Worldcup - Holland

[metisdead]

Frankly I am going to miss looking at Kaka

Please keep that in the gay forum.

[Jingthing]

Frankly I am going to miss looking at Kaka

Please keep that in the gay forum.

Clearly, I meant I am going to miss looking at Kaka PLAY football. Kaka appeared to have quite a few shots on goal in the game; in a way his failure to finish was a real key to the outcome. Again, agree with the other poster, the Dutch deserved this win. :bow:

[metisdead]

Frankly I am going to miss looking at Kaka

Please keep that in the gay forum.

Clearly, I meant I am going to miss looking at Kaka PLAY football. Kaka appeared to have quite a few shots on goal in the game; in a way his failure to finish was a real key to the outcome.

Ok.

[angiud]

Congratulations to Holland. Wonderful match!

I hope we will see a Holland - Germany match soon

[LaoPo]

Well done Holland!!!! A dominating performance as much as anyone can dominate Brazil, now I'm secretly hoping this is your year....From the end of the first half it was obvious you were taking control of the match and once the own goal was scored from that point on they put Brazil off their game and Brazil then began to get real physical and frustrated not accustomed to being handled like that.. Top match by your boys..

One criticism though as you already mentioned they could have scored more and they are going to have to put those chances away in future matches to advance or prevail overall...

Fully agree.

It was as if some Dutch players were paralyzed when they came in front of the goalkeeper and an almost empty goal and hesitated what to do next...then it was too late of course.

Strange...as if they couldn't believe they had so many good chances.

They better get used to that

LaoPo

[WarpSpeed]

JFYI my mentioning the own goal has naught to do with the game overall and in no way is it minimizing the effort put forth, it's part of the game and it wouldn't have happened at all if Holland hadn't been pressing so hard..

That's my point though as the chances afforded them are going to be fewer and further between as they advance so the need to capitalize when they get them...

[CNF55]

Great win for Oranje but amazing how Brazil fell apart after the equalizer. They were in control until then but in the end it could have easily been 4:1.

[MiG16]

:D

[MiG16]

Hup Holland Hup!!

[MiG16]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/02/holland-brazil-world-cup-match-report

[rixalex]

At the start of the game i was cheering for Holland, but by the end, when Robben had once again shown what a dirty cheat he is, i was hoping for a Brazil fightback.

Fully understand why Melo did what he did, even if it resulted in him being sent off.

[WarpSpeed]

^ Brazil are the kings of the dive and this time it worked less for them so they decided to play dirty but it seems that once again you were watching a different match from everyone else.. Or you're just trolling......

[LaoPo]

At the start of the game i was cheering for Holland, but by the end, when Robben had once again shown what a dirty cheat he is, i was hoping for a Brazil fightback.

Fully understand why Melo did what he did, even if it resulted in him being sent off.

You probably didn't see in the repeat images how many times Robben was attacked in a real sneaky Brazilian way and it was real dirty the way Melo stepped FULL and on purpose to injure him badly on his (previously) injured upper leg.

They must have seen and known which leg it was. That's why the Referee correctly gave him RED!

Cheat you said ? The Brazilians are real masters in cheating and kicking their opponents.

Good that Holland won and the best team won. Period

Still sick a bit that England is out Rixalex ?

I heard the comments from Germany, Belgium and Spain and ALL of them were full of compliments about the way Holland played, except you....

LaoPo

[MiG16]

now now everyone

calm down

Hup Holland Hup

(Ohh oops I suppose I need to calm down too )

[WarpSpeed]

^ Don't see anyone being unruly except you!!

[rixalex]

Still sick a bit that England is out Rixalex ?

Not sick that England was dumped out. We got what we deserved in the end.

Brazil knows how to play dirty - Kaka showed that near the end with the way he collapsed with the merest of touches - so i don't have much sympathy for them. Just wish Robben wasn't on the pitch for the Dutch because they are a good team and i wish they had of won without his dirty tricks.

[MiG16]

^ Don't see anyone being unruly except you!!

( I wonder if I can laugh in Oranje colour?? )

[ok ok calm down MiGgie, or you may jinx them for the next game!!]

[LaoPo]

^ Don't see anyone being unruly except you!!

( I wonder if I can laugh in Oranje colour?? )

[ok ok calm down MiGgie, or you may jinx them for the next game!!]

Yes you can; our beloved Queen Beatrix does it every day in the morning and our Princess Maxima (from Argentina), the next Queen-to-be, has learned how to laugh in ORANGE also, just in case Holland has to play Argentina in the final

LaoPo

[LaoPo]

Still sick a bit that England is out Rixalex ?

Not sick that England was dumped out. We got what we deserved in the end.

Brazil knows how to play dirty - Kaka showed that near the end with the way he collapsed with the merest of touches - so i don't have much sympathy for them. Just wish Robben wasn't on the pitch for the Dutch because they are a good team and i wish they had of won without his dirty tricks.

Without Robben the Dutch team wouldn't have reached the quarter finals. He was absolutely essential in the past 2 matches.

LaoPo

[Dutchscouser]

Hup Holland Hup.

Everyone in Holland is a bit crazy right now and I'm a little drunk, :sorry:But it was a very bad season for me as a liverpool supporter.

Finally something to cheer about.

We deserved to win today.

[wilai]

^ Hey Dutchscouser. Great for Holland to win (especially for Dirk!) but don't forget Robben's antics at Stamford Bridge not so long ago. Judging by the Jump ( not even a dive!!) that created the first goal the scroat hasn't changed. I bet Pepe (Reina) will buy Melo a drink next time they meet:D

Don't mind who wins Ned v Ur but I do hope someone kicks the cheat into row z!!

[salty]

It was an eventful but not a great game in my opinion. Far too much niggling and cynical play from both sides. The game turned on Dutch equaliser. Brazil seemed to fall apart mentally while the Dutch got stronger. Some really stupid fouls by both sides especially Brazil one of which led to the equaliser. Ridiculous foul led to the sending off of Melo. How on earth did Van Bommel not get sent off?

The referee let an awful lot of offences go which should have been cards though he certainly was not helped by the antics of both teams.

So celebrations in Amsterdam and despair in Rio. Not a great advert for football.

[phutoie2]

I must have been watching a different game up here, the ref from Japan seemed to play the biggest part.

Funny when how England pump the ball into the box, its 'kick and rush', when over teams do that its 'football.'

Robben & that drama queen from N London!!

Better get in the gym now and prepare for another show of cynicism, Uruguay are are a more physical outfit than Brazil.

[LaoPo]

It was an eventful but not a great game in my opinion. Far too much niggling and cynical play from both sides. The game turned on Dutch equaliser. Brazil seemed to fall apart mentally while the Dutch got stronger. Some really stupid fouls by both sides especially Brazil one of which led to the equaliser. Ridiculous foul led to the sending off of Melo. How on earth did Van Bommel not get sent off?

The referee let an awful lot of offences go which should have been cards though he certainly was not helped by the antics of both teams.

So celebrations in Amsterdam and despair in Rio. Not a great advert for football.

I think you missed how dirty, hard en mean Felipe Melo put his full shoe deliberately on Robben's upper leg where he -intentionally- could hurt him most.

That was an awful and dirty thing and RED for sure.

I'm surprised by some of the comments as if it was the Dutch team who played foul; maybe some of you need new glasses.

Not a great advert for football?

You mean that the Brazilians lost their minds completely in the second half and didn't know what happened to them.

They were so utterly confident in the first half that they entered the second half and thought that they would "fix" the Dutch team in a matter of minutes.......and lost the game since they didn't expect a team that knew HOW to play the game in the 2nd half.

The Dutch team was by far the better team, whatever sour comments some of you present here.

LaoPo

[rixalex]

The Dutch team was by far the better team, whatever sour comments some of you present here.

I have no horse in this race, apart from the fact that i like success spread around a bit and for that reason, started the game cheering on the Dutch. That ended the moment that Robben started his theatrics. Yes Melo deserved his red card, but most neutrals will sympathise with the act of striking out when under extreme provocation - and he was.

Nothing to do with being sour - for that to have been the case i would have had to have been cheering on Brazil - it has to do with a belief in a sense of fair play and sportsmanship. Over the years, Robben has shown that in spite of his natural ability, he knows nothing about these things. It's a shame.

[TheWalkingMan]

Brazilian team looked like poor sports... Especially when Melo stepped on that guy's leg. That was very, very poor sportsmanship and I do not care if they were losing or not. Even while N. Korea was getting thrashed they did not deteriorate into a foul fueled frenzy.

Bye-bye Brazil and I hope you learn to play without going insane when falling behind.

TheWalkingMan

[rixalex]

Brazilian team looked like poor sports... Especially when Melo stepped on that guy's leg. That was very, very poor sportsmanship and I do not care if they were losing or not. Even while N. Korea was getting thrashed they did not deteriorate into a foul fueled frenzy.

Melo commited the foul when Brazil were winning. His frustration wasn't born out of the way his team were playing, it came from Robben's pathetic antics. Ref had no choice but to send him off, but it's also true that had the ref been dealing with all the cheating that was going on, the incident wouldn't have happened in the first place. Article below sums it up well:

Brazil came in to today’s game against Holland confident of beating the Dutch and progressing to the semi finals, but they forget about the most obvious danger, the Olympic diving skills of Arjen Robben.That Holland beat Brazil is to be applauded but to see a player like Robben dive as much as he did and antagonise the opponents to such an extent without the referee seemingly unable to do anything about it so that a player like Melo loses control and stamps on the footballs king of divers tells you all you need to know about how the game unfolded.

Melo no doubt should have been sent off and so should Bastos but the antics of Robben leave a nasty taste in ones mouth, he is an obnoxious cheat that betrays his undoubted talent with such appalling behaviour and the Brazilians can feel justified in being aggrieved at the inept handling of the game by the referee.

Robben more or less walked out on English football when he was found out, his cheating and diving was simply not allowed to prosper in the Premiership but unfortunately with FIFA in charge of the world cup it was always possible that the likes of Robben would be allowed to get away with ruining the game.

Time is surely upon us for retrospective action and Robben should be banned for a considerable amount of time for his actions, football has had enough of cheats but again with the corrupt officials at FIFA incapable of doing anything right then cheats will be allowed to flower without hindrance.

For the sake of the game it must be hoped that Holland do not win the World Cup and that is such a sad thing to say, the Dutch do deserve to win a World Cup, especially after the way they were cheated in 1978 but while ever they continue to field a player without any morale fibre that will look to get his opponents booked and sent off time and time again then any goodwill towards the Dutch simply evaporates.

http://www.footylatest.com/brazil-the-latest-victims-of-robben-olympic-activity/15189

[Dutchscouser]

Hup Holland Hup

Spot on Thewalkingman and Laopo.

I'm dutch and robben is born in my home town but i don't like him at all, he is a diver. Therefore he plays in germany.

But melo deserved red card for sure.

And now it is Uruguay without that other Diver Suarez.

Hup Holland Hup

[rixalex]

I'm dutch and robben is born in my home town but i don't like him at all, he is a diver. Therefore he plays in germany.

But melo deserved red card for sure.

And now it is Uruguay without that other Diver Suarez.

Yes, Melo had to go. He foolishly fell straight into the trap that the ref allowed Robben to set up for him.

With regards Uruguay, if this game is a draw perhaps they should scrap penalties and have a competition for who can dive the best. Points awarded for originality, grace, number of rollie pollies and acting.

[DMC1]

"Melo commited the foul when Brazil were winning. His frustration wasn't born out of the way his team were playing, it came from Robben's pathetic antics. Ref had no choice but to send him off, but it's also true that had the ref been dealing with all the cheating that was going on, the incident wouldn't have happened in the first place. Article below sums it up well:"

Not correct - The sending off was when Brazil were chasing the game 2-1 down and Melo lost the plot....