World Cup Quarter Finals: Argentina vs. Belgium (July 5th)

truth18 · Post #2 » by **truth18** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:41 pm

2-1 Belgium.

(Hoping Argentina wins for my bracket's sake though)

EArl · Post #3 » by **EArl** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:41 pm

I have Argentina winning 2-0.
Messi and Di Maria too much for the youngins.

Det the Threat · Post #4 » by **Det the Threat** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:44 pm

The Belgians should play a more defensive game and use their speed on counter attacks.
I think the Argentinians will have a tough time covering Hazard, de Bruyne, Mirallas, Origi etc.

El Turco · Post #5 » by **El Turco** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:44 pm

finally a real competition. belgium pulls out 1-0.

Rasho Brezec · Post #6 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:46 pm

Belgians got this, can't wait for Belgium - Holland semifinals.

criteriado · Post #7 » by **criteriado** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:51 pm

Finally a side against Argentina can counter attack. Argentina 4-2 Belgium.

fudgie · Post #8 » by **fudgie** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 10:51 pm

Argentina wins this then gets stomped by Netherlands in the semis.

TheAdmiral · Post #9 » by **TheAdmiral** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 11:08 pm

Belgians hadn't reached the last 8 since '86. They looked like a boss creating all those scoring opportunities against the States, and considering how mediocre Argentina's defense is, they should be able to score multiple goals and advance to the semi's.

Hoopstar23 · Post #10 » by **Hoopstar23** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 11:11 pm

Argentina will win 2-0

Post #11 » by **5DOM** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 11:14 pm

Think di Maria and Lavezzi will absolutely destroy Belgian FB's

Little Italia · Post #12 » by **Little Italia** » Tue Jul 1, 2014 11:15 pm

Argentina wins 3-1

Post #13 » by **ATL Boy** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 12:08 am

Argentina 2-1

MaliBrah · Post #14 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 12:38 am

Really think belgiums Fullbacks are going to get roasted in this game , need sharper game from di Maria though. Going to be a fun game.

cgf · Post #15 » by **cgf** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 12:38 am

Messi is King wrote:Argentina 3-1

Belgium is extremely overrated.

Are you implying that argentina aren't?

No_20 · Post #16 » by **No_20** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 12:44 am

Has Messi ever scored against Courtois(since he became a World Class keeper)?

bbms · Post #17 » by **bbms** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 1:09 am

Most intriguing matchup in the quarter finals.

No_20 · Post #18 » by **No_20** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 1:28 am

Messi is King wrote:
No_20 wrote:Has Messi ever scored against Courtois(since he became a World Class keeper)?

Against Courtois several times when he was with Chelsea, he hasn't been a "world class keeper" for very long.

I would say he's been a WC keeper for 2 seasons. Barca and Atletico played 6 times against each other just this season.

"Several times when he was with Chelsea" Wtf :-?

MaliBrah · Post #19 » by **MaliBrah** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 1:30 am

No_20 wrote:
Messi is King wrote:
No_20 wrote:Has Messi ever scored against Courtois(since he became a World Class keeper)?

Against Courtois several times when he was with Chelsea, he hasn't been a "world class keeper" for very long.

I would say he's been a WC keeper for 2 seasons.

"Several times when he was with Chelsea" Wtf

Lol messi hasn't even scored against Chelsea right ?

Think messi not scoring much on courtois has more to do with atletico's stingy defence than his brilliant goal keeping.

BelgianMagic · Post #20 » by **BelgianMagic** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 1:23 pm

I can see Wilmots using a different lineup against Argentina .. He's definitely gonna consider putting Defour in the lineup to guard Messi. He's put Defour in that kind of role before. The "stick-with-him-like-glue" role.

Also expect Mirallas in from the start and Mertens&Lukaku coming off the bench.

Huge test for our defense. They didn't look good yesterday, but I think a lot of that had to do with Kompany not being 100% too. Though I still don't like Vertonghen&Alderweireld playing out of position. Vertonghen will always have one huge defensive mistake. Let's just hope Messi won't be around that time

I'm not as confident as some of the people here in Belgium. Some are really confident we're gonna have a matchup against Holland in the Semi's, and boy would that be the game of the century for this country

Yesterday was one of the best games this "golden generation" had played. Without Howard we'd have made a couple of more goals. Really hope Hazard will play a lil more aggressive, cause I don't really like this passive Hazard

Who will win?