It was hard to tell which team had the players with the most German blood. ;-)
OK, I did watch some of it, but soccer is screwy. What is the deal with the pretend injuries? And it is so frustrating to think the game is about over and you know who won, when, “bam” extra time. At the end of the game today, it certainly seemed as if the refs were holding out and trying to give Argentina another shot.
I think the refs have way too much power over the game. They alone decide on whether a foul is real or not and how bad it is, they control the time, and when they hand out penalty kicks, that can win or lose the game for a team.
At least the crowds weren’t doing thost stupid chants, blowing horns, and making lot of other annoying noises during these matches.
I did enjoy the British announcers. They call things as they see them and are not namby-pamby like US announcers.
People who don’t like the “beautiful game” haven’t seen the Seattle-Portland game tonight.
Seattle won 2-0.
That disproves the lie its not fast-paced or high scoring. American stadiums are packed full.
We’re not crazy about it like in Brazil but we have home-grown talent and millions of appreciative fans.
And we’ll be ready for Russia in 2018 and we’ll be there.
I see what you did there.