>>6070
And here are some German front pages.

http://imgur.com/a/lBBZs

>>6070
Must make a change from one of the earlier games, where one paper printed on its front page flight times back to the opposing country.

I definitely picked the wrong semi to watch. I think the Argies will make a better final than the Dutch.

Brazil are genuinely fucked.

So it begins. Cutinsidelad isn't doing much though.

So, a mercy kill, eh?

Messi to score the winner with his hand.

If Mascherano and Zabaleta defend like they did against the Dutch then I think the Argies will win. Germany are excellent at picking apart weaknesses in the opposition, as shown against Brazil, but they're not as ruthless against organised/skilled teams.

https://www.youtube.com/v/ZJoRZOK18Fg

North Korea are to face Portugal after beating Japan, China and America in the group stage.

>>6088
That isn't the KCNA woman, and she's not speaking with that bizarre enthusiasm I've become accustomed to from the KCNA.

>>6089

Careful, you probably just got her "fired".

What's all this nonsense on twitter about watching the final on ITV rather BBC, to get back at the BBC for whatever wrong they did. I don't get it.

>>6091
I for one will be using the BBC as I simply cannot stand Andy Townsend ruining every second of the game he's speaking in.
It's these kids with all their shiny new tech and not an ounce of nouse as to which provider offers better commentary. They'll rue their horrendously misplaced loyalty in time.

>>6092
I'll watch BBC because I hate ads.

Why was the Dutch coach annoyed about having to play the third place playoff game?

>>6094
Because it's rather pointless.

>>6091
People assume they have to watch BBC because auntie beeb gives us doctor who and does children in need and is an integral part of Britain blah de fucking blah. The sooner that shit dies the better.

>>6094
It's a pointless game designed to earn Fifa more money than the tournament might otherwise allow.

>>6096
>It's a pointless game

Rubbish. It's used to decide third place in the World Cup. It's no more 'pointless' than any other game in the tournament.

Vamos Argentina!

>>6097
I'm not sure if you're being serious.

>>6099
Maybe you should think a bit harder, then. The world cup is football's premier tournament, so a play-off between the two non-finalist sides lets you decide who came third and fourth in the tournament.

This isn't exactly brain surgery, lad.

>>6100
What's the point? Theres not bronze medal, there's no way of determining who's fifth sixth etc. It's just another money spinner from Fifa, it has fuck all to do with who comes third.

>>6101 Except in determining who comes third....

>>6101
So how else should third and fourth place be decided? Coin toss?

Tit.

>>6103
It shouldn't, because there's no value. They don't determine who came fifth and sixth, do they.

Christ, it's a tournament, the winner is all that's important. There isn't a second place, a third place, a fourth place, just a winner. The only reason the play off exists is money.

>>6104
That depends on whether you consider shortening the gap between the semis and the final to be purely a matter of money or not. The match also counts for ranking purposes, which is arguably not entirely about money.

Who gives a fucking shit about third place, christ.

I'm really fucking enjoying this game. Kind of hope the Argies cause an upset.

>>6105
The Fifa rankings operate independently of what game it is, a qualifying game has the same weight as the final. There's no purpose to it! None at all!

Sage due to football being shite.

>>6107
Just go away, you pedantic cunt.

Rodriguez v. Uruguay is goal of the tournament for me.

I'll let you lads get back to bickering over how important it is to determine who finishes third while I watch the final.

>>6108
n1 m8

You could just hide the thread.

>>6110
I'd agree. I really like that Van Persie header and the Messi goal but that chest and volley was a thing of beauty.

>>6107
>The Fifa rankings operate independently of what game it is
No, they're very dependent on what game it is. One of the factors in the weighting is "importance". Friendlies are 1, WC qualifiers are 2.5, WC proper is 4.

>>6113
Okay, sorry. Still, that's no reason for there to be a pointless play off.

>>6114
Is your missus Brazilian or something? Is watching Brazil get mashed up the batty one more time so awful? Do you think the third-place playoff should have been cancelled to save Brazil's feelings?

>>6115
No, I had great fun watching Brazil get battered by the germans. It's an inconsequential game whose only purpose is to fill FIFAs wallet.

>>6116
Have you considered that football might be a popular spectator sport, and the play-off is held because fans might watch it?

>>6117

I think that's the essence of what he said, albeit with overly cynical overtones.

Delicious Argentine tears.

Fuck yeah!

>>6117
So why only 32 teams in the world cup? Why no play offs to determine fifth through thirty second?

>>6124
Because that would take ages, whereas a play-off between two teams to determine 3rd and 4th is easy to hold.

Are you being obtuse or are you genuinely thick?

>>6125
I'm being obtuse, I see no point in the third place play off whatsoever, and the arguments put forward for it don't change my opinion one tiddly bit.

Ultimately the best team won.

>>6126
It's one fucking game, enough people watch and enjoy it for it to be worthwhile so quit yo' complaining.

>>6126
I hope you die.

>>6129
How rude.

>>6126
That's a nasty typo there, let me fix it:
>I'm being obtuse a cunt

Fucking hell, lads. Let it go.

Is there anyone in the German squad not dating someone who looks like a model? All the women are smokin'.