Habana Mike Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Congrats to Germany for a great World Cup win! Well played final, glad it ended without the kicks.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mf83 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Well done to Ze Germans they may well do it again in Russia! It was the best WC I've seen from start to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyk Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Great tourney can't wait for euro 16' Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag794516 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Yeeeeaaaaaa!!!! We got it. Last time I was six years old and I can remember the penalty of Andy Brehme. Proud to see that. Hopefully 2016 again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Great win,. thoroughly deserved, didn't like the way Argentina started to play dirty in the second half. Messi completely absent, how he was given the golden boot is beyond me, sponsor leaning I'm guessing. Was a make or break tournament for him to be judged as a great but fell a long way short sadly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puros Y Vino Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Entertaining game. Germany certainly pressed hard but didn't find the magic touch until the later stages of the game. Messi with the golden boot is a bit perplexing. You're probably right. Sponsors had a hand in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptrthgr8 Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I think they just wanted to make Messi walk up the stairs twice. LOL Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlastairE Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Congrats to Germany for a great World Cup win! Well played final, glad it ended without the kicks.... Never a fair way to win/lose a World Cup. I'm just glad it was a good spectacle, one of the more spirited 0-0s (90min) I've seen recently. Credit to Germany, they were class throughout the tournament. Incredible tournament team, just clinical! They have some insane squad depth too, and Loew did a fantastic job at the helm. Die Mannschaft ist wieder Weltmeister! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisco Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Messi completely absent, how he was given the golden boot is beyond me, sponsor leaning I'm guessing. Was a make or break tournament for him to be judged as a great but fell a long way short sadly. Couldn't agree more. He was sluggish out on the pitch and a really unimpressive game for him, that and no one for Argentina could finish...di Maria would have made a difference IMHO... A great goal by Germany and a deserved win. All in all, a fine WC tournament and well worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smalls Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I personally can't really agree with the criticism of Messi. Germany has a brilliant defense orchestrated by Lahm. If all they have to concern themselves with is Messi it shouldn't really be a problem for a team like Germany. Higuain is the player that was really absent for me. I don't think he could have had a worse final game. He is a pure goal scorer and nearly completely whiffed on a wide open shot. He seemed to be out of position the rest of the time. Di Maria being out certainly didn't help either. He is the foundation of a lot of the midfield play. Without Messi Argentina wouldn't have made it out of their group... Other players have to step up as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotusguy Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 YESSSSSSS!!! Great game and deserved win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I personally can't really agree with the criticism of Messi. Germany has a brilliant defense orchestrated by Lahm. If all they have to concern themselves with is Messi it shouldn't really be a problem for a team like Germany. Higuain is the player that was really absent for me. I don't think he could have had a worse final game. He is a pure goal scorer and nearly completely whiffed on a wide open shot. He seemed to be out of position the rest of the time. Di Maria being out certainly didn't help either. He is the foundation of a lot of the midfield play. Without Messi Argentina wouldn't have made it out of their group... Other players have to step up as well. agree with this. his strike v iran was very special and a few more but in the end, he did not get them over the line. higuain was awful. messi a wonderful player but he had his chance to join pele, maradona etc and fell short. my first thought, when he missed his chances, was would maradona or pele have missed? don't think so. good fun tournament though. enjoyed more than i expected to. overall, you have to think germany deserved it. however, there now, in hindsight, seems to be a feeling that germany were the superior team throughout. look back and they had only two dominant games - portugal and brazil. 1-0 v the states is hardly compelling and i watched the game v ghana with a bunch of germans. 2-2 and they were very relieved. ghana probably deserved better. then needed extra time v algeria and 1-0 v france. plus extra time in the final. still, always a sign of a good team where they get through the close ones. looking forward to the new season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkinke Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 agree with this. his strike v iran was very special and a few more but in the end, he did not get them over the line. higuain was awful. messi a wonderful player but he had his chance to join pele, maradona etc and fell short. my first thought, when he missed his chances, was would maradona or pele have missed? don't think so. good fun tournament though. enjoyed more than i expected to. overall, you have to think germany deserved it. however, there now, in hindsight, seems to be a feeling that germany were the superior team throughout. look back and they had only two dominant games - portugal and brazil. 1-0 v the states is hardly compelling and i watched the game v ghana with a bunch of germans. 2-2 and they were very relieved. ghana probably deserved better. then needed extra time v algeria and 1-0 v france. plus extra time in the final. still, always a sign of a good team where they get through the close ones. looking forward to the new season. I'd agree with that, other than the Portugal and Brazil games the Germans did just enough to win, they really weren't dominant. If Ghana had a forward just a touch better Germany would have lost that game. France didn't show up at all and they just scraped out a win. That goal by Gotze was excellent though. That said, I think Argentina was probably the least exciting team to make it to the finals in a long time. For the amount of attacking talent they have they weren't very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanislaw Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 In my opinion the talk of a dominant Germany comes from the fact that they had a deep bench, an organized team and no matter the pressures they stepped up and made the championship happen. There were a few dubious calls in games that gave them an advantage (would they have scored 7 if Neymar and Thiago Silva were in the lineup for Brazil?) but in the end not many teams scored against them (when it mattered) and they had long stretches of playing absolutely beautiful team-oriented futbol... also, i'm a huge Germany fan so all I see is sunshine and happiness today.... respect to Argentina for making yesterdays game a great ending to one of the best world cups I've seen in my lifetime... Goetze, mein gott, Goetze!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliverdst Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Very happy that neither France or Argentina won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Thank you Germany! Now to go claim my prize for winning a tipping comp!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallclub Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Very happy that neither France or Argentina won. X 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliverdst Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 X 7 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002 > 1998 > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedule Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZinZan Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 For me football wise wasn't interesting, yeah the teams were quite evenly matched so it was a lot extra time and penalty shoutout. It was nice seeing the smaller teams come up like chile, Columbia and even Algeria. On a side note just wanted to say kudos to Oliver and all Brazilian to a job well done for hosting this World Cup regardless critics scepticism initially. But you guys pulled through and put on party that'll be etched in my memories for all time. It was always my dream to go to Brazil and to do it during World Cup just unbelievable. Admittedly it was rough around the edges I suppose that's the Brazilian way (does add to the charm) and everything was crazy expensive blame it on FIFA. And maracana is definitely the Mecca for football, when you step in there you can feel the half century of football played there the passion the fans and you imagine how did they fit 150k people in there. Anyways thank you Brazil making it a great experience and I wish I could've caught up with you Oliver. But don't you worry I'll be comin back again hopefully for the Olympics if the prices are not too crazy. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeo Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Just saw an episode of Real Sports on HBO tonight on the World Cup coming to Qatar in 2022, what a debacle for FIFA how they got bribed for the WC to take place in Qatar....plus Qatar is a cluster they way the locals treat the immigrants and import all of their athletes, that country is whack WC in 115* temps in 2022, should be interesting.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplepie Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 plus Qatar is a cluster they way the locals treat the immigrants and import all of their athletes the hypocrisy!! It buuuuuuuuuuuuurns! however, this is a place where they can actually serve liquor. If i can remember the exact placement, all the neighbouring countries forbid alcoholic beverages... much needed for the WC, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZinZan Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 FIFA is corrupted, sepp blatter should step down. He's been in charge for way too long. I remember the Japan World Cup there was an outcry because the tickets were given to VIPs, I don't see much difference the recent World Cup. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maplepie Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 FIFA is corruptedAny organisation with upwards of 1 trillion dollars funneling through it is bound to have corruption. COUGH Sochi. COUGH PHELGM COUGH. GAG. Sent by the Enigma on BlackBerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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