CHILE-Holanda, 23 de Junio en Sao Paulo (Mundial 2014) [R]

I doubt Sampaoli will rest anyone! This games seems to me to be really the key to the success in the whole tournament for our team! Playing against Mexico or Croation in the next round and against Ivory Coast/Japan/Costa Rica in the quarterfinals is a golden opportunity for this generation to reach the semifinals!

 

Yeah Valdivia will start, and depending on the result we will see if Vidal or Gutierrez comes in.

 

Muchachos, sólo les pediré un favor. No escriban sobre cuadros fáciles, de posibilidad de llegar a tal instancia, conveniencia de este resultado u otro. Vivan el partido a partido sin preocuparse de lo que va pasar.

 

Emmm, no. Hay cuadros más faciles, es una realidad. Yo me proyecto a mínimo cuartos, no es descabellado pensarlo. Ahora si por x motivo no sucede y perdimos nuestros dos proximos partidos por goleada, estaré triste pero mi ilusión sigue intacta.

 

Ilusión todos tenemos.
Bah, si es cosa de superstición mía.

Las sorpresas agradables en el deporte me han llegado (como aficionado) sin proyectar nada. En cambio, las decepciones por vender la piel del oso antes de cazarlo.

 

Jeje te entiendo, pero es inevitable cuando repercute tan directamente en los partidos. Por ejemplo la decisión de usar a Vidal o Aranguiz podrian darnos un empuje, pero arriesgamos perderlos en cuartos.

 

Yo pondría toda la carne en la parrilla, salvo a Aranguiz por su lesion y pongo a Valdivia. El resto, con todos los titulares.

Valdivia ante su gente se tendra que mandar el partido de su vida y ojala haga que expulsen a de Jong a la pasada.

 

Another one :
Listening to the TV after the game between USA and Portugal, the news reporters said that in Brazil, the police discovered a huge crime organized net, who sold thousands of false tickets for this WC (even travel agencies fell under their hands).

Guess from which country they were from ..........

 

Off topic again

 

No, it is not that country.

Try again

 

We win the World Cup of douchebaggery. So proud.

 

Bueno Robben es muy peligroso, sobre todo sus diagonales y cuando engancha hacia adentro con su zurda. Seguramente por Van Persie va a jugar Huntelaar. Pero la defensa Holandesa es "permeable" sobre todo se vio frente a Australia, donde los socceroos tuvieron todo para ponerse en ventaja y terminaron perdiendo. Aun asi Australia le hizo pasar un mal rato a HOlanda y nos soprendio a todos.

 

Took off work today for this one. Can't wait. SO NERVOUS. Let's avoid Brazil today!! I think we have the talent to get past Brazil, but the officiating this cup has been suspect. I don't think we can beat Brazil AND the refs.

 

Not a good game for us today. 0 sense of urgency until we got scored on. But that's too late. We needed a win and we botched it. Well, I don't see us beating Brazil at home so good cup, at least we beat Spain.

 

Chile got reffed out of a win. Several clear penalties denied. 30 fouls by Holland and 1 yellow.

 

Calmao compa. Hay que admitirlo, hoy no estuvimos a la altura y lo pagamos caro. Simple. Todo lo demás no importa.

 

Belo Horizonte tiene un mejor clima para nosotros. Es el momento perfecto para la venganza contra Brazil!

 

No Vidal, no party.
Increíble lo que se resiente el equipo sin él, la baja en cuanto a energía.
Luego, tampoco me quedó la sensación que se haya salido a buscar el partido ante una Holanda discretísima.


Aránguiz de creador ya fue un experimento fallido en otro partido, no entiendo por qué se repitió. De lo único que puede jugar es de mixto.
Gutiérrez, futbolista muy talentoso pero por ahora no es muy útil. Quizá cuando esté y rinda en un equipo exigente y con esto me refiero a que no existe presión alguna en el Twente.
Gato Silva, horrible hoy. No es su posición, por mucho que el otro día fue destacado.

Por último, se respetó en demasía a Países Bajos. Se hizo el equipo pensando en ellos y no en las fortalezas de Chile, y la verdad, son malitos en comparación a lo que suelen ser.

Nos ganó una selección de un sólo futbolista y 10 otros comparsas. Esa es la peor sensación de hoy.

 

Creo que hoy dia mas que nunca, Valdivia tendria que haber entrado mucho antes. Habia que arriesgar si o si. Nunca entendi el cambio de Bouseajour por Gutierrez. Y por ultimo, a Silva al segundo foul lo amonestaron, mientras que Blind pego, pego y pego, y recien en el segundo tiempo lo amonestaron por foules reiterados.

 

This is how I saw it from where I sat...

The positive:

• Correct performance from Bravo.

• The backline also held together well considering an opponent that is known for quick, direct counter-attacks. Medel and Jara have not had a single poor game so far; hopefully, that can continue!

• Gary Medel: One of the most important players in the history of Chile.

• Alexis Sanchez: Every time he had the ball, he looked like Chile’s best chance going forward.

• To my knowledge, all players are available for the next game, which looks almost certain to be against Brazil.

• If anything, this result will be useful for Sampaoli. As some say, you learn more from a defeat.

The negative:

• The midfield, in general, had a bad day. Like I said many posts ago, the Dutch couldn’t care less if an opponent wins more possession (64% for Chile), as long as it is away from their defensive zone. Every time that Sanchez ran down to midfield to receive passes and create plays, it became increasingly evident that Sampaoli’s team finds it difficult to crack a team that bunkers.

• We played for free-kicks way too much! To earn them through intelligent and creative play is absolutely fine, but the guys went out looking for them; this is not the way to beat an opponent that sits back.

• Sampaoli’s decision to start Gutiérrez, while not costly, was ineffective. In Vidal (who was correctly left on the bench, in my opinion), Sampaoli has a guy like Medel: fearless and ‘combat-ready’ for these encounters. Gutiérrez is a good player, but doesn’t have the nerve to lead in a match of this importance. Perhaps, Beausejour could have been a more correct option as the guy has the tank to run all day and, possibly, could have combined well with Mena on the left.

• If the opponent sets up two walls and there is no one like Valdivia who can thread the needle, the full-backs need to whip low balls into the box or find guys like Sanchez and Vargas inside the box. This didn’t happen (high crosses will never work against tall Dutch centre backs, especially with two shorter forwards). In addition, the midfielders were not prepared to attack the loose balls, if any, inside the box.

• Vargas was quiet. However, to be fair, he had to deal with very little in the form of good supply from the midfield.

• There were about 3 or 4 penalty calls from Chilean players. I thought that one of these should have been given around the 70th minute mark. With that said, we had 1 shot on target out of 7, compared to 8 from 13 attempts from the Dutch. It’s fair to say that the loss was deserved.

 

I'm gonna go ahead and say this:

The whole fear of Brazil narrative is one that the Chilean fans and commentators continue to hold. The funny thing is that this Chilean team doesn't fear Brazil. Nerves are natural, but I don't think that being nervous over a possible or probable encounter equates to fear.

Also, we have no control over the external factors that may surround this game. It's possible that the officials will favour Brazil, but the players have to work with what is in their control.

If Vidal and Valdivia (and other important players) can be available for this game, you can count on one thing: they will treat this like the final game of their lives. We won't see fear from the likes of Medel, Vidal, Bravo, Valdivia (if he plays) and even guys like Pinilla (if he gets minutes). We will have leaders out there who will give it their all; that's all we can hope for right now.

 

Luego del partido me quedó la sensación que por nada en el mundo hubieran amonestado a Vidal. El árbitro era de Gambia, algo así, y admira a este tipo de jugadores, de hecho se notó al comprarle absolutamente todo al Pelao Brazzers Robben.


Vuelta al lance, un error la defensa de tres ya que Dirk Kuyt renunció a atacar. Tres defensores para Lens? Sí, porque Robben prefiere bajar y partir con espacios. Por qué no un perro de presa con el único holandés que juega al fútbol? Yo enviaba a Carmona y que ni lo deje respirar.

Still gutted, resta esperar que se termine en el top 10. Se depende de que no clasifiquen tantos equipos con 6 puntos.