Its like America Cup...

Don't be stupid. Their run from 2008-2012 was historic.

[Muser]

European Cup doesnt mean anything... Its like America Cup...

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

[Blizzardwizard]

European Cup doesnt mean anything... Its like America Cup...

European cup means a lot. Far more competitive. Lot less crappy teams to fill the spaces.

[NASpurs]

Chelseanal wanker. :cry

[ElNono]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[IronMaxipad]

:lmao

RIP IN PEace

:lol tikitaka

[Blizzardwizard]

:wow

[Brunodf]

Damn, thats embarrassing

[NASpurs]

Holy fucking shit

[Muser]

I'm starting to feel embarrassed watching this, Jesus Christ!

[Infinite_limit]

European Cup doesnt mean anything... Its like America Cup...
Haha no. European Cup is more difficult than World Cup.

[Sportstudi]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[lefty]

:rollin are you kidding me ?

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Spain
:lmao fluke
:lmao tiki-taka
:lmao Casillas
:lmao dat defense

[ElNono]

This -4 goal difference could cost them the 2nd place in the group... that's what i was saying... they went all out, and they keep getting raped

[Mugen]

:lol

[Muser]

Haha no. European Cup is more difficult than World Cup.

I wouldn't go that far tbh

[Darth_Pelican]

:lmao

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/ZQBlibP.jpg

[lefty]

Well I have Casillas in my fantasy team :lol

[resistanze]

Eurobeaners :lol

[lefty]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/s480x480/10463054_143065239197492_1084202654695957492_n.png

[ElNono]

:lmao Torres playing and Villa watching from the bench

[NASpurs]

http://i.imgur.com/ZQBlibP.jpg

:lmao

[resistanze]

Where was that last WC Final Netherlands :lol

[Infinite_limit]

I wouldn't go that far tbh
European Cup includes all the Globes good teams except Brazil & Argentina.

[Muser]

European Cup includes all the Globes good teams except Brazil & Argentina.

The fact that a European team hasn't won in South America swings it for me IMO. European conditions for the most part are very similar to each other

[Kyle Orton]

:lmao starting costa
:lmao casillas time to retire
:lmao world catching up to Spain's faggotball

[DAF86]

:lmao Spain

I hope they are taking notes back there in Barcelona. Is time to break up this tiki-taka thing, tbh.

[lefty]

WTF those phggots spanish fans they just showed :lmao

[Muser]

But I agree, the WC is basically the euros but with Brazil and Argentina added as legit contenders.

[NASpurs]

Dat revenge. Kind of like Spurs/Heat

[ElNono]

I have Xavi and Iniesta on my fantasy team... feggits :td

[NASpurs]

:lol geezus

[Muser]

What a strike by Robben. Best hit of the game and he saves it

[Blizzardwizard]

Robben :wow

[elemento]

Man that's embarrassing. tik taka shit is over !

[Infinite_limit]

The fact that a European team hasn't won in South America swings it for me IMO. European conditions for the most part are very similar to each other
1978 & 1962?

2 tournaments out of 13 makes your decision. 78 still had a European 2nd Place finisher.

4 of the last 4 Finalist (2006 & 2010) were European. 5 of the last 6 (2002-2010)

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao :lmao 5PA1N

[Brunodf]

Wtf was that

[ElNono]

this could've easily been 8-1...

[IronMaxipad]

:lmao torres

[Sportstudi]

:lmao Torres

[Muser]

HOLY SHIT TORRES HAHAHAHAH

[ElNono]

:lmao:lmao:lmao Torres

[NASpurs]

Torres lol

[Muser]

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[Blizzardwizard]

Torres getting flashbacks :lmao

[ElNono]

when did cancer Fabregas went in?

[resistanze]

Torres is there for comic relief

[Brazil]

:lol Spain

[NASpurs]

" worst loss by defending champion"

[Brunodf]

Entertaining game tbh

[resistanze]

Realona getting dick whipped is always fun

[DAF86]

Haha no. European Cup is more difficult than World Cup.

smh, not this shit again. How the fuck can the European cup be more difficult than the World Cup when as you say the Euro cup is the World cup minus Argentina and Brazil, that on itself make the Euros weaker than the World cup. Then you're also underrating the other teams, ask Spain howe easy it was to get past Paraguay in the last WC.

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao anyone who has Casillas as GK in the fantasy league?

[velik_m]

Meh, Spain will bounce back. They just need to bench Pique for the rest of the championship.

RvP is god. Hopefully the dutch didn't just blow all their load for this tournament.

[velik_m]

smh, not this shit again. How the fuck can the European cup be more difficult than the World Cup when as you say the Euro cup is the World cup minus Argentina and Brazil, that on itself make the Euros weaker than the World cup. Then you're also underrating the other teams, ask Spain howe easy it was to get past Paraguay in the last WC.

Well TBH at the last WC no non-european team was able to beat european team in DE... :wakeup

[Infinite_limit]

smh, not this shit again. How the fuck can the European cup be more difficult than the World Cup when as you say the Euro cup is the World cup minus Argentina and Brazil, that on itself make the Euros weaker than the World cup. Then you're also underrating the other teams, ask Spain howe easy it was to get past Paraguay in the last WC.
Because you dump the Africans, Asians, Middle Eastern & OFC teams. Replace Concacaf with superior teams and Conmebol with equal if not superior squads

Essentially, of the Top 24 teams in the World. Atleast 18 are European.

At the World Cup, only 13 of the 32 teams are European.

[IronMaxipad]

http://s01.s3c.es/imag/_v2/ecodiario/deportes/225x250/Pique-manita.jpg

[UNCLE-DREW]

Best game ever to see (i'm from NL) :hat

[ElNono]

DAF getting some vindication, tbh.... Valdes >>>> Casillas

[Muser]

People shouldn't get too carried away though tbh, Spain are still a very good team. This was a domination but they should still beat Australia and Chile.

[Muser]

They need to hope that Chile don't beat Netherlands though tbh.

[MannyIsGod]

Well, I did not see that coming.

[Venti Quattro]

477554258594652160

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

That result gives new meaning to 'matador defense'

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Heart = Aus 2 - Chile 1

Head = Chile 4 - Aus 0

[hater]

:lmao these chileans are diving like its an olympic event :lol

[lefty]

:lol Ca5illas

Is it too late to call up Diego Lopez?

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

http://i.imgur.com/QPx4JzG.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqCc52ZIYAAeFUk.png:large

http://k34.kn3.net/E/3/8/8/C/5/934.gif

http://k45.kn3.net/taringa/3/5/7/7/9/7/2/cachitomen/1BD.jpg


:lmao

[IronMaxipad]

https://scontent-a-mxp.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/10351842_10152330438353780_1606029202569479388_n.j pg

[DAF86]

Well TBH at the last WC no non-european team was able to beat european team in DE... :wakeup

So fucking what?

[DAF86]

Because you dump the Africans, Asians, Middle Eastern & OFC teams. Replace Concacaf with superior teams and Conmebol with equal if not superior squads

Essentially, of the Top 24 teams in the World. Atleast 18 are European.

At the World Cup, only 13 of the 32 teams are European.

No African team that makes it to the WC is significantly worse than the lesser teams in the Euros, same thing with Conmebol teams, USA, Mexico, North Korea, Australia, Japan, etc. In the WC there are maybe 1 or 2 teams that are clearly outclassed, the rest are all competitive.

That "Euros is harder than the WC" shit is a retarded comment made by self-centered Euro fucks.

[urunobili]

Chile and Holland out of this one

You can take turns to praise the prediction tbh

[Franklin]

Casilllas ain't even the best goalie in his club anymore, dude used to be excellent but he's almost done imho. Also, 1-5 marks the end of the Espana dynasty which happens just in time following Barca's absconding.

[DAF86]

You can take turns to praise the prediction tbh

Don't start the self BJ yet, imho.

[urunobili]

Don't start the self BJ yet, imho.

Unless Australia ties now, it's over for Spain. You should be happy; that means Chile next round for Argentina :tu

[DAF86]

Unless Australia ties now, it's over for Spain. You should be happy; that means Chile next round for Argentina :tu

Nope, it means Chile next round for Brazil, tbh. No matter how the game ends today if Spain beats Chile they would be the ones getting through.

[urunobili]

Nope, it means Chile next round for Brazil, tbh. No matter how the game ends today if Spain beats Chile they would be the ones getting through.

ouch true it was Brazil not ARG getting them... Spain's run is over. Sorry if your pencas had them going far...

[DAF86]

ouch true it was Brazil not ARG getting them... Spain's run is over. Sorry if your pencas had them going far...

So, you think there's no chance in hell Spain beats Chile?

[urunobili]

So, you think there's no chance in hell Spain beats Chile?

They barely did with the WC champs team 4 years ago, what makes YOU think they will?

[ElNono]

If Chile can get a tie with Spain, it's going to be extremely difficult for Spain to advance due to goal difference (this is assuming Chile doesn't go down 5-0 against the Netherlands)

[hater]

Spain can easily beat Chile and probably will imo.

But most likely Spain will get beat inthe next round.

[Blizzardwizard]

A WIGAN PLAYER SCORED IN THE WORLD CUP. HELL YEAH.

Bad news I left him on my fantasy team bench :depressed

[urunobili]

Short pass boring football shall rest in peace... on a personal note, glad it's over :tu

[velik_m]

So fucking what?

You seem upset, here are some highlights of Argentina from WC 2010 to calm you down:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOEaXgCQ61A

[apalisoc_9]

No African team that makes it to the WC is significantly worse than the lesser teams in the Euros, same thing with Conmebol teams, USA, Mexico, North Korea, Australia, Japan, etc. In the WC there are maybe 1 or 2 teams that are clearly outclassed, the rest are all competitive.

That "Euros is harder than the WC" shit is a retarded comment made by self-centered Euro fucks.

Finally something we agree on tbh.

It's time for people to realize that the gap between National teams now is shrinking and that most teams now are competitive as fuck..

Tbh, I even think Costa rica and Honduras would be competitive.

[in2deep]

South American teams are mentally weak. Thats where euro teams have the advantage

[lefty]

lol if it wasnt for the fucking ref, Paraguay would have eliminated Spain in 2010

[lefty]

http://giant.gfycat.com/HighFilthyBetafish.gif

[TDMVPDPOY]

Finally something we agree on tbh.

It's time for people to realize that the gap between National teams now is shrinking and that most teams now are competitive as fuck..

Tbh, I even think Costa rica and Honduras would be competitive.

not this australian team man, this is not the team of players who help qualify, they went and selected a bunch of younger players who had no hand in qualification whlie the vets who help qualified didnt get selection....

this crop of wankers will probably be representing the country in the future in other tournaments, but didnt expect a rebuild to come this suddenly...

[DAF86]

You seem upset, here are some highlights of Argentina from WC 2010 to calm you down:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOEaXgCQ61A

Dude, grow up as a person and realize that no fucking tournament lacking two of the biggest teams in the sport can be the most dificult of shit. BTW, where's Slovenia, tbh?

[Venti Quattro]

http://giant.gfycat.com/HighFilthyBetafish.gif

:lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao :lmao

[velik_m]

Dude, grow up as a person and realize that no fucking tournament lacking two of the biggest teams in the sport can be the most dificult of shit. BTW, where's Slovenia, tbh?

Not every team gets to play in weak qualifying region...

[TDMVPDPOY]

casillas tosb

[lefty]

casillas tosb
Ca5illas

[Venti Quattro]

Ca5illas

Ca5-1llas

[DAF86]

Not every team gets to play in weak qualifying region...

But you do, you play with the likes of San Marino and such.

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

LOL Slowenia :lol
Resorting to other teams matches :lol
Euro stronger than World Cup :lol
Most Euro teams would shit themselves playing qualifiers away in South America :lol
Rasho and Beno :lol

[DAF86]

LOL Slowenia :lol
Resorting to other teams matches :lol
Euro stronger than World Cup :lol
Most Euro teams would shit themselves playing qualifiers away in South America :lol
Rasho and Beno :lol

At the thought of Slovenia going to play to Bolivia. :lol

They are lucky to be on Europe 'cause there they may get one of those groups full of scrubs and qualify, they have no chance in South America. :lol

[velik_m]

Slovenia qualified twice for WC and only once for EC - so obviously it's easier to get into WC...

[DAF86]

Slovenia qualified twice for WC and only once for EC - so obviously it's easier to get into WC...

You would still be a WC virgin playing here.

[Infinite_limit]

http://i905.photobucket.com/albums/ac255/kegstermd/Groupyo_zps4d8efac4.png

[it's me]

http://media.tumblr.com/82ceed4d61650e7c523f6d941c71157e/tumblr_n74kx6FPLZ1rxpytqo1_r1_400.gif

[Franklin]

2010: Amo Espana
2014: Lmao Espana :lmao

[dfens]

You would still be a WC virgin playing here.

not so sure tbh. brazil and argentina will always be powerhouses but the rest of the quality varied greatly throughout the years. In europe you get france/spain/italy/germany/netherlands/portugal/england that were always decent plus czechoslovaks/serbs+croats/poland/soviets/belgium/swedes/danes that had long spells of quality football.

You are overrating SA. Neutral opinion, no bias.

[DAF86]

not so sure tbh. brazil and argentina will always be powerhouses but the rest of the quality varied greatly throughout the years. In europe you get france/spain/italy/germany/netherlands/portugal/england that were always decent plus czechoslovaks/serbs+croats/poland/soviets/belgium/swedes/danes that had long spells of quality football.

You are overrating SA. Neutral opinion, no bias.

I don't know if Slovenia would make the WC here, I'm just fucking with him. But it would definitely be tough. Qualifiers in Europe can be a cakewalk if you get drawn into an easy group.

[dfens]

I don't know if Slovenia would make the WC here, I'm just fucking with him. But it would definitely be tough. Qualifiers in Europe can be a cakewalk if you get drawn into an easy group.

certainly. Let's say you have a 50% chance per qualification for an easy group to exist (they aren't so rare but also not constant per qualification batch). For a team to get in that group you have a 12% chance (9 groups). That means you get an easy group 6% of the time as a nation. So let's say slovenia has a 6% qualification rate.

Let's assume brazil and argentina always qualify. Would you say that there is less of a 6% chance that two of the uruguay/paraguay/columbia/chile fuck up their qualification. As history has it I'd say that's a more than fair chance. I will count out the behemots of peru/guyana/venezuela/suriname.

What I'm trying to point out that europe is much more competitive and that SA is skewed to top heavy, so I'd wager you'd have less chances in europe then in SA where teams do sneak in with horrid qualification campaigns on the regular.

[DAF86]

certainly. Let's say you have a 50% chance per qualification for an easy group to exist (they aren't so rare but also not constant per qualification batch). For a team to get in that group you have a 12% chance (9 groups). That means you get an easy group 6% of the time as a nation. So let's say slovenia has a 6% qualification rate.

Let's assume brazil and argentina always qualify. Would you say that there is less of a 6% chance that two of the uruguay/paraguay/columbia/chile fuck up their qualification. As history has it I'd say that's a more than fair chance. I will count out the behemots of peru/guyana/venezuela/suriname.

What I'm trying to point out that europe is much more competitive and that SA is skewed to top heavy, so I'd wager you'd have less chances in europe then in SA where teams do sneak in with horrid qualification campaigns on the regular.

The fuck are you talking about? :lol

Every team in South America is competitive then you have the massive home court advantages like the height in Bolivia and Ecuador. The heat in Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia, etc, etc, etc.

[dfens]

The fuck are you talking about? :lol

Every team in South America is competitive then you have the massive home court advantages like the height in Bolivia and Ecuador. The heat in Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia, etc, etc, etc.

just joking with that.

Every team in south america has a huge problem from the "playing like a balanced team" pov. Either too sloppy at the back, too individualistic, too willing to attack, or plainly lacking physicality. Slovenia is a great grinder team that would take advantage in the long run from such problems.

[dfens]

huge game tonight

[UNCLE-DREW]

looking forward to spain chile which should be a perfect game. it's do or die for spain which can redeem themself with a win.

NL will probably win without much trouble

[scott]

Can't wait to see Alexis Sanchez score 4 times because Barca players forget he's not on their team

[Franklin]

Must win for Spain imho, they can't expect Netherlands to beat Chile. Netherlands would probably tank the game vs. Chile assuming they beat Australia in game 2 with ease. Therefore, if Spain don't win the game against Chile, they would finish with only 4pts at most and Chile would get at least one pt from Netherlands to reach 5pts, then Spain = fucked.

[lefty]

This Spanish team has struggled against be@ner teams

Chile can beat them imo

[Venti Quattro]

If Chile draws with Spain, are Spain essentially out of World Cup contention?

[Cry Havoc]

Is no one watching this? The Netherlands have been extremely impressive this WC so far. Aussies are hanging tough thus far.

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao Sneijder

[Venti Quattro]

WHAT A RUN from Robben.

[lefty]

how is the ref?

[Venti Quattro]

:lmao :lmao Netherlands

[Cry Havoc]

Class finish.

OH MY GOD!!! THE AUSSIES EVEN IT UP!!!!!

[NASpurs]

Holy shit :lol

[lefty]

how is the ref?
reply, fagotas

[NASpurs]

I want some goal line tech on that Cahill goal please. Still not sure it went in.

[Cry Havoc]

Ref seems fine thus far. Some theatrics but nothing to write home about.

[lefty]

Ref seems fine thus far. Some theatrics but nothing to write home about.
thanks

Finally an Algerian who is doing something right in this WC :lol







:cry

[Trainwreck2100]

I want some goal line tech on that Cahill please. Still not sure it went in.

The top of the net moved on the bounce

[Sportstudi]

I want some goal line tech on that Cahill please. Still not sure it went in.

:lol

[Venti Quattro]

thanks

Finally an Algerian who is doing something right in this WC :lol
Wait till he brings out the detonator

[FkLA]

San Ochoa wouldve stopped both goals tbh.

[NASpurs]

Robin and Robben are just wrecking people.

[NASpurs]

Fuuuuck!

[Cry Havoc]

Aussies looking super impressive.

[NASpurs]

Australia >> Ethpana

[Cry Havoc]

Man... if they play like this against Spain we could realistically see the defending champions get booted in the group stage.