Who will win?
As a german and a big fan of our team, I hope we'll win, but I have lots of respect of Italy. It will be hard work and very close.
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Itally because they have team - so my dream final is Wally and Itally ;)
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Hoping for Germany, but to be honest Italy is playing great on this tournament, so I won't be surprised if they win :(
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Wow, so Germany managed to finally beat Italy once.
Good for them.
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Technically, the match is still considered a draw, for the records.
So Germany has yet to beat Italy in an official competition...
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The kicks from the penalty mark are not part of the match
Page 17: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_14_the_penalty_kick_en_47369.pdf
Therefore, the match is considered a draw for statistical purposes.
I'm just being nitpicky here, we can consider this result beneficial for both parts:
Germany advanced to the semi-finals, yet Italy retained their clean record against them.
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Penalties shot during the match aren't exactly the same thing as those shot after the extra time...
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Your logic is rather flawed. Germany has performed superior to Italy during the penalty shots and did the deciding goal. Italy lost. To Germany. There is no such thing as "penalty shots not counting" if those decide the game anyways.
This is just like saying Germany didn't lose the WW2 because they surrendered before they were all wiped out. Flawed logic.
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Italy goalkeeper flopped even with 3 correct guesses in a row.
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That deserved win, between 2 for you mostly neutral teams, pissed you off more than Wales being better than England?
I somehow do not believe you. :-P
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England deserved to lose, so I'm not as pissed as I could have been, respect to Iceland for that. Also, Iceland is currently getting smashed by France, so England would have probably suffered their most embarrassing loss in recent history.
Italy is just the type of team I always support at final tournaments, which I also supported in the EURO 2012 (cri eri tim :D)
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German
Germany deserved victory
No bias at all, right?
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Did you see Italy score, without a (gifted) penalty? Neither did I! ;D
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Did you see Italy attempting shots?
Because I did, unless we watched two different matches...
I also saw a balanced match, at least in the regular time; then in the extra time they just decided to wait until the 120th minute to try their luck...
By the way, I won't argue the fact that Germany indeed played well, just that they weren't so superior, or else they would've won during the regular time...
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And Germany had (slightly) more shots and (vastly) more possession. I don't say that we were incredibly superior, but we would indeed have won in the regular time, if Boateng wouldn't have had that bizarre idea. My statement stands, we deserved that win.
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Okay, now it sounds better.
Ball possession doesn't mean too much, it's what you do with it that counts.
And Italian players didn't use it too well, unlike the Germans.
A German win would've been indeed deserved, but...
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The Italian team as my respect anyway. Tactically impressive, as always. Others often consider that boring, I really appreciate it. And I'm very very glad that Buffon will be around 2018 too. One of the best characters in this sport / business.
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Italy keeper made correct predictions for the saves but he's too slow.
German almost lost though
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Holy fucking shit I have never seen worse penalties 2 goals out of 5 for both teams
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Aaaaaand Italy is gone :(
Go Iceland go!
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Italy's keeper - best player in the game
But his team.. meh
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Darn you, Zaza!
You tried so hard to be cool, but you threw the ball atop the Pyrenees...
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Gomez was amazing. The moment when he left the field, Germany only managed to control but rarely was dangerous anymore. Still a deserved victory. And another curse broken, after the "Europeans can't win in America". ;)
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Again, I'm sorry to disappoint, but according to the rules, the penalty shoot-outs after the extra time aren't considered part of the result.
Therefore, for statistical purposes, this match is considered a draw, so Germany still didn't manage to beat Italy in an official match.
The kicks from the penalty mark are not part of the match
Page 17: http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/refereeing/law_14_the_penalty_kick_en_47369.pdf
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I don't mind that you try to distract from the reality of your defeat. Italy might remain undefeated after 90/120 minutes, but that is all. We reached the semi finals, you didn't. I don't need more. ;-)
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That penalty shoot-out, though C R I M E - T H R I L L E R
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What a match last night. Seems the gods of football wanna kidding me. All went other then I expectet^^. Congratulation to Wales!
What´s ahead today?
OMG OMG OMG, not Italy. Maybe in final but not this early time of the tournament. Germany never could win against Italy at a major competition in the past.
Well, there's always a first time.
The goal keepers could play a key role more than they do anyway. Manuel Neuer just as Gianluigi Buffon are both world class keepers.
I wish us all an exciting match, whatever the result.
What´s your opinion?
May the better one win
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