GOOD MORNING SOCKE, NOMADE AND ALL CONCERNED AND ENLIGHTHENED MINDS,
Yes Nomade, you are right. After a sleep I awake with the same conclusion. The Argentinian defeat vis a vis Germany has a name and surname: Jose Pekerman, the coach. Being defeated while at the bench we had players as Saviola, Messi, Riquelme, Aymar, etc, etc - points directly to the coach.
What this means? It means that defeating the German team is not mission impossible. The weakest point of the German team being no less than their advantage: home. Home = extreme nerves. This was cleverly exploited by Pekerman by owning the center of the ground, imposing its rythm and driving nuts the Germans furthermore.
After all, let's remember the German team was unable to beat Argentina until the penalties. For us Argentinians it is a pitty, but for you, prospective rivals of Germany is a point of optimism.
Back to the Argentinian coach. The problem here is that the man that sinked Argentina by his own hands is the same man who is signed for the great Argentinian achievements during the WFC campaign.
Argentina showed during the whole campaign being able to play as a team, for the first time in many years, exactly the formula needed for them to win the championship. Playing good out of question. The whole Argentinian campaign being such of leaving us all proud of them.
Pekerman. Very interesting dilemma of life.
Nevertheless, I cannot say at all the Germany victory was undeserved, (Socke, take a beer and start breathing), since they won in an even match, but THEY won, showing able to play no less good and to overcome their own nerves.
PS: Andy K - you have too a lesson to learn with your petty Evita joke. But I leave it up to you to think and discover, the first test being your very will.
