FIFA World Cup discussion

Not sure if this has been well publicised in various corners of the internet already, but it dawned on me that Schürrle and Götze were the first two players born following the fall of the Berlin Wall to have ever been capped by the national side. They even made their debuts during the same game as a double substitution. And now here they are combining to win a historic first World Cup for unified Germany. The first two children of unified Germany to have ever played for the national side combining to bring home the biggest sporting trophy in the world to the country for the first time in its unified history? That would be enough to bring a tear to my eye if I were German. ^^;;;

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Originally Posted by Cookie Monster

Congrats Germany! :D

That prize for Messi is totally like that Nobel Peace they gave Obama some years ago, a total joke, right? :wacko:

Unless it was meant to be for the footie player most prone to puke during a match, of course :wacko:

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Nice comparison Cookie, I totally agree with you. I think that someone from Elf team should get it, even there's no particular player who stands out. Germany is unique team because every player has equal contribution, and they all act as one. That is the reason why are they so powerfull. Kroos and Müller stand out, but we should watch Germany as one unique team.

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Originally Posted by Elin

Not sure if this has been well publicised in various corners of the internet already, but it dawned on me that Schürrle and Götze were the first two players born following the fall of the Berlin Wall to have ever been capped by the national side. They even made their debuts during the same game as a double substitution. And now here they are combining to win a historic first World Cup for unified Germany. The first two children of unified Germany to have ever played for the national side combining to bring home the biggest sporting trophy in the world to the country for the first time in its unified history? That would be enough to bring a tear to my eye if I were German. ^^;;;

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I don't have to be German to see how cool this is ^_^

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Originally Posted by marin123456789

Nice comparison Cookie, I totally agree with you. I think that someone from Elf team should get it, even there's no particular player who stands out. Germany is unique team because every player has equal contribution, and they all act as one. That is the reason why are they so powerfull. Kroos and Müller stand out, but we should watch Germany as one unique team.

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That's exactly why the final outcome in this WC was fair. Those who played as a team won. Those who spent their time trying to extol a single player were defeated.

Quoting Di Stéfano, no player is a good as the sum of a team.

Man vs machine and machine won. :D

And yeah Ellie it's awesome really. I actually have a piece of the Berlin wall. It's one of those things that should not be forgotten.