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Chalfie and TS, it was a match when both teams didn't want to lose rather than either wanting to win. About negating the others advantage/best player and neither having a plan b player who could step up and carry some of the load.
Lots of side to side, probing and hustle but very little in terms of attacking intent. The fact that all anyone can talk about is mascherano's defensive diligence and his last ditch block tackle on robben at the end of 90mins tells it all.
Quarterfinals are usually more entertaining than semi's less to lose more to gain and all that. This semi was just super super nervous.
Think Germany will take Argentina. They don't have one obvious player that you can close down and blunt their attacking possibilities. More of a team than either Argentina or holland. Have to say sneijder had a poor game and if a players not fit best to throw them on as an impact sub rather than start, as van Persie carried so little threat it was laughable..
Hoping the final brings out the best in both teams...