James has turned into the man of the tournament, what a shot! Monaco should be able to keep him, question is whether he wants to stay or not. I think Chile and Colombia are just about matched, different strengths, but I see Brazil as the more dynamic team. Neymar can shut off and Hulk can pick up the pace, David Luiz and Thiago Silva are dangerous in corners. The Cuadrado and James partnership will be Brazil's biggest concern, if Brazil gets the win it will be an ugly one again.
Don't know if they "should" have won. Some would say Hulk's goal was valid, or that Brazil had plenty of good shots on target and Bravo had to come up with great saves. The shot off the bar was a miss, just like Hulk handling the ball with his shoulder unfortunately ruled out his goal. It's another ugly win for Brazil, but a win nonetheless. Scolari has made it obvious that he doesn't care how his team wins, without jogo bonito Brazil just does what it needs to do to...
U.S. had a couple of chances towards the end to tie it, not that they needed it once Portugal scored their second. Next round U.S. needs to attack a bit more and hold on to more possession.
Great goals from Messi! Rojo did well, but Aguero and Higuain need to start showing up more.
Japan's defense was horrible...
I find it hilarious and weird, which professional athlete just bites people, and more than once? WTF? But anyway, congrats to Uruguay, I would've wished both Italy and Uruguay would go through but Costa Rica stunned and beat both, they deserve to win this group. And Godin does it again, damn, congrats to that man for being such a fighter.
Only a fool would underestimate Spain after they basically conquered everything in football. They have a great squad, great upcoming talent, they'll be back, La Masia and others will produce new talent.
Unnecessary but the media loves to poke until they get a reaction, and now they got one. Jordi Alba is a man without much patience.
Getting scored on in the last second doesn't mean the U.S. is not " a big boy's team", they played an average game, and Bradley screwed up in the midfield, because every other American player was making a decent effort to use offensive as their defense in those dying minutes. "Little bitches"? You mean Ronaldo's fall in the pk area? Don't know what you meant by that.
Wasn't expecting this at all, maybe the location of this World Cup played a part, plus the fact that Mexico was more comfortable knowing they could draw and still move on, but Mexico went above and beyond. So it's Netherlands vs. Mexico next round, very interesting match.
WTH was Bradley thinking? He was crap for most of the game and then right at the end lost the ball in the dumbest way. Ronaldo's cross was brilliant, Portugal now has to get a win against Ghana and hope that the U.S. loses by more than 1 goal.
I think only a fool would write off an inferior team at this point. The U.S. has the strength to stop Ronaldo and Portugal's attack. There's a lot of things to consider for both sides, Ronaldo's fitness, Altidore injured, Klinnsman has made great decisions with the U.S. so far, we'll see.
What the hell just happened? Costa Rica took down Uruguay and Italy, and it could've easily been 2-0. Another big team eliminated early.
I'm happy for Suarez, he shut the naysayers up and man in such fashion. England was unlucky a few times, but a miss is a miss, hitting the woodwork doesn't make you the better team, just means you didn't score from the opportunities given.
I could say Rooney's goal was a lucky tap in, your point? How can you say Uruguay won't win anything but then say France will? Suarez has filled Forlan's boots fully, Cavani has improved. Pogba? He's shown he's a great midfielder, if you mean judging by his performance in the world cup, how many world cup matches as he played? Spanish team did horrible, but that is besides the point, the Spanish already tasted success and gold, England hasn't.
Exciting game, and Suarez was unforgiving, played such a great match for his team, very happy for him!
Yes! He scored!
Seeing as how Colombia will probably finish first in their group, looking at the next group, it will be an interesting game after they leave for the knockout round.
Well, Croatia vs. Mexico will be a very good match...
Great game by Croatia. So far playing very impressive football.
Really don't see how Mexico got robbed out of this one, clear penalty kick in first half, second pk was a soft foul but a foul nonetheless. Mexico allowed the Dutch to take over, or they just couldn't handle the pressure being applied. Huntelaar was such a vital key in the comeback.