So Barcelona and Spain, the teams that have dominated football for the past 5 or 6 years and all everybody else had to do to beat them was train a bit harder?
Obviously not, no one has said that. But Bayern and others have started to play a (IMO) more dynamic game. I think we are seeing the same so far in this WC. Hence it's better viewing than WC 2010 so far.
My Dutch friends say that there has been a v strong emphasis of being the fittest team though. Will VG do the same at Man U ?
Is this the first time brothers haver played against each other in the WC finals?
My Dutch friends say that there has been a v strong emphasis of being the fittest team though. Will VG do the same at Man U ?
It is a nonsense to suggest that any top class footballer or team isn't at their physical peak, and that the training done in the month when national teams get together before the world cup will make any impact after a lifetime spent training for professional sports.
No, they played against each other last time as well, iirc
Noice [s]header[/s] [s]knee[/s] facer!
Ahhh... bumnuggets.
Someone's going to FIFA prison.
Shakalaka boom boom.
Good goal from the Deutsch. 😯
Edit ... the equalizer from a header payback time.
Noice header!
BOOM BOOM indeed!
It is a nonsense to suggest that any top class footballer or team isn't at their physical peak, and that the training done in the month when national teams get together before the world cup will make any impact after a lifetime spent training for professional sports.
Photos already posted and performances to date would suggest otherwise 😉
From the horses mouth
Holland’s playmaker Wesley Sneijder finds yet another way to praise Van Gaal, saying: “We were all much fitter than the opponents. We’ve worked very hard, and are now plucking the fruits of that.” That applies particularly to Sneijder, who after a spell living like a rock star had grown so chubby that Van Gaal almost did not take him to Brazil. He now looks at his best. Up front Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie were fit enough to press Spain’s keeper Iker Casillas whenever he had the ball, with frequently hilarious results.
Source: FT
Snejder might also be talking rubbish though!!!! Doubt it.... 😉
1-1 who'd have funked it.
Shake Shake the room.
Sami Khedira is not having a great WC.
1-1 who'd have funked it.
*honks horn*
Blinding!
Oh my.
🙁
Now my snack describes me well...
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BOOM!!
Blimey! They don't like it up 'em!
I have lost count of the amount of "Bloody Hell" moments so far in this World Cup. Superb stuff.
There there ... another goal.
Now I hope Holland and Costa Rica will be in the final.
Dude should have passed. Could have been 3-1.
I'm going to have to start communicating via the medium of smileys.
😯
🙁
Moooooove Klose 😀
Let me hear you say "ay-oh, ay-ohhhh"
WTF? I was onlyaway for a couple of minutes.
This is such a shit world cup.
Loewe...he's always picking his bloody nose. 😡
Ooof! That was klose!
Wot. A. Challenge.
That was different.
Edit: Offside? Whoops.
Great game. Fair result.
...unlike that bloody Argentina v Iran one.
Edit: Bit of claret on the pitch.
Best world cup ever.
That really was a cracking second half.
Big game now between Germany and Klinsmann's USA. 🙂
Another absolute blinder of a game!!!
This is miles better than any World Cup I can remember, by a country mile!
Even Alan Hansen can hardly contain himself.
Ooof!
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Lucky there were covering defenders there...
Cummon! CUMMON! That's not offside you muppet! 😡
Cummon Bosia!
Edit: CUMMON! CUMMON! 😡
Lovely beard in the Bosnian defence.
Ok, people. It's time to start your engines.
It's:
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My money is on an upset, with Russia winning 2-0.
*ignore my misremembering*
I'm expecting Fellaini to have the game of his life, be bombing forward all the time, and score at least two
Just so it can be even more mystifying and infuriating when he reverts back to being completely crap for us again next season!
*just for binners*
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IS there a better national anthem than Russia? I might give you France and Italy isn't bad but I could really get behind Russia.
edit: no commenting on the passion with which it was sung.
