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From: Sid on 27 Jun 2010 11:53 * 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 -- 1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 remove the espam bits to mail
From: Bob on 27 Jun 2010 12:00 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 27 Jun 2010 12:06 > 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. -- http://soccer-europe.com Rss feed : http://soccer-europe.com/RSS/News.xml
From: Diabolik on 27 Jun 2010 12:07 "Manx Gunner" <goal(a)4thegunners!.com> wrote in message news:MPG.269177e58a9191c89896a3(a)news.giganews.com... > [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 27 Jun 2010 12:08
[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. -- "Look at the way teams play against Arsenal. They don't believe they can win. They don't believe." -- Jose Mourinho |