WORLD CUP FINAL!! Germany v Argentina 8pm Sunday 13th

Hercule Poirot

Keeper had it covered :P

Nib

Brilliant first half.

Washington Irving

Great half

Lapin

Great game and end to end stuff but Argentina definitely the better looking side for most of the first half despite late threats.
Just not taking their chances.
The longer Germany go without scoring the more volatile they look.

Turtyturd

Good first half.

Lucas Hood

Has to score there.

Boom__Boom

Slighty better than the last time these two teams played each other in a WC final.

HazDanz

Great half of football.

More open than expected

Panthro

Good half.
Roll on the second!

brevity

Great game.

kevohmsford

Great game so far. 0-0 at half time.

Bacchus

Lucky Argentina there. 1-0 just before the break would have been harsh. Great first half!

citytillidie

Cienciano wrote: »

For a 0-0 and a final, this is a great game.

Much better than the last final between these two

That_Guy

Excellent first half. Enthralling game. More of the same second half please.

Nuri Sahin

That_Guy wrote: »

Not playing there now is he?

He persisted with a CB playing LB did he, who has been one of Germany's poorer players all tournament, one should have been sent off not long ago in a World Cup Final for a moment of pure stupidity?

Crann na Beatha

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Son Of A Vidic

A fine header stopped by the post.

CFlat

Jaysus, that was a quick first half.

GreNoLi

Excellent half.

Guy:Incognito

I've a horrible feeling Argentina are going to win this.

besty

Will be very surprised if Klose doesn't score in the second half. One of these crosses will stick.

_Kaiser_

Germans looking the more likely to score first I think but a great game so far.

Officiating is spot-on too tonight.

Cienciano

Who ever said finals were cagy games? This world cup had 3 or 4 0-0 games that were end to end.

sector

CFlat wrote: »

Jaysus, that was a quick first half.

ye 45 mins

Harry Angstrom

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I've a horrible feeling Argentina are going to win this.

It's not horrible at all......

Skylinehead

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

He persisted with a CB playing LB did, who has been one of Germany's poorer players all tournament, one should have been sent off not long ago in a World Cup Final for a moment of pure stupidity?

Just play Großkreutz there.

murpho999

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I've a horrible feeling Argentina are going to win this.

If they do they will have deserved so why the ?

letowski

Enjoyable first half, for 0-0 match. Argentina has still a good chance, they can punish the Germans on the counter attack. Khedira and Kramer could be big losses for them. However my money would still be on Germany to win.

Chagan

Great first half, Germans aren't as assured as I thought they would be and Messi has been sharp.

Could go either way in the second half, that's good enough for me.

Guy:Incognito

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

It's not horrible at all......

It is when your German.

Ardillaun

The Argies are matching the Germans physically, both in strength and pace. Their defending is very impressive, echoes of the Italy of yore. By contrast, some of the German tackling has been clumsy. They lost their shape and got it back again in the last ten minutes.

Washington Irving

murpho999 wrote: »

If they do they will have deserved so why the ?

Presumably because he would like Germany to win.

urabell

Alan Shearer wearing black trousers with a navy jacket that's too big for him, can't take him seriously.

frisbeeface

Any chance of Di Maria coming on?

murpho999

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

It is when your German.

A German wouldn't say "Your german" .....would they?

Cienciano

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I've a horrible feeling Argentina are going to win this.

Just be thankful that Brazil aren't in the final. After the groups I had a sick feeling they'd win it.

Guy:Incognito

murpho999 wrote: »

A German wouldn't say "Your german" .....would they?

Ich bin ein Berliner?




One thing we can be sure of is that no one that speaks German could be evil anyway.

Harry Angstrom

murpho999 wrote: »

A German wouldn't say "Your german" .....would they?

If German is their first language, possibly.

letowski

Howedes can be got at by Argentina. He is slow and on a yellow now. He hasn't always looked comfortable on the left of defence. Id be attacking through Lavezzi alot in the 2nd half, hopefully di Maria can get a good run too.

murpho999

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

If German is their first language, possibly.

Nah.......you normally don't learn bad grammar with a second language.

Guy:Incognito

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

If German is their first language, possibly.

It's not


Its just a bad bad grammatical error.

Son Of A Vidic

That was the best first half of football I've seen in a World Cup final for many a long year. Hopefully the second half will match it.

Hercule Poirot

Sabella has to tell his players to pick up the ball and run like f**k at Howedes and Schweinsteiger (sp?)

Blatter

Germany really missing the energy of Khedira in midfield.

greendom

BBC giving no praise at all to a great first half from Lavezzi. Any different on RTE ?

blueser

urabell wrote: »

Alan Shearer wearing black trousers with a navy jacket that's too big for him, can't take him seriously.

What about Ferdinand then? Is he going for a job interview at Easyjet?

Guy:Incognito

greendom wrote: »

BBC giving no praise at all to a great first half from Lavezzi. Any different on RTE ?

Eamo reckons Batistuta will be the difference in the 2nd half.

murpho999

Cant wait for the second half.

Impressed by Argentina's approach, they are going for it.

Fascinated to see what Germany do in 2nd half.

Nib

HazDanz

greendom wrote: »

BBC giving no praise at all to a great first half from Lavezzi. Any different on RTE ?

Some of his runs he is getting some real product from it. He kept the ball superbly that half.