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MarcelI don't agree. It's the referee's call and should be respected even if he had it wrong. He should get fired afterwards though.
I actually think the "hand of god" is a classic. It shows that football (soccer for you US members) is (or at least was) still a human sport, decided by humans instead of technology. Humans make mistakes, but it's all part of the game. I think this is one of the charming aspects of sport.
Was that a 'classic' too?It was cheating, but so was the German penalty (schwalbe) in 1974 which cheated us from our deserved world championship. Cheating and getting away with it is part of soccer, if you like it or not.
It's a difficult scenario to envisage
because it's not part of the English game
Your premise is based upon the British sporting psyche being similar to that of the Argentines - to contemplate that and execute such a thing is, or was, part of your game.
We have an innate sense of fair play. You can argue that fair play never won a trophy but if we won the World Cup that way, the vast majority of supporters in this country would view it as hollow - we'd have cheated the opposition, the game and ourselves.
It would be debated to death on all of the football forums in this country but it would eventually boil down to the same bottom line, we didn't win it, we stole it.
Yes, I'd change it. Without a shadow of a doubt.
Was that a 'classic' too?
Like it or not? Well, not - but I don't think it being part of any sport precludes comment on it
I don't agree. It's the referee's call and should be respected even if he had it wrong. He should get fired afterwards though.
For us it is and probably for the Germans as well. Dutch football fans still think that only Germans steal penalties like that
I meaned unnecessary to wrote it in english, a simple "adios" or "auf wiedersehen" would be more apropiate 8)
But we have prove that we are rightWe say the same about the Dutch.
It's the answer to a slightly different questionDon't believe it for a minute. Plenty of professional cheating and diving happens in the English game. Perhaps because of the high % of foreign players in the Premiership Colin?
Am afraid cheating is part of human nature. I have spoken to a few professional athletes(cycling) to know its a reality. Football will be just the same when you consider the pressure and short duration in which they need to make their money. Can't see Wayne Rooney beng a high flyer in finance when he retires.
Looks like a foul to me...
Of course, you are in this case GermanBut if you look at the shot up front, you can see he jumps after he has passed the Dutch defender.
Did you mean soccer?Football, isn't it great?
Football, isn't it great?
Nope, as you play it with your foot and not just with your sock, I decided it is football.Did you mean soccer?
Yeap, I really wish Germany would play the Netherlands again. If it were in your country I would head up and there and we would have to watch it together at the stadium. If it were in Germany you would have to come down here! It would be a blast!
Your logic is impeccableNope, as you play it with your foot and not just with your sock, I decided it is football.
That would be great. We can talk this stuff all the time and probably watch an exciting game