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Sunday, 13 July 2014

World Cup Match Day 25





It’s the finals  and it was between Germany and Argentina, Germany were looking to break their 24 year drought and crown it with a 4th world cup whiles Argentina were looking to win their 3rd world cup which would be icing on the cake for Messi. A lot was at stack and history somehow favored the Germans since they had beating Argentina in the last 2 meetings. The first half started with  the Argentinians sitting deep in defense allow the Germans to have more possession , but it was the Argentinians who looked more dangerous with Lavezzi and Messi creating spaces and running at the defense of Germany. Their efforts nearly paid of after Higuain got a chance to score after a terrible back pass but he fired wide. Higuain later scored after a sweet cross from Lavezzi but it was ruled offside , as the repay showed the lines man was right.
The first half ended goalless and so did the second half , which also produced chances for both sides but neither was able to take it.   The game went on to extra time , and the dead lock was finally broken in the second extra time  by Gotze in the 113th minute. Messi tried his best but it just wasn’t enough and the Germans have proved again that teamwork and cohesion wins games. Germany  now becomes the first European country to win a world cup on South American soil. 


Highlights of the final,









Neuer was awarded the best keeper of the tournament.
Messi was judged the best player of the tournament.
James Rodriquez was awarded the Golden Boot as the top scorer.
Paul Pogba was awarded the Young Player of the tournament.
Colombia won the Fair Play award.





All awards and rankings  




Here are some reactions from the fans,




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Saturday, 12 July 2014

World Cup Match Day 24



The 3rd place game was between Brazil and Netherlands two teams who are very familiar with themselves. Brazil were looking to place 3rd for the 2nd time in world cup history whiles Netherlands were looking for their first. The game got of to a controvertial start as was Netherlands were awarded a penalty just inside 2nd minute after silva fouled robben. The incident from the replay showed it happened outside the box but the decision was already made. Van Persie scored from the spot to make it 1-0, the penalty award was only the 3rd ever in a 3rd place match.
The second goal came after David Luiz attempted  clearance   only fell for  Blind who scored to make it 2-0 in the 27th minute. The Brazilians tried to get back but the Dutch defense was resolute as the Dutch maintained their lead to end the first half. The second half saw scolari make some chances which had an immediate effect as they created more chances and pressed more but the Dutch were still in control of the game. The Dutch finally made it 3-0 in the 90th minute as wijnaldum scored from a well  worked cross from Kuyt. The game ended 3-0 and Netherlands placed 3rd winning the bronze medal for the first time.


The highlights,




Thoughts from the fans,   






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Thursday, 10 July 2014

World Cup Match Day 23




The 2nd  semi final match of the 2014 world cup between Argentina and Netherlands was always going to be tough for both sides. Argentina coming through the group stages has always been improving game by game. For the Netherlands they have been in fine form coming through the group stages and are also favorites to make it to the final. First half was a close game with both teams being  cautious , but it was Argentina that looked the more treating with most chances coming their way. Both first and second half ended goalless and from that point the game had penalties written all over it. Extra time went by and we moved to penalties. Two great saves by romero and 4 expertly taking penalties by Argentina proved enough to make it into the finals. The shootout ended 4-2 in favor of Argentina, this means the grand finale will be between Germany and Argentina.

Here are the highlights,





Reactions from the fans,    




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Tuesday, 8 July 2014

World Cup Match Day 22





Coming into this match, it was dubbed the final before the final but instead of a competitive balanced game between Brazil and Germany we got a one sided match with the Germans completely controlling the game. In the opening stages Brazil came forward more often playing on the offensive, but were unsettled in the 11 minute by muller who scored from a corner kick that was poorly defended. Just then the Brazilians came in attacking looking for an equalizer but got more than what they asked for as their defense was in complete shatters and contain the German passing style. Klose then made in it 2-0 in the 23 minute , and within 6mins the Brazilians conceded 4 goals with kros scoring in the 24th and 26th minute , khedira scoring in the 29th minute ending the first half with a 5-0 scoreline. Later schurrle was brought on for klose who was now the all time top scorer in world cup history surpassing ronaldo with 16 goals , who knows he might even score more in the final. Schurrle made it  6 in the 69th minute and then later scored the 7th in the 79th minute with a fine strike that deserved some applause from the fans. The Brazilians got their consolation through Oscar after the German defense fell asleep for a while preventing Neuer from get a clean sheet he so dear wanted. Now the Germans have made it to their final and would await winners from the Argentina vs Netherlands game.


The highlights,








Here are some reactions  from the fans,



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Monday, 7 July 2014

World Cup Match Day 21






The day started with Argentina taking on Belgium , Argentina were looking to qualify for the semi finals since 1978. The game started of with the Argentineans looking to unsettle their opponents early in the game with di maria and messi combining well. Their break came when di maria’s pass to Higuian flicked of a Belgian defender and falling sweetly for the striker who shot the ball pass keeper courtois, this meant that was only the third goal courtois has conceded in the tournament and that was higuians first in the tournament. The Belgians from that point struggled as the dark horses of the tournament only came close with vertonghen header in the first half.
The second half resulted in the same occurrence, origi the young talent failed to shine again and lukaku was brought on. Messi came close in the with a one on one with courtois but was denied. This meant Messi hadn’t scored against courtois in 8 straight matches. Belgium also came close through lukaku but his pass was prevented. The game ended 1-0 and this meant Argentina were in the semi finals.


The highlights,



Later on in the day Netherlands took on Costa Rica, this game was said to be an easy task for the dutch in the opinion of many pundits and fans. Little did we know Costa Rica had different ideas.  The game was full of chances in the first and second half with sniedjer hitting the post twice in the game. No goals were scored as the game went to a very nervy extra time and then penalties. But before the penalties van gaal made a crucial change by bringing on Tim krul for the penalty shot out and it proved crucial indeed as krul made two penalty saves as the shot out ended 4-3 in favor of the dutch, this was their first penalty shot out win in their world cup history.

 Here are the highlights, 








 Here are some reactions from fans,


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Saturday, 14 June 2014

Reactions From World Cup Day 2

                                                 





Yesterday we saw the world cup burst into life with a total of 11 goals produced by the teams that played, also history was made both good and bad.
It all started with Mexico Vs Cameroon , Mexico got a well deserved victory after playing some fine football. The goal by Peralta came in the 61st minute, but before that as usual there were controversies, with the game seeing two disallowed goals. Below are the videos of the disallowed goals.
Mexico's disallowed goal





 Cameroons disallowed goal




Next was the demolition job , or one would say sweet revenge. The Netherlands thrashed Spain by 5 goals to 1. This only meant a warning statement by Van Gaal and the dutch to other teams. Not that it was enough Casillas the most capped player in the tournament saw himself and the team reach an all time low in the history books. No reigning champion has been beaten by that scoreline.
 Here are the videos

 



Finally to sum it all, a mouth watering game between Chile and Australia which saw the socceros put up a good fight with good end to end attacking soccer , but losing 3 goals to 1. In this game history was made withJean Beausejour scoring the winner and ensuring that he became the first  Chilean to score in two world cups tournaments.
Goals from the game,

Now for the reactions and thoughts by fans across the world ,









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Friday, 13 June 2014

Reaction From The Fans On Opening Day

Generally it was a great match with some sweet build up play from the Croatians and some individual brilliance from Neymar and Oscar. Personally I think Brazil weren't at their best ,  it took a long time for them to settle into the game and for me Oscar was the man of the match , the rest of the players failed to came to the party. On the other hand Croatia were great but all they were missing was mandzkic.
On the whole the scoreline didn't depict the true story of the game and the issue with the penalty I think it was to harsh but its to be expected because the world cup is always full with controversies , that's what makes it the world cup.
And on opening day had its share of the controversies,
First was marcelo's own goal opener lol ,


I even have sources who claim he took his eye of the ball , lol

Then finally the penalty, 





Reaction of brazil fans on first goal,  was ecstatic, here's some posts from twitter.



 But some fans to thought other wise,


For the Croatia's coach here's what he had to say, 


For today we pick it up a little bit, three matches on the trot: schedule  so do well not to miss them.
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