Weekend Review, Transfer Madness, Prepare For Tuesday And Wednesday

Neymar signs off...

And a very pleasant Monday to you and yours. The World Cup continued to provide plenty of fun and games on Friday and Saturday. What a way to spend the Fourth of July, huh? Can we do this every year? Let's look back at the action from The Quarters:

World Cup Pass & Move: Weekend Warriors

Ups and Downs

Germany 1 - 0 France

David Hytner at the Maracanã

David Ornstein at the Maracanã

Henry Winter at the Maracanã

Jonathan Wilson: Three Thoughts

Raphael Honigstein: Hummels finds harmony at last

Brazil 2 - 1 Colombia

Daniel Taylor at the Estádio Castelão

Phil McNulty at the Estádio Castelão

Phil McNulty: Can Brazil cope without Neymar?

Fernando Duarte: Neymar's injury hurts Brazil, World Cup

Rory Smith: Jogo bonito the exception, not the rule

Grant Wahl: Three Thoughts

Argentina 1 - 0 Belgium

Dominic Fifield at the Estádio Nacional

Ben Smith at the Estádio Nacional

John Brewin: Three Thoughts

Netherlands 0 - 0 Costa Rica (4-3 pens)

Owen Gibson at Arena Fonte Nova

Ben Lyttleton: Three Thoughts

Dutch Weaknesses Exposed 

Uli Hesse is looking forward to the Germany/Brazil clash, as you might expect. He's reminded of the epic battle back in 2002 when Oliver Kahn screwed up and allowed Ronny to tap home the winning goal. Speaking of 2002, Where Are They Now?

Meanwhile, Gabriele Marcotti says (rather ominously): And then there were four

Paul Doyle is playing the role of spoil sport by claiming 2014 has got nothing on 1982. He's worried that this one is in danger of petering out. Whatevs. We're more in tune with Paul Hayward of The Telegraph who thinks things are just getting ready to explode with this killer semi-final lineup.

Ashely Cole to Roma? All of Southampton's players somewhere other than Southampton? Suarez to Barcelona? Lazar to Liverpool? The Mill. Plus One. Plus Plus One.

Like a rock...?

You want a complete guide to the semi-finals from The BBC's Chief Football Writer Phil McNulty? Good. So do we. Here.

You want the view from Germany ahead of tomorrow's match? Well, that can be provided by Philip Oltermann. He's in Berlin and says ..."Four World Cup semi-finals in a row, two of them down to Joachim Löw, but the knives are still out for Germany’s manager." Ouch.

You want the view from Brazil ahead of tomorrow's match? Well, that can be provided by Jonathan Watts. He's in Berlin and says..."Neymar’s tournament-ending injury dominates the national mood, which is also starting to show a darker side." Scary.

We haven't heard from Guillem Balague in a while. Let's check in, shall we? What? Messi, Neymar, Krul and semi-finals? Great! We're all ears!

Damn! That's harsh.

We're going to roll with all of that. But first, the World Cup's 10 Funniest Moments.

Onward!!

-SSN