Here’s our brief World Cup fantasy football 2014 review of Day 2 of the quarter finals. This consisted of Argentina v Belgium and Holland v Costa Rica. We’ll look at lineups, key player performance and Sun Dream Team scoring concentrating on the teams progressing
World Cup fantasy football 2014 – quarter finals Day 2 review
Argentina 1 Belgium 0
Goals: Higuain Assists: Di Maria
Lineups (lineup and comment from the Daily Mail):
Argentina: Romero 6, Zabaeta 7, Demichelis 7, Garay 8, Basanta 7, Biglia 7 Mascherano 7, Di Maria 6 (Perez 33 7), Higuain 8 (Gago 81 6), Messi 7, Lavezzi 6 (Palacio 71 6)
Subs: Orion, Campagnaro, Maxi Rodriguez, Augusto Fernandez, Federico Fernandez, Alvarez, Aguero, Andujar.
Booked: Biglia.
Goal: Higuain 8.
Belgium: Courtois 7, Alderweireld 6, van Buyten 6, Kompany 6, Vertonghen 6,Witsel 7, Fellaini 6, De Bruyne 5, Mirallas 5 (Mertens 60 5), Hazard 5 (Chadli 75 5), Origi 4 (Lukaku 59 6).
Subs: Mignolet, Vermaelen, Defour, Lombaerts, Dembele, Januzaj, Ciman, Bossut.
Lineup comment:
Argentina: De Michelis came in for Fernandez and Basanta for the suspended Rojo
Player comment:
Messi
Quieter than ususal but still involved in the goal and should have sealed it late on when 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper
Higuain
For once looked like the club and qualifying player instead of the absent striker of the WC to date. Great goal
Di Maria
Looked lively but now ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a thigh injury
Sun Dream Team scoring
Argentina: All players got at least 7 except Mascherano. Messi got an 8 and Higuain was the Star Man with 9
Holland 0 Costa Rica 0 (Holland win on pens)
Lineups
Holland: Cillessen (Krul 120+1), De Vrij, Vlaar, Martins Indi (Huntelaar 106), Depay (Lens 76), Wijnaldum, Blind, Kuyt, Sneijder, Van Persie, Robben.
Subs: Vorm, De Jong, Janmaat, de Guzman, Verhaegh, Veltman, Kongolo, Clasie, Fer.
Booked: Martins Indi, Huntelaar.
Costa Rica: Navas, Gamboa (Myrie 78), Acosta, Diaz, Gonzalez, Ruiz, Borges, Tejeda (Cubero 97), Bolanos, Campbell (Urena 66), Umana.
Subs: Pemberton, Duarte, Barrantes, Francis, Granados, Brenes, Miller, Calvo, Cambronero.
Booked: Diaz, Umana, Gonzalez, Acosta.
Line up comment:
Holland: Martins Indi came in for Verhaegh. Depay came in for the injuured De Jong
Player comment:
RVP
Very disappointing for the 2nd time in a row and this time he couldn’t blame lack of chances. Missed 1 sitter.
Robben
Excellent again causing havoc running at people.
Sneijder
Getting better each game of the tournament and hit the woodwork twice here. Deeper than ususal so relied on free kicks and shots outside the box. However I suspect Holland will revert to 2 up front so he can play further up the field
The Dutch defence
Kept a clean sheet although certainly not very inspiring. Hard to see it continuing against Argentina
Sun Dream Team scoring:
Holland: Vlaar De Vrij Kuyt and Sneijder got 7’s. Robben was the Star Man with 8. How it wasn’t the GK Navas is beyond me.
Thats it. Enjoy the day of rest.
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World Cup fantasy football 2014
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