Semi Finals: Netherlands v Argentina

[kesh]

Every time I see Mascherano play it makes it harder to understand why Pardew didn't want to play him

Captain supreme Reo-Coker / Mullins were keeping him out.

[fmgod]

Holland are horrible to watch, just route one football and lump it to Robben/RVP and hope for the best

Said it last game Mascherano is sensational in that position, one of the best players at the world cup for me.

[AndyCarrollsBarber]

This has 0-0 and pens written all over it.

Whoever wins this, they will be destroyed by the Germans in the final.

[pablo jaye]

I'd briefly forgotten how much I hate Andy Townsend's voice.

Well done for briefly forgetting it ... It is effing etched on my mind!!!

Those two remind me of the type of know-nothing blokes who you'd come across watching football in an empty soullessToby Carvery on the A339, standing at the bar with their fizzy lagers washing down their £2.99 all you can eat roast dinners. Neither of them actually like football but chuck in a few corny well worn cliches and crap jokes in a laddish manner to make it look like they are 'with it'. They are probably wearing sandals with sports socks, beige Bermuda shorts and pastel polo-shirts.

[Bergen Hammer]

The Argies aren't gonna let the dutch counter on them, so can only see this gioig to extra time or a late argie win.

[Philosophical Dan]

More to the point, what the F*CK was that Planet of the Apes advert where Martin Keown machine-gunned that bloke?

Edited for accuracy.

[Johnny Byrne's Boots]

I think the Argies are just shading it, in that both sides are set up to keep the ball from the other's star player but Messi has seen more of it than Robben.

There were a few rather tasty challenges in the last ten minutes of the first half, it could get interesting later on. Expect lots of theatrical diving from both teams if it's level with about fifteen to go.

[POP POP POP Robson]

On the contrary I can see Holland nicking it. Robben will take a dive in the 88th minute.

[WCpete]

Wasn't that the techno viking they just showed in the Dutch section?

[southbrishammer]

Ok, I've tried to concentrate on the game for the last 10 minutes and wish I hadn't. Back to Spotify I think.

[WCpete]

I read a couple of days ago that Blatter would like FIFA to consider allowing a 4th substitute for extra time, which would basically turn football into baseball. Every side would have a specialist penalty stopping keeper that they could bring in in the final minute of extra time.

[WCpete]

Take Messi off and open up this match.

[POP POP POP Robson]

THought that was in

[61dicksey]

Van Persie's only contribution so far is to be offside

[westham,eggyandchips]

Id love to see the stats for offsides during this world cup........ RVP must be right up there.

[POP POP POP Robson]

The dutch need to clog the midfield

[WCpete]

using your A material eh Pop?

[Bergen Hammer]

5 at the back and Dirk ****ing Kuyt at left wing in the year 2014, says it all about hollands mindset in this game. Obviously Argentina have to be careful not to play into hollands hands and be countered to death, so there we have it, 0-0...

Come on Argentina!

[WorcesterWHU]

f*** me this is dull.

[WCpete]

Aguero did the exact same thing Thiago did, and yet.... no yellow.