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Agreed. But I feel sorry for the Nigerian goalie and their captain

So do I. I had hoped for them to win, just to give some courage and something positive to the poor terrorised people in Nigeria.

I'm impressed with Algeria. If it wasn't for Neuer, Germany would be behind with at least three goals.

What a thriller. Thank goodness Germany scored twice.

Phew! These Algerians were indeed hard to defeat! Respect!

They were lucky to have the world's bets keeper (2013). Algeria was really good. Hat off for their effort.

"The best Algerian keeper since Camus", as I heard someone say.

I meant the German keeper. The Algerian keeper seemed insecure but was good after all.

Well Mr Webster is going to have to add some new phrases to his dictionary tonight...

"Sick as a Parrot" for starters

The game only came fully alive after Belgium scored at he start of extra time, after that everyone woke up.
All the goals were in extra time.
USA came close to levelling it and were pushing hard to the end but couldn't get their second.

From what I've seen so far the Americans have the second best coach while B*lg**m has the second best team

Its fascinating that all the last matches have been so tough!

All the matches being tough could indicate that the group rounds worked and the best teams went through.

We could actually use another round of group games. That would provide a fairer result, I believe.

But of course it would change the game too.

So far, so good. It's not over yet.

Well, that was tough, but they won.

I think the French will be kicking themselves later for not pusing forward sooner, they kept looking dangerous but didn't manage to make anything of their chances.
Anyway well done Germany

France had quite some chances. Good they didn't succeed.

If it weren't for Manuel Neuer the French would have succeeded

But then Schürrle had two big chances and should have made a goal out of at least one of them

Oh well, next stop Belo Horizonte

I'm sure Schürrle is frustrated that he didn't score.

On to Brazil : Colombia now. Oh, in the news they say an incomplete bridge in belo horizonte crashed. Two people were killed.

The Bridge collapse was on the news here earlier
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-28155216