FIFA World Cup Thread

[Havok]

Serves Boateng right.

Despite your utter heartlessness, I will now be rooting for the Fourth Reich.

[D.Turtle]

That was... ah! Ghana has no one to blame, since the Uruguayan player HANDED them that goal kick on a platter and Gyan messed it up. Ouch.

To be fair, he HAD to block that shot - even if it meant getting a red card.

If he hadn't sacrificed himself, Ghana would be in the semi-final and not Uruguay.

[Thanas]

Serves Boateng right.

Despite your utter heartlessness, I will now be rooting for the Fourth Reich.

Sorry, still bitter about that foul.

[Edi]

I have never seen a football match like that, especially the ending. And I suspect I won't again in my lifetime. This game will go down on record as one that will be talked about for a long time to come.

[Thanas]

I have never seen a football match like that, especially the ending. And I suspect I won't again in my lifetime. This game will go down on record as one that will be talked about for a long time to come.

I have. England-Germany, Euro 1996.

[Crown]

I have never seen a football match like that, especially the ending. And I suspect I won't again in my lifetime. This game will go down on record as one that will be talked about for a long time to come.

I have. England-Germany, Euro 1996.

A.C. Milan vs Liverpool, Istanbul 2005.

[Captain Seafort]

A.C. Milan vs Liverpool, Istanbul 2005.

West Ham United vs Liverpool, Cardiff 2006. The Miracle of Istanbul will always be better remembered, but I think that cup final was the better match.

[Crown]

A.C. Milan vs Liverpool, Istanbul 2005.

West Ham United vs Liverpool, Cardiff 2006. The Miracle of Istanbul will always be better remembered, but I think that cup final was the better match.

Stevie's goal on the 91st minute was a screamer... Have you heard Rafa's interview on that? It's hilarious, he tells you everything that West Ham did wrong that led to the ball being set of Stevie.

[Edi]

Well, just shows that I don't follow football all that much then, doesn't it?

[Captain Seafort]

Stevie's goal on the 91st minute was a screamer... Have you heard Rafa's interview on that? It's hilarious, he tells you everything that West Ham did wrong that led to the ball being set of Stevie.

I don't think I've seen that. I do remember reading Stevie's explanation of that goal - he was suffering from cramp, so rather than try (and fail) to control the ball properly he just let rip at it. Result: the best goal I've seen in my life.

[thejester]

Blatter and FIFA are in serious need of cleaning house anyway. Corruption is endemic, and FIFA has turned into a profit making operation rather than one that facillitates football.

That is the dumbest thing I have heard in this thread. Of course it is a profit making operation. Do you really think grown men buy football teams to just win football games? Do you think if these guys got paid what say... a janitor makes they would dedicate their lives to playing football? Of course not.
It will facilitate football as long as football makes it money and no longer.

I love it how you assume that most teams are privately owned and that most teams need private ownership to make money. As far as I can tell all that private ownership has done in the EPL is vastly inflate player prices whilst destroying the financial viability of clubs as their owners saddle them with massive debts. The idea that if you banned private ownership and made teams pay players from their actual income wages would drop to that of a janitor is almost as funny as the idea that people playing sport for passion, not a paycheck, is unheard of.

[Crown]

Ze Germans vs the Argies and then España vs Paraguay!

Can't wait, I'm down at the boozer all day today with my work mates, so won't be able to give my thoughts on these matches; no favourites for the first one just some good football, want Spain to go through for the second!

[Thanas]

MÜLLLER.

3rd minute. 1:0 Germany.

[D.Turtle]

1-0! MÜLLER!!!

3. Minute

Man, the Argentinians are not playing well at all.

[Thanas]

They are playing very nasty. Many fouls on their side.

[Thanas]

That should have been 2:0.

[D.Turtle]

Well, quite an even match after the first 10 minutes or so.

Lets hope the second half starts like the first one

[Thanas]

Indeed.

Klose should have made that 2:0.

[Thanas]

KLOSE

2:0.

[atg]

What would your thoughts be on a Holland-Germany final Thanas? I havn't really been able to watch much of the cup, but I'd make time to see that game if it happened seeing as both teams seem to be playing good football.

[Thanas]

Friedrich

3:0

We are crushing them.

And schweinsteiger outplayed five argentinian defenders simultaneously. One by one, he got past them to deliver it to Friedrich to score.

[Master of Ossus]

Congrats to Klose (and, seemingly, to Germany). As a neutral, I can't say that this game has been as entertaining as yesterday's Ghana-Uruguay match, but it's obviously being played with much more skill and ability.

[Gil Hamilton]

OH! Friedrich! 3-0 Germany!

[Gil Hamilton]

So how much cocaine and badmouthing everything in sight up to and including the people of Argentina themselves do you think it is going to take to medicate Maradona after this?

[Thanas]

KLOSE.

4:0