From: Sven Mischkies on
anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1994 OF - Lost to Romania (UEFA)
> 1998 QF - Lost to Netherlands (UEFA)
> 2002 Group - After Sweden (UEFA), England (UEFA)
> 2006 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
> 2010 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)


The England of CONMEBOL. ;)

Argentina have never been that good, the only exception was the
corrupted WC78 and the Maradona years.


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From: Quincy on
On 4 Jul., 11:19, hs...(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net (Sven Mischkies) wrote:
> anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 1994 OF    - Lost to Romania (UEFA)
> > 1998 QF    - Lost to Netherlands (UEFA)
> > 2002 Group - After Sweden (UEFA), England (UEFA)
> > 2006 QF    - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
> > 2010 QF    - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
>
> The England of CONMEBOL. ;)
>
> Argentina have never been that good, the only exception was the
> corrupted WC78 and the Maradona years.

Very well said. The problem is, that Germany haven't beaten a big
football nation since (decades?). It's yet to do!
From: Gerrit Stolte on
Am Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:19:19 +0100 schrieb Sven Mischkies:

> anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 1994 OF - Lost to Romania (UEFA)
>> 1998 QF - Lost to Netherlands (UEFA)
>> 2002 Group - After Sweden (UEFA), England (UEFA)
>> 2006 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
>> 2010 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
>
>
> The England of CONMEBOL. ;)
>
> Argentina have never been that good, the only exception was the
> corrupted WC78 and the Maradona years.

2006 edition was good, but Pekerman made the mistake of substituting Crespo
and Riquelme.
From: KaiserD2 on
On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:38:28 +0200, Gerrit Stolte
<andanteconmoto(a)web.de> wrote:

>Am Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:19:19 +0100 schrieb Sven Mischkies:
>
>> anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 1994 OF - Lost to Romania (UEFA)
>>> 1998 QF - Lost to Netherlands (UEFA)
>>> 2002 Group - After Sweden (UEFA), England (UEFA)
>>> 2006 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
>>> 2010 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
>>
>>
>> The England of CONMEBOL. ;)
>>
>> Argentina have never been that good, the only exception was the
>> corrupted WC78 and the Maradona years.
>
>2006 edition was good, but Pekerman made the mistake of substituting Crespo
>and Riquelme.

Sven toook the words out of my mouth, above. Their Mexico victory
is the only thing that distinguishes them from the English, really
(and I suppose reaching the 1990 final which was very lucky--two
shootouts and the Brazil game.)

I actually thought, until yesterday, that this team was much
better than the 2006 one. I agree about those substitutions but
really, they fell apart in the second half, just like yesterday. I
thought they had dominated in the first half four years ago but they
hardly ever threatened after scoring in the second. The image that
will stay with me from yesterday is Maradona looking like an under-12
youth soccer coach after they fell behind--really. It was like,
"What's this? We're always supposed to win!" And apparently at that
point he had nothing to offer.

DK
From: Bob on
Gerrit Stolte wrote:
> Am Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:19:19 +0100 schrieb Sven Mischkies:
>
>> anders t <anthu_001(a)no_-_spam_.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 1994 OF - Lost to Romania (UEFA)
>>> 1998 QF - Lost to Netherlands (UEFA)
>>> 2002 Group - After Sweden (UEFA), England (UEFA)
>>> 2006 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
>>> 2010 QF - Lost to Germany (UEFA)
>>
>>
>> The England of CONMEBOL. ;)
>>
>> Argentina have never been that good, the only exception was the
>> corrupted WC78 and the Maradona years.
>
> 2006 edition was good, but Pekerman made the mistake of substituting
> Crespo and Riquelme.

Klose injuring Abbondanzieri was the turning point of that match.