Costa Rica was so close to another sensation.
I have to admit that none of the teams in the semi finals didn't convince during the WC so far.
It's understandable because of the completly different climatic conditions for the footballers from match to match.
My predictions for the semi finals:
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Well, it's probably a 50-50 chance. Both teams had effort in their last matches.
Neymar is out, but the Brazilian team has lots of great footballers. A good team performance could compensate him.
Germany was very effective against France. If their defend will be good and they take their few chances, they can be successful vs. Brazil.
However Brazil has home advantage.
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Argentina played minimum effort. They played boring, but very succesful. They won all their watches with just one goal difference. If they want to be beat Netherlands, they have to improve their style of play.
However Netherlands reached very lucky the semi final. Though they had nerves of steel, when it mattered! They turned around the match against Mexico in the final 10 minutes and they hold the upper hand in the shootout.
In my opinion NL played the most attractive football of the four teams, so they would be my favourite for winning the World Cup.