FIFA had revenues of 5.7 bn $ in the last WC cycle compared to 2.2 bn in expenses. 2 bn $ in 14 years isn't gonna break FIFA
Gibraltar and the other UEFA minnows aren't there to promote the growth of soccer but to increase the voting power in FIFA decisions.
How many people were involved in Armstrongs doping? 3 or 4 people? A widespread systematic doping and match fixing conspiracy would need hundreds...
Germany played 106 games at the WC's, for that to work they would've had to bribe hundreds of referees, assistant referees and FIFA officials and...
I couldn't agree more, the only caveat in your insightful observation is, that I just imitated your discussion style.
I think you're right. I mean Argentina basically won against Germany, they could only score in the dying minutes of the game, at a time where...
That's true, sadly. But they're another country who are better than Argentina. The more I think about it, the more I realize Argentina is just a...
They don't need to reach the final, they scored 4 against Germany that makes them better than Argentina and Austria beat Sweden, which makes them...
Omg, that logic again. Sweden scored 4 goals against Germany, Argentina scored 0, so Sweden > Argentina... Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Paraguay...
Germans are more likely to watch a game between Turkey and Algeria, than Senegal vs Algeria
'Fastest growing' is a meaningless terminology, if the whole African continent is barely outgrowing Germany. And why would sponsors care so much...
Out of those 150 votes only a handful would gain anything from getting more WC slots. The reason the UEFA minnows vote in favour of their big...
They're actually 24th, but don't let facts get in the way of your world views. Wrong. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfermarkt Again, wrong....
The England squad is ranked 7th between Italy and Belgium, out of the 8 quarter-finalist 6 were ranked in the top 10 of market value. If you...
Switzerland won their game against Spain in 2010 - BATE Borisov beat Bayern in 2012 when they won CL 3:0 - Luxembourg drew with Italy recently -...
Don't pick on him, not everybody can have the smarts to coach a team, we need people who excel working with their hands, too. :whistling:
You convinced me completely.
I would like to buy your Argentina coloured glasses. While they had better statistics in the Switzerland game they still needed overtime to beat...
That's not the reason the first verse isn't sung any more, and doesn't even mean what most people assume. The whole sentence goes: Germany,...
I think Tukafo was alluding to 'for the German fatherland'.
Using several players to defend one attacker is normal, even Özil got closed down by 2 or 3 Argentine everytime he had the ball in the final third
Where was Hummels in danger of getting sent off`? Boateng took the ball away from Messi in two 1on1 situations, so per your definition Boateng...
So, your argument is Messi deserved it more because Argentina dominated all their games and outscored every opponent by big margins o0?
Forgot the FCC 2013 ratings but they got on average 2.9m viewers http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/64695/quotencheck-fifa-confederations-cup
WC 2014 Final..............GER-ARG.....................32.70m WC 2014 Semi Final.....NED-ARG....................19.52m WC 2006 Semi...