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undotwa · Jun 25, 2002, 06:29 AM

The game starts in 60 minutes! W00t!

Anyway, cast your vote in now. Who will win? Poll closes one hour before kick off!

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[ 06-25-2002, 06:31 AM: Message edited by: undotwa ]

undotwa · Jun 25, 2002, 09:24 AM

Germany Wins!

1 - 0

How that for live coverage? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

theolein · Jun 25, 2002, 10:12 AM

Germany won 1:0

Good on them. They started off this tournament with absolutely nobody expecting them to win (and for most of it played that way as well). A Germany Turkey final would be interesting considering that Germany is the home to about a million or two Turks, but I think Brazil will take the cup home.

jean-henri · Jun 25, 2002, 11:10 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by theolein:
Germany won 1:0

Good on them. They started off this tournament with absolutely nobody expecting them to win (and for most of it played that way as well). A Germany Turkey final would be interesting considering that Germany is the home to about a million or two Turks, but I think Brazil will take the cup home.<hr /></blockquote>It's more like 3 and a half millions. Many are from Kurdistan, but I reckon all of them will support Turkeie (my landlord is from Kurdistan and dislikes the turkish nation as it is right now, but of course he loves the national team).
Lets all pray for the Turkeie tomorrow!

[ 06-25-2002, 11:12 AM: Message edited by: jean-henri ]

Spheric Harlot · Jun 25, 2002, 11:18 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by jean-henri:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by theolein:
A Germany Turkey final would be interesting considering that Germany is the home to about a million or two Turks, but I think Brazil will take the cup home.<hr /></blockquote>It's more like 3 and a half millions. Many are from Kurdistan, but I reckon all of them will support Turkeie (my landlord is from Kurdistan and dislikes the turkish nation as it is right now, but of course he loves the national team).
Lets all pray for the Turkeie tomorrow!<hr /></blockquote>I'm not sure I want to see Germany:Turkey. I live in the red-light district of Hamburg, and it might get a little uncomfortable here if both Turks and Germans take to the streets, whichever way the final works out...

hmpf.

-s*

Vanquish · Jun 25, 2002, 11:20 AM

Deutschland uber alles !!!!

jean-henri · Jun 25, 2002, 11:28 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
...
I'm not sure I want to see Germany:Turkey. I live in the red-light district of Hamburg, and it might get a little uncomfortable here if both Turks and Germans take to the streets, whichever way the final works out...

hmpf.

-s*<hr /></blockquote>Auf der Reperbahn ? (or am I dreaming about the "good" ol' days). I worked one season in Hamburg some years ago (fixing asphalt in the bicycle lanes - all the blue ones) - and lots of "things" were taken to the streets in that area.
Anyway, Hamburg is a nice city.

theolein · Jun 25, 2002, 12:21 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
It's more like 3 and a half millions. Many are from Kurdistan, but I reckon all of them will support Turkeie (my landlord is from Kurdistan and dislikes the turkish nation as it is right now, but of course he loves the national team).
Lets all pray for the Turkeie tomorrow!<hr /></blockquote>I'm not sure I want to see Germany:Turkey. I live in the red-light district of Hamburg, and it might get a little uncomfortable here if both Turks and Germans take to the streets, whichever way the final works out...

hmpf.

-s*[/QB][/QUOTE]

Mein Beileid. Depending on the circumstances you could (hope you aren't blond) suddenly answer to Hakan or Murat. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" /> It promises to be a heavy one here in Zurich tomorrow as well as there are sizable Brazilain and Turkish minorities in the city. When the Brazilians won the other day against England the whole red light district was cut off for traffic for most of the evening.

Parvulesco · Jun 25, 2002, 02:04 PM

Congratulations to Germany.

Isn't it amazing the difference a competent referee makes?

Ryu · Jun 25, 2002, 03:44 PM

As I said before, the referee was extremely harsh on the Koreans, probably due to the scandal.

The competent referee got nothing to do with their loss. Korean team made one defensive mistake giving a big change to the Germans and they managed to seize it correctly, something that Italians and Spanish team couldn't do.

Just stop being a cry baby and enjoy the sport.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Parvulesco:
Congratulations to Germany.

Isn't it amazing the difference a competent referee makes?<hr /></blockquote>

Parvulesco · Jun 25, 2002, 03:48 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Ryu:
As I said before, the referee was extremely harsh on the Koreans, probably due to the scandal.

The competent referee got nothing to do with their loss. Korean team made one defensive mistake giving a big change to the Germans and they managed to seize it correctly, something that Italians and Spanish team couldn't do.

Just stop being a cry baby and enjoy the sport.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Parvulesco:
Congratulations to Germany.

Isn't it amazing the difference a competent referee makes?<hr /></blockquote><hr /></blockquote>I thought Maier was quite fair--a bit harsh overall, but evenly so. He has a reputation for being such.

It's difficult to enjoy the sport when referees have tainted the entire tournament, and the best teams were not allowed to compete on an even field.

Don't be bitter just because France was apocalyptically awful and failed to score a single goal in the tournament.

[ 06-25-2002, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: Parvulesco ]

theolein · Jun 25, 2002, 03:48 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Ryu:
As I said before, the referee was extremely harsh on the Koreans, probably due to the scandal.

The competent referee got nothing to do with their loss. Korean team made one defensive mistake giving a big change to the Germans and they managed to seize it correctly, something that Italians and Spanish team couldn't do.

Just stop being a cry baby and enjoy the sport.

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Parvulesco:
Congratulations to Germany.

Isn't it amazing the difference a competent referee makes?<hr /></blockquote><hr /></blockquote>I don't think we're ever going to agree on this Ryu, but in case you didn't notice the ref gave two German players yellow cards and one Korean player. He was strict but for a change also fair.

Hopp Schwiiz!!

Ryu · Jun 25, 2002, 05:20 PM

As I said on the other thread, I absolutely agree that he was relatively fair. I wrote a small personal impression, that's all

One thing I agree is that the referee was a lot better than those two previous ones and I was quite happy with the match.