Day 14: Netherlands vs USA | Argentina vs Australia (Last 16 1&2)

Pep goals.

Dest with no awareness whatsoever defensively, lovely player going forward though.
 
This is a proper professional job. Maybe the Dutch are actually brilliant.

Dest was in the locker room already.
 
Need Gakpo to do a Lukaku and miss (at least) a hattrick of sitters - calm the hype a bit
 
Did I just watch a replay of the 1st goal ?
 
That’s what these slow fools get. Constant standing with the ball and then playing is backwards. We didn’t play our game and now we are finished.
 
Van Gaal will be delighted with how this has gone.

The US started with a really high tempo, pressing the backline and forcing mistakes. However, after Depay scored the game slowed to a crawl. That completely sucked the momentum out of the States. Weah and Dest helped liven things up again. The pattern of the match was set after the Netherlands went ahead though: Block and counter. On the stroke of halftime they make it pay again and that's all she wrote.
 
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USA can still come back here. Just need more quality in the last third.
 
This match is done, never should have brought Zimmerman back in..
 
This game is like a big kid holding the forehead of a little kid while he's swinging at him then gently nudging him over.
 
Two times USA missing protection on DM's area. Just a gaping hole. Where the feck were their midfield?
 
Not having a proper striker is a huge issue. The states have dominated the midfield but can't really threaten.