yes, it appears to be...a bit scary.
Portugal (sans Ronaldo) looks great..a title contender now.
Like I said
Netherlands - Portugal
I was more conviced to see Argentina/Brazil in the final, but this may be pure hopium, as a long time fan of Brazil's selecao

Netherlands team has improved a lot since they got rid of the older players (imho) and gave more room and support to the young ones, and now we can look at the results of these two progressions.
However, it's soccer, and i hope that just the team playing the best soccer will win the tournament. I was too busy with combating the flu than following the WSC, but since yesterday i can watch the games online, finally. I guess Yann Sommer wasn't fully recovered yesterday, he was too passive most time, but the portugese goal shots were really great, too.