Air conditioning: 7
Germany: 0

I hope it helps France. Along the way to this game, les bleus have benefited from the sending off of Palacios in the first half of the Honduras game, Giroud damaging unpurposely the best Swiss defender's eye after less than 20 minutes in the 5-2 mauling, the injury of a good Nigerian opponent...
Reasonably, they should go through.

Too bad the Germans haven't revealed who the magnificent 7 were (if only they were Muller, Schurrle, Neuer, Lahm, Khedira, Hummels and Mertesacker...).

i read this earlier and laughed and i'm laughing again

thanks

bad news for france-- lahm back on defense! (adios pep-o-nomics)

and klose upfront!

sounds like no more tiki-tachen

this game is going to be like a final

hard for me to cheer for either side but may the best team win

ps- last minute changes to my fantasy squad, i think i might have fucked myself without any subs (except for GK) but here we go!

I'm really struggling deciding on my transfers this round. Especially today's games I find really hard to call.

Normally I'd have Germany down as slight favourites, but after Algeria I'm really not that sure and how ill are these 7 unnamed players exactly?

Brazil have failed to impress and Neymar could have troubles with his knee, but they still have home advantage. Colombia did impress of course, but they haven't faced a big team like Brazil so far.

Quarter finals kick off within minutes with the game between France and Germany. ARE YOU READY?!!

germany might be ahead, but france is attacking better...

When did LeeIsFree start coaching Germany?

I started watching the game at 60 minutes. Was all this average? I'm bloody glad I didn't take the afternoon off to watch it.

The first half was brilliant, yeah, the second half not so much.. but hey, at least the scoreless portion was in the second half instead of the first like most of these knock out games ;)

Plus its nice to see bitch a$$ France eliminated

it was very locked down, though valbuena was a holy terror on the attack until he apparently ran out of gas. benzema and pogba also terrorized but didnt' finish unfortunately.

schurrle brought speed but also his usual crooked, unfortunate food so no real excitement.

2nd half was more germany who tried to put the game on ice every chance they had and the gamble paid off.


captain hummels just made me A TON of points

i thought he'd have a lot of saves against france's attack and he didn't disappoint

i have neymar up next game i hope he doesn't break down. then again i also have james and ospina and cuadrado. go colombia for the surprise! (i usually love brazil but this year they have been so meh!)

note to english speakers: this james is pronounced ha-mess (or kha-mess)

Ton of points, eh?
You're so cruel.
I have 5 subs to bring in. Schurrle and my French midfield disappointed. Varane brought up points though. I won't even try to figure out how much you've scored...
Too bad James bags a treble in a few minutes... I'll be out of reach again. Well, you still have time to adjust.

The heat seemed too important for both teams.

It could happen again for tomorrow's game between Netherlands and Costa Rica.

Ozil looked like he was a bit better than against Algeria, Schurrle shot straight at Lloris in his two attempts, Boateng was quick.
Matuidi came back for the second half with sharpness, but it couldn't last 45 minutes. Giroud caused problems as a sub. He committed fouls (Schurrle did the same), he fell to the ground wanting a free kick (resulting in Schweinsteiger kicking the ball out so that physios would help the French striker, as a result, Giroud allowed the Germans to waste time).
Neuer... so impressive, even if he hasn't had as much work as Howard.

Does FIFA really want the Cup to take place in Qatar?

Now that I am no longer biased:
Go Colombia!
Go Netherlands (everytime I wish you'd win, it didn't happen: I'd have rooted for Holland in 1998 in the final against France had they beaten Brasil after getting rid of Argentina - that Bergkamp goal...; I rooted for them and felt quite disgusted last time for that final with Nigel De Jong not being red carded... I never thought you'd play more than three games this year; maybe it'll happen at last)!
Go Bel... well, yes, Belgium, well, a little go for them...

It has been bad, that is why they've had all these water breaks, which when I saw it the first time actually surprised me like, "What the fuck is happening here?"


Seems Costa Rica, a tropical rainforest of a country, would benefit. Hahaha, still can't believe Costa Rica thought they could beat USA back in that snow game in March! That being said, the weather is hot in Brazil but surely it could be worse






Apparently they are trying to have all these games indoors and airconditioned.. Bad weather aside Qatar is STILL an entirely stupid place to host a World Cup or ANY international tournament of ANY sport..

Would love it.


Even better

Not so much but they speak French there I so understand your quasi-support ;)

Let me raise my eyebrow in disdain on that last remark.

42, on last inspection! it was last-minute inspiration.

though frogmouth müller only scored me 4. and i can't sub him out! so that compensates plenty. their average is 23 which is still pretty nice.

my ONLY sub is navas, in case ospina fucks it today.

any small mistake and i'm going down like the hindenburg!

VAMOS COLOMBIA!!!

Moral of the story: That is why I don't do fantasy sports ;)

well that didn't take long

When did Journey's Neal Schon start playing for Brazil???