Are you drunk or have you just seen slovakia - new zealand so far?  One of the most boring games so far...

No, slovenia vs algeria was way worse

Actually I couldn't disagree with you more ColonelBX. That was a pretty bad mistake by Japan's goalie. He should have had that. I don't understand how you could claim that there was no way Kawashima could have stopped that :S

I say that because it was similar with Kawaguchi's mistake in 2006 against brazil, junihno's goal.
They are both drive shots, and we all knw barely anyone in the j league can make drive shots like that
You can't see the ball carefully in the videos they have up here, but I saw this game LIVE, and when they replayed the goal, it was obvious that it was a drive shot, it didn't spin at all
Of course, I'm not a professional player, but I also know how hard it is to stop such shots like that as a keeper (Nakamura shot one at me at his school )
Anyways.... Yeah, either way, gud luck to jpn against denmark

I agree that Van Persie has been quite ordinary in the two games that he's played. But I reserve some of the criticism for Afellay, some terrible decisions that could have put the game beyond doubt or made this match a little more exciting than it actually were.

They still have Robben as a trump card though, I hope the team finds their form and we can start enjoy watching their football again

At least holland won the game and didn't disappoint like england, spain, france and germany did

The only disappointment for me are england and france.
Germany will pass this group as first and Spain will too.
No one said they have to win ALL games As for Holland, they can't be happy with their performances. Would Japan have scored the equalizer at the end, every comment here would be different

Yeah that would be nice.... Why don't they make it with no Goal keeper and allow playing with hands and call it soccer!
Com'on be realistic.... Football will stay like this forever "i hope" its just the tactics that changes.... I still find it interesting but least compelling

I still think FIfa should start thinking about some rule to penalize teams that play excessively defensive. These games are so boring to watch and, honestly, what's the fun in winning if your team put all your 11 players inside the box defending and scored a lucky goal? I surely barely celebrate when my team wins like that.
Maybe they FIFA should think about changing the offside rule. Inside the box only or just scrap it completely. For sure the matches would be WAY more interesting!

Are you kidding me man? Did you see the two sitters Afellay missed? This game should've been dead and buried so that people like can just keep their mouths shut, damn. Don't hate the player, hate the game

Are you serious?  Kawashima did great keeping

Exactly.... Well said mate.... Cheers...

That's probably what they said when they first moved away from the pigskin

Totaly agree