Subject: Germany-Brazil
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Posted on: 2014-07-10 19:49:00 UTC
One of my aunts spent two years in Brazil with the Peace Corps, so she's been somewhat following the Brazil team. (And the US, but did anyone really think the US had a chance of going all the way?) She was still stunned at the point spread yesterday when we met for lunch -- she said it's roughly equivalent to a (baseball) World Series game with a 60-point difference in the score.
VS 
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the number one football event of the year!
The semifinals are over and we have our two finalists ready to go! On one side we have the Argentinian team, fresh out of a nail-biting shootout versus the Dutch! While the Netherlands' defensive game was top notch for all of regular and extended time, Sergio Romero of Argentina proved to be the better goalie in the shootout.
On the other side, die Mannschaft-- Germany's national team-- are raring to go! In what can only be described as ninety minutes of pure horror for Brazil, the Germans defeated the host nation 7 to 1. Miroslav Klose became the player with the most World Cup goals (16 to his name) in history, surpassing Ronaldo's 15 goals.
Brazil will fight the Netherlands for 3rd place on saturday the 12th.
The grand finale will be held on sunday the 13th.
Who will you be cheering for?
I mean, five goals in fifteen minutes? And my roommate said that she'd been talking to someone and they'd expected it to be completely different...well, anyway, it was pretty amusing. But then again, I'm neither from Germany nor from Brazil, so I've got no stake in this.
(Is Canada in the running somewhere? Does Canada even have a team?)
On the plus side, this is the summer I learned what FIFA is...
~DF
Only made it to the finals once.
We lost all of our games.
And we scored no goals.
Did they send the Leafs, or something? (Or, y'know, their soccer equivalent?)
Ah well. So much for that, then.
~DF
Nah, just kidding. The Leafs are really bad anyways.
I don't normally watch hockey, but I have to admit that since I was born in the province of Québec I have a tendency to cheer for the Habs whenever they're on.
One of my aunts spent two years in Brazil with the Peace Corps, so she's been somewhat following the Brazil team. (And the US, but did anyone really think the US had a chance of going all the way?) She was still stunned at the point spread yesterday when we met for lunch -- she said it's roughly equivalent to a (baseball) World Series game with a 60-point difference in the score.