two different games. Germany played much more offensive football, Ghana had space. The US had 9 men behind the ball most of the game (esp. after that early lead), didnt play into the strenght of Ghana. You can never cross match two games.

but which english player makes the starting 11?

somebody search him for pine tar!

in a somehow not racist way i have to say. more in the sense of: damn he got that foot high, i'm not even mad.

dont wanna disappoint you, but that was no joke, he really did.

That was a thrilling game with some really bad football. I have to assume that Ghana, with their good individual technique and speed, are just a poorly coached team. Long ball after long ball and bad movement off the ball.

german commentator was full of praise for the athletic ability of Boyes, getting his foot that high.

can someone please make a gif of that Ronaldo free kick right into a one man wall?

Is that after the Mavs big comeback in the finals? I remember him launching a half court shot with Nowitzki challenging the shot. Never got much attention, but he wanted 3 FTs and in 2006 he would have gotten them. I hate that mf so much.

TV revenue in the Bundesliga is also shared. #1 gets a little bit more than #2 and so on, but revenue is shared similar to the PL. The fact that the TV-deal of the Bundesliga isnt as big as the PLs, puts more value on qualifiing for the CL, thats were there is problem with competitive balance. Also there is no…

Doesnt the players union have a huge problem with this scenario? They have a problem with good veterans taking a paycut to make their team better. Dirk Nowitzki made some 100mio and wants to ride into the sunset with his Mavs, he voiced that he would take a significant paycut to better the competetivness of his team.…

well you got Müller, Schürrle, Götze, Özil, Draxler, Kroos and Podolski who could replace him. Every player i just named would start for any team in that group. Reus certanly had the best form coming into the WC, but he is by not stretch the best overall of these guys.

France was in two WC finals because of which player? Zidane! They choked when he wasnt there for the Euro2004 and were bad ever since he left. He elevated an (always) talented squad to a degree that is blantantly overlooked. They are no powerhouse like Spain without him, never were.

the average age of that team is exactly 25,8, which doesnt really qualify for "old".

Nice to see that Lahm gets some love. ESPN put him on #22 in their top50 player rankings, behind (many... the most ridiculous:) Andrea Pirlo (demolished in last years CL, and oooooold), Wayne Rooney (i would say PL-bias, but that doesnt really cut it) and Neymar ("disappointing season for Barca" would be an…

UFC will release a statement in the next hour, claiming that by next year they will overtake that number.

Tim Howard would not make the german team. Neuer is the best goalkeeper in the world, especially his football skills would keep him above everybody for Löw. Weidenfeller was the best goalkeeper of the '12-'13 CL-season, rock solid goalkeeper for a CL-team that made the final and the semi two years in a row. He played…

You are not a good lawyer if you cant talk your (pref. rich) client into a process he is very likely to lose.

Even the NFL is bigger than MMA here (Germany). If it wasnt for that Silva-dude breaking his leg in spectacular fashion I couldnt name one fighter.

First of all: there are approximately thousands of kids in the world who play wheelchair basketball and would kick his old fat ass. And that doesnt account for kids that can walk and play basketball, who (put in a wheelchair) would kick his old fat ass too.