The 2014 FIFA World Cup
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Very impressive from Germany, stark contrast to Portugal who were undisciplined and quite poor all over the pitch.
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Argentina did what was required without being dominant, but to be fair Bosnia looked quite a handy side. I'd be amazed if they didn't go through with the Argies.
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I really hoped BIH would win that one and was for the most part impressed with their play. really bad luck on that own goal.
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Beckerman has been a local hero here for Real Salt Lake. I like the dynamic he has established with Bradley and hope it will be enough for a solid result today.
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Well any hope there may have been for the US to make some noise in our group just died on Altidore's hammy. Poor kid.
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Well any hope there may have been for the US to make some noise in our group just died on Altidore's hammy. Poor kid.
Unifying moment for the under dogs? Sorry momentary flash of wishful thinking.
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Well 3 points is 3 points. I'm as full of hope as I am of pride.
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Great battling display by the USA I thought, but the decision to leave out Donovan looks like it's going to come back and bite Klinnsman.
Personally I think Altidore is a poor player, he plays for my clubs rivals Sunderland so I saw a lot of him last season and he reminds me of an even worse version of Emile Heskey. What I will say for him though is that he can provide a focal point for the attack to build around, without that Dempsey is going to struggle to keep the ball when it's played forward as being a target man is not his natural game. I think Jurgen should be searching his squad for a guy (maybe even a defender), who can control a ball and hang onto it to release runners from midfield.
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The poor man's Emile Heskey - pure gold!
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@FurattoHeddo Ginola was who I was on about when I said that we had only had one great French player. The man is a hero of mine along with Asprilla, Albert Robert Lee, David Batty, Gary Speed (RIP) and Pavel Sniceck.
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And not forgetting your illustrious countryman
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I remember seeing Albert interviewed before a European game at an airport with a crate of beer under one arm and 400 cigs under the other. Legend.
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WTF are Brazil doing? Fred is a waste of space, the full backs are actually staying back and Neymar is wandering around like a headless chicken. If they don't step up their game or get lucky they are going to get beaten.
Quite impressed with Mexico so far, they look compact and organised, the full backs are shadowing Marcelo and Alves and Marquez still looks like he can really play a bit still, even at 35.
