[Excape Goat]

-- We have the soccer wars in Central America.

-- Pele also stopped a civil war somewhere in Africa so that the fans can see him.

-- The famous game where Dynamo Kyve would rather die than losing to the Germans.

[PsychedelicCeltic]

Any time any of the Home Nations play each other.

Netherlands v West Germany in 1974. That would have made a lot of people feel better about the war. Wim van Hanegem lost several family members, including a father and a few siblings, to the German gun, and played his head off.

[dor02]

Argentina vs England at Mexico 86. That brought back memories of the war in the Falkland Islands.

[Excape Goat]

Kuwait refused to play Iraq during and after Gulf War I.

[Gregoriak]

Originally Posted by PsychedelicCeltic

Netherlands v West Germany in 1974. That would have made a lot of people feel better about the war. Wim van Hanegem lost several family members, including a father and a few siblings, to the German gun, and played his head off.

On that note, maybe it's time the Dutch schedule a game vs. Indonesia? I think a lot of Indonesians would feel better about the Independence War against the Dutch (1945-49), in which 150,000 Indonesians were murdered by the Dutch, if they'd get a chance to beat their former colonial masters.

[Bertje]

These arguments are pointless, because you have to be pretty blind to think an entire country is to blame for your losses. Understandable, but stupid.

We Dutch know we brought slavery to an extreme, the Germans know their people murdered countless Jews and many more. Don't turn history into fuel for a racist engine.

[Gregoriak]

Originally Posted by Bertje

These arguments are pointless, because you have to be pretty blind to think an entire country is to blame for your losses. Understandable, but stupid.

We Dutch know we brought slavery to an extreme, the Germans know their people murdered countless Jews and many more. Don't turn history into fuel for a racist engine.

Who are you talking to?

[Bertje]

Anyone who's going to get this thread closed or atleast moved to world rivalries.

[Gregoriak]

All fair points, I'm tired of hearing about Wim van Hanegem's family history having anything to do with the 1974 World Cup final. Indeed, pointless. But I don't see this thread turning history into a fuel for a racist engine. Let's not overdo it with the political correctness.

[KUWAIT]

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