Posted on 08/19/2016 3:37:12 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Germany were made to work for their gold medal as they recorded a narrow 2-1 win over Sweden in the Olympic Women's final.
Dzsenifer Marozsan netted a beauty for the Germans just after the break and Linda Sembrant scored in the wrong net to double the opposition's lead before Stina Blackstenius pulled one back for Sweden.
The Swedes had booked their place in the final with a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Brazil in the semi-finals to come up against a German outfit that had cruised past Canada in their previous fixture.
With 12 goals en route to the final Germany were the favourites to take the gold and certainly had the better opportunities in the first half.
Anja Mittag almost opened the scoring in the 25th minute but inexplicably turned the ball wide after pouncing on a rebounded shot.
Coming out of the break Germany were once again on the offensive and it yielded a goal as Marozsan produced a blinder that flew into the top corner.
Marozsan was then instrumental in the second goal which cames just past the hour mark as her freekick flew off the upright and Sembrant's errand clearance resulted in an own goal.
Sweden replied not long afterwards as Blackstenius reduced the defecit in the 66th minute as she converted Kosovare Asslani's cross.
With time running out Marozsan almost put the result beyond doubt with a terrific freekick that was saved before giving the ball away in the midfield and affording Sweden the chance to launch a dangerous counter that nearly resulted in an equaliser.
Sweden then launched wave after wave of attack but Germany held out to grab the win and the Olympic gold.
What sport?!
They bith are sucking on islam rule so it’s dilligaf.
“What sport?!”
Beach bikini tiddlywinks...I think.
They’re neck and neck on sucking up to IsLAM too.
football
The Real Reason Americans Call It 'Soccer' Is All England's Fault
http://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-call-it-soccer-2014-6
Tony Manfred
Jun. 12, 2014
While calling the world's most popular sport "soccer" is typically depicted as a symbol of American ignorance, the reason we don't call it "football" like the rest of the world is Britain's fault.
The word "soccer" is a British invention that British people stopped using only about 30 years ago, according to a new paper by University of Michigan professor Stefan Szymanski.
The word "soccer" comes from the use of the term "association football" in Britain and goes back 200 years.
In the early 1800s, a bunch of British universities took "football" — a medieval game — and started playing their own versions of it, all under different rules. To standardize things across the country, these games were categorized under different organizations with different names.
One variant of the game you played with your hands became "rugby football." Another variant came to be known as "association football" after the Football Association formed to promote the game in 1863, 15 years after the rules were made at Cambridge.
"Rugby football" became "rugger" for short. "Association football" became "soccer."
After these two sports spread across the Atlantic, Americans invented their own variant of the game that they simply called "football" in the early 1900s.
"Association football" became "soccer" in America, and what was called "gridiron" in Britain became simply "football" in America.
The interesting thing here is that Brits still used "soccer" regularly for a huge chunk of the 20th century. Between 1960 and 1980, "soccer" and "football" were "almost interchangeable" in Britain, Szymanski found.
Then everything changed (via Szymanski):
"Since 1980 the usage of the word 'soccer' has declined in British publications, and where it is used, it usually refers to an American context. This decline seems to be a reaction against the increased usage in the US which seems to be associated with the highpoint of the NASL around 1980."
British people stopped saying "soccer" because of its American connotations.
So, no, it's not wrong to call it "soccer" if you're American.
Just wait until Angela’s Muslims join German teams!
Look out, Israel!
“What sport?!”
Running from Muslim rape gangs.
Congratulations.
Germans are proving to be a weak people, going along with traitor Merkel’s destruction of their nation.
The Swedes are beyond weak. The national religion there is self-hatred. There are almost no men there, just women and pathetic womanly males.
Care to translate?.......sheesh
>Care to translate?.......sheesh
They both are sucking on islam rule so it’s dilligaf.
Google DILLIGAF if it’s not clear now.
Congratulations to both! German Women’s team first Olympic gold medal, and Sweden surprises many and prove they deserved to get as far as they did, irrespective of Hope Solo’s comments.
Berlin_Freeper, Brazil or Germany in the men’s final?
**** “What sport?!” *****
New journalism .... it doesn’t matter!
Save me the time and explain it to me since I'm not as smart as you...........
You found that but you couldn’t find this item is about football.
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