VAN PERSIE sooo close!!!!

Personally, I am getting tired of Spain and their tiki-taka. Would not mind to see RVP score a couple more.

EDIT: Or Stefan de Vrij

Roncrete has Costa in his back pocket all along.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Lol, after 6 years Spain are finally getting punished for not knowing how to defend

Spain defence is laughable

After having won two Euros and one WC.

Hahaha.

Casillas with probably the worst performance of his career.

+1

Yes, RVP!!!!

F@cking amazing!!

MASSACRE!

What a run by Robben.

But wow, Spain are getting annihilated out there.

Ah well now that I see it on my computer screen, looks like you were right.

#laughingsohard

Ramos gonna sue Robben for r@pe?

That's the tragedy of it

This revenge is Tarantino style.

This game is a perfect example of how Spain completely lose it if you pressure them on every ball for the whole 90 minutes.

Torres, haha.

So we'll probably have Brazil-Spain in the Round of 16.

Torres does a Torres

If they play like this againt Chile I expect another hammering

That was a rather enjoyable last hour or so.

It' amazing how other teams let Spain 'impose' their tiki-taka on them for so long. at least they're trying now.

RVP's goal and celebration gave me major goosebumps. guess I was thinking of Holland in 2010 when I said I don't want them to win this world cup. I'm won over for now!

That was fantastic

Holland, like Brazil, are very likeable I always find.

Those last 60 minutes or so nearly make up for the shittiness that was 2010

now we have a tournament on our hands. that was just beautiful!

So good.

His run was the best part. Ramos was miles ahead and still lost it.

Exactly, that's why they are my second favorite team. And Robben has always been one of my favorite players of this current generation, few favorite players of this current generation. So glad to see him perform like this today, would have preferred a hatrick, to be honest. But amazing stuff, either way. Breathtaking.

The way I like to see football played. Pity we don't always get it like this, the game is so off the tangent. And you know what was my favorite sight of this match? Seeing the two smug basturds Blatter and Platini looking like the two smug basturds they are when the scoreline was 5-1.

My my, Australia are sooo bad, and why the f@ck are they trying to play the ball out defence with players who can barely qualify as professionals against a high pressing team lik Chile? This could get ugly... Spain type ugly

if Chile can get anything out of Spain that would be great, they currently have a +6 GD over them.

All came from the Chile keeper messing about.

utterly disappointing first 30 from socceroos. still in it though

I don't mind Holland. (Have liked them since the "Clockwork Orange" days.) Hard not to take them seriously after today, though they have been known to start out strong and then fall apart after a few games.

(I guess I will have to become a Chile fan as well, at least for the group stage. I really do not like Spain.)

Agreed. But they almost went all the way last time.


Can't say I disagree. I'm rooting for the Aussies, though.

The Aussies almost tied ...

Missed the first half. They seem to be doing a lot better now ...

Doesn't surprise me. The Aussies are the greatest nation in sports, they take athletics and fitness very seriously, and when they get into a sport, they always give their best. Cricket, hockey, football. Not my favorite team by any count, but I've always gotten behind them in all World Cups I've seen them play. Respect.

And well, Hernanes. And Caesar. The three I care about, the rest are mostly fluff.


Haha, vintage Danny. I don't mind Italy all that much, in fact, I consider them the only real and traditional rival to Brazil. But I'd rather them not win this one, I'd rather them not even come close. Because if they do, they have the potential to go all the way. And considering 2006, nah, some other team, please.

4 matches in and it's been a sparkling feast of football, maybe Mexico and Cameroon match aside.

Loving this tournament, and the Spain result is why I didn't pick them for my semifinal group. After 10 minutes I could tell they just weren't going to win the match. I didn't truly predict them not getting out their group, but seriously? Real possibility of Holland and Chile progressing now.

I don't actually hate Italy that much, albeit like you I sure don't want them winning this tournament. But I definitely dislike England and Spain way more hence I will be supporting Italy tomorrow night.

Ha, fair enough. I'm okay with England going to the quarter at least. Better option than Germany, any given four years cycle. Thing with Italy and Germany is that they are awfully hard to stop once they get going. Both are teams with history and tradition, unlike say Spain, which I absolutely don't care an iota about.

Unless, when they are getting humbled, hammer and humiliated like today. Then I do care about them.

Real possibility, indeed. Now only if this happened to Germany too.

Chile look crap, Spain will kill them.

That was so satisfying!!

Also, congrats FIFA for deciding to use the Hawk-Eye technology, you're only a decade behind tennis. Well, you're half a century behind most sports in every other aspect so I guess that's a good thing for you.