Berhalter: village Idiot
Day 14: Netherlands vs USA | Argentina vs Australia (Last 16 1&2)
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It's like they have hit their plateaus
He’d be Messi
They were totally dominant until the Dutch scored their first to be fair, even Pulisic missing an absolute sitter.
They just lack that killer instinct, a poor pass/shot/touch kills them every time they get forward. The dreadful selection of centre forwards really hasn’t helped on that front either, but Weah and Pulisic should be doing better than they have.
Reyna should have been playing more.
Don't forget Argentina vs Australia. That'll be the biggest quality gap IMO.
England vs Senegal i think will be tense. Southgate tends to hold them back in important games and Senegal to be fair to them aren't bad at all. That one will be tight I think
Aaronson has had a dreadful cameo. Lots of unecessary dribbles.
thank fuk we have 4 years to figure that out b/c you're right about needing that finisher
Opening 10 minutes of a game you never know how they'll go. But yeah. Their defence has looked woeful, their attack has looked woeful. I like their midfield, but that's all they had today.
Overall a bit meh
Well,maybe most entertaining Netherlands game so far. If they do this during knockouts that's fine
Deserved win against a poor side
Booooooo
Four subs after 90 mins, ref added 10 sec. Doesnt make any sense
It makes leaving our most in form striker at home (Holland?) so insane.
Thank feck for that. All I want now is Portugal to get knocked out.
Fair Play Netherlands! Good luck in the Quarterfinals against Argentina
Men against boys. Weird fluke goal aside.
LVG masterclass
Fart.
Happy for LVG 
Mane will be too much of a miss imo, Senegal could get by the groups without him but this is sort of occasion where his world class quality will be badly missed. I expect England to win it in 90 minutes in similar manner to Holland. Senegal will have spells for sure but also missing Gana in midfield who's suspended.
Not at all IMO. It's just looked very comfortable for Netherlands apart from the opening 10 minutes. Never felt like USA were going to score unless it was gifted to them, and Netherlands looked like they could create a sitter every time they went forward. Didn't see that as an intense game or hard fought at all, felt Netherlands could've stepped up a few gears if they needed.
Nathan Ake must get in the TOTT
We could get some tasty matches quarter finals onwards
Netherlands vs Argentina
Croatia vrs Brazil
England vrs France
Spain vrs Portugal
Netherlands vs Argentina
Croatia vrs Brazil
England vrs France
Spain vrs Portugal
Holland!
Yankee go home
The midfield has talent but lacks a bit of discipline I’d say. All three left their runners a fair bit, certainly their strongest position mind.
Pepi was good during the qualifying....struggled for his club but yes i still think he should have been here just simply b/c he has that goal scoring instinct
Yeah. He has had a lot to deal with and still shows at international level he knows his stuff.Happy for LVG
We, the English I mean, would be idiots to think the African champions will be a walkover. We huffed and puffed to deal with real pressure applied into midfield by the US. Senegal's pace and power in midfield is lightyears ahead of that. Its great Gueye will be suspended for them but their midfield will really exposed England's inability to play through the thirds. We were awful against Wales for the first 45 and it took Rashford's free kick to open the game up. We may be relying on a set piece again.
Agree with you on Argentina and Australia. If the Argentine's click it could be a cricket score.
It’s undignified to attack your opponents.
Or when Harry Kane had that spell of taking corners for England. It's just stupid "give best/most famous forward ball and let him do something" logic. Football's version of hero ball. Dumber in this case because unlike Pulisic, at least Ronaldo and Kane have shown an ability to strike a ball cleanly at some point in their careers.
Are they playing Auld Lang Syne on the stadium’s speakers? Sounds like it.
Lost respectably to a very good team. Very proud of this US team.
United should get any of these Adam and Musah. They stand up against England and Netherland's.
United should get any of these Adam and Musah. They stand up against England and Netherland's.
Yep, unfortunately he probably gets a contract extension for making the final 16. Makes me sick.
All true. It makes no sense as you can actually make a difference with set pieces and you give yourself no chance when you allow certain players to take them
Very meh game. Not as intense as most of the last match of group stage for sure, also no drama whatsoever
Watching pulisic takes every corner and fk makes me irrationally angry
Watching pulisic takes every corner and fk makes me irrationally angry
Easy win for the Dutch in the end. Starting Reyna and Aaronson might have helped, but the Dutch would still win. US just lack the experience at this level.
Now that the game with a potential for upset has gone the predictable route, I feel slightly less excited for the next match. Argentina should win comfortably against Australia.
Now that the game with a potential for upset has gone the predictable route, I feel slightly less excited for the next match. Argentina should win comfortably against Australia.