From: Sid on
* Bruce D. Scott [2010-06-27 10:50] [rec.sport.soccer]:
> Bruce D. Scott (bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de) wrote:
>: Sid (sid(a)invalid_nerte.invalid.invalid_net.invalid) wrote:

>: : > Don't forget, what Germany see is a chance to equal/avenge the 5-1
>: : > loss in Munich which was after all a WC qualifier.

>: : Do they? From the team + bench that day, only Klose is in this game.

>: More significantly, Schweini, Mueller, and Klose are out now...
> Well I had it wrong Schweini was still in to the end, and was playing
> like he wanted the 5-1 (he is from Rosenheim, just down the road towards
> Salzburg).

It could have been 5-1, absolutely, or more.

>: I think for players who grew up in the Munich area there would have
>: been. Gomez donkey-kicking his chance away ended it for today though.

>: I maintain: 4-1 is a totally deserved result.
> And so it ends!

Absolutely. Apart from the end of the first half, Germany was the
dominant team.

Sid
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From: Bob on
Bruce D. Scott wrote:
> Alessandro Riolo (alessandro.riolo(a)gmail.com) wrote:
>> "Bruce D. Scott" <bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de> wrote in message
>> news:i07npq$2kv3$7(a)gwdu112.gwdg.de...
>>> Suddenly England have the play... a Webmleytor!!! ball over the
>>> line I thought but no. ..
>
>> It was over the line, big way.
>
>>> The goal was in by 2 meters! England totally ripped off!
>
>> Yep, but then, the principle of reciprocity has been at the
>> cornerstone of the indoeuropean conversation probably since its own
>> inception ;)
>
> What a fine way to put it!
>
> This is something the Americans will _never_ understand. (Commentary
> shows it, as on TV, as in the blogs, as on Usenet.) But it really is
> better that the referee is part of the game.

No, it isn't. Especially that now the entire planet can see almost
everything. Football will have to adapt to technological advances.

>
> England have to do what we did in our matches... go forward, go
> forward.


From: Mehdi on
> Subject : Deutschland - Englaland [R]
> From : wanyikuli(a)gmail.com

> I'm considering whether to just not read any English press until the
> quarterfinals. Kind of know how the French and Italian fans feel now!

Not really. They've won the World Cup recently and will be a major force
in the next tournament. England won't.


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From: Diabolik on

"Manx Gunner" <goal(a)4thegunners!.com> wrote in message
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> [SHUSSBAR <shussbar(a)gmail.com>]
> [Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:59:01 -0700 (PDT)]
>
> : On Jun 27, 9:38 am, b...(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
> : > Now the German back line gets destroyed on a short free kick cross,
> : > Upson heads it in and it is but 2-1 at 37'
> : >
> : > Suddenly England have the play... a Webmleytor!!! ball over the line I
> : > thought but no. Now Germany go back, and Plodi barely misses! What a
> : > match!
> : >
> : > The goal was in by 2 meters! England totally ripped off!
> : >
> : Well, barely a meter but I did not even need a replay to see that.
> : Gotta love soccer.
>
> Gotta love the hypocrites on the BBC. When the USA were screwed over -
> TWICE - they all tutted at the outrage and said 'That's football, and
> the Americans just don't get that the referee is part of the game.'
>
> Now, with England screwed, suddenly things have changed. Heh.

The difference is this is one of the biggest screw ups in WC.

From: Manx Gunner on
[Diabolik <diabolik(a)nospam.com>]
[Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:07:11 GMT]

: > Gotta love the hypocrites on the BBC. When the USA were screwed over -
: > TWICE - they all tutted at the outrage and said 'That's football, and
: > the Americans just don't get that the referee is part of the game.'
: >
: > Now, with England screwed, suddenly things have changed. Heh.
:
: The difference is this is one of the biggest screw ups in WC.

The one against the USA altered a result by 2 points.

The one today didn't alter the outcome.

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