Das Schuetzenfest wrote:fullgore wrote:Oh well, I'm not a fan of Poland at all, so it doesn't matter. I just like to see Germany lose
That's an attitude I don't get. If a team plays great and/or courageous football, they have my symphathy. I was never a fan of spanish football, but their first match was amazing. "Even" if the dutch or english team does great, that's fine with me (as long as they don't play against our team, of course
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Now I didn't say I don't enjoy their games. I very much enjoyed the first game of the World Cup. I just don't like either team. Germany has been so overhyped since the last World Cup and a good 2/3 of my friends are rooting for them. Yes, they have a good squad, but its not as good as Argentina's, Brazil's, Holland's, Italy's, etc etc. In the last WC their biggest victory was against USA.
England, on the other hand... Well, I've always felt the EPL was grossly overrated. England has a very good squad, but whenever you watch them play, the commentators don't shut up about the coach (who, by the way, is an idiot). They're also a really big favorite over here.
However, I do like players from both countries. I'm a fan of Owen, Beckham, Lampard, Gerrard, Klose, Ballack, and Deisler (who for some reason is not on the german squad) just to name a few.
Anywhore... I liked the games today. I was ecstatic to find out that Ecuador made it out of the group stage when I woke up, and I really enjoyed the 20 minutes of the England game I was able to catch. A few people I've talked to said England were lucky to get the win, but they generated so many chances that if they didn't win, they would have been unlucky! It was a bit of a shock to see Lampard playing so poorly, though.
Paraguay/Sweden was a little boring.
Biert wrote:Das Schuetzenfest wrote:And The Netherlands scored (the one that turned out to be the winning) in what, 17th minute?
...and then sat on their lazy asses.
(And just as a reminder: Germay scored 4 times against Costa Rica, right? Right.)
Lazy? We just like to hang back and chill with a beer 
Oh and Ecuador scored 3 times against Costa Rica. Without conceding 
touche! Ecuador has been very impressive. A splendid surprise
