MahlerIsGod

First let me say: God Damn Zidane! May he rot in hell! Ok, that being said let me move on and say God Damn Zidane! Oh wait.......I was shocked and flabergasted on the game today between the Dutch and the Germans. The Dutch just looked dazed and confused (almost like my niece and nephwe, who are 5 and 7, playing football). When the Dutch didn't make the last World Cup, I had thought it was some kind of fluke. I remember some really outstanding games from previous WC's like '94 against Brazil in the semi's and in '98 in the quarters against Argentina. Those are classic games. Todays game was a crushing blow to Dutch football even though they tied with Germany 1-1 (Thank God for Ruud!). The thing that none of my friends brought up in discussion of this game was how didn't Germany capitalize on such monumental failure? I think it casts serious doubt on the German's abilities. My teams are England and Italy (and Holland). The England game was phenomonal until the last three minutes (God Damn Zidane) but that leaves them at the bottom of the bracket. England has a nasty habit of beating who they are supposed to lose to and losing to whom they should beat (hopefully the Iceland game disproves that) but I am guessing that they won't progress. That leaves my hopes with Italy but their first game was thoroughly unispired. Hopefully they will rise up against Sweden. I, personally, woudln't mind of Spain or Portugal won as long as its not France. Just my 2cents

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