Indeed. I made my terrible joke in the hangout and moved on. Here's to hoping Germany beats Argentina.
Watch out Cookie, we might have to get you fitted for a straight jacket.
Indeed. I made my terrible joke in the hangout and moved on. Here's to hoping Germany beats Argentina.
Watch out Cookie, we might have to get you fitted for a straight jacket.
Well, they did need at least one South American side in the final of course.
He didn't deserve it...that's the worst part. Is it a career achievement award? I don't think so, it's supposed to be an award for best player of the tournament. Has a keeper ever won it? Can a keeper win it? If so Neuer should have been considered.
The people saying discouraging things about Basti after the match today are really freaking stupid btw.
It's not that it wasn't deserved, it was absolutely grotesque to give it to him. I mean, jokes are supposed to be funny, I don't know what this is. Then again, this is FIFA, they already gave him 2 undeserved Ballon d'Or some years ago. He is used to it. We are used to it.
What are they saying?
Yeah I mean I think you could have given it to a few different people, but Messi shouldn't be one of them.
Dumb things. It's from people that don't really understand the sport so I'm mostly ignoring them. It's no one important, just internet warriors. I don't think Basti was really diving today, and the dude is freaking tough IMO.
Definitely not. Robben, James, Neuer, Müller... there are a few. Hell, even Neymar did a much better tournament than him. Apparently, scoring a goal against Iran and Nigeria is one of the greatest achievements in footie nowadays
Dare I ask where are they from? Perhaps they think he wasn't hit enough today, I mean, he escaped alive after all
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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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.
I don't have to be German to see how cool this is
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.
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.