Germany vs. Serbia – Germany lost.
06/18/2010
Okay, that’s it, Germany. I’m officially in a love-hate relationship with you.
I was going to wake up at 7:30am to watch this game. I was way too sleepy though, so I kicked my alarm clock and went back to sleep. Except then I started dreaming that Germany lost to Serbia.
So I woke up at 10am with a very bad feeling about this game. But I still felt like, okay Sarah, stop being so silly. It was a DREAM.
But then I turn on my computer and there it is on CBC:
After I watched the video, I didn’t really know how to feel. Because on one side:
- I really don’t think Klose deserved a red card. His first yellow card was very questionable. When CBC played it back on video, the commentators were like, “Was there contact? Well, at least the referee thought so”. But it really didn’t seem like there was much contact – Even if there was, it looked more like Klose just had his hand on the Serbian player’s back.
- That questionable red card meant that Germany was playing with 1 less player (a very very important player at that) when Serbia scored its goal and for the entire second half of the game.
- Despite this, Germany still had more shots (also more shots on goal) and more possession than Serbia.
- They did have a decent amount of goals that were extremely close, as in closer than Spain ever got against Switzerland (=__=”’)
On the other hand:
- They shouldn’t really have let Serbia score that one goal.
- The handball from Serbia was like a God-given opportunity, except
- GERMANY MISSES THE PENALTY SHOT.
- ADGUWERUWUIPUPSIUGOSIJGPOI@_#*$#*(&%)(*#W&%)(*&
- WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT.
- “The last time Germany missed a non-shootout penalty at a World Cup was in 1974″.
- NINETEEN SEVENTY-FOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The person who missed the penalty shot was Lukas Podolski. Oh, wait, I saw a hilarious poser picture of him:
Pffffff. And no, he’s not gay.
He’s a talented player. Really, he is. He scored very spectacular goals in the last World Cup and he also scored in the Australia game.
It’s just… He’s the kind of player that does a lot of media shit like this:
Please. That kissing-necklace thing is just old.
…My eyes. >__<”
Okay great. So you’re hot.
But you know what would be even hotter?
If you didn’t try to flaunt the fact that you’re hot.
And if you didn’t have a website that looks like this:
http://www.lukas-podolski.com/index.php
What on Earth is with that whole “I have swirly writing all over my naked body!” thing?
Really, I think Podolski should learn from his teammate Phillipp Lahm, who’s completely modest and adorable. You can actually find legit information on his website.
He gets bonus points for having such epic eyebrows. You have competition, Wais.
So in conclusion, I suppose I’m less disappointed with Germany than I was with Spain, because Germany played well considering the fact that their usual goal-scorer got a weird red card.
BUT they missed a penalty shot. For the first time in 36 years.
I love Germany. I hate Germany. I love Germany. I hate Germany.
I love Germany.
So, in conclusion, I’m going to present you with a quote by the legendary German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn, who remains the only Goalkeeper in the history of World Cup to have won “Best Player of the Tournament” :
“Balls! Balls! We need balls, if you know what I mean.”
– Oliver Kahn
I wish he was still here. If Oliver Kahn was the goalkeeper, then Serbia could never have scored that goal.
That guy has so much balls. It’s almost alien.
Germany. Please go obtain some balls. Or I’ll feel like my Germany shirt was such a waste of money.
On a side note, all the traditionally strong teams have been screwed over this World Cup for some reason:
- England vs. USA = 1-1. Spectacular goalkeeper fail.
- Italy vs. Paraguay = 1-1. BORING AS HELL.
- France vs. Mexico = 0-2. TU SUCK, FRANCE.
- Spain vs. Switzerland = 0-1. … … Disappointment. So much of it.
- Netherlands vs. Denmark = 2-0. Oookay, except it wasn’t that the Dutch were so fantastic. It was more like spectacular Denmark fail with the own goal.
- And now Germany misses the penalty shot.
If the Netherlands sucks tomorrow against Japan, I’m giving up all hope in European teams and will support, oh I don’t know, North Korea.
…
I did not just say that. That doesn’t count.
I don’t think your shirt is/will be a waste of money. (Or, at least, I hope so (; )
We’ve lost, yes. That goal shouldn’t have happened. But I agree with you – the first yellow card was questionable. That it would turn with a second yellow into a red one was absolutely unexpected. We watched the game, Klose got the red card and we all thought “what? WHAT?!” A shocking moment. It took some seconds to realize this card. Serbia score the goal one minute after Klose left the field. Maybe the team was as shocked as we were, at home, in front of the TV.
So we played with 10 players – for nearly 60 minutes, 2/3 of the time. There were several real good chances, despite the missing striker. Podolski really should’ve taken his chance (the handball: another questionable decision), but I think Hoeneß may be glad that Podolski missed it – at least concerning the stats (he was the one that missed the penalty shot in 1974).
Don’t forget the fact that, even when they didn’t score a goal, Serbia didn’t shoot another goal.
The team is young and therefore unexperienced. They have to learn. And I’m sure they will.
Kahn was an extraordinary keeper. But while he was the keeper of the
german national team there has been no chance for any other keeper. No
chance for Lehmann, for example. Sure, Kahn was the better keeper but
that’s not the point. As German it wasn’t always pretty to see the
“rivalry” – as if Lehmann or any other keeper would’ve had a real chance!
Kahn was a good keeper, but he had his time. And it has passed. And that’s good, in a way.
Nice blog, I like the way you write
Greetings from Germany (:
Yay! I’m so happy you took the time to write such a great comment.
Yeah. The red card was a big shock. I watched the first yellow card over a couple of times and I still can’t get over it. I can imagine how shocked you must have been watching that live.
And yes, considering that you were playing with 10 players for so long, the team was pretty good. It was much less frustrating watching them than watching Spain — with Spain, they just kept passing the ball back and forth and back and forth, but they just couldn’t score even though they shot at the net like 10000 times!
And regarding Kahn, yeah, I suppose so. He had an incredible career and now it’s time for some one new to gain experience!
I don’t know what’s with the referees this World Cup. There have been so many controversial decisions already — like how the South African goalkeeper got a red card! I felt so bad for him! And that red card that Cahill got in the Germany vs. Australia game… (Germany was completely fantastic in that game though
).
I’m not feeling too awful about this. As you said, the team is young. (I was sad about Ballack. I wanted to see him.)
HOWEVER, if Germany doesn’t win against Ghana I will be very very upset.
Thanks so much for your comment! It’s so nice to be able to discuss things with someone else, especially with a person from Germany. I hope to go there and study one day.