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Post by Nictoshek on Jul 9, 2014 5:53:47 GMT -7
 Germany Contains Joy After 7-1 World Cup Defeat of BrazilBy Alex Duff and Tariq Panja - Jul 9, 2014 Germany’s World Cup preparations, which included building a 60-room training base for the tournament, aren’t about to be derailed by any surprises -- even a record-breaking 7-1 win against host Brazil. The Germans known as “Die Mannschaft,” or the Team, scored five goals in 18 first-half minutes on the way to inflicting Brazil with the biggest semifinal loss in the 84-year-old soccer tournament’s history. “There was a very excited atmosphere in the dressing room,” Germany defender Jerome Boateng told reporters. “But we can only be happy for a short time.” Germany advanced to the July 13 final in Rio de Janeiro, where it will play the winner of today’s semifinal between the Netherlands and Argentina. A three-time champion, Germany is seeking to win its first title since 1990. It lost to Brazil in the 2002 final, and was eliminated by eventual champions Italy and Spain in the 2006 and 2010 semifinals, respectively. German fans at yesterday’s game in Belo Horizonte said they could hardly believe the goal rush. ‘Surreal’ Soccer “It was surreal,” said Olaf Sommerfeld, a 38-year-old public notary from Straubing, Germany, who paid 5,000 euros ($6,800) for a two-week trip to the World Cup. “It was the strangest 10 minutes I’ve ever seen in football.” Germany began preparing for the Brazil tournament more than a year in advance. To acclimatize to playing in humid conditions in the opening games, the German soccer federation commissioned architects to build a base in Santa Cruz Cabralia in northeastern Brazil. Most other teams relied on hotels in the cooler south of the country. With the Brazilians still shut away in their locker room more than an hour after the game ended last night, German players already had finished their post-match interviews and were leaving the stadium. Per Mertesacker, a halftime substitute for Germany, said there’s no time to relax. “If each player gives it just 5 percent less -- which can soon happen after this kind of game -- things get difficult,” Mertesacker said. Even Sommerfeld, who was carrying out a cardboard cut-out World Cup trophy at Belo Horizonte airport at 6 a.m. today on his way to the other semifinal, said he’s not confident about winning the final. “I hope we play Argentina,” he said. “I’m a bit afraid of the Dutch team.” |
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Post by karl on Jul 9, 2014 13:49:45 GMT -7
Nictoe
This year has been good to us, but, not to just lay about and gloat for that is the blue print of losers to do so. Yes, the Brazilian team fought a good game but lady luck was not on their side this time. Now, the next game will be with the Argentine team after their win against the Netherland team.
It is very difficult to make predictions for with so many unknowns other then a past record. For most any team will have their down times when lady luck is stuck behind the corner and wishes not to come out.
what may be against the Argentine team on this next game is their lacking in rest between games. Perhaps though, this may promote better team work and game strategy, who knows. As Pieter has fore mentioned, may the best team win..
Karl
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Post by Jaga on Jul 9, 2014 15:41:45 GMT -7
I think that Brazil was pretty awful, especially in defense. Brazilians were not trying to cover up German defense, Germans were very fast and they were playing well as a team.
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Post by Nictoshek on Jul 9, 2014 22:47:04 GMT -7
 Emotional Brazil fans react after being defeated by Germany 7-1 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Semi Final match between Brazil and Germany at Estadio Mineirao on July 8, 2014 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.Brazil Fans Start Obscene Chant Toward Female President During World Cup LossJuly 9, 2014 WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – During the 7-1 loss in the World Cup semifinals against Germany, Brazil soccer fans became so outraged with the score that they began chanting “Ei, Dilma, vai tomar no cu,” which translates to: “Hey, Dilma, go f*** yourself in the a**!” Brazilian fans are angry with President Dilma Rousseff, for allowing the government to spend more than $11 billion dollars to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Fans began chanting around the 40th minute of the match that became the worst defeat since Brazil’s 1950 World Cup loss to Uruguay. Those protesting against Rousseff believe that the money invested to host the World Cup could have been put to better use by building up schools and hospitals or helping poor neighborhoods like Cidade de Deus. News America Now reported that police fired tear gas to break up hundreds of protesters outside Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium and that buses were set on fire. Stores were also looted in Sao Paulo. Angry fans even set fire publicly burning the flag of Brazil in the streets. “There are people who suffer so much here in Brazil,” Brazilian soccer player David Luiz stated during a post-game interview. “I only wanted to see my people smile, to see Brazilians happy because of soccer at least. We couldn’t do it. Everyone knows how important it was. We apologize to the Brazilian people worldwide and Brazil.” The team’s soccer coach, Luiz Felipe Scolari, also apologized for the team’s devastating performance during the semi-finals match and took full responsibility. “Who is responsible when the team plays? Who is invited as the coach? Who is the coach? Who is responsible for capping the team? I am,” Scolari said during a press conference. “So the catastrophic result can be shared with the whole group, and my players will tell you that … but the choice, who decided the tactical line-up, the way to play, I did, so the results and the person responsible is me.” Vice President Joe Biden briefly met with Rousseff last month in an attempt to help the two countries come together. Biden told reporters that the meeting had gone well at the time, but did not state any details. Relations between Brazil and the U.S. soured after it came to light that Brazil was one of the targets for the National Security Agency’s spying program. Brazil is a hub for trans-Atlantic fiber optic cables that carry much of the globe’s communications. Rousseff was enraged when reports were released stating that her personal communications was hacked by the NSA which included emails and calls with her top aides. |
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Post by pieter on Jul 10, 2014 0:48:06 GMT -7
Nicetoe/Jaga/Karl,
Sometimes soccer goes to far in my opinion. It is a game in which you can win and loose. There can't be two winners. In poor countries, winning the World Cup is a dream, desire and a goal. Poor boys in the favela's (slums/townships) look up to the national team players and want to be great soccer players to escape from the poverty and to reach fame and prosperity.
It is sad that Brasil played bad, because Brasil-Argentine would have been a wonderful game. But they lost, because they didn't play that well. Let the best win! So now we will enjoy Germany-Argentina. The downside of soccer are the insults, swearwords, agression and violence around games in general. Again soccer is just a game, with winners and losers. Both the winners and losers did their best to win. Let's respect both the winners and the losers. Let it be a fair game (fair play) and a game of brotherhood and sisterhood.
Cheers,
Pieter
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Post by Nictoshek on Jul 10, 2014 5:52:24 GMT -7
 The two soccer teams will have their sponsors in the Vatican...praying for their favorite teams of course. |
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Post by Jaga on Jul 10, 2014 16:40:17 GMT -7
Nictoe, this is an interesting coincidence. Watching game yesterday I thought about the pope... the most current one. I did not realize that both popes are represented  Good picture and post |
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Post by Nictoshek on Jul 11, 2014 3:57:33 GMT -7
 Germany Uncouples From Past With Post-Wall World Cup BidBy Alex Webb and Emma-Victoria Farr - Jul 11, 2014 At Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, the crowd roared as the ball settled in to the back of the goal. Germany’s goal. Just before the end of a humiliating 7-1 defeat at the hands of the German side, host-nation Brazil had finally scored in the July 8 World Cup semifinal. And nobody seemed happier than the tens of thousands of German fans on the “Fan Mile,” the tree-lined Berlin avenue where games are shown on TVs the size of drive-in movie screens. “I almost want to say ‘Thank God’,” commentator Bela Rethy said on national television as Brazil scored in the 90th minute. On the field, Germany’s players placed consoling arms around the Brazilian opponents they had just finished thrashing. Coach Joachim Loew hugged his Brazilian counterpart. That modesty in the face of one of the World Cup’s most lopsided victories is emblematic of a new face of Germany. The team’s performance is altering perceptions of a country still reluctant to show too much patriotism even in moments of national triumph. “The state of the nation has changed, outside and inside Germany,” said Christophe Fricker, a researcher of German culture at the University of Bristol in England. Until recently, the Nazi stereotype “was still prevalent in places like England. The word Germany was uttered with an undertone of embarrassment and irony. That has changed.” Closet Fans The humility displayed on the pitch has even helped soothe frayed nerves across Europe, where Chancellor Angela Merkel has an image of an iron-fisted advocate of austerity. Gone were the outcries in tabloid headlines from London to Rome that might traditionally have followed a German victory. Sure, a surfeit of Nazi jokes popped up on Twitter, but these were mostly bad puns rather than malicious digs at Germany. (“Brazil did Nazi this coming” and “Germany, relax! They’re not Poland” were typical tweets.) Instead the country’s young squad has earned accolades and is gaining new partisans. Almost 4,000 miles away in New York, the Empire State Building glimmered in black, red and gold, the colors of the German national flag. “I happen to know a lot of people who are closet Germany fans,” said Evan Matthew Cobb, a 34-year-old working in digital communications in New York. “A lot of people over here look for the team playing in the most inspiring fashion, and there were a lot of gasps and jaws hitting the floor on Tuesday in the Germany-Brazil game.” Measured Celebration With their measured celebration after drubbing Brazil’s Selecao, the Germans have even won fans in Brazil. Some in the crowd cheered the squad as the defeat deepened, and given the historical animosities between Brazil and Argentina -- the team Germany will face in the final on Sunday -- there’s little doubt which team will get the bulk of support in the host country. “Germany has been dignified, they were even apologetic when they beat us,” taxi driver David Almeira said after dropping off a fare in Sao Paulo. The Argentines “are going to want to rub it in our faces if they win. If I went to someone else’s house, I would be respectful.” The last time Germany won a World Cup championship, in 1990, the squad also played Argentina. Its 1-0 victory in the final, just a few months before the country was reunified, ushered in a new era for Europe’s largest economy. New Generation This year’s team represents the new generation. Of the seven goals against Brazil, five were scored by players born after 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell: Thomas Mueller, Andre Schuerrle and Toni Kroos. It is these athletes, and fans of their age, who are driving the changing attitudes among Germans, said Henning Meyer, a German-born political scientist at the London School of Economics. “The younger generation has not forgotten, but they have a different identity, because history doesn’t weigh on their psyche in the same way,” Meyer said. The team is helping to break down preconceptions, according to New York soccer fan Cobb, who has backed Germany in the tournament. “You expect to see these blond robots but it’s a really diverse team and they’re a happy-going bunch,” Cobb said. “It’s becoming the face of the country that’s emerged as the wave of newborns after reunification has grown up.” Historical Burdens Still, while the 2014 squad has unhinged some of the country’s historical burdens, overt demonstrations of patriotism remain rare away from soccer. Even on October 3, the national day, it’s unusual to see Germany’s flag anywhere but government offices. “Listening to the shouting on the street on Tuesday, there was an interesting awareness not to overstate celebrations, that reactions should not be inappropriate,” said Ulrike Guerot, a Berlin-based political scientist at the European School of Governance. The World Cup has proven an exception. Since 2006, when Germany hosted the competition, Germans have grown more comfortable with the idea of rooting for the home team -- and using the national colors in doing so. Berlin’s Fan Mile is awash in German national symbols, thousands of cars have small flags fluttering from their windows, and bars and restaurants -- many of them showing the games on big-screen TVs -- sport black, red, and gold bunting. “We have learned that we can be proud,” said Christian Boellhoff, managing director of Prognos AG economic research institute in Berlin. “And that we can be relaxed about it, too.” |
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Post by karl on Jul 11, 2014 12:59:49 GMT -7
Nicetoe/Jaga/Karl, Sometimes soccer goes to far in my opinion. It is a game in which you can win and loose. There can't be two winners. In poor countries, winning the World Cup is a dream, desire and a goal. Poor boys in the favela's (slums/townships) look up to the national team players and want to be great soccer players to escape from the poverty and to reach fame and prosperity. It is sad that Brasil played bad, because Brasil-Argentine would have been a wonderful game. But they lost, because they didn't play that well. Let the best win! So now we will enjoy Germany-Argentina. The downside of soccer are the insults, swearwords, agression and violence around games in general. Again soccer is just a game, with winners and losers. Both the winners and losers did their best to win. Let's respect both the winners and the losers. Let it be a fair game (fair play) and a game of brotherhood and sisterhood. Cheers, Pieter Pieter I think perhaps you have broached a very excellent subject relating to Sports man Ship. It is expected of our respective sports teams, but not so well of the behavour of the fans, and it needs be so. For the teams are doing their best efferts with providing a win for their side, and, this is not always so, for as you have fore mentioned, there are winners and losers and in every game, there will be only one winner. With the teams doing their very best, they know and understand of the effects upon their fans with each loss or gain and it must effect the team spirit as well. With the above, is a certain amount of prejudice against certain nationalities in their manner of behavior, and to an extend, it is an earnt prejudice. For my self to say, with the Brits, it is to my self thinking: Well their team is doing well, but what will be the situation of violence to occur when their team begins to lose? Over time and their {Brits} history of extreme post game violence, it becomes an expected out come. It is one thing in the manner of Sports Man Ship for the various opponent teams, this should also extend to their fans in equal manner. But then, perhaps my personal expectations, exceeds realization. Karl |
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Post by Nictoshek on Jul 11, 2014 13:58:07 GMT -7
Will you be watching the final World Cup match with Argentina this Sunday Karl ?
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Post by Nictoshek on Jul 13, 2014 14:45:26 GMT -7
 Germany were crowned world champions for the fourth time as Mario Gotze's extra-time winner beat Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil.BBC 13 July 2014 Last updated at 21:37 GMT The Germany substitute controlled Andre Schurrle's cross with his chest before volleying in with seven minutes left. Both sides wasted chances in normal time, Argentina's Gonzalo Higuain and Lionel Messi both dragging wide. Benedikt Howedes hit the Argentine post with a header late in the first half, but Gotze sparked German celebrations. |
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Post by Nictoshek on Jul 13, 2014 15:25:45 GMT -7
 What a game, what a celebration. |
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Post by karl on Jul 13, 2014 17:58:37 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Jul 14, 2014 1:28:22 GMT -7
Congratulations Karl! Good game!
Fantastic goal, very well done. And a beatiful goal, from the esthetic pleasure of watching good soccer!
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Post by Jaga on Jul 14, 2014 3:31:21 GMT -7
Guys, we arrived in Eastern England on Saturday, we watched both games. Congratulations to Dutch on a good game against Brazil. Congratulations to Germans on great game also! Both teams deserved the lead.
I thought about you guys - Pieter and Karl. I think about you and Kaima over there in Eastern Europe.
We have a very limited internet connection, I was not able to get to internet in the cottage for two days, only nw from the bar
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Good picture and post