wayne556517
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Good to see they where gracious in defeat........{eek3}
I'll type slower in order to make my point; yes, I'd prefer to lose 46-10 to a better team than to lose in a last second, gut wrenching fashion 17-14 to the point where the loss eats at me for the rest of my life and causes me nightmares and sleepless nights knowing my team lost to a clearly inferior team.
The curse of being a fan; when you get outclassed, you can laugh about it, when you lose to a team you have no business losing to, that leaves a mark.
I'd rather laugh than be scarred for life, but hey, that's me................
Agreed, if my team is going to lose a big game I'll take the good ol butt whipping, I can move on much faster and just know we played a better team that day that beat us and get on with it, but those nail biters when you could/should win and lose?? they stick with you, (me anyway) the loss to the Pats (dropped pass in end zone) in the AFC Championship game still bothers me even though the Ravens got revenge the following year and won it all, hate to even see the replay of the drop so chin up Brazil, played a good tourney up to yesterday, just wasn't your day and every passed ball/kick went Germanys way, I promise the Sun will rise and in 4 years this tournament will be played again...Sammy
Agreed, if my team is going to lose a big game I'll take the good ol butt whipping, I can move on much faster and just know we played a better team that day that beat us and get on with it, but those nail biters when you could/should win and lose?? they stick with you, (me anyway) the loss to the Pats (dropped pass in end zone) in the AFC Championship game still bothers me even though the Ravens got revenge the following year and won it all, hate to even see the replay of the drop so chin up Brazil, played a good tourney up to yesterday, just wasn't your day and every passed ball/kick went Germanys way, I promise the Sun will rise and in 4 years this tournament will be played again...Sammy
Thanks for your words Sammy, but this result was a historical humiliation and grievance for our team. Losing would be ok, pretty much anticipated by many here, but 7x1 ?!? It’s hard to explain how hard this hits around here. Best comparison I can make is that for a majority of Brazilians, football is close to a religion, it is truly THE national sport! The upside is that for some time people have criticized tactics and behavior in Brazilian teams in general, factors that obviously were present in this national team, and after yesterday instead of only talk I think we will see action and change beginning in August with the resumption of the Brazilian national football tournament. Maybe all this will lead to a better performance in 2018....
Hope there’s not a second fiasco with the 3rd place game Saturday. It will be held here in Brasília and I have tickets for it…
The Dutch game is a snoozefest. Do the Dutch ever shoot the ball? -- Al
The Dutch game is a snoozefest. Do the Dutch ever shoot the ball? -- Al
Terry, we were watching the same game but from different perspectives. I don't appreciate the finer points of a 0-0 game. To me it's a good nap period. Now, I liked the German game, lots of action and scoring. The Dutch got what they deserved by not playing to take enough shots to ram home a goal. Another team broken-hearted by the shoot-out, an unnecessary ending tacked on that encourages conservative play. They say soccer is the game of the future in the USA, well, it is always going to be the game of the future, never the game of now. :wink2: -- AlThey are both trying to break through the middle and the defenders are blocking quite a few shots and breaking up passes to the top of the box. Some exceptional defensive plays and not many fouls. Sneijders free kicks and corners have been disappointing. I think it's a great game. There is lots of tension and a few close calls as one goal will win it.
We must be watching different games Al. ^&grin Same for Mitch - they are hardly terrible.
Terry