Nice thread.

As skgiven said a poor game. They need a stable ball for their "Kick and rush" style of play. It seemed they couldn't find each other.Bad passing even over short distances.But England still has a chance.

For me. I just hope Holland plays better than they did against Denmark. Where we needed a own-goal from the Danish to break open the game.

Good luck to all.

Hollandia welcome to the Club

Edit

Yes that ´s right , so right as this was a goal ! USA vs Slovenia Controversial Stolen Goal by the Referee Fifa World Cup 2010 HD

Edit This video contains content from FIFA, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.


FIFA may sit Slovenia-U.S. referee , but nobody will give back to the USA that one




Suerte amigos !!

Hi Jean Pierre,

Thanks!

You are right the USA had the 3 pointer stolen from them. Now they only have a total of 2 points. Those 2 missing points can turn out to be crucial for them. I hope they make it through tough.

As for the vuvuzelas here in Holland the NOS (our sports broadcaster) already muted them. After many complaints from the viewers.

Well I'm off to the pub. Going to watch Holland-Japan. (Hup Holland!! )

Btw I got the impression the referees are more strict in the 2nd round than they were in the first round. Could be me.

Luck/ref might decide this game.
It's HT and 0-0 in a very dull game. Both sides have had 2 shots, all off target, in what I would describe as a scrappy match.
Although Holland had 69% 1st half possession, most of that was passing the ball about the back four, while Japan sat off, waiting for the Dutch to try to bring it into the midfield. This will be a very common tactic of the lesser teams; they know the long ball is not on, as it is too difficult to control, so they can flood the midfield and break up the play.
I saw lots of shirt pulling going on by both sides. In the first few games ANY shirt pulling got a Yellow card. Today it does not even get a foul. There was also a few hand balls that did not get a yellow. Inconsistency by the refs is really bad. You might not be surprised to learn that it's the same ref that allowed TH to handle the ball in the play offs. I'm shocked that FIFA actually took him after that catastrophe.
I hope the game picks up a bit in the second half.
- Well it did pick up, a bit. Mostly due to a goal from Snaijder, which was a bit lucky; it changed direction over the last few yards, and the goalkeeper almost missed it completely. Holland look better when the opposition try to play too. Ended Holland 1, Japan 0.
Looking forward to watching Ghana (soon). I expect Ghana will win.
-Wrong again, it ended 1-1. A good entertaining game, pity there were not more goals, there were enough good chances for 4-4!

On paper the Cameroon v Denmark game will be a stinker, but you never know, both teams need to win this one. If its a draw Holland are through no matter what happens in the last games.

Now , yahoo posted the link for this

Source: FIFA may sit Slovenia-U.S. referee