hahahhaha lmao with kirby's posts.

Great semis ahead of us.

First time I predicted, I had Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Spain in the semis, then I changed Spain for Mexico.

Mexico should be on semis xD goddamnit!

Can't see it. Going to the image's url tells me I need to be logged in to see it.

Fixed lol :p

XD

Technically speaking, the finals should be Germany vs Netherlands.

But Brazil and Argentina together at the semi, sounds like the prelude of a Latan war... It would be more meaningful to see one of this two get the cup over the other, though i usually cheer for Netherlands to get their first cup, they deserve.

They obviously played better footbal than anyone else on that Euro, beeing defensive does not equal beeing bad. Football is made of both ofense and defense, if you excell in defense (like Greece did on that Euro) and you do it so well that nobody gets to score a goal againts you and you are good at scoring when you have oportunist than youre definetly playing better football than the oposition.

In 1982 Brazil had a squad that played a super ofensive football, it was a joy to watch, but the Italian side on that world cup was much more efficient and defeated Brazil. I am Brazilian and I have no problem in admiting that even tough that 1982 team played the most fun to watch football ever played, it wasnt the better team (or at least didnt play better x Italy). Its not rocket science, whoever plays best wins, and you cna play better than your oposition in a lot of diferent ways not only beeing ofensive.

Some interesting FIFA stadistics

Germany seems to be taken aback by fast counter attacking teams. They like the slow pace. A person like Neymar would have given them a lot of trouble. I'm really bummed that Neymar is out even though my team is Germany. Wanted to see a strong as possible clash between these titans of football.

this WC started great but now the performances of every team are rather poor and for the most part boring to watch.

Don't say that, now that the Germans finally *found their form.

*found: A whole country telling the coach what's the right thing to do