| SecondWar said: My hope for tonight's semi-final is a Croatia win. Argentina display of appalling poor sportsmanship at the end of the penalty shootout with the Netherlands was just plain nasty. Hoping it comes back to bite them tonight. |
So after a lifetime of Van Gaal being xenophobic against south american players, including some nasty episodes with Riquelme and Di Maria when he managed them, after he said Messi is like one player less when defending, after he said penalties was advantage Netherlands because they had a better keeper, after Weghorst came in to provoke the Argentina players and foul them nonstop, after the Dutch players continuously broke the rules in the penalty shootout by leaving the halfway line to block the path of the Argentine penalty takers and give them very nice words on the way... You expected the Argentine to give them a handshake and a hug?
