[C19fan]

Velasquez "Surrender of Breda" ping, hee hee.

[Perdogg]

ping

[1rudeboy]

Those of you who are not of a delicate nature, search YouTube for “manchester+united+chant+torres”, it never fails to crack me up.

[JerseyHighlander]

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[Fiji Hill]

Nevertheless, being Europe with its long history of cross-border conflict and bloodshed, a grudge match it will be come Sunday—at least if you are Dutch and are familiar with the War of the Spanish Succession

The author has his wars confused. The Naarden incident took place during the Dutch War of Independence, also known as the 80-Years War, which was fought between 1568 and 1648. The War of the Spanish Succession took place between 1701 and 1714 and was triggered when the king of France tried to put his grandson on the throne of Spain. In North America, it was known as Queen Anne's War.

[Tax-chick]

Captain Alatriste was there! (What he would think of soccer ... unprintable even in early Castillian.)

[mikrofon]

I guess this Final will separate the Hapsburgs from the hapless....

Also, though not well-versed in all the World Cup awards, can anyone tell me the point of the consolation match? (”We’re No. 3!)

Do they present awards other than the Rimet trophy to the runners-up as in the Olympics? Otherwise, I’d rather go home.