[Berlin_Freeper]

Germany's Miroslav Klose (2nd L) scores a goal during a 2010 World Cup second round soccer match against England

Germany's striker Lukas Podolski celebrates after scoring the second goal

Germany's Thomas Mueller (L) celebrates after scoring the third goal past England's goalkeeper David James during their 2010 World Cup secondround soccer match

Germany's Thomas Mueller celebrates after scoring the fourth goal past England's goalkeeper David James during their 2010 World Cup second roundsoccer match at Free State stadium in Bloemfontein June 27, 2010.

[dfwgator]

That was a clinic.

But I don’t want the Germans to complain any more about the call in the ‘66 Final. It’s all ‘Even Stevens’ now.

[vladimir998]

Well, you know it’s a different world when people with names like Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski are called GERMANS.

[C19fan]

I knew you would make an appearance. Congrats on the clinic in counterattack football. The English back 4 were awful.

[LurkedLongEnough]

Watched USA-Ghana and Germany-England. What I wanna know is WHY countless (outrun) Ghanians writhed on ground “hurt” whenever the US got the ball, whereas the Germany-England match was free of such obviously fake spectacles.

Congrats Germany, you won it handily.

[Clemenza]

Couldn’t have happened to a “nicer” or more “humble” group of fans. You don’t see me crying any tears for perfidious Albion.

[Azzurri]

England looked slow and lethargic. But, that being said, if the goal was counted and the score was 2-2...who knows how that may have affected the remainder of the game. Germany’s last 2 goals were on counterattack breaks where England were pushing forward to get the equalizer. Germany was impressive but FIFA needs goal line technology.

[Revolting cat!]

We wuz robbed! If not for the disallowed goal in the first half, we would of... lost!

[dfwgator]

It’s the price England has had to pay for the success of the English Premier League.

English clubs aren’t interested in developing local talent, they want to buy it from everywhere else.

And they have high-profile players, with their WAGS and too many other distractions.

How many of the German players are considered superstars? Podolski and Klose hardly tear it up with their clubs, but they are a perfect fit for the way Die Mannschaft play.

As I said in another thread, England would perform better in the World Cup, if they used players from The Championship (the division lower than the Premiership), you may not get the level of talent, but you’d get more cohesion and fewer player personnel issues. There are always too many prima donnas on England.

And in retrospect, Terry not only should have been stripped of his captaincy, he should have been left off the squad entirely, he was dreadful (maybe even on purpose just to spite Capello), but again that’s what you get with a team of prima donnas.

[mikrofon]

To be fair, here are some pics of the action that should be included:

Germany was the far superior team, and likely would have won by 1 or 2 anyway. But incompetent refereeing (esp. at this level & venue) is uncalled for...

[truthguy]

The Germans are simply a superior team. There are no excuses for the Brits to make.

As an American I was frustrated by the loss to Ghana yesterday. Most Americans don't even know where the West African Nation is on the map. We lost to a country with the population of New York and a GNP of New Hampshire. So for a country of 310 million to lose to Ghana means US soccer still has a VERY long way to go. I didn't think the US would win the Cup but I thought we would do much better than what we did. I'm disappointed.

[AF_Blue]

England's Matthew Upson's head shot into the goal was a thing of beauty. It was as if he were suspended in air until the ball got to him.

The call (or lack of) on Frank Lampard's goal was a crime.

England's goalie David James did a great job, but was overrun - his team were slow to respond (if they even bothered), even AFTER they got spanked by Germany all the way from the other end of the field.

The best I can say about Rooney was he made a great lure - whenever he got the ball he'd have 3-4 from Germany all over him, drawing them away from the other England players, then he'd pass instead of trying to run it in.

[kaylar]

Too bad. :-( I was hoping England would win, not because I give a rat's ass about soccer, but because my mom just got back from a 3 week vacation in Germany, and she gave me disturbing news, news which matched information I'd previously read online : It seems Germany no longer loves dachshunds.:-(

In all the time she was in Germany, she saw countless canines, but only 3 teckels. THREE. That's only one per week.

Apparently dachshunds are no longer popular or "fashionable" in Germany, and a country that would turns its back on the finest , cutest dog ever bred, deserves much worse than to lose a soccer game. I mean, really! How could a breed this adorable NOT be number one anywhere, but especially in the land of its birth:

[MadMitch]

Scotland celebrates with you, well played Germany.

[SwedishConservative]

It was a beatiful game and I think Germany scored a deserved win.

That said, it’s a mystery why FIFA is so entrenched in their “3 ref” system. UEFA’s already put in dedicated goal-area refs on European cup matches for this very reason. It hasen’t (usually) got anything to do with bad refereeing, it’s just that 2 refs can’t be everywhere and see everything at once. In this case, the shot was from a distance, the head ref is busy controlling the outfield and the assisting is following the offside-line. With the speed and power of that shot, I’m more surprised this kind of stuff doesn’t happen more often.

Get off your asses, FIFA, and add those damn goal-referees.

[L.A.Justice]

Congratulations to Germans...As for the Lampard’s disallowed goal...Refs screwed up...Don’t blame Germans...

Why not a replay just to find out if the goal goes in or not?
Just a replay for that only...Nothing else...

Now MLB allows a replay to find out if a ball hit is a homerun or not...

Why not FIFA? I think that FIFA is a corrupt organization.

I am disappointed with the English team...It did worse than in 2006...In 2006, England went up to Elite Eight...Remember that Portugal beat England and moved onto Final Four...

However, this time, England did better than Italy and France...I think Portugal will be eliminated after Tuesday...Spain will beat Portugal...