Holland vs Germany or Brazil vs Argentina... which one of those finals will be mouthwatering considering their historical rivalries? hmmm cant wait for the july 11 finals!!! cheers
Re: whats ur say for the finals
by Atanu Chatterjee on Jun 28, 2010 06:26 PM
Germany - Nederlands..But i guess nobody would complain about Brazil Argentina. But somehow i fel this brazil team doesnt quite have that quality. Difficult to pass the quarterfinal hurdle for them.
Re: whats ur say for the finals
by ajith gopal on Jun 28, 2010 03:20 PM
Most mouthwatering, exciting, funny, comical is to watch, big hitter dhoni, magnificent youvaraj, sixer hero super vijay, indomitable lion raina... dance to the tune of Fast Bowlers.... hahahahahah
Re: Re: whats ur say for the finals
by Ramachandran KA on Jun 28, 2010 05:48 PM
Germany VS Spain in final is not possible, becasue both of these teams can meet only in the Semi-finals....
My feeling is,the final would be between : Netherland Vs Spain
Re: whats ur say for the finals
by mudamosi on Jun 28, 2010 02:55 PM
the most mouthwatering match will be when England meet France at Johannesburg airport ;)
Germany is a powerful team and now their attacking is also a treat to watch...But still yesterday's win was also with the help from the refree....If Lampard's Equalizer (which is a perfect goal) got counted, then the score at first half would be 2-2,so that England might do counter-atatck in the later half and it might turn the game.....because of that wrong decision from refree,England lost their way..... England Don't worry....yeaterday Germany was played with 12 players(including the refree).....
Re: Eng lost their way bcoz of Poor decision on Lampard's goal
by Sudden Lee on Jun 28, 2010 02:30 PM
no doubt the decision went against england but if u think england could have won the match, ur dreaming, man. germany was totally dominating and towards the end, actually took their foot off the pedal and didn't press hard for more goals as they cleary had chances to do so. It is ridiculous to say that had the Lampard goal been allowed, then Germany wudn't have applied more pressure or that Mueller wudn't have scored those goals in the 2nd half!
Re: Re: Eng lost their way bcoz of Poor decision on Lampard's go
by Rajesh Shetty on Jun 28, 2010 03:57 PM
Agree...but there is one element in football thats very crucial to the outcome of a match. Do u know that most times a team that scores the first goal then goes on to win the match ? It might not happen everytime but I would say almost 75% of the time. And in such a knockout game(it was not the points phase mind u ), every team will be forced to trade attack for defence. And even a small error by the forwards will result in a devastating counter attack. If u notice the last 2 goals were almost 'free for all', bcos the other half was almost empty with only the goalie to take care of. This is where the crucial referee error comes into play. Had it been 2-2 even Germany could not have played the way it did, and the result could have gone any way. But all the same I agree, overall Germany were better yesterday, and made look England far worse than they otherwise would be.
Re: Re: Re: Eng lost their way bcoz of Poor decision on Lampard'
by Sudden Lee on Jun 28, 2010 04:53 PM
But by ur own logic, even England could not have attacked if there was a stalemate 2-2. I think its just about the team which was able to capitalise on opportunities. Having seen Rooney and Defoe in this WC, one can safely say that the Germans wud always have better chances of converting.
Re: Eng lost their way bcoz of Poor decision on Lampard's goal
by rbn on Jun 28, 2010 02:41 PM
STRANGE conincidence: it was bad KARMA for england. In 1966 worldcup final, England was lucky to get a goal in a similar fashion against the germans, where the ball hit the inside of the cross bar and didnt cross the line. But the referee gave them a goal. Its the famous "Ghost Goal" of 1966 final. So england got the taste of their own medicine...
Re: Re: Eng lost their way bcoz of Poor decision on Lampard's go
by Jayanth on Jun 28, 2010 02:44 PM
I don't think it has anything to do with Karma. If anyone should get bad karma, its the referee. Bcoz in 1966 and this year, its the referee who took the call and erred. English players cannot make a referee take a decision.
Re: Eng lost their way bcoz of Poor decision on Lampard's goal
by Richard Gomes on Jun 28, 2010 08:50 PM
Why FA association are not allowing england players (ROONEY, LAMPARD, GERARD, FERDINAND, JOE COLE) to play in foreign clubs like BUNDESLIGA, SPANISH LEAGUE, OR LA LIGA? Beckham is exception but i think he is not to be blamed as soccer is a team sport.
Re: Eng lost their way bcoz of Poor decision on Lampard's goal
by Abhijit on Jun 28, 2010 02:33 PM
If the goal was give, if score was leveled, if the ball had not been saved, if the ball had not hit the bar.........etc. The score card gives clear verdict. German 4, England 1. England were totally blown out. Germans showed that England are no where near great teams. They are just Premier League hyped team. So stop saying ifs and buts as to the media reports.
really dissappointed bcoz Argentina & germany r my fav teams & now 1 of them will loose &.....in these BRAZIL is always lucky they have never faced TOUGH teams.....
Re: im
by Sandeep Gawli on Jun 28, 2010 03:12 PM
Dear..Brazil was in the group of death..they faced Portugal and Ivory Coast while Argentina and Germany faced teams like South Korea, Greece and Australia...
Re: screw england
by Karthikeyan Ramasamy on Jun 28, 2010 02:23 PM
Hi Sameer and Rahul, Not sure if you both are the same, but you have been posting the same message on several discussions. You can claim anything, but we are not the best people to judge.
I would like you guys to go to SA and support germany in their quaterfinal match, among the german fans. Try singing their anthem when argentina pots one. Tell us then if those german fans think you guys to be german. I think germans are one of the most intelligent communities and would be able to spot any colour changes owing to being closer to the equator.
EVERYONE WANTS ARGENTINA TO WIN ... BUT KLOSE , PODOLSKI , MULLER ARE VERY VERY STRONG ... ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ... IT WILL BE 3-2 WIN FOR EITHER GERMANY OR ARGENTINA
Re: 3-2 WIN FOR ANYONE
by Mandar Apte on Jun 28, 2010 02:29 PM
not everyone wants to win Argentians. only a handful of people for Argentina, most for Germany.
Re: Loew will go low
by Ram kumar Viswanathan on Jun 28, 2010 01:49 PM
There will be very tough competetion as German forwards are very strong with Podolski,Klose,Ozil and Muller.
Re: Loew will go low
by apurva singh on Jun 28, 2010 01:49 PM
today is his day. let him gloat. btw where are those fake sport cricket lovers nowadays? watching SA vs England?
Re: Re: Loew will go low
by Sudeepta Chakraborty on Jun 28, 2010 02:47 PM
I am not sure whether SA is playing England. When last checked they were down 6 wickets for 285 on Day 2 of a test match with WI. It looks remotely likely that they choose to play England later on!!
Re: Loew will go low
by Sudeepta Chakraborty on Jun 28, 2010 01:48 PM
Not quite sure that Argentina will 'crush' them. They might scrap through a victory. I am looking forward to a scrappy match. But based on how they played their respective pre-quarters I think Germany is just a little ahead.
Re: Re: Loew will go low
by Don on Jun 28, 2010 01:52 PM
German looks ahead because England were denied Goal(equalizer ). This demoralised English Team, which otherwise was going strong. Argentina is Slightly ahead and Final result will be 2-1 favouring Messi & co. Even on Penalty Argentina looks 5-4 ahead.
Re: Re: Re: Loew will go low
by vinod prem on Jun 28, 2010 02:11 PM
Don,
England is a left over team with only big names,who are known to underperform on the big stage. They are more concerned about their pay packets & social life & status. Germany was far ahead of England yesterday & Lampard's disallowed goal was only unfortunate.Had that been given,you could have expected the Germans to come back harder & probably score 2 more goals !!1
Re: Re: Re: Loew will go low
by Nitin on Jun 28, 2010 02:04 PM
jst argentina have to strengthen its defence in case of attack germany is no close to them .....
Re: Re: Re: Loew will go low
by Sudeepta Chakraborty on Jun 28, 2010 02:02 PM
I won't predict a result. However coming to yesterday's match I think England were indeed good in the first half and might have been demoralised but Germany were still the better team even in the first half. There tactical supremacy is underlined by the fact they were 2-0 up by the 35th minute and God only knows what could have been the case with 2-2 score line at half time, Germany were clearly the dominant force. Argentina could find the going a little tough as it is the first top 10 team they are going to face, their defense is a little weak and German defense is quite resilient. I think Germany is ahead. It will a game of playmaking/skill vs planned aggression/tactical counter-attack.
Re: Loew will go low
by Mandar Apte on Jun 28, 2010 02:28 PM
Are you assistant of Maradona , why so much in favour of Argentians ? atleast because of Germany , indirectly we got support to achieve independence because of World war II, who were against Englishmen. so decide who should win the Germans or Argentina
Re: Loew will go low
by Mandar Apte on Jun 28, 2010 02:17 PM
Are you assistant of Maradona , why so much in favour of Argentians ? atleast because of Germany , indirectly we got support to achieve independence because of World war II, who were against Englishmen. so decide who should win the Germans or Argentina
Re: Re: Loew will go low
by rbn on Jun 28, 2010 02:34 PM
both germany and argentina were lucky to win yesterday (lampard's disallowed goal and tevez's first goal was clearly offside). Also mexico defender rosario gifted Higuain the 2nd argentina goal. In my opinion it wud have been 1-1 draw for argentina-mexico. Thus, Lucky Loew and Magic Maradona are in the Q/fs....
