Football World Cup Final

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:21

Well, it's Spain versus The Netherlands



Great news



Come on Holland!!!

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:23

I think the Spaniards will win Jean.

LaptaMike


Joined: 07/10/2009
Posts: 1679

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:24

glad the geeermans are out ;-)

MaggieAndBernie



Joined: 26/07/2008
Posts: 2012

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:28

VIVA ESPANA!!!!!!!

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:30

Well, him indoors reckons it's anyone's game (Duh).



Mind you, he's fancied Spain from day 1.



Michael - behave yourself!



Jean

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:32

Germany played like a bunch of cabbages.

The sour krauts.    

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:35

I wouldn't like to be The German octopus now ...if i was him i'd run for my life.    

Jeannie


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Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:35

Bill - he reckons you're absolutely right and Spain was the better side. He says (God knows, I don't know what he's on about) that Germany weren't 'allowed to play'.



Well, I saw some of it, and they were definitely on the pitch, so they were obviously allowed to play



Jean

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:36

With Germany out of the world cup guess there will be be plenty of sunbeds in South Africa now.    

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:40

Breaking News: Germany have been knocked out of the World Cup!







In other news: Paul the Octupus has been found dead in his tank..    

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:44

sick squid..................or damp squid...

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:48

bill please tell me you are joking i depend on him. i chanell my energy through him xxxxxxxx now my mystic side holland 2 spain 1, the future is orange then i have to live with dutch xxxxxxxxxxx. Be Jeaz just glad it was not italy holland, life would be impossible xxxxxxxxxxx

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:51

To be fair Germany were Muller light.    

Tiggy


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Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
07/07/2010 23:52

Sorry Lilli,



Espania por favor!

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
08/07/2010 00:04

You have to really feel for Germany after they weren't given that penalty. It must be really hard for a team when they're cheated by the referee like that.    

denizen



Joined: 21/08/2009
Posts: 388

Message Posted:
08/07/2010 01:42

I wanted Germany to win but it was obvious from the start that Spain were going to defend from the German penalty box. Don't know about the penalty, at this stage you get what you earn. Hope Spain get the cup to go with the other they won two years ago. Can't see Holland staying with them but if they play the way they can, and forget the playacting, could be a classic.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
08/07/2010 07:38

The Germans did not make much of a penalty claim and Joachim Loew has not even mentioned it.

johnnybgoode


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 252

Message Posted:
08/07/2010 09:04

bien hecho, brillient, espana



{ well done, brillient, spain }



moy bien, mi gusta espana.



{ very good, i like spain too win }

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
08/07/2010 10:25

Seems to me that the Germans believed the hype of their counter attacking flair and rather than play the length of the pitch were content to defend their penalty area en masse. Unfortunately for them as they were not brave or good enough to compete mid field, as Denisen says, the Spanish took them on and snuffed out most of their possession before the Germans could cross the halfway line. Not sure whether or not the "no penalty given incident" was in or out of the box but after several replays formed the view that the referee saw the German player "trail his leg" and widen his gait to deliberately ensure slight contact then dropped like a bag of wet cement. For me the best part of the world Cup to date, and to enhance it's popularity in years to come, is that we have two teams, who undoubtedly have at times over the years been the best in the world, in a final for the first time. And..... may the best team win on Sunday next !

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
08/07/2010 10:30

DeputyDawg



You came to the same conclusion as me... desperate for a penalty the Pig-keeper deliberately went down. It's called 'simulation' and if the ref thought that's what it was he should have been booked. They didn't make that strong an appeal so I'm guessing they knew they'd been rumbled.

Troodo


Joined: 12/06/2008
Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
08/07/2010 10:44

The Dutch have not lost a game so far, have they? Wey to go Hans.

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
08/07/2010 11:55

Here is an odd question...



Is this the first time that two monarchies have appeared in a world cup (football) final?



I cannot think of any previous.



It will make a good quiz question in years to come.



DD