Match 61 (SF) - Netherlands v Uruguay - Pre-Match Thread

Coffee done,paper read,first cigar done. Game cigar ready to be fired up,and post game victory cigar ready. For this game, Oranje juice and vodka, not rum, started.
Hope for a great game, no injuries, and a good Ref.

 

Boston-headquartered Christian Science Monitor predicts Uruguay will beat Holland:

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Afri...vs-Uruguay-Three-reasons-why-Uruguay-will-win

 

Well, we can now stop the game.

 

What a joke...

 

I think we will play:

Muslera

Pereira-Victorino-Godin-Caceres

Gargano-Perez-Arevalo-Pereira

Forlan

Cavani​

Well, Suarez always play in front of central backs or at his sides. Today should be Cavani who do that. Forlan should be taking spaces behind Van Bommel or De Zeeuw (who is not at level of De Jong defending i think)

 

I usually root for the underdogs and/or the team with less divers, but on this one I am not comfortable with the way Uruguay and Luis Suarez defeated Ghana, on the other hand I have not been that impressed by Holland an the diving antics of Robben, so I have just no dog in this fight.

 

Re: Match 61 (SF) - Netherlands v. Uruguay - Pre-Match Thread

What a deluded ******** the Uruguay manager is, though Im delighted he and his team are feeling the heat for Suarez's cheating which unfairly gave them a place in the semi final. Its clear that they and the people back home now realise that not everybody agrees with their definition of fairness.

I hope that all the neutrals in the stadium today and especially all the Africans let Uruguay and its people know exactly what they think of them during the match tomorrow and that Holland put on a masterclass and thrash the living daylights of of them

4-0 will just about do it.

 

the scene in Montevideo, Uruguay as more than 100,000 people gathered to watch the Uruguay-Ghana quarterfinal:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNvzTpcCXQc"]YouTube- El loco la pica...la plaza ruge[/ame]

the scene at Amsterdam’s Museum Square when the Oranje pulled off their impressive quarterfinal victory over Brazil

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8umVoMdOcI"]YouTube- Netherlands V Brazil Final Whistle Museumplein[/ame]

 

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[Conclusion:] We have a feeling that this [Uruguay v Holland] match is going to produce a 90 minute draw. We’re therefore going to take the lay bet on Uruguay, an option that will pay out if the match is drawn in regulation time or the Netherlands produces a win.

http://www.gambling-guru.com/sports...herlands-vs-uruguay-preview-tips_20100705.htm

 

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[Conclusion:] Holland v Uruguay World Cup Betting Prediction: Uruguay could again edge this one, adding another upset to the list of unexpected results for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

http://www.world-cup-betting.me.uk/holland-v-uruguay-odds-betting-tips-world-cup-semi-final.html

 

Re: Match 61 (SF) - Netherlands v. Uruguay - Pre-Match Thread

I'm sorry, what was the rest of your post?

No more talk about C. Ronaldo and Portugal's diving in 2006 please. Justice has been served in 2010 against the teams who diving as a way of playing football.

best.cup.ever.

Uruguay's run ends today.

 

Goal.com:

World Cup 2010 Comment: Five Ways That Uruguay Can Beat Holland

http://www.goal.com/en/news/1863/wo...-2010-comment-five-ways-that-uruguay-can-beat

 

This feels like ET to me, where Netherlands take it.

 

Silly question...I know Netherlands is listed as away team but will they be wearing the away white or home orange?

 

Only 8 nations have made it have reached the World Cup top four more than two times:

Most Final Four appearances in World Cup history:

12 -- Germany
10 -- Brasil
8 -- Italy
5 -- Uruguay (1930, 1950, 1954, 1970, 2010)
5 -- France
4 -- Holland (1974, 1978, 1998, 2010)
4 -- Argentina
4 -- Sweden

 

Uruguay players in the tunnel look scared

 

Hup!!! Holland Hup!!!

 

Me too

 

Looking at the South Africans wearing Holland's colors is kinda weird, I must say!