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Both USA and Germany through if no goals scored ?
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If so, they can agree before to just not score, right ? Plain sailing.
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If they draw then they both have 5 points and can't be caught.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Germany_1%E2%80%930_Austria
Really? I don't think Klinsmann wants Germany to do well at all, just like I don't believe Cruyff wants Holland to do well. There are personal scores to be settled.
Belgium are not exactly fright-inducing. Any team from Germany's group will win against any team from Belgium's group.
Me thinks when you are at this stage of the competition then the two groups involved should play at the same time (so this evening the four games of groups A and B should be played at the same time)
It's the sort of thing that would never happen in the Olympics Badminton competition......:o
And how on earth would that work? Matches finish at 11pm BST Thursday and start again 5pm BST Saturday, teams out of position, fans out of position and 42 hours until the next match.
Totally unworkable.
Not only that, if a team had already qualified they'd have no motivation to win their group.
Not definite. France have group E won (barring a massive swing in goal difference), but Argentina haven't won their group yet. If they lost to Nigeria and finished as runners-up they would play France in the last sixteen with the winner of that facing the group G winner in the quarters (assuming of course the group G winners don't go out in the last sixteen).
For the same reason they don't wait until the first round of Wimbledon is completed before drawing the second, as someone else said it's unworkable.
No they can't fix the match. Germany will be going for the win and so will USA.
I think the most likely scenario is that Germany, France and Argentina will top their groups. In which case Germany is playing France in the quarter finals and Argentina are facing whoever comes second in Germany's group (probably USA). I doubt Argentina, Germany, France or whoever comes second in Germany's group will lose in the round of 16 just based on the groups that they are tied to. However, I could be completely wrong. It has been a surprising world cup so far.
This the result I want. Then the US to go out on lots. Cant stand the US fans way to arrogant, want Germany to give them a good hiding. Their faces were a picture, when Portugal got the late equaliser.
Agree about the USA, USA, USA fans but there's a certain Portugese player who can be a tad arrogant also.
Personally I'd like to see Portugal and USA both lose and Ghana go through on goals scored ! :cool:
Yeah... because they played so much better with Ribbeck or Voller or Klinsmann in charge... ;-)
Those three managers had poor teams and had to make do. Loew has the best wealth of talent Germany have had in generations and he's squandering it.
I can forgive the Portuguese player, as he can back up his arrogance. What has the USA done in football? I wouldnt mind Germany and Ghana going through, seems like the ideal result from that group. The Portuguese are poor overall, Ronaldo on his own cant carry that team. Then again I am not sure who could. The other 10 players range from poor - very poor.
Edit - Also notice the USA have MLS league games going on, wtf????
paid for a childs cancer operation
written a letter to a judge on behal fof a fan
haircut in tribute to a child fighting cancer
He has on numerous occasions spoken out for the Palestinians. Snubbed the Israeli players by not swapping his shirt with them after the match.
So hes not all that bad, even if do seem arrogant on the pitch.
No point in playing to win and risking injuries.
It's not cheating. It's just common sense given how the group has panned out.