Just a game? It is more than that, it is history and that is what makes it fun. I am sure the French don't like the Germans when the whistle is blown and they kick off. Our frog friend just won't admit that.
Yep, 1986 wouldn't be the same without the backdrop of the Argentina-England war. Then you have the boycotts by some countries, within-team political aspects, e.g. Brazil. I don't mind at all the players getting political or emotional. Let them live a little. FIFA needs to relax.
Actually since 2006 that isnot the case anymore, when we with some hesitance admitted it was fun to watch Germany play.
Because of what ? WWI or WWII ? Quite frankly, no one gives a sh!t about it when there's a France vs Germany game because the oldest generations are gone and the newest only know these events through what they learn at school...
Filth? I thought Argentina showed composure in the extra time, creating scoring chances time after time, ending with the one that hit the post. All the Dutch could do, after their great comeback in regular time, was crowd their own penalty area, and hope our players missed. And then the penalties were all well executed -but one - while our goalie superbly stopped two well taken shots from the opposition. It was a superb ending to the match by Argentina, overcoming the emotions of a goal scored brilliantly but ridiculously in the 111th minute of regular time. I think our guys took the match with an outstanding finish, under very difficult circumstances. I’m sad that as a fan of the game you are unable to appreciate such a great ending, and resort to call it filth. It’s you prejudice, and your loss.
What if there are 2 french guys out of 2 telling you the same? Because I totally agree with him xD We have no real football rivals at the moment, and in my opinion it doesn’t take away any hype for the sport. The only thing it takes away is nonsensical hate towards our neighbours. I think europeans in general are less patriotic compared to americans or africans, I won’t expand much more on that as it has nothing to do with the World Cup, but you can have sportsmanship and great fun without toxic atmospheres if you ask me
They need new matches, to renew their rivalry. Same thing with France-Germany. The European system for qualifications cools things off too much.
These days we especially hate the Portuguese. Compared to those games I felt the Argentina game was pretty acceptable overall, I did not come out of it feeling particularly angry, just bummed. But no one cheats & time wastes like the Portuguese do. Worst part is they have our number, they beat us every ********ing time.
So basically, you all took a look at Jogi Löw's Germany actually daring to be enjoyable and decided, "Hey, maybe they don't actively hate football after all!"
That match is etched in football's collective memory and now it has got company of the 2022 Argentina vs the Orange Squad match.