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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Just before I say goodnight, can I thank everyone for their support today and your comments and tributes more than brought a tear to both mrsweefra and myself. A busy day tomorrow with funeral arrangements and so on, so I will bid you all Night Night Timland and will speak to you again tomorrow evening. YNWA
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
For some people, who are commenting saying Neuer should have been quote ‘sent off’ etc.
RWE
If you’re around,just mailed you.
I worry about you.
Doc
Aye, me too. . . And Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Zidane, as well as the magnificent individuals Celtic has given us too over the years.
How the Donald duck can Messi be the player of the tournament, the biter was better than him. Even Robbin who I cannae stand deserved it more.
BTW read somewhere that he and RVP were at loggerheads in the dressing room yesterday to see which one would be captain. Nae wonder they win eff all.
BMCUW
Glad I seen you on before ma cot. Can we leave our sorting out world conflicts till tuesday buddy, same time?
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Is Gary Lineker lovin’ it?
Robcfc11
Club or Country.
Messi wins by club easily, – Maradonna wins in the World Cup?, or are we judging ability on a level paying field?
A debate that extends CQN to every other Blog in world football.
I think Messi is winning on points,including longevity given his age, and what the future may bring.
Oh oh time for bed, ASF alert ASF alert…lock down the rubber room…
Schlaf gut Tictaewin, geniesse es…
RobCFC, hehehe, more my style than evil laugh.
Beat hoy, totally.
BeatBhoy, sorry ’bout that.
Oh je starry, und wie!…..
WEEFRATHETIM
Was gonna mail you with a similar suggestion,mate.
Germany was my pre tournament pick to win. They have had a long term development strategy in place…..and a long term management structure. Very deserved winners
Boaby
Cheers bud, night night.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
No problem, dic.
Doc – off to my pit. Good night mucker. HH
TSD – keep using the Clearasil….
T4
T4, cheers Mhate, and stop responding to the Dick, Singing or otherwise.
WTF was all that about with blatter grabbing the trophy and giving it tae some wummin. Wonder if RCO was there.
@westies What price did you get?
Bloody predoctive text!!
Oldtim67
Really? A red?
Are you sure?
Are you easily led? Is the bbc on in the background?
BEATBHOY
That’s a darn intelligent machine you have if it can predict that Doc is a dic.
On sheer ability alone, Maradona shades it over Messi for me. Pele is the top man though (just) by the fact that he had no weakness and was a goal machine.
64 games…………….. in the main enjoyed most of it. Probably fair to say the most professional team won it. Some great; goals, play, individual performances – pity about the usual suspects; the divers and cheats…………… that’s football these days!
Sobering thought about where the game is going – tonight’s winners Germany earned less prize-money than the teams relegated from the EPL.
Roll on Tuesday and following the Celtic in competitive games again!
BMCUW
It’s no that good . . The ‘K’ key’s Donald ducked!
Oh, it’s worcing again!
Damn!
I love to watch Messi…..but he was never the best player…..he was tired….too many games.. Still he was a lot better than “twinkle toes” Ronaldo
Was that not Campbell’s wife presenting the cup?
Has Blatter got an EBT?
Tictaewin
I thought the keeper should have been sent off in the context of the way the game ,in general,is going today. There is no need to worry about me though, am awright. Just took early retirement and enjoying it
Despite his cheating I thought Robben was WC best player
Team of tourney- Germany.
Goal of tourney – James
Keeper- a few before Meyer
Player of tourney- James
German keeper should have been off as should have been the knee tackle that was a yellow.
Great goal to win but keeper suspect.
Birthday of tourney• Oldtim67
HH
Twotams, ok fair play.
I thought It wasn’t a foul.
To the sophists:
“”Brit” was the word used by S.F.T.B.
Argue with him,not me.
Strange that my point was ignored but the trivia is pounced on by those adamantly determined to take insult where none was intended.
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macjay1 for Neil Lennon
22:54 on
13 July, 2014
setting free the bears supports Res. 12 & Oscar Knox
22:44 on
13 July, 2014
Enjoyed that
Shame for Messi and Mascherano but a good goal won it
“No world wars but four World Cups” is a good comeback to the Brit right wingers.
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We Brits got our priorities right.
And thank god for that.
James Rodriguez was player of the tournament for me, the two best teams reached the final with Germany the worthy winners. Great tournament, best since the 80s tournaments in Spain & Mexico, that has filled in a few summer weeks until the real thing begins. Roll on Tuesday!
Meyer- ffs Neuer!
Macjay
Not sure that Brit priorities in WW1 were any better than anyone else
It was a colonial squabble between threr sets of German Cousins with no high ground to be claimed.
The 2 world wars and one world cup chant remains imbecilic