I hope to be home for the second half of this one. But if not, enjoy the matchup of Spain and Germany.
Whom do I root for?: The country that my great great grandparents came from back in 1837 or the country whose players I can sort of carry on a conversation with. Provided they're from the right part of Spain.
Then again, I'm guessiing that a lot of the Germans can speak English.
Or maybe the better team will win. It happens.
The final will be played in Vienna, a city I like much more than Cleveland. But after this weekend, I would be inclined to say that Maywood, California is a nicer place than Cleveland.
Switch the relationship (or maybe not) and year and I've got the same dilemma. Though when it comes to football/soccer, I've never been able to cheer very hard when my little siblings aren't out there.
4 - Perhaps in Spain, but like Eskimos and snow/ice, in the Caribbean, platanos would refer to plantains. In the DR, the things we eat are known as guineos.
That was kind of a disgraceful moment, Podolski or whatever his name is, in the Spanish guy's face, and then the latter gave him a little head butt. Nice.
Andy Gray is getting on my nerves. If he is going to be pompous and critisize the ref with every decision, can he at least not preface his comments with, "I don't mean to criticize the referee" or "I'm sure the referee has his credentials". I'm not commenting on the refereeing, just Andy Gray needs to shut up.
I keep waiting for the alemanes to mount their usual relentless and methodical attacks, but they seem to be caught up in the emotion. The Kaiser wouldn't approve.
21 I really think Andy Gray looks at any incident one time and makes up his mind. And then no matter what the replay might show, he won't change his mind. It's almost like the replay does not exist or he refuses to look at it. It's like Joe Morgan and OPS.
24 To use an old footbal cliche, they look like they have run out of ideas. Spain do deserve this, even though they cannot stop making that one extra pass.
Spain just completely outclassed the Germans in every facet of the game, pretty much what should have been expected given the team's respective performances throughout this tournament. I'm still shocked that anyone could have predicted that Germany would crush Spain today.
Spain can take some time off, basque in their glory some.
31 Yah, I'm not Nostradamus for thinking Spain would take this one, they've been the most consistent team in the tourney. (Although that was also when I thought Ballack wouldn't play.)
Good thing I watched that one from an airport hotel bar instead of the Fan Mile in Tiergarten. Being amongst that many sad Germans would have made me doubt the safety of flying the next day. While I made it home safely, it still impacted my trip today. I heard several variations on, "We're having a bit of a manpower shortage today, so (insert problem)."
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Oh, there he is.
Such things are not worth spending $22.
I associate Guernica with getting my wallet stolen.
I don't think that's what Picasso was aiming at.
31 Yah, I'm not Nostradamus for thinking Spain would take this one, they've been the most consistent team in the tourney. (Although that was also when I thought Ballack wouldn't play.)
kudos if that was intentional
Suddenly, I'm craving tapas.
Good thing I watched that one from an airport hotel bar instead of the Fan Mile in Tiergarten. Being amongst that many sad Germans would have made me doubt the safety of flying the next day. While I made it home safely, it still impacted my trip today. I heard several variations on, "We're having a bit of a manpower shortage today, so (insert problem)."
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