Missed the game (I bet if I was watching germany would have won! :P) and watched the highlights - Spain did look like the more active team. Kinda sad to see Germany go tbh, but they did well.
Kwakkie,I was in Berlin when Holland was playing that horrible match against portugal (4 years ago???). I had a really good time and people where just having fun, no problems at all.
Now that Germany lost I geuss Germany will take the Dutch side. So no worries I geuss :P.
The final is gonna be nerve recking, spain has a lot of good players. But so do we SO go HOLLAND!!!
I was in Berlin last night after the match,the U bahn was as quiet as can be,kinda felt sorry for the Germans. I saw random people going into tears in all places on the way home. But now there wont be so much noise when i go to sleep.
My bets are with Holland, they have been winning straight for 14 matches now...dont wanna see Spain as the combo breaker, but either way we get a new world cup champion that have never actually won a final before. Whats even more stranger is that as good as both countries are, none of them made it to a final before in World Cup.
Some of the calls were ridiculous, but both ways I thought. The Dutch were pretty lucky not to be 10 down early on from that fly kick to the chest attack.
It is sad that all the non-cheater teams got eliminated early because of bad refs. It is fucking pathetic to watch a game where the players spend more time pretending to be hurt than playing.
Some of the calls were ridiculous, but both ways I thought. The Dutch were pretty lucky not to be 10 down early on from that fly kick to the chest attack.
Speaking as a typical American with virtually no interest in the sport, I have to say that if soccer rules allowed for in-game kung fu, the game would be WAY more popular over here
The holland play was awful, horrible, fauls all the way, a lot of tension and stupids playing ninjas, it was like they didn't know how to play real football and their only play were how to kick the spaniards. What a shame of this Holland, the worst play in all the championship. The Dutchmen showed a dirty play.
Holland Should have been run out of players for accumulation of yellow cards, the referee forgive them a lot, too much.
We lost the 1st match, and we won the final . Champions of Europe, and Champions of the World, fantastic!!
Now i won't take down our flag for a long long time. VIVA ESPA
Not a great match, but Spain definitely deserved to win. The Netherlands really weren't playing well - Robben was the best on the team and definitely tried hard, but the rest of them seemed more intent on trying to take out the Spanish players instead of actually creating chances.
The first half was boring, the second half was a bit better and the game finally got going in extra time - it seemed like they actually had more energy after an hour and a half of playing!
At that point Spain finally returned to form and were passing extremely well, although they really wasted several good chances after very good play put them in a strong position.
With the Dutch playing as they were it could easily have been 11 versus 8 before full time, even... ridiculous
I thought the referee sucked big time... loads of unnecessary cards and the first pass to the winning goal was actually off-side if I remember correctly.
When you play against spain, a side that passes 300% more than any other team out there, then you HAVE to do something to make them stop passing. Committing fouls is nothing new, even if the Dutch players went a little too far there in the first half, very good job by the referee in the first half. But in the second half, he was a little too harsh in the Dutch players, and he even let some of the spanish fouls go by without a free kick, let a lone a card.
Just before the last goal, Elia got fould, and the referee didnt give a freekick, and Spain countered..and scored.
But yeah, the best side won, in a way I'm happy that we lost. Now Spain has proven that total football is the way to go, short passes, lots of attacking, lots of excitement. Let's hope we get everyone copies this style.
I dont think we can argue about that, but xavi and iniesta dived quite often towards the end, because they knew they had the referee with them. As I said, spain was better, and won, so they deserved it. But you can't deny the fact that towards the end, the referee made some bad mistakes. For example, the last freekick, the wall deflected the ball, and then casilias touched it as well. And the ref, didnt give a corner. Before that, Pyol should have gotten a yellow for pulling robben, but that was more robbens mistake, he should have gone to the ground. That would have been a second yellow for Pyol, and so red card.
But again, Spain should have won anyways, they play total football, created by the Dutch, and mastered by the Spanish.
Congrats to Spain but tbh it was like watching a man who is watching paint dry for 90 mins.
The whole tournament was pretty boring to watch.Teams are just too scared of losing these days, so they stick to negative tactics.
I thought the referee sucked big time... loads of unnecessary cards and the first pass to the winning goal was actually off-side if I remember correctly.
the tension was incredible.
maybe loads of unneccessary yellow cards, but i sure could have given more red cards to the dutch guys, some fowls have been really really bad - kung fu kick beeing one of them
WOOHOOOO I made some monehs !! I picked spain to win the world cup before it started and put some money donw. The excitement just got better and better everytime they got through to the next round.
I watched the final on a black and white tv in a jungle village.. but the atmostphere was brilliant.
whats up with the dutch fouling all the time.. you lot are supposed to be the fairest people on the planet.. apparently... sure spain dived only after the dutch players made contact without touching the ball. technically thats a foul.
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Go Netherlands!
Now that Germany lost I geuss Germany will take the Dutch side. So no worries I geuss :P.
The final is gonna be nerve recking, spain has a lot of good players. But so do we SO go HOLLAND!!!
they use subs cleverly too bring on torres after halftime put pressure on germany to not fully commit to an equaliser.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/spain/7881110/World-Cup-final-Paul-the-psychic-octopus-predicts-Spain-will-beat-Holland.html
WOOOOOO SPAIN WINS!
Now back to work.
hahahaha...
Reminded me of the Zidane headbutt last world cup.
Speaking as a typical American with virtually no interest in the sport, I have to say that if soccer rules allowed for in-game kung fu, the game would be WAY more popular over here
The holland play was awful, horrible, fauls all the way, a lot of tension and stupids playing ninjas, it was like they didn't know how to play real football and their only play were how to kick the spaniards. What a shame of this Holland, the worst play in all the championship. The Dutchmen showed a dirty play.
Holland Should have been run out of players for accumulation of yellow cards, the referee forgive them a lot, too much.
We lost the 1st match, and we won the final
Now i won't take down our flag for a long long time. VIVA ESPA
The first half was boring, the second half was a bit better and the game finally got going in extra time - it seemed like they actually had more energy after an hour and a half of playing!
At that point Spain finally returned to form and were passing extremely well, although they really wasted several good chances after very good play put them in a strong position.
With the Dutch playing as they were it could easily have been 11 versus 8 before full time, even... ridiculous
the tension was incredible.
Just before the last goal, Elia got fould, and the referee didnt give a freekick, and Spain countered..and scored.
But yeah, the best side won, in a way I'm happy that we lost. Now Spain has proven that total football is the way to go, short passes, lots of attacking, lots of excitement. Let's hope we get everyone copies this style.
I would have acted the same as the referee.
But again, Spain should have won anyways, they play total football, created by the Dutch, and mastered by the Spanish.
The whole tournament was pretty boring to watch.Teams are just too scared of losing these days, so they stick to negative tactics.
maybe loads of unneccessary yellow cards, but i sure could have given more red cards to the dutch guys, some fowls have been really really bad - kung fu kick beeing one of them
that match sucked big times
Blazier : seguro que siempre oyes en la calle "EJPA-NA !" si incluso en portugal habia un monton de espanoles celebrando jajaj !
I watched the final on a black and white tv in a jungle village.. but the atmostphere was brilliant.
whats up with the dutch fouling all the time.. you lot are supposed to be the fairest people on the planet.. apparently... sure spain dived only after the dutch players made contact without touching the ball. technically thats a foul.