Pogue Mahone
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- Apr 30, 2011
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Hansen distraught. Why? What's it got to do with him? What a cock.
He is offering NO praise for Germany.
He is offering NO praise for Germany.
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Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Just wait till England do this in 2022 as Greg Dyke has promised we will
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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if someone needed a goal, it was Ozil and it wont do him any good to have missed when they were scoring for fun.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
get beat 7-1 in the semi-final?
One would have thought he was used to humiliation
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Because this is his retirement. He is going out on tipping Brazil to win and they lose by the biggest ever semi final defeat. His legacy of 20 years of punditry will be this and you can't win anything with kids. He looks like a complete c8ck and he knows it...
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
I'm just worried Fred will never be the same again after that
The Fifth Column
Retired ex-cop
I dont get it either, Germany have just steamrollered and crushed Brazil in their own backyard in a frigging World Cup semi final. That takes guts, determination, confidence and a fair degree of skill. Germany were quite simply brilliant and made Brazil look crap, all Hansen can negatively monotonously drone on about is how dissapointed he is?! What a tool.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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What the **** have we just seen?
Germany: outstanding.
Brazil: Shambolic, embarrassing.
Luiz: Makes 11m for McCormack look an absolute bargain.
Germany: outstanding.
Brazil: Shambolic, embarrassing.
Luiz: Makes 11m for McCormack look an absolute bargain.
Pogue Mahone
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Rio says Germany are "well drilled". "Efficient". The man only knows how to talk in lazy cliches, and is another that the BBC should never have employed.
drew
Drew
Let's be honest though, with proper refereeing, Brazil probably wouldn't have got anywhere near the semi final in the first place!
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Yup they were given a free pass , FIFA too scared of the consequences if they didn't
beorhthelm
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i think the point is that the Brazillians conspired to make Germans look brilliant, rather than say good and clinical. this is the same German side that since their opening game haven't been entirly convincing and made hard graft past other opponents. a slightly organised and competent Brazil could have made a game of it, even at 2-0 down, but they utterly capitulated, save a spell in the second half. only about 4 players, the subs+Bernard, actually seemed to give a crap, though even then only for 20-30minutes. for a home side in a semi final it was appalling and while Hansen might be milking it to play to character, it was pretty embaressing for most the first half how bad a semi finalists team could "play".
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How many teams are ever utterly convincing across all their world cup games? Germany have done enough in every game and saved plenty in the tanks for the latter stages when it is needed. There is no point running when you can walk in the WC. They have put in control performances when needed and big performances when also needed. I also think Low deserves a lot of credit for his handling and selection of the squad and his sparing use of Klose has proved to be utterly spot on. The pressure on this German team is immense but they, unlike Brazil, have stepped up to the plate. Brazil did not capitulate on their own....give the Germans some credit.
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This. I caught some of Hansen's comments and thought he was a knob. Fair play for Shearer and Lineker for countering his negatvitiy.
crodonilson
He/Him
Have to agree re: Hansen. A quite astounding result and Hansen is absolutely distraught?? Glad he's retiring. Germany played magnificently for all Brazils many flaws and had a Brazilian side done what Germany did last night all we'd hear is about the sensational Brazilian football was, this was a masterclass and Germany deserve every credit.
Instead we got wallowing in misery of Brazils demise, when they finally got on to giving the Germans credit the first words describing it were efficient, ruthless, clinical. Unbelievable. Yes, they may have been those things but they were much, much more.
Instead we got wallowing in misery of Brazils demise, when they finally got on to giving the Germans credit the first words describing it were efficient, ruthless, clinical. Unbelievable. Yes, they may have been those things but they were much, much more.
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Well that was quite an evening. I watched the game at home but went out on my bike around the city afterwards to soak up some of the craziness I could hear outside my apartment. Fireworks, cars driving around with people hanging out of them beeping their horns, singing etc. My cycle to work this morning was mainly over broken glass and other detritus.
I'm clearly biased but I really respect the DBF and the Bundesliga for sitting down together in 2000 and developing a coherent strategy to get the nation's national team back on track and winning again. Even if they do not win the trophy they can be proud of their achievements to date.
I'm clearly biased but I really respect the DBF and the Bundesliga for sitting down together in 2000 and developing a coherent strategy to get the nation's national team back on track and winning again. Even if they do not win the trophy they can be proud of their achievements to date.
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This. As I said Brasil did not capitulate on their own. The German midfield is rife with talent and they were swarming all over Brazil in the first half.
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57% of Brazil is covered in rain forest, the rest is covered by Manuel Neuer.