jtzordon
clicking away
Impressive finishing. The Germans need to give the US a clinic.
conradyiu
closer
Not the coach, many England player perform so bad - this is always a problem that you see they play excellent football in premier league but not in international games. Rooney should not be one of the first 11 in this match as he is not in such a condition.
Anyway, I still a fan of England.
Anyway, I still a fan of England.
paulfish4570
Veteran
What a beatdown ...
SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
I feel sorry for all of the English - they showed some fine proper football in the middle of the game - EXCEPT for Rooney. I prefer seeing him in the premier or champions league.
a pity about the 2:2, but I think even with it, the English wouldn't have made it through today.
a pity about the 2:2, but I think even with it, the English wouldn't have made it through today.
Arvay
Obscurant
Congratulations to Germans!
They were better even with young guys in a team.
They were better even with young guys in a team.
RayPA
Ignore It (It'll go away)
FIFA needs to implement instant-replay review of goals.
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paulfish4570
Veteran
Even if England gets the second goal - as it should have - it is still a beatdown ...
peter_n
Veteran
Congratulations to Germany on a fully deserved victory! 
IMHO the scoreline reflected the difference between the two teams. Germany were very good, and apart from about 20 mins. of the game (and I'm being generous) England reverted to being rubbish. Not as bad as the game against Algeria though, at least we have that to be thankful for.
We had naive defending, no midfield at all, and Rooney completely off-form up front. Germany absolutely deserved this, but I think they'll find it tough if they come up against Argentina in their quarter-final. I think their defence is suspect to a close passing game and Argentina are good at that. Argentina need Walter Samuel to get fit to counterbalance the useless Demichelis, let's see how they do this evening against Mexico.
IMHO the scoreline reflected the difference between the two teams. Germany were very good, and apart from about 20 mins. of the game (and I'm being generous) England reverted to being rubbish. Not as bad as the game against Algeria though, at least we have that to be thankful for. We had naive defending, no midfield at all, and Rooney completely off-form up front. Germany absolutely deserved this, but I think they'll find it tough if they come up against Argentina in their quarter-final. I think their defence is suspect to a close passing game and Argentina are good at that. Argentina need Walter Samuel to get fit to counterbalance the useless Demichelis, let's see how they do this evening against Mexico.
Olsen
Well-known
Uruguay plays very efficient fotball. Very good! But my favourite final would be between Argentina v Germany. - With Argentina taking home the Championship.
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wblanchard
Guest
Germany's ball handling and speed, just amazing. I was shocked at how flat England came out after the half. Makes me wonder if they had be given that second goal before the half, if they would of been more energized. Perhaps its karma for Germany's 5-1 loss to England in 2001?
peter_n
Veteran
If Argentina beat Mexico this evening they'll play Germany in a quarter-final.
SimonSawSunlight
Simon Fabel
Congratulations to Germany on a fully deserved victory!
We had naive defending, no midfield at all, and Rooney completely off-form up front. Germany absolutely deserved this, but I think they'll find it tough if they come up against Argentina in their quarter-final. I think their defence is suspect to a close passing game and Argentina are good at that. Argentina need Walter Samuel to get fit to counterbalance the useless Demichelis, let's see how they do this evening against Mexico.
but Demichelis probably knows the german team better than anyone else in the argentinian team!
I'm not sure we need instant replay for the referee, it would probably kill the emotional energy of the game, but some kind of additional goal-line-referee would be a very useful thing in this kind of situation...
not possible
Uwe_Nds
Chief Assistant Driver
Yes, divine justice after 44 years!
Cheers,
Uwe
Cheers,
Uwe
Arvay
Obscurant
Won't be. Maybe next championship)
Olsen
Well-known
Which shows that when either Argentina or Germany is out of the Championship much of the fun goes too. These two plays the most entertaining football today.
Tompas
Wannabe Künstler
I hope they will, but I'm a little scared of Argentina: they have their own Özil -- Messi. He might even be the better Özil...
I'm all for Mexico tonight!
And for England: I really enjoy games against England -- did you notice how few fouls there were in the whole game? Very typical for matches with England. I really like them for that -- and for the fact that we usually win.
peter_n
Veteran
user237428934
User deletion pending
Müller is the man.
Just came back from public viewing. It's just a small one with about 150 people in our community center but it was very loud and emotional. Great. I'm still full of adrenalin.
Just came back from public viewing. It's just a small one with about 150 people in our community center but it was very loud and emotional. Great. I'm still full of adrenalin.
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wblanchard
Guest
Someone on the Guardian UK posted that Rooney was a Fergie sleeper agent! Love the humor.
jarski
Veteran
(Rammstein time)