Round of 16: Belgium 0-0 USA (ET: 2-1) - Tuesday 01/07/2014 22:00 CEST

Team to qualify for the quarter-finals?


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AC_Wesley

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Belgium: Thibaut Courtois (Atletico Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Koen Casteels (Hoffenheim), Toby Alderweireld (Atletico Madrid), Anthony Vanden Borre (Anderlecht), Laurent Ciman (Standard Luik), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Daniel Van Buyten (Bayern München), Thomas Vermaelen (Arsenal), Nicolas Lombaerts (Zenit Sint-Petersburg), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur), Axel Witsel (Zenit Sint-Petersburg), Steven Defour (FC Porto), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Moussa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur), Nacer Chadli (Tottenham Hotspur), Kevin De Bruyne (VfL Wolfsburg), Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Divock Origi (Lille), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Kevin Mirallas (Everton), Adnan Januzaj (Manchester United).

United States of America: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake), DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), John Brooks (Hertha BSC), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Timmy Chandler (1. FC Nürnberg), Omar Gonzalez (Los Angeles Galaxy), Fabian Johnson (Borussia Mönchengladbach), DeAndre Yedlin (Seattle Sounders FC), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Toronto FC), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Julian Green (Bayern München), Jermaine Jones (Besiktas), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City), Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Aron Johannsson (AZ), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes).

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To be perfectly honest, usa come in as favorites for me.

Belgium won all their games but they are very unimpressive in their team work. Usa just looks to have better chemistry about them.
 

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To be perfectly honest, usa come in as favorites for me.

Belgium won all their games but they are very unimpressive in their team work. Usa just looks to have better chemistry about them.

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My two favorite teams alongside Colombia. I just hope the winner gets to Semis.

Belgium has got 9 points effortlessly. That is not a negative point for a team.
 

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If USA play like the 2nd match against Por, they can go through
 

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Belgium is still the shittiest country to which I have ever been.
 

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Belgium has more talent, but doesnt look like a team.

Plus their group was extremely easy to get through, whereas the US had to fight and claw their way through.
 

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Decent things from Belgium:

1. Antwerp fashion designers
2. Ghent altarpiece
3. Westvleteren
4. TinTin
5. René Magritte

Pretty sure that's it
 

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Decent things from Belgium:

1. Antwerp fashion designers
2. Ghent altarpiece
3. Westvleteren
4. TinTin
5. René Magritte

Pretty sure that's it

My old art instructor had a dif version of this as a poster in her room :lol::lol::lol:

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Dis art, btw. Don't ban me, :o
 

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Decent things from Belgium:

1. Antwerp fashion designers
2. Ghent altarpiece
3. Westvleteren
4. TinTin
5. René Magritte

Pretty sure that's it


That's good belgians don't like many tourists.
 

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bleh, edited it's not worth it
 
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Belgium is still the shittiest country to which I have ever been.

I don't know why anyone would want to visit Belgium in the first place

but not everything about the US is better than Belgium
let's not talk about the shitty beer where you guys are so proud on :proud:

but anyway, Forza 'soccer' in this game
the belgians haven't played good football since ... ever?
not in the qualifications and not in this WC

but hey, they have been very efficient with their shitty play
 

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My two favorite teams alongside Colombia. I just hope the winner gets to Semis.

Belgium has got 9 points effortlessly. That is not a negative point for a team.

Quite the contrary, they did not get 9 points effortlessly. Every single game if you take away the goals, the team was absolutely struggling.

They still have massively more quality than USA, but USA plays much more cohesively as a team. I see Belgium struggling like Portugal against USA.
 

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That's good belgians don't like many tourists.

Well part of Belgium's economy is predicated on political visitors! Would hope they at least like the money they receive from them.

I don't know why anyone would want to visit Belgium in the first place

but not everything about the US is better than Belgium
let's not talk about the shitty beer where you guys are so proud on :proud:

Had to go for a conference. Must say though, the tram system in Brussels was pretty nice and infinitely better than most cities to which I have been. I did enjoy getting trappist beer, so that was lovely. I'm not a big beer drinker in general though; much prefer wine or liquor.
 

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I don't know why anyone would want to visit Belgium in the first place

but not everything about the US is better than Belgium
let's not talk about the shitty beer where you guys are so proud on :proud:

but anyway, Forza 'soccer' in this game
the belgians haven't played good football since ... ever?
not in the qualifications and not in this WC

but hey, they have been very efficient with their shitty play

hey man, usa has amazing beer. It's just not mass produced. Microbrews.


to be fair, microbrews in general anywhere are great
 

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hey man, usa has amazing beer. It's just not mass produced. Microbrews.

to be fair, microbrews in general anywhere are great

Nah man your beer sucks :D

I've tried so many different beers out in my last trip
I always asked for recommendations from the waitress/waiter and even locals
I even tried out the root beer which wasn't even beer strangely
and IMO none came close the the belgian beers

there is reason why the belgian beer is a delicacy over there and are so pricey
 

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Pollo,

The next time you're in the US, try the following:

Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Younger
Arrogant Bastard
Founders

They're nothing like the trappist beers, but they're pretty good. Pliny is very difficult to find, mind you nothing like Westvleteren, but difficult nonetheless.
 

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Anker beer is the best
 
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