OT: World Cup Thread / GERMANY HAS BEEN ELIMINATED
Matches later today (2 ET):
Switzerland vs. Costa Rica
Serbia vs. Brazil
As it stands currently, Brazil and Switzerland will advance. If Serbia can pull an upset, they'll advance. Plenty of intrigue.
Also, with a stunning 2-0 loss to South Korea this morning, Germany has failed to advance past the group stage for the first time ever. Sweden wins the group, with Mexico advancing in 2nd place despite being pasted 3-0 by Sweden today.
Germany finished LAST in the group - just wow
Had Mexico been eliminated this would have been a tough day for Landon Donovan.
Dangit, Mexico. You had ONE job. Beat Sweden. With Korea pulling off the two stoppage time goals (which WHAT????), had Mexico beaten Sweden, Korea would have advanced.
Regardless, fun World Cup so far. Been only paying attention to Mexico, Argentina, Korea, Brazil, Germany, Spain, and Portugal. I guess that's a lot :)
i know right? i was texting my mexican friend 'YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!! ONE JOB!!'.......
Harvest the fruit? I'm sorry but this was to low hanging(pun intended).
Can't decide whether to laugh or cringe. Is guilty cringe-laughing a thing?
Cringe. Definitely cringe. Laughing will just encourage him.
El Tri moves on and Germany finishes last in the group. Such a fantastic day.
I’m really just shocked Sweden finished first, over Mexico and Germany. All without Zlatan too.
Same. Certainly would not have predicted this finished after Mexico won their first two and Germany beat Sweden in the final minutes. It's been a fun cup so far.
They are better without Zlatan. Zlatan is all about Zlatan.
The way Sweden responded after that loss to Germany was very impressive. A lesser team would have folded, but they kept fighting and finished top of the group.
Watching the end of the Germany game knowing that either Germany or Mexico would be eliminated was fun! Now let's see if Brazil can get eliminated this afternoon!
I don't dislike Brazil like I do Germany. Plus, it's good to keep Brazil around as they provide some of the best "Women of the World Cup".
Here for Serbia dumping Brazil later
Damnit man :( I’m a Brazil fan
Serbia is no joke though. May cause an issue on corners and set pieces cuz they’re giants
The old Yugoslav countries have some of the tallest people in Europe. Serbia, Croatia, and particularly Montenegro.
schadenfreude?
lol what's german for schadenfreude
wait
Anal fisting oneself.
I’m just so happy. What an amazing day so far.
However if Brazil pulls something similar, I’ll be so sad lol
The World Cup used to be my one and only time to really get engaged in watching soccer. I must confess I would watch nervously when the US was in it and definitely got into the sport, at least for this brief window of time every four years.
But with us not playing it's very hard for me to give two shits about the outcomes. It's like the dark years from 1999 through 2009 when Michigan didnt make the NCAA tourny. I'm sure there was great basketball being played it's just I couldnt get excited to watch it cause my team wasnt playing.
I hear that... but then I married a Mexican so it matters again.
Plus, it is a spectacular event. So it's fun to watch.
Hopefully you will score later....GOOOOAAALLLLLLLLL!!!!
you're missing out. the quality of play, goals, and upsets is way better in this cup so far than in the previous couple, at least imo.
It's certainly better when you have a horse in the race but the passion that flows in World Cup Soccer is second to none. It means so much to the players, the fans, the nations. It brings me a lot of joy to see so many other people joyous, I really get a great vibe from it. To see South Korea defeat Germany, to hear the commentators screaming, their fans rejoicing, heck it almost had me crying...
First off, I am no soccer fan.
With that out of the way, I've been watching and enjoying this World Cup. This morning though was something else! Sweden taking it to and out playing Mexico, South Korea doing everything to tie Germany and ending up scoring in extra time and winning 2-0, eliminating Germany who seemed to have the easiest path to the advancing of the three possible when the day started. The Mexican fans going crazy after their game, watching South Korea pull off the win.... great great stuff!
It was funny watching the Mexico fans go crazy in the stands when South Korea scored in the other game, which just so happened to coincide with the final whistle blowing in their game, finishing a 3-0 thrashing they took.
This has been an absolutely wild World Cup. Lots of drama in the first couple groups, but things eventually held chalk (Spain, Portugal, Croatia, and Argentina all ended up advancing). All worth it for this upset though, holy shit.
Argentina wasn't always pretty, but they did come alive somewhat yesterday. Messi finally scored, anyway, after looking a bit out of it previously.
For some reason I can't start a thread (I think I have about 1500 points) but Dakich has been hired by Holtmann at OSU to be a Grad Assistant Coach. Good for him I guess? I feel like this is sort of lame.
The buttons seemed to have disappeared. But you can still use this LINK to post to the board.
Germany's coach, Low, was absolutely terrible. From the selection of the squad to the pre-tournament prep to his lineups, everything was a mess. The team clearly missed Lahm and Schweinsteiger's leadership, and Khedira, Ozil, Meuller, and Neuer all had a subpar tournament.
Heilige Scheiße, Deutschland is kaputt! O_O
Germany had its chances, but couldn't put it in the net. Bummer, guess I'll root for England.
Test to see if this works.
Deutschland Uber ... Nobody!
Deutschland unter Alles. :(
Fuck it, go Mexico. I hope they get a chance to eliminate the Russians.
That couldn't happen until the finals. So, unlikely. That'd probably be the most lit finals, though. The stadium would probably be destroyed.
Suck it, Merkel!
Very disappointed in how Germany played today. They choked. Nothing else to say.
I was hoping Brazil would lose, but alas Serbia cannot finish.
Interesting to see what happens with Marcelo’s injury. Big loss if he cannot play.
Last chance to say this.
Thomas Mueller should play basketball at Duke.
Thanks for posting this...I tried earlier but apparently I can't start threads any more.
Awful World Cup from Germany...lead for a total of 2:30 in three matches. 2 minutes, 30 seconds.
Hear me now, listen to me later, things will change!
Germany is a team in transition, and I agree with other posters questioning why old guys like Khedira and Ozil were on the team at all, let alone why they were starters.
Germany in transition is still traditionally one of the 8 best teams in the world. They've finished in the top 4 in 12 of the last 16 World Cups.
They didn't defend well and their finishing was un-German like.
How did you make a new post?
Said before the tournament in rooting for Belgium. Still am! Also rooted for the many upsets thus far and have been very entertained the last ~2 weeks! Fun stuff.
I'm rooting*
Is that because they have the world's largest electronic dance festival?
Goddammit how did you know that?!
In all actuality its because I enjoy lambic beer....and I needed to root for someone not Brazil/Germany/Spain. Belgium and Nigeria have/had my attention.