Game Thread - Spain vs Netherlands - World Cup

[iowajerms]

Great saves.

 

[ladyrockess]

Great saves.

They were! Casillas makes such great saves when he's IN the goal, I don't know why he keeps leaving it!

 

[ladyrockess]

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

future not too strong for them ATM... after this cup, lots of big names will be on the decline...

They'll find players. They're defense was pretty impressive, and they are rather young back there.

 

[beardown07]

How bout that dirty ass headbutt by Costa. Damn lucky the ref didnt see it.

 

[bksballer89]

Spain is Barcelona without messi/neymar.....in other words they ain't shit

 

[Tainthappening]

This is IF and looks like a big if at this moment if Spain will even make it out of group play.

Agreed... Chile has a good team. After they sacked their coach and got Sampoli who is a Bielsa disciple (coach who took them to round of 16 last Cup), they have played well.

 

[Tainthappening]

Spain is Barcelona without messi/neymar.....in other words they ain't shit

Their defense looked old in the 2nd half.... not having Messi/Nymar is not the issue (or they would not have won the last World Cup).

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Their defense looked old in the 2nd half.... not having Messi/Nymar is not the issue (or they would not have won the last World Cup).

They have costa though, who helped Atletico Madrid beat both Barca and Real Madrid in La Liga.

 

[night]

Yea but they really embarrassed Spain though. Holy cow!

 

[bksballer89]

Chile isn't a pushover either. This team may be eliminated after the 2nd round of group play

 

[bksballer89]

This 5-1 L is bad also due to possible goal differential in case they tie with Chile for 2nd place in the group and BTW this L basically just means it will be Spain/Brazil in the round of 16 if they advance

 

[bksballer89]

Diego Costa would be better off playing along side Neymar for the next 2-3 world cups

 

[antone112]

I think the sport would be better off if Spain was to fall out of the group stage. Their style over the last decade, although very successful, has just been so boring to watch.

 

[Banned 10x]

 

[Airraidtech]

This is amazing. The fall down cry ball is getting what they deserve. Even after the BS weak penalty call. typical Barcelona/Real Madrid/ Brazil/ Spain weak penalty call. After that Justice prevailed the good guy can sometimes win. Playing the game physically, tough and honorably can sometimes win.

Awesome for Netherlands.
My world cup is complete at this point. Everything else is a bonus. The only thing that could make this better would be like Neymar getting a card for diving.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Got Dutch blood in me so a great win!!!

 

[bksballer89]

Neymar gets a card in BRAZIL for diving? No chance

 

[potzer25]

you really think Netherlands isn't ecstatic right now? They didn't even expect to win let alone dominate...

 

[sjballer03]

Casillas, Ramos, and Pique played like shit. They had no trust in each other. Subbing out Xabi Alonso exposed the defense further. Instead of damage control, Spain tried a more attacking style which doesn't suit them. They are going to regret it if things come down to goal differential.