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Originally Posted by Arctic Mist
I think that the true champions of this tournament were Russia and Turkey. They both played very insparational soccer.
The whole tournament was amazing. So many late goals, so many great shots, so many surprises.
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Yeah I agree, my faveriot game was Turkey vs Croatia! That was amazing! The keepers did so well in this tourney, some really amazing saves!
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Originally Posted by Arctic Mist
The highlight of the game was when Miroslav Klose got kicked in the nuts.
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Yeah that would have hurt a lot. It's happened to be lots of times, even once when i was reffing i didn't get out of the way in time. Most pain i've even been in my life.
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Originally Posted by Duraza
*sigh*
When Holland went down, all I wanted was for Germany to win  |
Yeah i ended up going for germany too. Shame they lost, but i think spain probably deserved to win.
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Originally Posted by Gypsy
Ballack should've been out of the game by halftime, he was ridiculous, nasty challenges and not going for the ball at all.
The yellow that Torres got was absurd.
The Spanish guy that gave the light head-butt should've been ejected.
Poor decisions all around, fortunately the better and deserving team won, and nothing the ref did or did not call changed the outcome of the game.
Germany has no defense Auron. The Germans aren't known for their ability to defend (see WWII).  |
Yes the ref didn't do so well that game. I guess ballack probably should have been sent off. There were other challenges and desicions in that game that i disagreed with too. Being a ref myself just makes me see more.
I disagree about germany's defence. Firstly in world war11, they defended as best they could against the rest of the world. They absolutly tore attackers apart, making the cost for the victories for the allies very high. You know the kill rate was 1 german for every 2 allies? They were good fighters, there just weren't enough of them. In the end Hitler lost his head and made some pretty bad decisions that cost him the war. Did he really expect he would be able to take over the world anyway? He got pretty far though.
Anyway here I go off the point again. Germany can defend well. They have a strong defence. Perhaps not their best in this game, but over all i think it's one of their best attributes. I think the german attack is what's lacking.
Spain was just too fast, Germany couldn't equallise.
