Group B: Spain, Netherlands, Chile, Australia

[ThwiX]

I'm glad I'm supporting Argentina this WC so I can laugh at Spain. Spain making history in a negative way .

 

[Haruko The Goon]

This Spanish dominance is over.

 

[Semi-Neutral]

Welp, that was worthy... Maybe start Koke instead of Alonso? Spain just were ripped apart, had no answers

 

[Gaudi]

Hope lucho watched this. It's not that our philosophy of short passes needs to change but either back to half touch football or big changes. This slow passing stands no chance against strong, fast and agile teams

 

[Messi_Goal]

Costa proves again he is an idiot.

 

[zanela]

This result is delicious.

Now the orange better not disappoint against Chile... which would mean Brazil vs Spain.

Even better if Chile just beat Spain.

 

[Haruko The Goon]

Spain need some new blood.

Koke has to be a starter now.

 

[messid10s]

Wow watched the 2nd half open mouthed was not expecting that

 

[BrazilFan]

No one gave the dutch a chance and another perfect example of why futbol is never played on paper.

 

[Alik]

Ok so I only watched the second half... I guess I watched the one that mattered.

Holland 2nd goal: Pique blunder He got skinned alive by Robben
Holland 3rd goal: That was a foul on casillas
Holland 4th goal: Casillas
Holland 5th goal: Ramos and Robben reminded me of Bartra and Bale.

While Casillas did blunder more than once, the team let him down. His blunder was when they were already down. Spain couldn't hold possession and as a result couldn't attack nor defend.

Netherlands on the other hand What the hell did Van Gaal do?? He's a genius! Perfect performance. They outpassed Spain, had 10x more energy, and had great counters. Robben is out of this world in this form. Van Persie was amazing too.

Flops of the half: Pique, Ramos and Casillas.
Men of the half: Robben and RVP.

Curious: Did subbing off Alonso have anything to do with the flood of goals that followed?

PS: How was the first half?

 

[Bertus]

This Spanish dominance is over.

Why?

Do some some changes, won the next two matches, advance and who knows what will happen next.

If VdB is not retarded, they can do it.

 

[sabby]

VdB made a blunder playing Costa and Silva. Costa can't handle the nerve, pressure and the constant booing. And at Torres. Fortunately for Spain, they have a whole another starting 11 worthy players at Bench.

On a side note, Imagine what would happen if Argentina was in the same group as Spain, they'd probably put 8-10 past that defense.

 

[BarcaGirl]

This was the best game ever. So much fun!

 

[Sumlit]

They have to change things up. Not much they can do with Pique and Ramos except hope they play better.

De Gea for Iker right now. That was some shitty goal keeping.

Koke for Alonso. Pedro for Xavi. Villa or Fabregas for Costa.

De Gea
Aspi-Pique-Ramos-Alba
Koke-Busi
Pedro-Silva-Iniesta
Fabregas.

Shake it up a bit. This was embarrassing.

 

[Haruko The Goon]

Why?

Do some some changes, won the next two matches, advance and who knows what will happen next.

If VdB is not retarded, they can do it.

the last few spain matches have been dire... the Barca fall from dominance... the time where Barca/Spain play teams off the park without breaking a sweat, is over.

They're still a good side... but nowhere near as good as they once were.