Fantasy World Cup Live Match Chat Semi Finals
And then there were four. It’s semi-final time at the World Cup and very much a South America vs Europe affair. We’ve said a sad farewell to Colombia, who received an amazing reception when they returned to Bogota. Also offski are Costa Rica, who played with so much heart and a stubborn defence throughout the tournament, while Belgium and France have also exited stage left.
Our first semi-final sees hosts Brazil take on the World Cup’s Herr Consistent, Germany. Since 1950, the Germans have failed to reach at least the quarter-final stage on just one occasion and will be looking to add to their three stars by going all the way. Brazil, of course, will have home support on their side – unfortunately for them they won’t have influential defender and captain Thiago Silva or their main attacking threat, Neymar, on their side – they are ruled out through suspension and injury respectively. But it’s ok, Germany have Mesut Ozil, which evens things up somewhat. The Germans were back to their robotic best in disposing of France, while Brazil produced their best display of the tournament, certainly in the first half as they fought, literally, past the plucky Colombians.
The second semi brings together Argentina and the Netherlands, both of whom have somewhat stuttered through so far. The Dutch needed penalties to find a way past Costa Rica, which will be an obvious concern for LVG as he attempts to plot a way past the Argentinian defence which has kept two clean sheets in a row. If recent form is anything to go, goals may be at a premium here, so it may just be a moment of magic from Lionel Messi, Arjen Robben, Gonzalo Higuain or RvP which settles the tie. Worth noting that Angel Di Maria has been ruled out with injury, but better news of Sergio Aguero, who is expected to have recovered from (his latest) injury in time for the showdown.
the dutch should complain about the bandage on biglias arm like the argies did in 78
Well when the game started I said to my son that it’ll depend on which Dutch side turns up, looks like we got Costa Rica rather than Spain
Odds on Aguero not lasting until 90 mins?
Well end of the 90 Messi 4 Sneijder 4 Robben 3 guess which one I made captain
End of 120 Robben lowest scoring of mine with 4 pts, real captain material :cuss:
Just had a look at the Semi final score and as of the last update 4 mins ago NIN an I are still neck a neck on 89 points each.
Think The B has 1 pt more than me.
Reckon capping Robben has knocked me out of The Perfect 32.
Alright 4 clean sheets
Yeah me to. Including Captain. Hoping it’s enough to take me into the final.
Hey Josh I got 4 Dutch cleanies! I thought they were gonna get pasted!! 131 total for the round.Im getting the hang if this just as its about to finish!!