2010 FIFA World Cup

[Kitdy]

Please dutchies, just win the damn final.

There are a few Catalans on the team it seems.

No love?

[Ferrer]

Not when the spaniards are so cocky and selfconfindent about it.

[wwgkd]

I was hoping for a beat down by the Germans, but they just didn't seem to be the same team that was so entertaining earlier in the cup. Still watching that game has left me with a profound sense of how far the US has to go before we're at their level, so a little cockiness is understandable I guess.

[Kitdy]

I was hoping for a beat down by the Germans, but they just didn't seem to be the same team that was so entertaining earlier in the cup. Still watching that game has left me with a profound sense of how far the US has to go before we're at their level, so a little cockiness is understandable I guess.

I think Spain won because of their aggressive pressure defence (constantly clogging the lanes to use a hockey analogy) and supreme ball possession. If the Germans had more freed up space in the Spanish half, they coulda put some goals in. Argentina maybe had a less agressive defence and left the Germans space - thus letting them tear it up.

The Spanish I think made a mistake sitting back in the last 10 minutes - they somehow lost composure and weren't able to play their game well.

[wwgkd]

True, much of the credit goes to the Spanish. But the Germans had no counter attack, which had been so successful in their earlier games. Some of that has to go to the loss of their leading scorer Thomas Muller and maybe some to the fact that they tried to change their game plan for this game and never seemed comfortable with the new strategy. That last 10 minutes did seem promising though. Too little too late.

I am of course repeating much of what the experts are saying, since I know almost nothing about soccer. I have to admit though, I've learned a lot during this world cup and I can in fact almost watch a whole game without changing the channel or finding something to read.

[wwgkd]

And the Netherlands come up short again. Congrats to Spain.

Also setting records for the most cards ever in a final, that's something to be proud of I guess. The Dutch beat the old record all by themselves.

[pimento]

I for one welcome our psychic octopus overlords.

[kingofthering]

De Jong's flying chest kick was epic.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Hey Guys, I wonder who will win the worl-ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO OCTOPUS.

[Sledgehammer]

Someone care to explain the hypno octopus?

[IBrake4Rainbows]

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Octopus"]ALL GLORY[/ame]

[Sledgehammer]

I dont know whether to be amused, shocked, or cry. Perhaps all of them.

Nevertheless 12/14 is something to bank on.

*edit* Their are entire countries that have a shorter article than the octopus.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Countries that are less awesome than this.

Seriously, Octopi freak me out with their intelligence, and dexterity.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9A-oxUMAy8]YouTube - Shark vs Octopus[/ame]

DELICIOUS SHARK, OM NOM NOM

[pimento]

I watched that without sound.. so I pretty much used Batman's story for it. The shark killed the octopus' parents, so he had to die.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

The Octopus is Inigo Montoya,

You killed his father...

Prepare to die.