channel 983 has the tactical camera

If Holland do win the World Cup, will Old Trafford have a Banner with Van Gaals odd face and something along the lines of "Champion Of The World" ?

I can see that happening, Van Gaal might put it up himself.

Have they given the attendance out yet?.

This looks the least supported game of the WC so far....

Sky have 6.
Tonight the first 3 are showing footy, the other 2 are showing tennis and the HD is showing nothing.

The Ball sees play after all that footering around with it

Cheers

Wow What A Roll !

Superman!

Needs a good ball here.....

Freeview only has 1 of those red button type channels. I'm like a peasant among kings on here.

Costa Rican player tackling Robben and his own team mate.
I don't like a fouler feigning injury.

Was impressive wasn't it.

Murphy being very honest with his comments

The crowd have more spirit than the players...albeit it a Dutch corner

These quarter finals have been desperate.

God help us in the semis when there's a final at stake.

I'm confused... why aren't Nederlands 3 - 0 up??

Because they haven't scored yet

Costa Rica have the edge

Has a Costa Rican touched the ball in the Dutch half since half time?

Ooh, they certainly did then.

Feeble penalty dive from Costa Rica

That's the danger to the Dutch. CR so dangerous on the break.

Because they're crap.

Holland are a counter attacking team and require teams to come at them. Australia did it, Spain did it, Chile did it. And Holland "looked" great. A team that parks the bus against them, or who don't commit a million players forward, they look ordinary.

They haven't got a lot of creativity. They require spaces to be made for them.

They've certainly got a game plan.
Park the bus. Let Holland have attack after attack. Try to grab a sneaky goal.

I can picture you as a BBC pundit now.

Lineker: "How do you think the players will be feeling after those first 45 minutes?"

You: "Tired...possibly hot."