JadedWolf

Germans will be Germans. First they allow the other team to hope, then they crush all hope at the last moment.

Don't worry, they're Germans. No matter what happens the first 89 minutes, they will score as many as needed in the 90th minute + extra time.

American based Waffle House is calling for a boycot on Belgian waffles in the run up to the game between the U.S. football team and Belgium. True blooded Americans should buy American waffles instead. http://www.tmz.com/2014/06/28/team-usa-soccer-belgium-boycott-belgian-waffles-waffle-house/ Funny, me and my girlfriend were wondering exactly what American waffles would look like, and I joked that they probably included bacon. So I googled it, and it seems I was right. The all American way, put lots of bacon on everything. Not that I have anything against bacon. I love bacon on my pancakes. Hmmmmm. And even funnier is that apparently the waffle known as the Belgian waffle in the U.S. is a North-American variety of what is known in Belgium as the Brussels waffle, and thus is not actually Belgian. So Waffle House is calling for a boycot on an American dish in favour of another American dish in order to spite Belgium? I think not, they just want to line their own pockets.

It's funny but, as much as I dislike Greece as a team, I still feel sorry for the individual Greek player when he misses.

That's it Keyrock, if Costa Rica loses it's all on you. Now, if you had wanted to really help Costa Rica you'd have threatened to make them listen to that if they didn't win.

On Dutch television it is remarked the game developing as it does is a good thing as, so they imagine, it will cause whatever team we are up against to be tired. I think that's a load of nonsense. The next game is in six days, I am sure that is enough rest to shake off an extra 30 minutes of overtime.

Yes! The by far more sympathetic side scored!

So, Dutch airline KLM apparently pissed off world famous Mexican Gael Garcia Bernal by tweeting an "adios amigos" to the Mexican team. Yeah, I don't know who that is either, but he's threatened never to fly with KLM again. And apparently a lot of other Mexicans who are also sour losers with no sense of humour have been complaining about the tweet. After which KLM quickly removed the tweet. Gutless move by KLM, the Dutch queen should promptly take the royal predicate away from the airline. https://twitter.com/yoyen/status/483324954323472387/photo/1

The penalty was correctly given. Yes, Robben went to the ground in a theatrical fashion, but he was quite clearly fouled. There are quite a few people who have it in for Robben, and certainly based on his play throughout his career there is cause for displeasure at his whinging and diving. However, the last couple of years he's been a lot less prone to this sort of behaviour and he's really grown as a player. I think people should give him more credit. At the moment he is one of the best, if not the best, player in the tournament. That being said... Boy, I was anxious watching this game. The orange team looked absolutely dreadful at the start. De Jong getting injured really put a dent in our defense, and the new defender that replaced Janmaat was horrid. No offense to him, but I hope this was his last game in the orange jersey. Things really turned around when the team started to play 4-3-3 and we got rid of the dead wood. It helped of course that Mexico had completely given up on trying to play football and their coach had his team go into ultra defensive mode the moment they were in the lead. Awful decision by the Mexican coach. And then Sneijder, of all people, scoring the equalizer, and Huntelaar who hadn't played even a minute previously scoring the winning goal. Love it.

My fears for today: Netherlands-Mexico 1-1, penalty shoot-outs: Sneijder misses, Netherlands out of the tournament.

Columbia really is three sizes too big for a Uruguay without Suarez, it seems. Not much excitement left in this game.

I feel so, so sorry for Jara, that must be the most awful feeling.

Wow, that Hulk is annoying. Such unsportsmanlike behaviour.

I slept like a baby.. In other words, your shrill cries kept up everyone else in the house.

So the guy who got bitten by Suarez actually thinks the punishment is excessive. http://ht.ly/yvRp6 Go figure.

I guess in France people are used to it and consider this a normal way of celebration for the Algerians.

http://www.demotix.com/news/5111111/clashes-between-algeria-football-supporters-and-riot-police-lyon The thing is that French Algerians have a better chance to play in the Algerian team than in the French team, unless like Zidane they are really really good.

So in France people of Algerian origin have been celebrating the fact that their country is through by torching other people's cars and motorcycles. Yep, given the choice I think I prefer U.S. football fans.

I haven't seen any Algerian women among the fans either. Then again, that might be because I am watching the South-Korea - Belgium game. South-Korea should really work on getting a better keeper. This one's dreadful.

I am not sure who to support here. On the one hand eleven hardworking, passionate, plucky representatives of a nation that is in every respect a dwarf among football giants and who try to make up for their lack of individual talent by giving it their very best, and on the other hand there's South-Korea. Just kidding, neighbours! Your team is actually quite decent. On paper.

Can't imagine many clubs having an interest in buying him from Liverpool anymore now. Then again, you never know.

Ah, he is also suspended from all football activities for four months. That's more like it.