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World Cup Final
The World Cup final is over; some ludicrous number of people watched some team beat the other team. The next tournament will be held in Germany in 2006. If you haven't watched the game for whatever reason, obviously you might want to avoid clicking through (or reading any other news site, or talking to anyone...). Neither of those two links should be a spoiler, though.
And for those that did click through, the final standings are up, as are lots and lots of reports about the game.
Brazil won 2-0
Sometimes I wish I was a plumber, then I'd know how to deal with other people's shit.
Shame to see the Krauts go 2-0 down, but the Brazilians were just brilliant . time for lunch
This is not a sports-oriented news site. (Arguably, this may not even be considered a news site...) This is supposed to be about science and computers and geeky stuff like that there.
Now if somehow the players were wearing some cool electronic gear like World-ID-ear-tags-traceable-via-satelite then yeah, that's news for nerds. But c'mon!!!
And the distasteful way michael commented on world-cup in general? VERY U.S.American. I'm in Texas but even I tend to realize that the U.S. isn't the center of the world... (though I still believe everyone wants to be in or like the U.S. hehe) I'm not so arrogant as all that though.
I hope we don't have superbowl announcements, or before long we'll have periodic postings about the WWE... then what? Comments on the latest Jerry Springer show? (For those outside of the U.S., I have no idea if you know what that show is about, but I can recommend it as a model for U.S. Culture.)
Why the fuck would a station rather schedule informercials instead of the World Cup final??
Because 99.9% of the ppl in America could care less about soccer.
The most watched event on TV in the world
And your point is what?? For most nations that play soccer it is the only game in town, or rather, the country.
I can't believe the Germans beat us. The US had a much better game than the team
I have seen malperforming today. I can't believe I woke up for this pitiful game. Ireland,
Korea, Turkey and Croatia had a better game than Germany.
The Germans were playing with high balls, the guy with jersey number 7 was their best, as
he had the best control over air balls (have you seen how he played, IIRC Roberto Carlos?)
That was the only guy who new how to control Germany's playing style of choice, "Volley ball".
Ronaldo had two goals cooked for him. Two goalie spit the ball, after Rivaldo tried to force
feed him, and our favorite "celeb" was there to finish it. He put more effort into the second
goal, but still it was too easy for him.
There was a surprise kid on the Brazillian side (the guys with the braces, who hit the pole) he
is a rookie but had the balls to go for a long shot. I guess he had coach's OK. Watch out for this
guy, he is the next Romaria, and Ronaldo.
What else? yeah, Juninho came in late, but sparked a fucking quick attack. The fastest I have seen
in a long time.
The Germans were keen on long shots and high balls, I guess this is an "strategy" against the
famous Brazillian 1-2 and groand balls, but to be honest, it was quite a bad strategy.
Last but not least, the german Coach (who was a great player btw, along side Mueller and Klinsman)
had the nerve to bring an obesse man to the field. Yes, the black player was a FAT ASS, he couldn't
run. He was supposed to mark Ronaldo, but he let him score the second goal.
It was a Brazillian game in every way, they beat the Germans so easily that the crowd started
celebrating 15 minutes before the end of the game. Kahn was great against the little boys, but
litterally fell on his face when challenged by the world's well deserved soccer giants. I would
hate to be the man to face an attack backed by Cafu and Roberto Carlos, and carried out by Rivaldo,
Ronaldinho and Ronaldo.
How true, how true.
Heck just look at my name haha...
I'm telling you, religious people are very slippery. They always have that "god works in mysterious ways" ace card.
eTrade SUCKS
And some geeks like homosexual sex.
And some geeks like gardening.
And some geeks are catholic.
Should be some interesting articles soon I guess...
I have been a brazil fan all my life, but I was extremely disappointed in seeing all those fantastic bazilian players with "Jeesus loves you T-shirts" and praying. I mean, they took their national team t-shirts off and put the gold medal on their back just show the jeesus crap more.
;))
Mixing politics and sports is worse enough, but mixing religious yada yada with anything is far worse...
(Slayer released 11/9 an album which said it well enough : "God hates us all"
1 Earth is warming, 2 It's us, 3 it's royally bad, 4 we need to take action NOW
> And here I was thinking hard work and practice is
> what gave them their "gifts", thanks for setting
> me straight.
If I worked as hard and practised as hard as, say, Lucio does, I would still not be as good as him at football. And I don't know if I'd have the qualities to work that hard anyway.
Among the gifts he's been given are great footballing skill, but also determination and drive.
> Maybe if I pray a whole lot I will suddenly learn Java,
If you had a relationship with Jesus, and believed in your heart that learning Java was something he really wanted you to do (for some good reason), and prayed about it, you may well find you found it easier to do than otherwise.
For example, I wasn't at all stressed about my final exams at the end of three years of University, despite being diagnosed a few weeks before with a malignant cancer. I believe this is because I asked God to help me and give me peace and reassurance, and he did. Here's the full story.
Gerv
My argentinians pals should be desperate. As if their situation wasnt enough desperating (starving and stuff) now they have to deal with the fact that Brazil has the greatest performence in the football history. FUCK YOU DAMN ARGENTINA!!! Maradona sucks big time, and also is a coke sniffer and a loser. vão para mierda, por supuesto!!!!!!!!!
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds !"