Re: The World Cup Thread

**bb1** Tue Jul 08, 2014 11:04 pm

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I hope Brazilians don't start riots over this as is feared, apparently.

**Lamplighter** Wed Jul 09, 2014 7:35 am

Very good result, but doesn;t top Hungary 10 - San Salvador 1 in Junw 1982, LL

**bb1** Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:08 am

Ah, but San Salvador wasn't supposed to be the greatest football team in the world....

**Lamplighter** Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:16 am

bb1 wrote:Ah, but San Salvador wasn't supposed to be the greatest football team in the world....

No, but the result was a corker and at the time the Hungarians needed a boost as theie original team had been murdered out in the gulags of the Soviet Unio, tho a few did manage to escape to safety abroad. I must admit I watched part of the germany-Brazil match and it was a lesson in skill and speed!! LL.

**bb1** Wed Jul 09, 2014 10:20 am

I watched the last few minutes, LL. I am not a sports fan, but I saw on the BBC news site that something out of the ordinary was occurring...

**bb1** Wed Jul 09, 2014 12:27 pm

Oh dear...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2685714/Cover-eyes-Brazils-humiliation-hands-Germans-captured-virals-minutes-final-whistle.html

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**Lamplighter** Wed Jul 09, 2014 1:02 pm

Wonderful!! LL rofl

**bb1** Sat Jul 12, 2014 11:00 pm

Oh dear, Brazil has now lost 3-0 to Holland for third place...

**bb1** Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:22 pm

The final is at 0-O and is now in extra time; the fans will be nervous wrecks....

**bb1** Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:47 pm

Germany won 1-0 in extra time.

**Lamplighter** Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:13 am

Up very late answering emails from jubilant German friends! Well done, Germany, winning as a united country (the last three World Cup wins were as West Germany) and also for being the first European country to win the cup on S American soil.

Way to go, Deutschland, way to go!!!! Lamplighter
yaydance

**bb1** Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:33 am

I'm very pleased for you, LL hug

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Germany seems to have been worthy winners, and the final genuinely exciting. I am also glad the World Cup passed off without any disasters and everyone seems to have had a great time, even if they lost.

**Lamplighter** Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:48 am

Looks like things didn't stay calm in Buenos Aires. Bad losers as the Argies have shown in the past - Falklands, anyone? LL rofl

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2691095/Argentina-fans-turn-outside-Maracana-World-Cup-final-defeat-Germany.html

**bb1** Mon Jul 14, 2014 11:54 am

But after the game, fans wearing the Argentina strip turned on each other in scenes of violence

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2691095/Argentina-fans-turn-outside-Maracana-World-Cup-final-defeat-Germany.html#ixzz37RHXwNeZ
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I'm not even going to ask why they were fighting with each other. Though that's probably good, as it means they didn't take it out on anyone else......

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