France 3 - 1 Germany
Brazil 3 - 1 Columbia
Argentina 1 - 1 Belgium (A on ET)
Netherlands 3 - 0 Costa Rica

Edited 7/3/2014 21:07:38

france not putting up a fight against germany ... should have seen that one coming.

Next matches to predict:

Brazil-Germany
Netherlands-Argentina

My predictions:

Brazil-Germany: 1-2
Netherlands-Argentina: 2-1

Brazil 1-2 Germany

Netherlands 1-1 Argentina (Netherlands win in extra time 2-1)

I didn't copy Min :)

Edited 7/6/2014 12:17:55

Brazil-Germany 0-2
Netherlands-Argentina 3-1

Brazil-Germany 1-3
Netherlands-Argentina 2-1

2 other somewhat related things

1. can a nice dutch person please spell these players phonetically
Dirk Kuyt
Stefan de Vrij
Ron Vlaar

2. Apollo stop copying min

Edited 7/6/2014 13:40:45

Dirk Kuyt= Duh-irk* Kay-t**
*(i as in "in" not as in I)
**(the uy, or in normal dutch the ui, is hard to explain in english -.-)

Stefan de Vrij: Sté-fan* duh vr/fr-I**
*(much like Steven, just with and f)
**(vr/fr much like the beginning of Froome, and I as in I)

Ron Vlaar: Ron* vl/fl-a-r**
*I don`t see the problem with Ron
**A must sound like an single a, just a bit streched.

(Both Stefan de vrij and Ron Vlaar can be typed into google translate and you can hear how to say them. It furks up kuyt though.)

I don`t know if you wanted it like this, or in the IPA way with all the figures I dont understand :p
I`m still happy you didnt have any questions on how to say the "soft G" in dutch, cause that is almost impossible to explain even if I could let you hear and show how to do it.

I meant only the last names just put in the first name so you know who i am talking about

our announcers say vlaar and de vrij pretty close as flar and de-fry

but kuyt they never said as kayt it usually koy-t or cow-t which always seemed weird

anyway thanks for the quick response

its the closest to a combination of Kayt and Cowt :p

Google Translate can pronounce these pretty accurate, with a different spelling for Kuijt: https://translate.google.nl/#nl/en/vrij%0Avlaar%0Akuit

I must also say that Van Persie is pronounced van (a as in car) pair-see, and not ven pur-see.

Edited 7/6/2014 14:55:06

Brazil-Germany 2-0
Netherlands-Argentina 2-1

Edited 7/6/2014 16:59:38

Brazil - Germany 1-2
Netherlands - Argentina 1-1 (before ex. t.)

Brazil-Germany 1-2
Netherlands-Argentina 2-1

Brazil-Germany 1-0
Netherlands-Argentina 5-0

Germany 2-0 Brazil
Netherlands 2-1 Argentina

3rd place:

Netherlands 3-0 Brazil

Finals:

Germany 3-0 Argentina

Ah, yes. You guys can predict those already ofcourse :D

Netherlands-Brazil: 2-1
Germany-Argentina: 4-0

From the 4 teams I think that Germany is the only one to have shown the skills that are needed to reach the final. The rest should`nt have even made the semi-final. France-Germany would have been the best final imo, but couldn`t happen unfortunatly :\

3rd Place:
Netherlands 2
Brazil 1

Finals
Germany 3
Argentina 1

Edited 7/11/2014 14:18:14

Netherlands 1-0 Brazil
Germany 4-0 Argentina

Netherlands will dominate Brazil but with Silva back their defence will be stronger. A shame Argentina went through - I think the Dutch would be more competitive and deserved to go through more. Germany should be comfortable.