FIFA World Cup 2014

[ILovecycling]

Belgium - Algeria 2-0

Brasil - México 3-2

Russia - South Korea 1-0

 

[gooner]

No Vermaelen and Fellaini starting.

Speaking of Vermaelen, he could be off to United by the sound of things.

Looking at Algeria's team, they don't look like a soft touch.

Feghouli and Bentaleb are very good players. Bougherra did well in England and at Rangers. Taider has got playing time at Inter.

Watch out for Mahrez, I have seen a fair bit of him for Leicester, he's a lively pacy winger. Left footed and plays on right for them. I presume he will play there today.

I don't think this will be as easy as some think. Still think Belgium will win but it will tighter than expected.

 

[gooner]

One I forgot, Ghoulam has been very good since he joined Napoli.

EDIT: Their bench has some decent players on it too.

I didn't think they had this much quality beforehand.

 

[jens_attacks]

Belgium 1 Algeria 1
Brazil 2 Mexico 2
Russia 2 Korea 0

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

No Vermaelen and Fellaini starting.

No Fellaini is a good choice, since the ref is known for giving yellow and reds easy.
No Vermaelen is obvious.

Biggest surprise is Chadli over Mertens or Mirallas. (And I would prefer Lombaerts over Van Buyten)

 

[del1962]

Fancy SK to cause an upset and beat Russia

 

[gooner]

Fancy SK to cause an upset and beat Russia

That's not a bad shout.

Reading up a lot on them.

It's the same manager with most of the squad from the U-20 World Cup and the bronze in the Olympics. It's a settled squad and a very young team.

Potentially in for a great day of football.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Boring match so far.
Algeria just defends and Belgium has not enough tempo in their game so far.
Hopefully Hazard does something

 

[red_flanders]

Anyone have a live stream? Thanks.

 

[red_flanders]

Looks like Yanks can play football,european version ,now who would guessed something like this.USA is indeed the country of all possibilities

With 300 million people even our third-rate athletes can compete on a world stage.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Algeria take the lead.
What on earth was Vertongen thinking?

Great game from Algeria so far, great organisation at the back, good clear counterattacking. I am impressed.

 

[del1962]

Seems like ppl have overestimated Belgium/under estimated Algeria

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Anyone have a live stream? Thanks.

Don't have one but if you google "myp2p" you should easily find one. There are multiple pages listing a lot of streams.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

No, Belgium has more than enough talent.
They just seem to have the wrong tactic

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

No, Belgium has more than enough talent.
They just seem to have the wrong tactic

I am not even sure if it's the tactics. They lack movement.

That's a strange free kick, he kicked the Algerian not the other way around.

 

[ILovecycling]

Algeria is playing great,it will be tough to score for belgians

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Are we looking at a Belgian collapse here?

 

[MBotero]

Very bad first half for Belgium,sorry Belgium fans,but if they continue to play like this they should change that nickname to"Red Losers"

 

[Zam_Olyas]

Algeria take the lead.
What on earth was Vertongen thinking?

Great game from Algeria so far, great organisation at the back, good clear counterattacking. I am impressed.

I think that was the worry before the match...belgian's backline lack of pace in some of them.

 

[MBotero]

So,Belgium show something more in the second half and save the day.But,they really need some improvements this was a bad show from such a talented bunch.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

dembele, lukaku, chadli sucked..

good subs, mertens especially

 

[gooner]

dembele, lukaku, chadli sucked..

good subs, mertens especially

Add Vertonghen to that.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

yea Mertens added needed pace, Fellaini some threat in the box. Just enough to eliminate Algeria's hopes.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Will party after next match.

1 - 2

 

[Zam_Olyas]

I have seen Chadli play for spurs a few times and i never get him and was surprised to see him start.