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*** Official World Cup 2010 Semi-Final Thread: Netherlands v Uruguay ***
- Thread starter perseus
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Every time the commentator says the name Victorino I think of Ned Flanders 
I'm sure the bloke's just called Victor really.
I'm sure the bloke's just called Victor really.
patchamalbion
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brilliant cheeky trip by a Uruguyian on a Dutch player at the end
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Colossal Squid
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A Germany v Holland final would be SO epic.
Thing is, I don't want the Germans to have a sniff, so I'd sooner see Spain go through tomorrow, playing like they are capable of playing.
And then I'd be torn. Spain are EASILY the better footballing side BUT I'm an Englishman and a country working hard, getting a bit of luck and not necessarily wowing everyone with their skills to take the glory, thirty plus years since the last time a far more talented squad of theirs came close would just be some kind of poetry really.
Mind you, assuming the Spaniards do make it tomorrow (and it's by NO means a cert) it will be great to have a final between two teams who've never made it there in my life time, and in Spain's case, never even made it to a semi final!
Thing is, I don't want the Germans to have a sniff, so I'd sooner see Spain go through tomorrow, playing like they are capable of playing.
And then I'd be torn. Spain are EASILY the better footballing side BUT I'm an Englishman and a country working hard, getting a bit of luck and not necessarily wowing everyone with their skills to take the glory, thirty plus years since the last time a far more talented squad of theirs came close would just be some kind of poetry really.
Mind you, assuming the Spaniards do make it tomorrow (and it's by NO means a cert) it will be great to have a final between two teams who've never made it there in my life time, and in Spain's case, never even made it to a semi final!
Twinkle Toes
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mcshane in the 79th
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- Nov 4, 2005
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Get in! I'm so happy! Oranje marching to the final. Happy days!
Raphael Meade
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watched the game in a beer garden in munich. pretty friendly atmosphere, about a 70/30 split towards uruguay but most folk seem pretty up for a holland v germany final!
would love spain to get through but a germany v holland match-up definitely has the potential for a cracking game!!
just gotta sit through the germany match in berlin tomorrow now hahah
would love spain to get through but a germany v holland match-up definitely has the potential for a cracking game!!
just gotta sit through the germany match in berlin tomorrow now hahah
Dick Knights Mumm
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It is a tad depressing when you see teams (as in 2006) that don't look all that - but they get to the final. Is it so bloody difficult ? Why doesn't even the law of averages apply ?
Dick Knights Mumm
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Every time the commentator says the name Victorino I think of Ned Flanders
I'm sure the bloke's just called Victor really.
Excellent. I wish I'd have seen that at the start of the World Cup.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Excellent. I wish I'd have seen that at the start of the World Cup.
Hi-dilly ho-dilly, posterino
BeepBeepImaJeep
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^^^ lol
Didn't the commentator say that Holland are unbeaten in 26 games now and have won their last 10 matches (including one against Brazil)? That does imply they're more than just an ordinary team.
And as Germany have scored four goals against two top 10 teams, I certainly don't see how you can say they "don't look all that"
Spain, I agree, look ordinary but I think that both Holland and Germany look pretty good.
Meh. England would have beaten both those teams easily with the players we've got. Such a pity that once again a combination of managerial ineptitude and cheating foreigners has robbed us of our rightful place in the World Cup final.
Dick Knights Mumm
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I do appreciate they are a more than a decent team - and it was a semi-final so it wasn't likely to be free-flowing football - but they didn't look world beaters. And that should have been our side of the draw. It shows how poor we were. Another missed opportunity.
Dick Knights Mumm
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I assume that wasn't a response to my post.
Dick Knights Mumm
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And when I say that - they have two real quality players.
rcf0712
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I think he said 28, and the last team to beat was........Australia, in Holland!
But Uruguay have shown that they're a decent team and not easy to beat. As you say, in a semi-final against a good team, you wouldn't expect pretty football but they scored three goals, two of them pretty good ones, and you can't really expect more.
If England played Holland, I don't think we'd concede four but I think we'd be well beaten.
The disappointment for me is that this Dutch team could win the World Cup when their flair team of Cruyff, Rep, Krol, Neeskens, Haan, Rensenbrink, Van der Kerkhof etc (and how they trip off the tongue after more than 30 years) coudn't.
Dick Knights Mumm
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I agree with all that. They both look well drilled teams - both with two outstanding players. All credit to Uruguay for having two excellent forwards. And the big difference all players look comfortable on the ball - and know what they are doing.
As you say this Dutch team does not look a patch on previous era - even more recently with Gullit, Van Basten and Rijkaard.