Best Game Ever
Semi Final: Brazil v Germany 08/04 9pm KO
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Originally Posted by 19Nick68:
“Even now it's all Brasil, forget the fact they have just been given a football masterclass.”
“Even now it's all Brasil, forget the fact they have just been given a football masterclass.”
Yep, I have been avoiding the TV commentators and pundits until now, after the match; insulting rubbish.
Originally Posted by FMKK:
“I was just making a silly joke in fairness. I think he's a great player. And I think he's got pretty minimal shtick compared to some others in this match!”
“I was just making a silly joke in fairness. I think he's a great player. And I think he's got pretty minimal shtick compared to some others in this match!”
All the hate he gets just annoys me because it's not deserved it's not like the man ****s everything up he makes mistakes like every player does Kroos messed up a couple of passes and nothing was said.
and the germans were even at FULL CAPACITY!!!!!
more the fact that the brazillians were utterly INEPT in that game!!!
more the fact that the brazillians were utterly INEPT in that game!!!
The only thing that comes close to that crazy spell in the first half where Germany got 4 in 6 minutes is when Liverpool got 3 in Istanbul.
Originally Posted by J-Zee:
“BBC TV commentators talking drivel, almost missing Adrian Chiles at least his drivel is almost amusing
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“BBC TV commentators talking drivel, almost missing Adrian Chiles at least his drivel is almost amusing
”
Ok, steady on, lets not start talking that crazy talk...
Originally Posted by Jason C:
“Never realised the 1978 World Cup final was as testy as that.”
“Never realised the 1978 World Cup final was as testy as that.”
Bring back ticker tape
Originally Posted by Stunty:
“Think I want Netherland to win the other semi final.
All European final.”
“Think I want Netherland to win the other semi final.
All European final.”
It would be pretty funny if after all the great play from South-Central American teams* like Chile, Mexico, Columbia and Costa-Rica, Europe says 'so what' and totally crashes the finale party in South American soil.
* No, I didn't forget about Team Neymar. Columbia were for me, a better team.
All German fans are still in stadium as they have to wait to be escorted out. Riots are trending on twitter btw.
I feel sorry for the Brazilian fans. This was their world cup in their home country and they were humiliated. Very sad. 
Sport can be cruel.
Sport can be cruel.
Loved every second of it. As each German goal went in I laughed and laughed and laughed. Yes. Germany were good and Brazil were poor but Brazil have been lucky/dirty even to get to the semi-final. I hope Germany go on to win the whole thing.
Originally Posted by gemma-the-husky:
“Hansen said he was "distraught". Eh?”
“Hansen said he was "distraught". Eh?”
I will never ever understand what Hansen is doing givcing his nothing opinion publicly. A total plonker and also a mealy-mouthed, jealous, small minded ungracious *+*#..-!
Originally Posted by Jason C:
“Never realised the 1978 World Cup final was as testy as that.”
“Never realised the 1978 World Cup final was as testy as that.”
Frankly Argentina that day should have been banned as to quote Alf Ramsey on an earlier WC game, they played "like animals". To survive, the Dutch had to retaliate....
I'm so glad.
As I've said before I'm a huge Brazilophile - I love the food, the culture, I collect the music and like most people of my age have grown up loving the great teams of the past.
However IMO this is the culmination of a process of Brazilian football abandoning their footballing heritage years ago in a misguided attempt to copy others. It really used to annoy me how every World Cup we had boneheaded commentators creaming themselves about "Samba football" when in fact Brazil weren't playing anything of the sort. On the contrary they played a pragmatic, muscular functional style, which was disguised a little by the number of quality players they've been able to produce,
A couple of years ago Santos were absolutely massacred by a Messi-inspired Barcelona. It was shown on TV here and it was the first time I saw Neymar play - only I didn't see him play because he genuinely almost never touched the ball. After the game I had no idea what sort of player he was, or even what his favoured foot was, thanks to Barcelona's nearly eighty per cent possession.
According to what the excellent Tim Vickery on BBC's Five Live's legendary World Football phone-in said the following week, that result and the manner in which Barcelona played had put the cat among the pigeons in the Brazilian football world. It was beginning to lead to a few dissenting voices raising their head above the parapet about the direction Brazilian football had taken ever since the ethos behind the great side of '82 was rejected following the trauma of the loss against Italy.
Hopefully today's painful lesson is another step on the road to Brazil returning to the football that was a thing of beauty to anyone wh was privileged to watch it, Unfortunately most people under the age of around forty have never really seen that sort of Brazilian football live, since despite the lazy garbage talked about Samba football every time we see Brazil in a World Cup they abandoned that style a long time ago. The sides of 94, 98 and 2002 were built on the core of a functional, tough, athletic ethos where the defensive midfielders were the linchpins, with quality players disguising the fact that the ethos was not all that attractive at it's core.
I hope Germany did the football world a favour today.
As I've said before I'm a huge Brazilophile - I love the food, the culture, I collect the music and like most people of my age have grown up loving the great teams of the past.
However IMO this is the culmination of a process of Brazilian football abandoning their footballing heritage years ago in a misguided attempt to copy others. It really used to annoy me how every World Cup we had boneheaded commentators creaming themselves about "Samba football" when in fact Brazil weren't playing anything of the sort. On the contrary they played a pragmatic, muscular functional style, which was disguised a little by the number of quality players they've been able to produce,
A couple of years ago Santos were absolutely massacred by a Messi-inspired Barcelona. It was shown on TV here and it was the first time I saw Neymar play - only I didn't see him play because he genuinely almost never touched the ball. After the game I had no idea what sort of player he was, or even what his favoured foot was, thanks to Barcelona's nearly eighty per cent possession.
According to what the excellent Tim Vickery on BBC's Five Live's legendary World Football phone-in said the following week, that result and the manner in which Barcelona played had put the cat among the pigeons in the Brazilian football world. It was beginning to lead to a few dissenting voices raising their head above the parapet about the direction Brazilian football had taken ever since the ethos behind the great side of '82 was rejected following the trauma of the loss against Italy.
Hopefully today's painful lesson is another step on the road to Brazil returning to the football that was a thing of beauty to anyone wh was privileged to watch it, Unfortunately most people under the age of around forty have never really seen that sort of Brazilian football live, since despite the lazy garbage talked about Samba football every time we see Brazil in a World Cup they abandoned that style a long time ago. The sides of 94, 98 and 2002 were built on the core of a functional, tough, athletic ethos where the defensive midfielders were the linchpins, with quality players disguising the fact that the ethos was not all that attractive at it's core.
I hope Germany did the football world a favour today.
Originally Posted by Ray_Smith:
“I feel sorry for the Brazilian fans. This was their world cup in their home country and they were humiliated. Very sad. Sport can be cruel.”
“I feel sorry for the Brazilian fans. This was their world cup in their home country and they were humiliated. Very sad.
Sport can be cruel.”
Seconded.
Originally Posted by basdfg:
“All German fans are still in stadium as they have to wait to be escorted out. Riots are trending on twitter btw.”
“All German fans are still in stadium as they have to wait to be escorted out. Riots are trending on twitter btw.”
Is this like porn for you or something?
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