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Gonna be a mint game I reckon.
Argentina to win.
Followed by riots in Germany 
Argentina 3 Germany 2
Don't care who wins as long as it is a great game. Pity I shall be on a train throughout it!
I can't wait for this match, this is an antecipated final. I am even going to have my lunch in a shitty restaurant just because they have some decent TVs.
Germany will beat the neighbors. 
I'm even missing five-a-side this arfternoon for this one... Can't wait, should be, if I can borrow the term from Jack for a moment, MINT! 
2-1 Argies...
SHEDi xxx
All you lucky buggers are in the pub, ain't you. :\ohwell:
1-1 at 90 mins.
I actually cheered a German goal
Shame Heinze and all the Argies are fighting everyone on the pitch; means the TV isn't showing any pictures of Fat boy Maradona crying in the stands 
Got what they deserved! Argentina's coach should be sacked after that. Absolutely shocking substitutions. To try and defend a 1-0 lead for virtually the whole 2nd half was a disgrace. Riquelme wasn't having his best game, still set up the goal though, and while Cambiasso is a good player he's unlikely to open up a defence when required. To then replace Crespo with Cruz! That was just beyond belief. Surely Messi had to be introduced with an eye on ET. Sad thing is, Argentina for me had been the best team so far when they've played attacking football and i've no doubt that they would have won the tournament had they continued with being positive.
John Sludden wrote: Got what they deserved! Argentina's coach should be sacked after that. Absolutely shocking substitutions. To try and defend a 1-0 lead for virtually the whole 2nd half was a disgrace.
Yes, that was my thoughts, too. It remembered me on England vs. Germany 1970. England replaced their two best players in Mexico and lost the game after a 2-0 lead.
John Sludden wrote: Got what they deserved! Argentina's coach should be sacked after that. Absolutely shocking substitutions. To try and defend a 1-0 lead for virtually the whole 2nd half was a disgrace. Riquelme wasn't having his best game, still set up the goal though, and while Cambiasso is a good player he's unlikely to open up a defence when required. To then replace Crespo with Cruz! That was just beyond belief. Surely Messi had to be introduced with an eye on ET. Sad thing is, Argentina for me had been the best team so far when they've played attacking football and i've no doubt that they would have won the tournament had they continued with being positive.
As a matter of fact I agree I didn't like the team after the 3 substitutions, we had no real offensive power. I don't agree with you about Messi, have you seen him watching anywhere except the match while he was sit outside? No way he could enter with that attitude.
Anyway Argentina played a bit better, but penalties are a lottery, and good luck was not on our side.
Spider In A Land Of Meat wrote:
Dave Legge wrote: Germany on Pens.
Did you bet any money on this?
I wish I had.
I'd called it a month ago in the prediction sweep at work.
Basically what John Sluddon said ,yeah.They should have kept attacking.The Germans had more energy too.
The Argies were very ingracious in defeat but i don't know the whole story.One commentator said something about a German player kicking an Argie in the balls which started the ruck.So what's that all about?
Anyway , right ,who's got a pic of Maradona crying???
I know nothing about New Order wrote: Basically what John Sluddon said ,yeah.They should have kept attacking.The Germans had more energy too.
The Argies were very ingracious in defeat but i don't know the whole story.One commentator said something about a German player kicking an Argie in the balls which started the ruck.So what's that all about?
Anyway , right ,who's got a pic of Maradona crying???
Maradona wasn't there. A friend of him got no entrance. So he did go home with his friend instead of watching the game.
John Sludden wrote: To try and defend a 1-0 lead for virtually the whole 2nd half was a disgrace.
Someone's been watching Eriksson...
SHEDi xxx
confusion wrote:
I know nothing about New Order wrote:
Anyway , right ,who's got a pic of Maradona crying???
Maradona wasn't there. A friend of him got no entrance. So he did go home with his friend instead of watching the game.
Damn shame that. :\ohwell:
This is the best I could do in the circumstances...
Hand of God wrote: Anyway Argentina played a bit better, but penalties are a lottery, and good luck was not on our side.
An Advantage for Germany in the Penalty shooting, was that Argentinas Keeper was injured. I've seen in TV, the german Keeper has a small paper with Argie's Shooter. The Argentina's Keeper had never thought, that he would play. So I think he wasn't prepared for penalty shooting.
I know nothing about New Order wrote: One commentator said something about a German player kicking an Argie in the balls which started the ruck.So what's that all about?
Cufre from Argentina got the red card after the game by the referee.
The Boy wrote: Ha Ha , time to go home cheats!
Why do you call us "cheats" yet? Hand of God was 20 years ago. Have you seen the match today?
The only cheat was made by Ballack trying to get a penaly, he should have got a yellow card.
confusion wrote:
I know nothing about New Order wrote: Basically what John Sluddon said ,yeah.They should have kept attacking.The Germans had more energy too.
The Argies were very ingracious in defeat but i don't know the whole story.One commentator said something about a German player kicking an Argie in the balls which started the ruck.So what's that all about?
Anyway , right ,who's got a pic of Maradona crying???
Maradona wasn't there. A friend of him got no entrance. So he did go home with his friend instead of watching the game.
Yeah, if his dealer doesn't enter, he won't either.
Spider In A Land Of Meat wrote:
confusion wrote:
I know nothing about New Order wrote: Basically what John Sluddon said ,yeah.They should have kept attacking.The Germans had more energy too.
The Argies were very ingracious in defeat but i don't know the whole story.One commentator said something about a German player kicking an Argie in the balls which started the ruck.So what's that all about?
Anyway , right ,who's got a pic of Maradona crying???
Maradona wasn't there. A friend of him got no entrance. So he did go home with his friend instead of watching the game.
Yeah, if his dealer doesn't enter, he won't either.
Smarra[gold]dona wrote: :dead:
Tough, tough loss Frank, I only was able to see some of the replay on ESPN Classic this afternoon, and if Germany had lost, I would've loved to see Argentina win the Cup.
Hand of God wrote:
The Boy wrote: Ha Ha , time to go home cheats!
Why do you call us "cheats" yet? Hand of God was 20 years ago. Have you seen the match today?
The only cheat was made by Ballack trying to get a penaly, he should have got a yellow card.
I can't remember who, but an Argentina player did get a yellow card for penalty simulation.
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Hand of God wrote:
The Boy wrote: Ha Ha , time to go home cheats!
Why do you call us "cheats" yet? Hand of God was 20 years ago. Have you seen the match today?
The only cheat was made by Ballack trying to get a penaly, he should have got a yellow card.
I can't remember who, but an Argentina player did get a yellow card for penalty simulation.
Watch the replay and you'll see it was really questionable, the referee favoured Germany when he had a doubt. Ballack's was 100% cheating, and the referee did nothing.
Hand of God wrote:
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Hand of God wrote:
The Boy wrote: Ha Ha , time to go home cheats!
Why do you call us "cheats" yet? Hand of God was 20 years ago. Have you seen the match today?
The only cheat was made by Ballack trying to get a penaly, he should have got a yellow card.
I can't remember who, but an Argentina player did get a yellow card for penalty simulation.
Watch the replay and you'll see it was really questionable, the referee favoured Germany when he had a doubt. Ballack's was 100% cheating, and the referee did nothing.
as they say, "that's football".
Hand of God wrote:
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Hand of God wrote:
The Boy wrote: Ha Ha , time to go home cheats!
Why do you call us "cheats" yet? Hand of God was 20 years ago. Have you seen the match today?
The only cheat was made by Ballack trying to get a penaly, he should have got a yellow card.
I can't remember who, but an Argentina player did get a yellow card for penalty simulation.
Watch the replay and you'll see it was really questionable, the referee favoured Germany when he had a doubt. Ballack's was 100% cheating, and the referee did nothing.
I think, the referee did a good job and he had taken no influence on the game. Argentina should exercise penalty shooting next time. :D
Saw some more footage last night of the brawl at the end.Just at the edge of the picture you can see the Argie player kick the German in the bollocks.
Sorry , i don't the players names.
Apparantley when one of the German players was walking up to take a penalty an Argie was trying to put him off by saying stuff to him as he walked.After scoring the penalty the German exchanged words on the way back and it developed from there.
funniest ,and actually quite pathetic, bit was Maxi (?) Rodriguez sprinting ovevr and then giving a feeble slap on to the back of the head of one of the Germans before being dragged away
I think Argentine's performance on the World Cup was great in every aspect. The team played fantastic, they scored the two most beautiful goals and Argentine people supported their team and their coach.
I think that says pretty much of a team, and I'm affraid that just a few countries are able to say that (Spain, Mexico and who else?).
Now, for the teams still playing, please, be nice to us and play good football, that's why we watch the world cup, to watch the best teams playing football.
Hand of God wrote:
The Boy wrote: Ha Ha , time to go home cheats!
Why do you call us "cheats" yet? Hand of God was 20 years ago. Have you seen the match today?
The only cheat was made by Ballack trying to get a penaly, he should have got a yellow card.
Well, there were two goals on that match, and they like to remember that one because the other one was the best goal ever, we still watch it on tv very often here 
confusion wrote: I think, the referee did a good job and he had taken no influence on the game. Argentina should exercise penalty shooting next time. :D
Yes, you are right.
Hand of God wrote:
confusion wrote: I think, the referee did a good job and he had taken no influence on the game. Argentina should exercise penalty shooting next time. :D
Yes, you are right.
I wouldn't be too upset if anyone would say that the referee prefered the home team a bit. But on the other hand, that's not so uncommon in football games...
Ruined in a day wrote:
Hand of God wrote:
confusion wrote: I think, the referee did a good job and he had taken no influence on the game. Argentina should exercise penalty shooting next time. :D
Yes, you are right.
I wouldn't be too upset if anyone would say that the referee prefered the home team a bit. But on the other hand, that's not so uncommon in football games...
Another theory says, that the referees prefer away teams, because they don't want to look as home referees.
Ruined in a day wrote:
Hand of God wrote:
confusion wrote: I think, the referee did a good job and he had taken no influence on the game. Argentina should exercise penalty shooting next time. :D
Yes, you are right.
I wouldn't be too upset if anyone would say that the referee prefered the home team a bit. But on the other hand, that's not so uncommon in football games...
Germany did have a couple of things go in their favor, but it in no way influenced the outcome of the match.
