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FIFA World Cup Finale: Germany vs. Argentina
This is the first thread in my entire life that has to do with soccer, a sport I stopped following in the late 70's. A little useless trivia, my father played for Bayern Munich in the late 50's, not Bundesliga, but a lower division. I was born in Munich and my little brother, Uwe, was named after a then popular German player Uwe Seeler (20s clip of amazing goal in 1960), but my interest in athletics went a completely different competitive sport. Okay... enough about me, besides that I am rather incompetent about the new rules or the names of the players etc. Let this be a collection for speculations, ideas, rumors for the FIFA finals between Germany and Argentina. I have just watched an interesting interview on German television, which said that it appears that Brazil would be rooting for Germany in the finals and not their neighbor Argentina... A Brazilian fan stated, right after the losing game that he wishes Germany beats Argentina with 8-0... ==================================================== CONGRATULATIONS to the German Eleven and it's team behind the scene! Herzlichen Glueckwunsch fuer die Deutsche Elf und ihr Team im Hintergrund!!! :like:   Jul 10 14 06:34 am Link Germany will be the new weltmeister. Seeing Argentina play yesterday, it was definitely not convincing from either side, they focused on counters, and to top it all off, needed 120min, and have a less day off. If they weren't broken before, they are now. Jul 10 14 06:42 am Link udor wrote: LOL Jul 10 14 06:43 am Link To state the obvious, I'm quite sure that part of Brazil's thought process is that if Argentina gets smeared all over the landscape, we'll feel better because we don't look quite so bad. I think Germany will win. Jul 10 14 06:59 am Link Any team with a midfielder named Schweinsteiger, sounds like a lot of beer is gonna be consumed after winnin' the cup . . . so, I'm goin' with them . . .  SOS Jul 10 14 09:31 am Link sospix wrote: Every time I hear that name, I flash to Young Frankenstein and "Schwanzstucker." Jul 10 14 09:43 am Link There is only Germany. Jul 10 14 11:19 am Link Was not very impressed with either Netherlands or Argentina at the semi finals. So no matter who would have gone through, they would have still lost/will still lose to Germany, barring some milagro de Dios. Jul 10 14 12:00 pm Link if di maria plays i say it will go to a shoot out with argentina taking 5/4 spots Jul 10 14 12:36 pm Link udor wrote: That is an incredible shot, especially from a seated position! How he got that much power behind it in that position is beyond me. Jul 10 14 12:47 pm Link I put my money on Argentina 2 years ago. I still think they will beat the Germans. Jul 10 14 04:27 pm Link Deutschland über alles! Jul 10 14 05:32 pm Link my money is on more stretcher runs than goals. and for pete's sake, is this it? no more games for third place, etc? Jul 10 14 06:44 pm Link It will be a huge shock if Argentina beats Germany. Just look at the last 2 games! Germany is a MUCH stronger team, has been for some time. Jul 10 14 06:47 pm Link GK photo wrote: Nope. Just like the Super Bowl or World Series or NBA finals or Stanley Cup. Battle of the champions. Jul 10 14 07:15 pm Link At least neither side will be slow in running into the other persons half of the pitch. Jul 11 14 04:14 am Link rxz wrote: +1,000! Jul 11 14 05:27 am Link When is the game? Jul 11 14 05:34 am Link Robb Mann wrote: Sunday, 3 pm Eastern time. Jul 11 14 05:42 am Link GK photo wrote: Justin wrote: I was dead wrong. The game to decide third place and to see whether Brazil's depression deepens or the nation gets tossed a bone, starts in about half an hour, if I'm reading right. Jul 12 14 12:30 pm Link Justin wrote: sponsors. Jul 12 14 01:21 pm Link Justin wrote: GK photo wrote: Well spoke there. Jul 12 14 03:54 pm Link Justin wrote: This was definitely not Brazil's year for soccer! Jul 12 14 04:00 pm Link Germany will win, and this will be good for Britain, because maybe we can finally shut the fuck up about 1966 and admit we are a second/third rate footballing nation. Although why anyone cares is beyond me. It really is just some boys kicking a ball around. But people live their whole lives around it. I once got trapped on a coach by some fan(atic) who surely must have had every single footballing fact at his fingertips. It was excruciating, like listening to cardboard talk. I could feel the front of my brain going numb. Jul 12 14 04:03 pm Link T J Khamas wrote: Let's hope so Jul 12 14 04:05 pm Link Tim Griffiths wrote: I could wax on about the atavism and spectacle of sports and the stupefying diversion of resources, but it's probably too Soapboxish, and I think I sorta just did. Jul 12 14 04:07 pm Link Germany will win, they look on amazing form, truly invincible, highly efficient and working as a team, rather then the 'one man' show BS we've seen from other teams. I say good luck to them, they deserve it! Jul 12 14 04:26 pm Link Justin wrote: We spent £12 billion on the Olympics. Think what the same amount invested in the arts could do. Maybe 2012 was the end of the world, maybe that celebration of well oiled muscle as the pinnacle of human achievement does represent a kind of death. Jul 13 14 04:18 am Link Germany Jul 13 14 09:15 am Link Deutschland is the better team -and that is not a dig at Argentina. It's just a fact. Having said that (and as anybody who watches any type of sports know), the "better" team doesn't always win. Jul 13 14 11:48 am Link NYC fine art nudes wrote: This is true! Jul 13 14 01:04 pm Link NYC fine art nudes wrote: They are not showing that today Jul 13 14 01:14 pm Link I've had this on for 15-20 minutes. Watching soccer puts me at the same level of excitement as watching paint dry. And the second I type that, Germany scores. lol Jul 13 14 02:25 pm Link Cherrystone wrote: And it's the winner. Game over Jul 13 14 02:36 pm Link Feverstockphoto wrote: And I hate to say it but it was a great goal Jul 13 14 02:39 pm Link Natalia_Taffarel wrote: That was pretty.....great pass & superb coordination on the part of Goetze. Jul 13 14 02:49 pm Link Cherrystone wrote: True. Jul 13 14 02:51 pm Link Yep was a great game to watch, they all played their hearts out and deserve applause. Jul 13 14 02:55 pm Link While not hockey..this was a great game to watch congrats to Germany..would love to be at a beergarden over there right about now Jul 13 14 03:12 pm Link Cherrystone wrote: Or watching a bridge rust. I tried to watch a couple of the games, I really did but just couldn't manage more than a few minutes before I had to change the channel due to intense boredom. And the title game was no different...almost two hours with no score? Jul 13 14 03:17 pm Link |
