Posted on 07/12/2014 5:55:02 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
The most entertaining World Cup in a generation comes down to a final match that pits the planet's best player against the tournament's best team.
Lionel Messi will lead Argentina out against Germany at Maracana Stadium on Sunday for a game that will define careers, cement legacies and be watched by a global audience of about a billion viewers.
And it's a matchup that means more to both sides than just a chance to lift one of the most hallowed trophies in sports.
For Messi, it's a chance to firmly make his case for being perhaps the greatest ever to play the world's most popular game. For Germany, it's an opportunity to make up for a number of near-misses over the last decade and re-establish itself as the dominant force in international football.
And then there's the matter of settling a historical score. Argentina and West Germany played each other in two straight World Cup finals in 1986 and '90, games that are well remembered in the sports psyche of both countries. Diego Maradona and Argentina won the first, the Germans took the second. So call this game the tiebreaker.
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Messi isn’t as good as Maradona. And it’s going to take more than one superstar to beat Germany.
The Brit commentators seem to think that Messi has not lived up to expectations in the WC competition. Don’t shoot the messenger. ;-)
Argentina !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A team with one star can not beat a solid team of 11 very skilled players. German wins this one.
Depends on whether the Argentinians fight like Germans or if they fight like Italians.
Oh wait...that was the Falklands War.
Never mind.
Achtung, Baby!
You are all incorrect.! Dear leader Kim Jong Unnnnngh will lead Peoples Republic of North Korea to victory over evil Germanic team!
See here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3179456/posts
Wowza!
I’ve already seen the result. North Korea won.
What was the score? Was it a blowout? LOL
A team with one star can not beat a solid team of 11 very skilled players. German wins this one.
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The only possible translation of that comment relative to this world cup is that you haven’t watched a minute of it. Argentina has already shut down and beaten great teams in the tournament. And to say they only have one star is basically saying that you don’t follow soccer.
Argentina by a goal or it goes to pk’s.
Soccer is boring.
Argentina, true to her name, will take the silver.
So are golf and auto racing.
My Magic 8-ball says, “Deutschland Uber Alles”.
The Germans’ confidence is the real deal, another blowout.
And a treat for us impatient American soccer ‘scheiss-Amis.’
I hope Germany wins.
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