FIFA World Cup Brasil 2014 - General Discussion [R]

It's very simple, Pipita scores that early goal, that is game. The door is closed and that's it. The Germans would've pushed for a goal, and Pocho would've never been subbed and we hit them for the counter which they were very slow in the back. Messi was blowing by Hummels as if he wasn't there. That was the game, and the World Cup for us. Fortunate for the Germans, and unknown fortunate for us.

 

I'm still in mourning. I think I may never watch that game, or even highlights of it, again in my life.

 

I agree, since the WC86 final between Argentina and Germany, only the finals of WC98 and this one now have been great in quality and excitement. I only wish DiMaria had been available

 

I never know possession means better. Brazil has more possession that Germany in that semifinal. Even Barcelona when they got beaten 7-0.

Also Germany played France without Ribbery, Brazil without Neymar and Argentina without Di Maria. If that's not an adventage?

 

After 1986, the WC final scoreline has always been 0-0. 1-0. 1-1, no more than 1-2 goals, with excception of France 1998.

 

Please guys , dont remind all those . am still recovering

 

Pipita's chance came before that header. But nice try Hans.

And FYI, the term "Argie" is pretty derogatory. I'd advise you to not use that word, unless you are cool with us referring the Germans as a WW2 term, and I don't mean kraut.

 

Right... An abbreviation....

And as for your comment of "the team that has the first chance (even not created by themselves) should win the match". It's not how "should" win the match, (and who cares if they did not create it for themselves, should that truly matter, anyways, a chance is a chance), it's about knowing how to shut the door when the goal is scored. The Germans scored early vs France and that was that, the same for us vs the Belgians. We closed out that game after we scored early. And I expected to do the same had we scored that early chance we had.

And one last thing, why are you here in the Argentine board, to mock others? Did I step onto your forum to have a disagreement with you, it was merely an opinion. You brought nothing to the conversation, you want to sit there and chastise. It's as if some of you German supporters can not just leave well alone, you must jump onto this board to start a disagreement.

 

The meaning of the word irony is lost on you so it would seem. Go back to your section of the forum and don't bother us again with your trivial arguments.

Argie is a term coined in Britain in the tabloid media during the Falklands conflict and used with connotations that are sometimes unpleasant even now though it depends on the context. So go away.

This thread is a little like The Lives of Others with our conversations watched just in case we say something that might upset little Dage or his comrades.

 

Gomez ? Not Lasogga then ? Tough. Every team loses players before tournaments. Strootman, Ribery, Falcao etc etc. Considering Aguero was not even fit, di Maria was out and Lavezzi had to be removed with an injury of course is irrelevant.

 

I never watch any match we lose. As a matter of fact I cannot even watch any of the footage of that WC. But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. We will be back in 2018 to rectify matters.

 

A chance is a chance no matter where it comes from..... As for Messi 99/100 he rolls that into the net. You're not some wonderteam like the Hungarians in 1954 or Brazil in 1970.

 

What I have heard is that Argentina did not have a shot on goal......Ergo they deserved to lose.

Such statistics are meaningless. A side can have 80% possession as we did against Iran and not create anything useful with it or merely pass it side to side with no penetration.

A long range shot that dribbles tamely into the hands of a goalkeeper is counted as a shot on goal. A shot that narrowly misses while the keeper is stranded does not. What is more of a chance ?

Statistics are often misleading. The devil is in the detail as in the pass map when Bra7il lost showing most of their possession to be in their own third and plenty of failed long passes. The sole statistic that ultimately counts is the goals scored. We had 3 glorious opportunities and Messr's Higuain, Messi and Palacio failed to capitalize. I said before the match indeed every match. If chances present themselves they must be taken.

You cannot afford to miss such chances because the chances are the opposition will take one of theirs and we as a group of fans in their millions in Argentina and across the world are going to be going over that for years to come.

 

That miracle in Bern is less of a miracle when one looks at what happened in the game to the Hungarians.