[Fineus]

I'm hoping for a Germany / France final myself.

[karajorma]

Me too. France are going to win it if they can keep it together.

[starfox]

I'm rooting for France.

[Kie99]

Only the host Nation of the World Cup, Brazil, Argentina, Italy or West Germany ever win it.  I believe that record has stood since the start of the World Cup, and I can't see it changing this year.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

I hoping it will be Italy and France in the final.  I would like to see that.  Shame about England, though.  I was hoping they would get to play France just so I could go "This is great!  We're gonna have the 100 Years War again! Only this time it'll only last roughly 100 minutes!" (Did I get that reference right?)

BTW, can somebody enlighten me as to the last few winners of the cup?  My brother believes Germany has only ever won one, and I believe he is grossly misinformed.

[Kie99]

Germany as a whole has never won one, however West Germany has won 3.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

Ah, thanks.  Still counts, I guess  .

[aldo_14]

IIRC W. Germany was 1954, 1974, 1990

[Roanoke]

England have been dissapointing in every game.  I'd like to see Germany v Italy myself.

[Kie99]

You know that's Tuesday's semi-final, right?

[Colonol Dekker]

Im glad England made it as fa as they did, Rooney should've cooled it down a bit but i can understand why he got so p1$$ed off with the jellyfish, It should never have gone to penalties.....

[Night Hammer]

question: Do they have to be in the game at the end of OT to be in the PKs? or can just anyone off the bench come in?

[Ghostavo]

Ouch... that must have hurt.

[aldo_14]

I feel sorry for Germany - they've been brilliant -but what a match that was.  Cracking.  Italy deserved it, too.

@NH; yes,  they need to be on the field at the end of the match to take PKs (and they need to go through all 10 outfielders if it keeps going long enough and into suddent death).  Otherwise it'd be a bit of an unfair farce, ala bringing in 'goalkickers' for American football.

[vaang]

damn you last minute 

[Rictor]

Jesus, nailed one in like a minute before the whistle. And then another one, adding insult to injury. That's what I call luck - nothing for two hours of play, and then a goal at the crucial moment.

They both played well, and you can't say one team dominated since obviously it went into overtime.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

That had to be one of the best finishes I've ever seen.  I'm happy for Italy, and I will also be happy any way this thing ends now, though I think Italy versus Portugal would be far more interesting.

EDIT: I know that's contradictory to my earlier post, but that was before I remembered that Portugal's never won one.

[ShivanSpS]

I feel soo happy, Argentina out? well, Brazil, England, Germany too.

I seems that the justice have finally arrived to this world cup.

Germany didt do anything to reach semi-finals.

[aldo_14]

Yeah they did.  They beat Argentina.

What a strange statement........

[CmdKewin]

Yeah they did.  They beat Argentina.

What a strange statement........

At penalties, right?... And we all know Argentina pushed harder.


In the end, I was supper happy for yesterday's match. Another piece of history. The exact play I was hoping to watch: after having heard countless times about Mexico '70 and Spain '82 from my grandparents, uncles, aunts I finally saw one myself. And the result was even better So much for Pizza and Mandolino.