"We are German officers. We will win this war with chivalry."
Posted on 07/13/2014 3:10:49 PM PDT by Kaslin
RIO DE JANEIRO – Mario Goetze volleyed in the winning goal in extra time to give Germany its fourth World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Argentina on Sunday.
Goetze controlled the ball with his chest and then shot past Argentina goalkeeper Sergio Romero in the 113th minute.
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The Tour De France? You really said that? A sport where winner after winner, Contador, Armstrong, Ullrich have all been tagged as having used performance enhancement drugs?
As one of the articles points out, one of the Hungarian players went into the locker room after the 1954 game and that is what the legend Puskas suspected. So maybe other teams did but the Hungarians who they played probably did not.
Better crying than leaving a police officer in a coma as the Germans did to a police officer in 1998. Not sure if the police officer died.
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/22/sports/world-cup-98-hooligans-leave-officer-in-a-coma.html
And think how hard it would be for the ref to constantly have to tell the person manning the clock to stop and start again.
Of course they called Extra Time, “Fergie Time” for a reason.
Big time soccer would have to change drastically if it ever really caught on in the US. First thing to change would be the players wearing goofy looking helmets on their heads. LOL. Americans like to baby their athletes.
"We are German officers. We will win this war with chivalry."
That would be far worse than penalty shots.
But think how much different shape Portugal would have been had they just gotten one goal against Germany....They would have had a fighting chance to still make it out of the group.
I posted this earlier:
What I like about the timing in soccer is that if there is a threat on goal when the clock runs out, the ref will wait until the threat has ended. That makes for some exciting finishes. That is an accepted practice in soccer and everyone involved approves of this tradition. The tradition is so strong that if a ref violated it, the authorities would note it with a strong disapproval.
In every sport, there are unwritten rules and practices that are accepted and widely known. If your suggestion was followed, there would be outrage throughout the soccer world. You will note that no team ever complains when there is additional time allowed when a goal is being threatened. Once the threat has ended, the whistle is blown.
I’ve actually heard off various people up in the north east and down here at games that maybe they should wear helmets.
I kid you not.
During the world cup in 94 which was held in the USA, the commpanies and the MLS tried to have 4 quarters instead of two halves. That way they could get more commercials in.
Next it will be time outs and bringing on different attacking and defensive teams for corners and other various plays.
Sarc
I watched about ten minutes of it...
Ehh...
Many Americans need constant stimulation to keep their minds engaged. A well fought match ending I a 1-0 result doesn’t cut the mustard because there was no scoring to stimulate the brain, hence the sport must suck. But a 42-37 football game is brilliant because there are many shines to keep the easily distracted brain amused.
Yeah I really said that. There is doping in all sports.
Speaking generally, for dopers and non, it takes a lot of endurance and conditioning to go up the Alps for days on end.
Building smaller stadiums improves the experience for the fans and brings them closer to the game.
The MLS is profitable because it controls costs and delivers real value for the fans’ dollars. Football is now more popular in the USA than hockey and baseball.
And their top teams, like the German Budesliga, are cultivating youth talent. The next US World Cup team will be drawn from an existing MLS team.
The sport is well positioned for continued growth.
They messed with the traditional game and fans were vocal in their disapproval.
MLS now plays according to international rules and commercials are taken care of by a rotating advertising field fence. They have proven themselves successful.
I still think however we need US players to play in Europe to go up against world class competition.
Look for Altidore to have a much better year at Sunderland.
Flashback:
“July 10, 2006 – Rome – Neo-fascists celebrating Italy’s World Cup victory vandalized walls, doors and vehicles in the Jewish quarter of Rome with swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti. The neighborhood, where many in Rome’s small Jewish community live or work, is within walking distance from Circus Maximus, the ancient Roman entertainment area where more than 600,000 fans held a jubilant rally for the players of the national team. Italy’s Prime Minister Romano Prodi and other politicians strongly condemned the incident as an “ignoble gesture of hate and intolerance.”
http://archive.adl.org/anti_semitism/anti-semitism_global_incidents_2006.html#.U8RJfUCmUu4
Today:
“Neo-Nazis, Islamists declare ‘You Jews are beasts’ during protest of Israeli operation
A demonstration in Frankfurt against Operation Protective Edge erupted into violence, with protesters tossing stones at the police.”
Makes you wonder, maybe it’s different but like the Rome incident, it happens the day after the home-country won the World Cup.
Top Story currently at Drudge.
Supporters of Lazio I presume.
I agree with your comment about “right sized” stadiums. The LA Galaxy played in the Rose Bowl initially, and while their opening night with Jorge Campos in goal was well attended, most of the time there’d be a crowd of 30 grand or so, and two thirds of the seats in that 95K venue would be empty. It imparted a forlorn fell to what was actually, a reasonably successful venture.
I think there's a place for big venues for big games, though. I saw Brazil vs. Mexico in a sold-out Coliseum, and it was a ball.
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