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Infinite_limit
07-01-2014, 05:52 PM
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FRIDAY
Brazil vs Colombia
France vs Germany


Saturday
Argentina vs Belgium
Netherlands vs Costa Rica

TampaDude
07-01-2014, 05:53 PM
I got Brazil, Germany, Costa Rica, and Argentina. Let's get it on! :hat

Infinite_limit
07-01-2014, 05:56 PM
My Rankings
1. Germany
2. Netherlands
3. France
4. Colombia
5. Brazil
6. Belgium
7. Argentina
8. Costa Rica



Germany over France
Colombia over Brazil

Belgium over Argentina
Netherlands over Costa Rica

hater
07-01-2014, 06:00 PM
:cry my berracos gonna leave it all on the field :cry but will it be enough? :cry

ElNono
07-01-2014, 06:01 PM
Colombia is the far superior team, tbh... Brazil gonna need Rivaldo to ref that game to win...

The Gemini Method
07-01-2014, 06:04 PM
Fuck the Nazis, Flopland, and Waffles. Anyone else will be alright by me.

ElNono
07-01-2014, 06:04 PM
On paper, Argentina should also easily beat Belgium, a vastly inferior team that relies on Africans to look decent... but mah niglets been choking in the quarterfinals for too many WCs...

France-Germany and Netherlands-Ticos should be fairly evenly matched, tbh...

Infinite_limit
07-01-2014, 06:08 PM
On paper, Argentina should also easily beat Belgium, a vastly inferior team that relies on Africans to look decent... but mah niglets been choking in the quarterfinals for too many WCs...

France-Germany and Netherlands-Ticos should be fairly evenly matched, tbh...
Belgium has the best defense left. Unless Argentina suits up Tim Howard....not looking good for you

hater
07-01-2014, 06:10 PM
I agree Argentina should advance relatively easily. Belgium is great but they have plenty flaws containing counter attacks. And their attackers lack killer instinct. Plus Argentina has been bumped down on my list of nations I DO NOT WANT TO WIN:
I pray to God these don't win:
1) Brazil - they suck. it would be a disgrace if these fuckers luck out and get helped to win it all
2) France - these bastards were forgiven a penalty and red card. nuff said. fuck these bastards
3) Germany - lucky lazy bums. IMO Kraut booger eaters need to choke for the world to be a better place
4) Netherlands - good team but PCP-HGH Arjen Robben is despicable
5) Argentina - My heart is warming on these good for nothings.

ElNono
07-01-2014, 06:12 PM
Belgium has the best defense left. Unless Argentina suits up Tim Howard....not looking good for you

:lol you thought Switzerland and Derrick Rose were the shit too, and here we are... haters gonna hate.

Infinite_limit
07-01-2014, 06:15 PM
:lol you thought Switzerland and Derrick Rose were the shit too, and here we are... haters gonna hate.
Shitty Swizz took your team to the brink. And Rose is reining Champ of the last full season he played

I hope you guys are feeling confident. Because Costa Rica is the only team remaining you'd defeat

Brunodf
07-01-2014, 06:19 PM
Brazil
France
Costa Rica
Belgium

ElNono
07-01-2014, 06:59 PM
Shitty Swizz took your team to the brink. And Rose is reining Champ of the last full season he played

I hope you guys are feeling confident. Because Costa Rica is the only team remaining you'd defeat

That's pretty rich when Germany and Belgium were just "taken to the brink" by Algeria and the US... those sweet tears :lol

:lol moral victories
:lol fan of a lazy ni**a
:lol NewcastleKEG

lefty
07-01-2014, 07:17 PM
Maradona beat Belgium in 86

Can Missi do it ?

ManuLoco
07-01-2014, 07:18 PM
I don't see any team that plays good, it must look like a shitty world cup for neutral football lovers. The round stage had a lot of goals but no team seem to play fluently.

lefty
07-01-2014, 07:19 PM
Yeah so far it has been lacking in high level football

But I'mm not going to complain...after the snorefest that 2010 was, this is more than welcome

SAtown
07-01-2014, 07:20 PM
Argentina is by far the worst team in the quarterfinals

ElNono
07-01-2014, 07:24 PM
Maradona beat Belgium in 86

Can Missi do it ?

Diego was GOAT that game... good times...

lefty
07-01-2014, 07:28 PM
Diego was GOAT that game... good times...
He is GOATperiod

ElNono
07-01-2014, 07:41 PM
0-m9ylJSZps

HI-FI
07-01-2014, 07:43 PM
whose done more coke, maradona or my nig hater?

lefty
07-01-2014, 07:43 PM
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--JTyL1TyV--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/792905506827503789.jpg

hater
07-01-2014, 08:15 PM
whose done more coke, maradona or my nig hater?

not much nigga. I sell it to americans them gringos will do anything to stick that shit down their noses :lol

ElNono
07-01-2014, 09:11 PM
not much nigga. I sell it to americans them gringos will do anything to stick that shit down their noses :lol


still here. my US citizenship has been denied :lmao

you don't think those might be related? :lol

hater
07-01-2014, 10:00 PM
0-m9ylJSZps

Cocaine is a helluva drug

hater
07-01-2014, 10:01 PM
you don't think those might be related? :lol

:lol

Relevancy
07-01-2014, 10:03 PM
Whose team was performing better, Leos argentina or Maradonas though..


hard to imagine maradona dragging these scrubs aside to the finals. They say maradona had no star teammates, but Im sure he had a really solid team that played like a team.

hater
07-01-2014, 10:06 PM
They say maradona had no star teammates.

Maradona had men besides him. The Midget has barely a bunch of faggots next to him. Not sure what they are feeding the kids in Argentina these days but it sure hell is not Bife de Chorizo with a side of Steroids like before

Relevancy
07-01-2014, 10:20 PM
Maradona had men besides him. The Midget has barely a bunch of faggots next to him. Not sure what they are feeding the kids in Argentina these days but it sure hell is not Bife de Chorizo with a side of Steroids like before:lol

lefty
07-01-2014, 10:24 PM
Whose team was performing better, Leos argentina or Maradonas though..


hard to imagine maradona dragging these scrubs aside to the finals. They say maradona had no star teammates, but Im sure he had a really solid team that played like a team.
Messi has a much more stacked team tbh

But Diego's Argentina played like a team

lefty
07-01-2014, 10:28 PM
oh and that Valdano miss :lmao

DAF86
07-01-2014, 10:33 PM
Messi has a much more stacked team tbh

But Diego's Argentina played like a team

Let's make an honest revision:

Pumpido > Romero
Cuciuffo> Fernandez
Brown > Garay
Ruggeri > Rojo
Giusti < Zabaleta
Olarticoechea < Di Maria
Enrique > Gago
Batista < Mascherano
Burruchaga > Lavezzi
Valdano > Higuain

apalisoc_9
07-01-2014, 10:36 PM
Let's make an honest revision:

Pumpido > Romero
Cuciuffo> Fernandez
Brown < Garay
Ruggeri > Rojo
Giusti < Zabaleta
Olarticoechea < Di Maria
Enrique < Gago
Batista < Mascherano
Burruchaga < Lavezzi/Aguero
Valdano > Higuain

Fixed it for you fanboy

ElNono
07-01-2014, 10:41 PM
Whose team was performing better, Leos argentina or Maradonas though..

hard to imagine maradona dragging these scrubs aside to the finals. They say maradona had no star teammates, but Im sure he had a really solid team that played like a team.

That '86 team had two rock solid CBs in Ruggeri-Brown and the midfield had also two solid ball-recover guys in Batista-Enrique. This team doesn't have that. Mascherano is probably the closest to the Enrique role, but he's pretty much all alone in the middle.

On paper, the offense is better in this team. Burruchaga role would be akin to Di Maria, and Di Maria, again, on paper, is the faster player with the better shot. Burru played a great world cup tho, including the game-winner in the Finals against Germany. Valdano and Higuain is a wash, pretty much. Valdano was awful that world cup (check the end of that video above, the goal he misses is unbelievable).

Diego was just way more active (high) that Messi. Again, if you check the video, he didn't wait for teammates to get him the ball. He would make himself available and just carry the team. Dieguito always had big balls, tbh

DAF86
07-01-2014, 10:41 PM
Fixed it for you fanboy

lol Gago being better than one of the greatest right midfielders in Argentina's history. :lmao

Also, Burruchaga on that WC was a beast. Better sidekick than anything Messi has had till now.

lefty
07-01-2014, 10:41 PM
Fixed it for you fanboy
the goods

Relevancy
07-01-2014, 10:41 PM
Messi has a much more stacked team tbh

But Diego's Argentina played like a teammessi has names on his team, but those names have played like dog ahit aside from maybe di maria who redeemed himself in et.

apalisoc_9
07-01-2014, 10:42 PM
the goods

:lol

DAF86
07-01-2014, 10:43 PM
the goods

Neither you nor him know half of that '86 Argentina team. :lol

hater
07-01-2014, 10:48 PM
“Diego naturally took responsibility. Instead Messi plays a part, in the operation of an orchestra.” - Luis Menotti

:lmao overrated midget

hater
07-01-2014, 10:49 PM
86 Argentina without Pibe is as good as today's argentina without midget tbh

2 average-good teams. a wash. they would probably tie 0-0 if they played each other. and they would go to penalties where the 86 would prevail :lol

lefty
07-01-2014, 10:52 PM
“Diego naturally took responsibility. Instead Messi plays a part, in the operation of an orchestra.” - Luis Menotti

:lmao overrated midget
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140116233407/glee/images/3/34/Brittany_100%25_True.gif

ElNono
07-01-2014, 10:55 PM
Let's make an honest revision:

Pumpido > Romero
Cuciuffo> Fernandez
Brown > Garay
Ruggeri > Rojo
Giusti < Zabaleta
Olarticoechea < Di Maria
Enrique > Gago
Batista < Mascherano
Burruchaga > Lavezzi
Valdano > Higuain

This is a bit mixed up... Argentina '86 was more like this:



Pumpido

Cuciuffo - Brown - Ruggeri - Garre/Olarticoechea

Enrique - Batista - Giusti

Burruchaga

Maradona - Valdano


It's a little different shape than the current roster, and Maradona had freedom to come all the way back to the midfield if he wanted to. He sometimes would switch positions with Burruchaga.

But basically:
Cuciuffo = Zabaleta
Brown = Garay
Ruggeri = Fernandez
Garre/Olarticoechea = Rojo

The middle-offense changes. We had one more defender in the middle and one less forward.

DAF86
07-01-2014, 10:59 PM
This is a bit mixed up... Argentina '86 was more like this:



Pumpido

Cuciuffo - Brown - Ruggeri - Garre/Olarticoechea

Enrique - Batista - Giusti

Burruchaga

Maradona - Valdano


It's a little different shape than the current roster, and Maradona had freedom to come all the way back to the midfield if he wanted to. He sometimes would switch positions with Burruchaga.

But basically:
Cuciuffo = Zabaleta
Brown = Garay
Ruggeri = Fernandez
Garre/Olarticoechea = Rojo

The middle-offense changes. We had one more defender in the middle and one less forward.

Nope, it was 5-3-2


Pumpido

Giusti Cuciuffo Brown Rugeri Olarticoechea

Enrique Batista

Burruchaga

Maradona Valdano

NASpurs
07-01-2014, 11:03 PM
As a non-Argentina and too young arround that time, I always got Batista and Batistuta confused. They were in seperate eras and didn't overlap right? :lol

it's me
07-01-2014, 11:10 PM
As a non-Argentina and too young arround that time, I always got Batista and Batistuta confused. They were in seperate eras and didn't overlap right? :lol

:lol batista= boring mofo, slow, midfield scrub batistuta=one of the best CF to ever play the game.

DAF86
07-01-2014, 11:12 PM
Batista was a boss in midfield, tbh.

ElNono
07-01-2014, 11:18 PM
Nope, it was 5-3-2


Pumpido

Giusti Cuciuffo Brown Rugeri Olarticoechea

Enrique Batista

Burruchaga

Maradona Valdano

You got it almost right... Ricardo Giusti was a defensive midfielder (look him up, he played with Marangoni and Bochini in the early 80's Independiente).

BUT, Bilardo liked to switch between 4 in the back (with Giusti in the middle) and 5 in the back (with Brown playing sweeper, and Ruggeri and Giusti in front of him.

Bilardo the person will always get a lot of shit, but as a coach, he was very detailed on what he wanted to do, and his squads were fairly flexible. Most people don't remember, but that's a big reason we even sniffed the Final in 1990.

it's me
07-01-2014, 11:18 PM
1986 supporting cast > 2014 supporting cast IMO..... still Diego > Messi, but different players, the game itself is different now..... can't compare them tbh. I'm sure Missi knows and acknowledges Diego is and will always be the GOAT in pure "futbol" terms and natural talent.

it's me
07-01-2014, 11:19 PM
Batista was a boss in midfield, tbh.

Batista would get raped in todays soccer tbh.... dude was super slow.

ElNono
07-01-2014, 11:22 PM
Batista was a boss in midfield, tbh.

Checho was amazing that world cup, and I remember Bilardo saying Batista would refuse to share the middle with Giusti or Enrique, that's why he had to move them to the sides.

it's me
07-01-2014, 11:31 PM
Checho was amazing that world cup, and I remember Bilardo saying Batista would refuse to share the middle with Giusti or Enrique, that's why he had to move them to the sides.

:lol I've never understood why argies love this guy... me no like.... sorry.

DAF86
07-01-2014, 11:43 PM
You got it almost right... Ricardo Giusti was a defensive midfielder (look him up, he played with Marangoni and Bochini in the early 80's Independiente).

BUT, Bilardo liked to switch between 4 in the back (with Giusti in the middle) and 5 in the back (with Brown playing sweeper, and Ruggeri and Giusti in front of him.

Bilardo the person will always get a lot of shit, but as a coach, he was very detailed on what he wanted to do, and his squads were fairly flexible. Most people don't remember, but that's a big reason we even sniffed the Final in 1990.

Giusti was either a RB or RM depending on how you categorize that Bilardo formation (5-3-2 or 3-5-2), here's an article that talks about it: http://backpagefootball.com/tactics-look-back-and-forth/5928/

lefty
07-01-2014, 11:46 PM
As a non-Argentina and too young arround that time, I always got Batista and Batistuta confused. They were in seperate eras and didn't overlap right? :lol
:cry Batistuta
:cry Batigol

hater
07-01-2014, 11:57 PM
Batistuta was a beast imo. similar style as Ronaldo. (the brazilian not the faggot)

didn't that nigga admit to fucking a different woman every night even on gamedays? :lol

ElNono
07-01-2014, 11:59 PM
Giusti was either a RB or RM depending on how you categorize that Bilardo formation (5-3-2 or 3-5-2), here's an article that talks about it: http://backpagefootball.com/tactics-look-back-and-forth/5928/

I'm going off memory, tbh... I'm pretty sure Cucciufo played RB when we played 4 at the back (and Garre started as the LB, but IIRC he got injured early and Olarticoechea took over). As a matter of fact, him and Olarticoechea would go up all the time. If I'm not mistaken, Cuciuffo was the guy that was fouled attacking on the right, on the free-kick that ended up in the 1st goal in the Final (Brown header).

Certainly possible Giusti was playing on the right and Enrique on the left, and I have that wrong.

The graph shows the 5-back lineup, with Cuciuffo and Ruggeri in front of Brown (which makes sense, since Cuciuffo always played CB on club play), and Giusti as the RB. Not going to argue with that, it's been 30 years :lol

Manu'sMagicalLeftHand
07-02-2014, 12:00 AM
The formation had 3 central defenders at all times. It was Bilardo's "innovation" which he keeps bragging about ad inifinitum. The two guys on the sides did not operate like traditional fullbacks or wide midfielders. The niche word was "lateral volante" which is a player who covers the flanks as a fullback when the team losses the ball and offers himself wide beyond the halfway line when they're attacking. Batista operated as a traditional defensive midfielder, but he was given some liberties to distribute the ball higher up the pitch and to start the pressing in the opposition field if the ball was lost.

Bilardo was very obsesive, to the point of OCD. So when the opposition scored or created chances he would swap the formation or the players positions. Enrique did not play in the tournament up to the match vs. England in the quarterfinals where he gave Diego that assist for his second goal. That team was made of many players who went to become managers, some shit, some good, but they clearly had a passion for understanding the game and had tactical awareness to respond according to the different situations in a match. The current kids... I doubt they are much interested in tactics except for Mascherano, Zabaleta, Maxi Rodriguez and few more. They just want to play, then play FIFA, go out clubbing and screw chicks.

lefty
07-02-2014, 12:06 AM
Diego is my hero for taking the England game personally :cry


Him staring down the Englsih players during the national anthem :cry

Damn

ElNono
07-02-2014, 12:07 AM
The formation had 3 central defenders at all times. It was Bilardo's "innovation" which he keeps bragging about ad inifinitum. The two guys on the sides did not operate like traditional fullbacks or wide midfielders. The niche word was "lateral volante" which is a player who covers the flanks as a fullback when the team losses the ball and offers himself wide beyond the halfway line when they're attacking. Batista operated as a traditional defensive midfielder, but he was given some liberties to distribute the ball higher up the pitch and to start the pressing in the opposition field if the ball was lost.

Bilardo was very obsesive, to the point of OCD. So when the opposition scored or created chances he would swap the formation or the players positions. Enrique did not play in the tournament up to the match vs. England in the quarterfinals where he gave Diego that assist for his second goal. That team was made of many players who went to become managers, some shit, some good, but they clearly had a passion for understanding the game and had tactical awareness to respond according to the different situations in a match. The current kids... I doubt they are much interested in tactics except for Mascherano, Zabaleta, Maxi Rodriguez and few more. They just want to play, then play FIFA, go out clubbing and screw chicks.

Yup. Cucciufo also started 5 of the 7 games. Bilardo loved to tinker with the team and lineups depending on the opponent. Definitely obsessed, but hard to argue with the results.

Manu'sMagicalLeftHand
07-02-2014, 12:07 AM
Oh, and Diego did have a STAAAAAACKED team back in '82. That squad was probably the most stacked in all Argentina's World Cup participations. Fillol, Passarella, Ardiles, Ramón Díaz, Maradona, Kempes, Bertoni, Gallego, Valdano, Valencia, Trossero, Tarantini, Olguín, Olarticoechea, Galván, Calderón, Barbas...

Menotti fucked up big time with his tactics and preparations, but the team was affected by off-field issues too. Malvinas war going on and all that. Being told back home "we're winning the war" and then arriving in Spain and finding out the complete opposite.

hater
07-02-2014, 12:09 AM
Oh, and Diego did have a STAAAAAACKED team back in '82.

really? From what I understand is that team was old and slow as fuck.

ElNono
07-02-2014, 12:11 AM
Batistuta was one of the last players to win a tournament with Argentina, 1993 Copa America in Ecuador.

lefty
07-02-2014, 12:17 AM
really? From what I understand is that team was old and slow as fuck.
:lol Ardiles was still there

ElNono
07-02-2014, 12:18 AM
http://i62.tinypic.com/2q33whi.png

ElNono
07-02-2014, 12:19 AM
http://i58.tinypic.com/2cep4lf.png

ElNono
07-02-2014, 12:19 AM
http://i59.tinypic.com/dbi144.png

ElNono
07-02-2014, 12:19 AM
There's no previous history between Netherlands and Costa Rica...

hater
07-02-2014, 12:20 AM
3byTNRoxujo

lefty
07-02-2014, 12:27 AM
cool stuff, Nonocopter


Algeria is 2-1 vs Germany all time :D

IronMaxipad
07-02-2014, 12:41 AM
France vs Germany
Brasil vs Colombia
Argentina vs Belgium
Netherlands vs Costa Rica

tbh

UNCLE-DREW
07-02-2014, 03:15 AM
only one i can gtd will advance are the Netherlands. Can be a close game but they will advance

Other 3 games are open imo but if i had to pick: Brasil, Germany, Belgium

IrisHockey
07-02-2014, 03:44 AM
:lol the Germans will not lose to France, it would be a nightmare to lose to the croutons.. they're set up to lose in the final..

Venti Quattro
07-02-2014, 03:57 AM
:lol the Germans will not lose to France, it would be a nightmare to lose to the croutons.. they're set up to lose in the final..
:lmao Hitler will come out of Stalin knows wherever ground he's lying in now to slap the bejeesus of ze Germans if they lose to the croissants

hater
07-02-2014, 04:39 AM
:lmao Hitler will come out of Stalin knows wherever ground he's lying in now to slap the bejeesus of ze Germans if they lose to the croissants

:lmao

as much as I hate Krouts. I will love seeing them facerape the african baggettes :lol

Franklin
07-02-2014, 09:23 AM
The Reich has made at least the semifinals each world cup since 02, it's time for them to win it all this year tbh.

dfens
07-02-2014, 10:08 AM
the match with france is 50/50 imo. Germany is overhyped on this forum, as should be concluded from the hard win against algeria.

Brazil will down colombia. Refs might do work :lol

Costa rica won't beat netherlands, physical difference is too big.

Argentina belgium is going to provide a lot of :lmao.




Btw, @argentine people. Why do argentinean supporters cause so much trouble in brasil? Really, isn't life in a brazilian prison something out of a horror movie, especially for an argentinean? Good Christ, that's probably close to getting it medieval style:lol

Brazil
07-02-2014, 10:55 AM
:lol the Germans will not lose to France, it would be a nightmare to lose to the croutons.. they're set up to lose in the final..

thank you dude tbh

after your picks during POs and this world cup... I feel much better about France chance...

DAF86
07-02-2014, 11:43 AM
http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/headtohead/team1=arg/team2=bra/index.html

"Brasil decime que se siente, tener en casa a tu papá" :hat

Muser
07-02-2014, 12:00 PM
The Reich has made at least the semifinals each world cup since 02, it's time for them to win it all this year tbh.

Serial underachievers tbh.

Venti Quattro
07-02-2014, 12:15 PM
Does anyone know that infinite limit is Ashraf?

Brazil
07-02-2014, 12:45 PM
Does anyone know that infinite limit is Ashraf?

:lol dat would be gold

could be KBP tbh

lefty
07-02-2014, 12:51 PM
thank you dude tbh

after your picks during POs and this world cup... I feel much better about France chance...
France should be the favorites, but Germans may have the psychological advantage

You had them on the ropes in extra-time in 82, yet they won
In 86, France had a better team but Germany stil won

The Gemini Method
07-02-2014, 01:04 PM
vive la France!

Brazil
07-02-2014, 03:16 PM
France should be the favorites, but Germans may have the psychological advantage

You had them on the ropes in extra-time in 82, yet they won
In 86, France had a better team but Germany stil won

Germany is France nightmare in football tbh much more than Italy even after 2006... Collective memory of the Shumacher / Batiston incident is still strong.

Players are a total new generation... I don't think they will be emotionnally impacted by the history of France / Germany... It's a quarter final of a wc against one of the favorite of the competition... that's it. Germany or Holland or Argentina... it would be the same... only us old fart fans care about 82 and 86 imho. Plus I think Deschamps is not dumb enough to play emotional card like Felipao who spend his time talking about 1950, that puts pressure for nothing... if they are not motivated for a quarter final of a wc the better go play golf...

Germany is favorite of this game, they will have the pressure tho... this german golden generation did not win anything they need a result bad... France is putting kids on the field, Pogba is 21, Varanne is 22 etc...

if you look at the players and the bench they are ahead of France

Brazil
07-02-2014, 03:16 PM
vive la France!

Allez les bleus !

lefty
07-02-2014, 03:20 PM
Germany is France nightmare in football tbh much more than Italy even after 2006... Collective memory of the Shumacher / Batiston incident is still strong.

Players are a total new generation... I don't think they will be emotionnally impacted by the history of France / Germany... It's a quarter final of a wc against one of the favorite of the competition... that's it. Germany or Holland or Argentina... it would be the same... only us old fart fans care about 82 and 86 imho. Plus I think Deschamps is not dumb enough to play emotional card like Felipao who spend his time talking about 1950, that puts pressure for nothing... if they are not motivated for a quarter final of a wc the better go play golf...

Germany is favorite of this game, they will have the pressure tho... this german golden generation did not win anything they need a result bad... France is putting kids on the field, Pogba is 21, Varanne is 22 etc...

if you look at the players and the bench they are ahead of France
tbh if France attacks relentlessly, they will win
If Algeria has exposed their backline, then France should have a field day

it's me
07-02-2014, 03:21 PM
Argie ref for this match.... France wins.

Blizzardwizard
07-02-2014, 03:53 PM
I see Argentina cheesing their way to the semi-finals before being exposed.

ForeignFan
07-02-2014, 03:54 PM
Germany is France nightmare in football tbh much more than Italy even after 2006... Collective memory of the Shumacher / Batiston incident is still strong.

Players are a total new generation... I don't think they will be emotionnally impacted by the history of France / Germany... It's a quarter final of a wc against one of the favorite of the competition... that's it. Germany or Holland or Argentina... it would be the same... only us old fart fans care about 82 and 86 imho. Plus I think Deschamps is not dumb enough to play emotional card like Felipao who spend his time talking about 1950, that puts pressure for nothing... if they are not motivated for a quarter final of a wc the better go play golf...

Germany is favorite of this game, they will have the pressure tho... this german golden generation did not win anything they need a result bad... France is putting kids on the field, Pogba is 21, Varanne is 22 etc...

if you look at the players and the bench they are ahead of France

People must have forgotten that no current French player was even born in 1982 (and only a few in 1986)... This psychological advantage BS is like saying France had a psychological advantage in 1982 because they cruushed Germany 6-3 in 1958 (yes they did, with 3 goals from Just Fontaine :clap)

Brazil
07-02-2014, 05:31 PM
Gonna pack tonight for my flight tomorrow for Rio !

cannot wait

I'm damn excited

dfens
07-02-2014, 05:50 PM
Serial underachievers tbh.

son if the germans are serial underachievers what can we then say about the english? :lol

Blizzardwizard
07-02-2014, 06:09 PM
son if the germans are serial underachievers what can we then say about the english? :lol

Not underachievers if everyone except a few homers here and there predict them to fail every time.

lefty
07-02-2014, 08:12 PM
Gonna pack tonight for my flight tomorrow for Rio !

cannot wait

I'm damn excited

Hey fuck you

Brazil
07-02-2014, 08:14 PM
Hey fuck you

:lol

take a plane brah and come to join the fun

NASpurs
07-02-2014, 08:37 PM
:lol

take a plane brah and come to join the fun

Supreme Leader lefty is under the "No Fly" list unfortunately.

hater
07-02-2014, 09:23 PM
son if the germans are serial underachievers what can we then say about the english? :lol

English achieve what is expected of them every single time tbh :lmao

lefty
07-02-2014, 09:27 PM
:lol

take a plane brah and come to join the fun

buy me a ticked pls :cry


Supreme Leader lefty (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=6896) is under the "No Fly" list unfortunately.
Supreme Leader Lefty created that list

http://www.focusst.org/forum/attachments/off-topic/30299d1389383030-anyone-else-drink-irn-bru-large.jpg

hater
07-03-2014, 12:59 AM
De Jong out for the remainder in Hollandaise

My Ticos have a chance :tu

hater
07-03-2014, 01:14 AM
http://www.google.com/trends/worldcup#/en-us/match/58/

hater
07-03-2014, 01:15 AM
http://www.google.com/trends/worldcup#/en-us/match/57/

DAF86
07-03-2014, 02:26 AM
http://www.google.com/trends/worldcup#/en-us/match/57/

Main questions on Brazil:

1) How did Argentina-Switzerland ended?
2) Who scored Argentina's goal?

Obsessed much? :lol

hater
07-03-2014, 05:56 AM
Main questions on Brazil:

1) How did Argentina-Switzerland ended?
2) Who scored Argentina's goal?

Obsessed much? :lol

:lol them scared to lose :lol no confidence after Chile :lol

dfens
07-03-2014, 06:01 AM
De Jong out for the remainder in Hollandaise

My Ticos have a chance :tu

still to small imo. Corners and the like will be hard to defend for the ticos.
But this is a big big break the other contenders because I don't think NED has another guy capable of bringing what de jong brought to the table.

Brazil
07-03-2014, 11:39 AM
buy me a ticked pls :cry


Supreme Leader Lefty created that list

http://www.focusst.org/forum/attachments/off-topic/30299d1389383030-anyone-else-drink-irn-bru-large.jpg

son ticket is cheap tbh what cost most is plane ticket and the hookers

lefty
07-03-2014, 11:39 AM
son ticket is cheap tbh what cost most is plane ticket and the hookers
Exactly.

Brazil
07-03-2014, 11:45 AM
Exactly.

to be fair hookers are optional

lefty
07-03-2014, 01:09 PM
to be fair hookers are optional
It's for my beta male friends