Open World Cup Thread, Semifinal #1: Uruguay - Netherlands
by Aaron Campeau on Jul 6, 2010 6:55 PM BST
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11:30 AM PDT/2:30 PM EST/19:30 GMT. Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa
I find it absolutely miraculous that in a World Cup that was comprised in part of Argentina, Brazil, France, Italy, Mexico and Portugal that the semi-finals contain four teams that I would be quite happy to see win the World Cup. I certainly have my favorites, but each of these four teams have multiple things about them that compel me to like them. Considering 2006's semifinalists (and I will note that the 2006 German team was considerably less endearing than the current iteration,) it's an especially welcome development.
If Uruguay had Suarez today, I think I might consider them favorites. They do not, but that is of course the main reason they are here to begin with. Diego Forlan is a force in hos own right, and while I think the Dutch should be favored it should be a much closer match than I think many are predicting. And remember folks, I was literally the only person in the world to predict Argentina might have trouble defensively against Germany and to point out that leaving Esteban Cambiasso off of the squad might come back to haunt them. So clearly I am some sort of guru.
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Whoever wins this game I'm pulling for in the Final...
I could really go either way on this one…I love Forlan and I love Sneijder
I could watch that Forlan goal against RSA all day.
by Brian Floyd on Jul 6, 2010 7:11 PM BST via mobile reply actions
I think it barely knicked the defender
Still don’t know how it dipped like that.
by Brian Floyd on Jul 6, 2010 7:13 PM BST via mobile up reply actions
Although I do like the German squad this year...
Ozil, Muller, Klose, and BASTIAN are tough to pull against
I hate Mesut Ozil
Using immigrants in national teams is fine, but Germany appear to be raiding alien planets for talent and that’s just rude
by Graham MacAree on Jul 6, 2010 7:17 PM BST up reply actions
You're going to change your tone when Chelsea get Ozil rather than Schweini
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 7:22 PM BST up reply actions
The goal of your team should not be to get as many pretty people as possible.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 7:24 PM BST up reply actions
I don't want to block really good prospects
Ozil would be blocked and that would make me sad
by Graham MacAree on Jul 6, 2010 7:26 PM BST up reply actions
hey! i came up with that! kinda got in a fight over it too.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Jul 6, 2010 7:31 PM BST up reply actions
ok ok. great minds think alike. but so do lesser ones and that’s our worry.
(your link doesn’t work, btw. but is it from before june 13?)
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Jul 6, 2010 7:41 PM BST up reply actions
Whoops.
That was supposed to link here.
But I see You actually got there a whole half-hour before I did! I look a fool.
Did Sneijder's strike just bounce off RvP?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 7:43 PM BST reply actions
You could write about him getting in the way of a Sneijder strike
And how that won’t be helping their relationship.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 7:56 PM BST up reply actions
If de Jeew is a replacement defender, do the netherlands have another to bring in?
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 7:58 PM BST reply actions
it’s the stakes, i guess.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Jul 6, 2010 8:05 PM BST up reply actions
This announcing is horrific
""ONLY THREE TIMES HAS A TEAM COME BACK TO WIN, AND ONE OF THEM WAS HOLLAND AGAINST BRAZIL""
Another was the team that’s losing now so they can clearly do it, are you fricking kidding me Harkes?
FORLAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 8:10 PM BST reply actions
Uruguay shoud've been able to score.
Had Suarez been there, they would’ve, I think.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 8:41 PM BST up reply actions
I love how they keep talking down Uruguay as if they were going to be a walkover
They’re in a WC semi, I think they’re a formidable side
i’m with you. sad. but with you.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Jul 6, 2010 8:59 PM BST up reply actions
yeah, come to think of it. since he made a move for the ball, albeit missing it, that brings him into play.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Jul 6, 2010 9:00 PM BST up reply actions
chilavert calls it offside.
don't care if i ever get back.
by AV on Jul 6, 2010 9:01 PM BST up reply actions
But was he off when Sneijder took the shot.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 9:01 PM BST up reply actions
It was close
Maybe a half step off
by Brian Floyd on Jul 6, 2010 9:02 PM BST via mobile up reply actions
The only reason he was in the way was because the ball deflected off of a couple defenders...
He tried to move out of the way, I really don’t think that’s offside.
Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh Diego is sad
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 9:01 PM BST reply actions
There's the whistle.
Well done, both my teams. I didn’t want a …wait, yellow???
YES VAN BOMMEL GETS A CARD
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 9:22 PM BST reply actions
There was supposed to be 3 minutes added time.
The ref blew the whistle and everyone thought it was over…but then it was him carding Van Bommel (FINALLY) and he gave Uruguay another minute to try and equalize. They got their second in the 91st minute, I think. But Uruguay couldn’t knock it in.
by Kirsten Schlewitz on Jul 6, 2010 9:33 PM BST up reply actions
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