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From: KaiserD2 on 14 Jun 2010 18:12
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:39:49 -0400, Jack Hollis <xsleeper(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:40:51 -0700 (PDT), Binder Dundat
><dundat(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>For some reason everyone seems to think this is the greatest match of
>>all time?
>
>Not me. The greatest match of all time was Italy-Brazil 1982.

I'll go for W. Germany-Italy, thanks, for pure drama. I don't
agree that no one could play defense in the extra time. It simply was
a better era for soccer. I have watched that match many times--own the
tape.

DK
From: Bruce D. Scott on 15 Jun 2010 00:17
KaiserD2(a)gmail.com wrote:

: Yikes. How that match could make you root for Germany is beyond me.
: France were clearly the better team and Schumacher nearly killed
: (literally) a French player and escaped with no foul when he should
: have been red-carded and a penalty awarded. Plus two Frenchmen were
: obviously fouled to make the Germans' critical second goal happen.

I told you why...

: I remember well that "Soccer made in Germany" was very careful NOT
: to show Schumacher breaking Battiston's jaw. I was very disappointed
: in them.

....namely here (i.e. I mentioned SMiG). I didn't know about that
incident until years after. But I won't forget the extra time. Of
course when you lose your lead to plays like that (Hrubesch to Fischer
and bicycle it in) you might come up with excuses. A lot of "obvious
fouls" are actually 50-50 situations. I seriously doubt it was that
clear. I haven't seen the replay of the whole extra time in a while but
recently did see highlights again. You'll have to explain the fouls to
me.

--
ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
From: JK on 15 Jun 2010 10:03
KaiserD2(a)gmail.com wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:21:27 +0000 (UTC), bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de
> (Bruce D. Scott) wrote:
>
>> =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cl=E9ment?= (lcmello.listas(a)terra.com.br) wrote:
>> : On Jun 14, 5:18 am, Patrick Texier wrote:
>> : >
>> : > I prefer 1982 semi-final France-RFA 3-3 aet. pen 4-5
>>

My personal all time favorite.
From: Facts on 15 Jun 2010 10:50

"Bruce D. Scott" <bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de> wrote in message
news:hv5iie$giu$1(a)gwdu112.gwdg.de...
> Sven Mischkies (hsv83(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net) wrote:
>
> : Pfff.... Of course the greatest match of all time is still the Match
> : of the Century.
>
> : WC1970: Ger 3 - 4 Ita aet.
>
> I totally agree. This match may never be equalled, as much of the
> drama came from the extreme exhaustion of the players. Nobody could
> play defense in the extra session and the goals were scrappy.
> Nevertheless, as a match it is unapproachable. Nowadays, players are
> fit enough that the extra time is more closed.

I have never heard such nonsene. Not a patch on the Tranmere Rover v
Hartlepool United on 08.09.1962. Rovers won 6-1!

From: Bruce D. Scott on 15 Jun 2010 11:13
Facts (invalid-nospam(a)invalid.invalid) wrote:

: "Bruce D. Scott" <bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de> wrote in message
: news:hv5iie$giu$1(a)gwdu112.gwdg.de...
: > Sven Mischkies (hsv83(a)der-ball-ist-rund.net) wrote:
: >
: > : Pfff.... Of course the greatest match of all time is still the Match
: > : of the Century.
: >
: > : WC1970: Ger 3 - 4 Ita aet.
: >
: > I totally agree. This match may never be equalled, as much of the
: > drama came from the extreme exhaustion of the players. Nobody could
: > play defense in the extra session and the goals were scrappy.
: > Nevertheless, as a match it is unapproachable. Nowadays, players are
: > fit enough that the extra time is more closed.

: I have never heard such nonsene. Not a patch on the Tranmere Rover v
: Hartlepool United on 08.09.1962. Rovers won 6-1!

:-)

There was a 6-6 up your way this year or last year. From the scoring
list it did look quite exciting.

--
ciao,
Bruce

drift wave turbulence: http://www.rzg.mpg.de/~bds/
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