Round of 16 - Matchday 2 - Netherlands vs Mexico & Costa Rica vs Greece

[Nidge Weasle]

thank fuck for that

[Badman]

Happy for them man

[Monday Bandele]

Costa Rican keeper will be a hero in 20 minutes.

[Bobby Reds]

Shitttttttt

Kebab shop owner looking guy missed

 

What a save

Back to driving cabs in southgate for gekas

:rofl:

[Monday Bandele]

Ice cold penalties.

[The Somalian]

Stuff of dreams

[Drift]

sick pens 

 

happy for costa rica

[Benicio del Toney]

Good.

 

Fuck Greece

[Captain Planet]

AMEN

[Afroman]

YESSSSSSSS!!!

 

HAPPY FOR COSTA RICA!

[The Infamous]

Happs for joel and ruiz

[O Fenomeno]

This is like the CL

The group winners are going through

[Flojo]

f*ck of you golden dawn neo Nazi cunts

f*cking do oneopolous

 

[Nidge Weasle]

[Benicio del Toney]

Did Ruiz mean that?

[O Fenomeno]

Yup

Gave him the eyes

[Monday Bandele]

First time I'm watching ITV coverage post match analysis. WTF are they playing about with the 3D Football Manager shit. Looks so budget.

[Rsonist]

Even the terrible games end up with a madness.

Best WC ever.

[Mame Biram Diouf]

f*ck of you golden dawn neo Nazi cunts

f*cking do oneopolous

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Good.

f*ck Greece

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Holland and Costa Rica is going to be a madness

Always forget how much I hate Greece until I see them play

[Flojo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQKTjP4RBJw

 

Gas mark 10 celebrations.

 

the last two bruddas>>>____

 

"Treze julio..... ......Treze julio......  "

[Young £]

Netherlands centurion Dirk Kuyt hailed Louis van Gaal as the most tactically adept coach in the game after he masterminded the comeback against Mexico that saw the Dutch into the FIFA World Cup™ quarter-finals.

 

Kuyt played in three positions throughout the 90 minutes on his 100th appearance for his country, starting in an unfamiliar role at left-back before moving to right-back and eventually up front as the Netherlands played catch-up after Giovani dos Santos had scored for Mexico.

 

"He's maybe the best tactically there is in the world," said the 33-year-old former Liverpool striker, who is now with Fenerbahce in Turkey.

 

"It doesn't matter what system we are playing, the players know exactly what to do. He told us before the game already that we could switch system if we were 1-0 down.

 

"We switched to 4-3-3, then 15 minutes before the end of the game he decided to put an extra striker to play longer balls and look for second balls, and we managed to score a goal so his tactics were once again spot on."

 

Van Gaal's changes paid dividends as Wesley Sneijder equalised two minutes from time before Klaas-Jan Huntelaar converted a stoppage-time penalty to seal his side's place in the last eight.

 

"The players showed they had faith and belief until the very end," said the newly-appointed Manchester United manager. "The humidity was not in our favour so when you see that until the very last minute we were fresher and fitter than the Mexicans, that is a big compliment to my players.

 

"Not only did they have belief but physically they prepared so well to play this match. That, of course, gives us enormous confidence going forward."

 

 

 

 

Scouting report: Ruud van Nistelrooy (left) and Everton manager Roberto Martinez (second left) compare notes as they watch the Holland squad train in Rio de Janeiro