2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

[Psychotic]

Does anyone else fancy a Germany - Uruguay final?

[DK]

smurf that noise, if both teams played like they did today chile will have holland as well. likely won't need to worry about brazil.

also, diego costa, you are a twat and a disgrace to the name diego.

[Psychotic]

smurf that noise, if both teams played like they did today chile will have holland as well. likely won't need to worry about brazil.

tbf, they'll probably both play their reserves.

[Dark_Valentine]

Does anyone else fancy a Germany - Uruguay final?

You know I would like an Italy - Germany final, but I wouldn't mind seeing this either.

[Shauna]

rip in peace spain

That was an unexpected twist. What an embarrassment for them!

[Mahad]

Good game for Chile. No matter who they face off against in the next round, they will make for a difficult side to deal with if they show up in this form, even Brazil should be sweating.

Well, good bye Spain!

[black orb]

Commentators saying how they might feel hard done by to face Brazil... balls to that. Chile'll smurfing muller them on this form.

>>> Chile fear Brazil more than anything, even more than God probably. Just like Mexico, who are Brazil's "black beast". Brazil are chile's "black beast", so they will do anything to avoid them..

Im Interested in the Spain vs Australia match.. They will Play for the GLORY!! ..

[Perducci]

Hoping Australia thrash Spain. Watching them fail has been brilliant.

I'm still thinking Belgium will go far even if they didn't look great in their last match. Also thinking France are going to do well.

[Psychotic]

Yeah I'm talkin' 'bout England 'cause England are playing today. Deal with it.

Here's how I'd line up v Uruguay.

Hart

Johnson - Cahill - Jagielka - Shaw

Milner - Henderson

Lallana - Sterling - Welbeck

Sturridge

This is a revolutionary tactic I like to call "Drop all the scousers". Baines, Rooney and Gerrard were England's worst players against Italy (in that order. For all my abuse of Wayne, Baines was atrocious) and so I think we'll do a lot better if we remove all traces of men suggesting that we calm down while sporting a righteous perm.

If you play players on reputation rather than form in an international tournament you will always come unstuck. Look at Spain - De Gea should've started over the woeful Casillas and Fernando Torres shouldn't even have been in the squad. I remember Portugal in Euro 2004 and how woeful they were in the opening game when they played their ageing stars Luis Figo and Rui Costa. They then brought in talented, on form but inexperienced players like Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco and that got them all the way to the final.

Hodgson will still play the scousers though so I guess we'll never know. Gerrard and Rooney coming on as subs - with a point to prove - would be awesome though.

[Jiro]

If Australia get up over Spain I will laugh my goddamn ass off. I don't know whether Spain actually have the quality to beat us given their form. Given how well the Aussies rise to a tougher opponent, and given the utter no-stakes nature of the game, I reckon Australia will be relaxed enough to play at their peak and topple the Spanish.

[Loony BoB]

Psy: Didn't Sterling recently state that he prefers to play on the wing? If so, why not put Welbeck/Lallana, who don't prefer to play on the wing, in the central position? Or is Sterling just relatively bad at playing in the position he prefers to play in?

[Old Manus]

If Australia get up over Spain I will laugh my goddamn ass off. I don't know whether Spain actually have the quality to beat us given their form. Given how well the Aussies rise to a tougher opponent, and given the utter no-stakes nature of the game, I reckon Australia will be relaxed enough to play at their peak and topple the Spanish.

I believe in Tim Cahill. David Moyes taught him everything he needs to know to play tournament-winning football.

Roo won't be dropped; I will put my house on it. Roy Hodgson is the Alistair Cook of man management (though I'm sure this comparison is lost on everyone but DK) and will not want to rock the boat, plus I reckon he might have spent a moment thinking about what happens if he drops Rooney and England somehow manage to get out of the group. Do we want a sulking Wayne for the rest of the tournament?

I really liked the way England played against Italy. It was the first time in years that they actually played keep-ball for a while and could string 10+ passes together. It's just a shame Italy are marginally better. If England keep it up and people like Barkley and Shaw live up to the hype we could see an interesting Euro 2016 (SPOILER)Oh my God I sound like a Liverpool fan now

[Old Manus]

also

[I Took the Red Pill]

If Australia get up over Spain I will laugh my goddamn ass off. I don't know whether Spain actually have the quality to beat us given their form. Given how well the Aussies rise to a tougher opponent, and given the utter no-stakes nature of the game, I reckon Australia will be relaxed enough to play at their peak and topple the Spanish.

I believe in Tim Cahill. David Moyes taught him everything he needs to know to play tournament-winning football.

He's received two yellow cards and is thus ineligible for the match vs Spain.

[Old Manus]

Obviously Moyes taught him the art of bottling out of big games too!