If Wilmots decides to leave, he has to pay 1 million to the Belgian footbal association.

If the association fires Wilmots, they have to pay 1 million to him.

Retarded contract if you ask me, but it explains why he's still coach atm

They'll probably renegotiate those terms and he'll leave.

RvB

Netherlands6272 Posts

July 02 2016 09:54 GMT

#2163

Why renegotiate? I'd just take the money if I were Wilmots

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

July 02 2016 10:07 GMT

#2164

Man I'm so hyped for Germany vs Italy... The current World Champion against its nemesis that showed arguably the best play of all teams so far.

RvB

Netherlands6272 Posts

July 02 2016 10:53 GMT

#2165

wrong thread

Poopi

France12911 Posts

July 02 2016 11:03 GMT

#2166

Nice haha,Belgium didn't even manage to take the free ticket to finals.
Now hopefully Wales/Italy/France win vs their next opponents.

Aceace

Turkey1305 Posts

July 02 2016 11:42 GMT

#2167

On July 02 2016 11:47 don_kyuhote wrote:
I remember 2008 when everybody was like "please... Turkey vs Russia Final" and neither team made it.
lol.

6 years later both teams failed miserably at group stage....

Its fine tho.

Ysellian

Netherlands9029 Posts

July 02 2016 12:48 GMT

#2168

On July 02 2016 13:46 Maenander wrote:

Show nested quote +

Portugal gets a lot of criticism, most of it over the top. I guess they aren't a well-liked team lol.

Let's be honest, they dominated every group stage game, and were unlucky not to win one (and as it turns out, Iceland weren't pushovers).

They showed that they can defeat a superior team in Croatia, one of the most impressive teams of the tournament, exhibiting more tactical prowess in one game than eternal dark horse Belgium did over the last few years.

If Ronaldo would have taken one of his chances against Poland, which he would have on any other day, that would have been a fair win against a tough opponent.

Also Portugal is not a one man team, that's just not fair to say. They have better team work than many other sides and Pepe (I?) and Renato Sanches showed very good individual performances in the quarter finale, for example, while Ronaldo wasn't really carrying the team every game.

Definitely Portugal have looked decent in the knockout stages. Solid defensively and they have done enough to grind out their chances, which normally Ronaldo would have buried. It has been frustrating to watch though as they just don't seem to mesh as well as they could going forward. Feels like Ronaldo and Nani aren't creating the space or finding each other as often as you would like in a 4-4-2, and the looks they have been giving each other just shows they aren't happy about it either.

739

Bearded Elder29904 Posts

July 02 2016 14:13 GMT

#2169

Italy gonna beat Germany tonight.

2-1 I predict.

don_kyuhote

3007 Posts

July 02 2016 14:23 GMT

#2170

It's about time Germany finally breaks the Italy curse.
This is the year to do it.

Sent.

Poland9296 Posts

July 02 2016 15:19 GMT

#2171

Italy should win easily

LennX

4568 Posts

July 02 2016 16:48 GMT

#2172

I want to see a draw just for PKs. Neuer VS Buffon!

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

July 02 2016 17:20 GMT

#2173

Some sites and rumors say that Germany plays with only 3 defenders against Italy, like when they played the last friendly against them and won 4-1. We'll see if that's a good choice. It's pretty likely true considering Löw said he'll change something.

edit: It's true:

No Draxler W T F. Lmao everyone was praising him last game, saying he's locked for the next match and Götze must be sad. Now neither of them play. :D

Mafe

Germany5966 Posts

July 02 2016 18:09 GMT

#2174

Yeah no Draxler is strange. What is this? 3-3-3-1?

I hope this is genius move, but I'm afraid it's just as likely that Löw just went on tilt.

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

July 02 2016 18:10 GMT

#2175

On July 03 2016 03:09 Mafe wrote:
Yeah no Draxler is strange. What is this? 3-3-3-1?

I hope this is genius move, but I'm afraid it's just as likely that Löw just went on tilt.

Someone posted this.. maybe it's true.

BlackCompany

Germany8388 Posts

July 02 2016 18:24 GMT

#2176

Löw is gonna get a lot of shit if this backfires. And rightfully so. This is a move that is either genius or stupid. I guess we will see how it plays out

But honestly i thought he learned what happenend when he tried to be clever vs italy :/ please don't let that happen again..

HolydaKing

21254 Posts

July 02 2016 18:28 GMT

#2177

On July 03 2016 03:24 BlackCompany wrote:
Löw is gonna get a lot of shit if this backfires. And rightfully so. This is a move that is either genius or stupid. I guess we will see how it plays out

But honestly i thought he learned what happenend when he tried to be clever vs italy :/ please don't let that happen again..

Maybe they think Italy cared about the friendly where Germany won 4-1 and think that was a good formation against Italy. We'll see.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

July 02 2016 18:32 GMT

#2178

Quarter Finals!

Ok back to the football, Germany vs Italy, you will struggle to find a game bigger than this with two giant footballing nations going head to head for a place in the semi finals. Many side stories to this game, but most notably we have the fact Germany have failed to beat Italy on 4 occasions in knockout football, all the times Italy win, so will it be the same again this time? Will Italy continue being the German Kryptonite or will the Germans led by Low, avenge the past and conquer the Italian defensive masterclass. I see this game as being very close first and foremost, Germany and Italy rarely concede goals, this tournament alone Germany have concede a grand total of 0 and Italy have conceded just the 1 in a game against Ireland where they made many changes to the first 11. This means it will be all about the team that takes their chances when they come as you are imaging their will be few and far between, that brings us to the Germany vs Northern Ireland game, now the similarities here are in the way Northern Ireland defend where they put their bodies on the line throwing themselves in the way of the ball with all their body to stop a shot or block a pass, this is what the Italians are gonna do to the Germans when they come forward, so they are going to need to be on point with their attacking play to grind this side down. However as shown vs Ukraine in matchday 1 and vs Slovakia, the Germans are prone to counter attacks due to how many they commit forward in attacks and how high their defensive line is, this will be exploited by the Italians and again it will come down to whether Italy take their chances. Tough, tough game to predict but have to make a choice based on history here and on what i have seen.