Originally Posted by yesman2012:
“Its probably the best world cup in my lifetime so far, I thought it started off really well, but it kinda dipped a lot in the knock out rounds which was by and large boring and I suppose england not even making it out of the group stages made it a bit worse for me.”
Well you got your glut of goals tonight, made up for all dire QF's.
I didn't think tonights match was that great, yes it was
historic in its nature, but as spectacle it was over within 25-30 minutes.
If we got a entralling 2-2 tomorrow, I would regard that as better and more memorable match than this one. So here's hoping.
We do see these freak results in football more than we think, Man Utd 1-6 Man City, Bayern Munich (champions) 0-5 Real Madrid. The same Man City side that has done f'all in europe and won the title by GD that year and Real Madrid who couldn't hit a banjo's backside for 90 mins against Atletico Madrid, but people went completely over the top about those matches.
I fear Germany will be built up as unstoppable side that is in truth barely better than any of their opponents in the other SF, taking the pressure of Holland/Argentina. Ghana, USA and Algeria showed they can be quite ordinary and vulnerable.