I once heard the Men in Blazers complain about that Lampard goal and thats utterly ridiculous. Many people (mostly the refs) should have seen that ball cross the line, but Neuer? He was in the air. Maybe he had a suspicion it crossed the line, but could he have been sure enough to go to the ref and gift a goal away?…

Muller even I get, but what could be anyones beef with Neuer? (if you’re not from Gelsenkirchen)

As a Robben fan (he is a really smart and nice guy of the field) I can tell you: he gets his fair share of penalties denied because of his reputation. but those are fairly outnumbered by his many many semi- and full dives.

you might be better off with “never played bad for Real”, because he had a lot of stinkers for Brazil. And to be perfectly honest: he sucked for Real for more than one game. His problem was always described as “good going forward, bad defensively”.

so you missed that world famous 7:1 he played in for Brazil? He was really bad in that one.

well thats how offside is judged every gameday and they missed two. (4 if you count the 2nd Bayern goal [very difficult to see] and that Lewa free run on goal that was called back).

but that Robben penalty was a penalty. He goes to the ground in brilliant Robben-fashion, but there was enough contact. (when british commenators can contain themselves on a Robben penalty, it most likely was one)

that Casemiro “penalty” was a clear dive, which the ref saw as such, while not giving the much deserved second yellow.

I didnt mention anything leading up to the physical confrontation. My only point was his (rather quick and strong) reaction to being pushed and slapped. Him reacting that way, even with the prior calmness and non-aggressive posture, is just not “normal”. A normal person isnt just ready to go 100 at any given second,…

I meant the “she could have used a racial slur” part

The quick way in which he hit her, just leaves me to believe thats what he came into the restaurant for. If a guy clocks you out of the blue, it’ll take you a couple of seconds to react. this “slappy slap” wouldnt faze anybody without bad intentions. just take a step back dude.

What a gentleman. Popping a tic tac before going in.

At the start of the Bundesliga season (german soccer) the german national anthem was played. Much to the dislike of the home fans, who sung “their” songs straight through the anthem.

Some germans won the gold medal in 1976, but it was the GDR at that time. Still considered german.

I’ll bury my sports karma take. The brazilian keeper doing his best Hope Solo impersination to screw with the german shooters and Neymar going for the glory spot of 5th...

karma isn’t given down from generation to generation to generation to generation.

As a big believer in sports karma: the brazilians were booing the german team (even the women) in every game this tournament. Thats not how you get on the good side of karma. But to the players credit, they are playing this thing down. I would like it so much if they were all like “we’ll beat them 8:0! We have Neymar…

He is 32. He has three or four years left at the top

Mrs. Solo with the karma-bomb on that last penalty. Changing the glove to psych out the shooter? Great way to make herself the villain and shift blame from the ones who missed their pks. A real team player!

The thing with doping: you dont take a pill that makes you 25% faster. And if everybody takes that pill, the’re all exactly 25% faster. You could make an argument that Armstrong doped more than his opponents, because he had better resources.