Netherlands thumping Spain 5-1 seems like a season ago. We’ve had 24 different World Cup-match days since then, during which time most of us have watched close to a season’s worth of football. The dethroning of Spain, in such dramatic fashion, was an early portent of what we were in store for. Brazil’s humiliation at the hands of Germany provided one of the most memorable football events of our times.
While everyone seems to have nominated the competition as the best ever, the football has been of variable quality. Lots of strong football countries failed to show, including Spain, Italy and England. Africa promised early on, then fell. Russia gave no indication they were on-schedule to give the performance of a lifetime when they host the tournament in four years.
Brazil reached the semi-finals but this will surely be known as one of the worst Brazilian teams ever. Argentina have reached their first final in 24 years ago, but I can’t figure out how they made it. Performances against Bosnia, Iran, Nigeria, Switzerland, Belgium and then Netherlands never convinced we were watching eventual winners. The best they have achieved, so far, is a single goal victory.
Belgium’s golden generation were a mere shadow of their less-fancied Dutch neighbours, who under-promised and over-delivered, again. Germany are the team who deserve to take the trophy, and although Lionel Messi finds himself in a World Cup Final this evening, on the basis of what we’ve seen over the last four weeks, he’s no Diego Maradona.
Enjoy the final, the real stuff starts in two days.
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Parkheadcumsalford
Argentina end..
me – don’t understand why he’s not captain?! Brilliant holding mid.
T4
JJJBT
Me tae at 5/1. Would love to take 120 aff Willie Hill tomorrow.
Mon Papa Francis X1. Aguero time!
Would love it to be won from open play although Argentina are the better side, and would like them to win.
Neutral CSC
He should be off, 2 bad fouls now, lucky boy
My deuce has 1 more zero than yours dd
Problem is, only playing with ten, messi done
And another one, ref scared to send off one of the Argies
Could have been two 2nd yellows for Argentina. In fact, possible red for Aguero!!
T4
A bit of Argie Bargie now.
What a pair of Jim Goodwins these commentators…Rovers Return regulars..
Straight red, I meant….
T4
Goooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllll
Oh yessssssssssssssss
Feck
Germany!!!!!!!!!!!
What a goal
A goal worthy of a World Cup Final, chapeau…
Wee Bassa….why didn’t you do that through the tournament?!
T4
beautiful goal……stunner.
Deutschland Uber The CQN Clique..!
WunderBar…!!!!
Oh,good.
Good on ye son.
Messi? where has he gone?
That makes the coach look like a genius.
Halt schnorre….schlapschwanz
fantastic goal.
Germany have carried Ozil this whole tournament
Neuer…..my player of the tournament
Was in the Turkish barbers on Friday and who should be in the chair next to me but kenny Misser!
It was like the Baldy man in Naked Video gettin a hair cut…he’s no got any hair but he barber was all over him….at the end he asks for a photo with the rat faced prick. He’s obviously delighted and shows me the picture. i put on the twisted lip and say oh him….he’s part of a tribute act now isn’t he……lol
Huge roar lifts my normal sleepy street….happy days….what a goal
Last chance………………………..
Messi in last chance saloon
Over the bar
He’s no Nakamura.
Craig Gordon would have been up for that
What a great achievement, by a classy team. We’ll done germany.
The best team in the tournament wins it.