Everyone was talking about Germany lately, about the supposedly strongest team at the FIFA World Cup 2010. Even Germans themselves thought so, they were full of pride and confidence. Everything seemed to be going fine for them, they were winning like there's no tomorrow and laughing at their competitors. But then they made one big mistake: They messed with Paul the Octopus! They mocked him. German TV RTL dared to say that he will be wrong and if he's right, he'll be deep fried. That was a deadly joke. Spain beat Germany 1:0 tonight and German players were devastated after the game, crying and sobbing like little boys.
From now on everyone knows: Paul is always right. Paul doesn't predict the result, he makes the result! Never question Paul, never threaten Paul. Paul is holy.
This is what happened: Germany had one of the easiest Groups, however they beat the weak Aussies, lost against the medium strong Serbians and struggled against the surprisingly strong Ghana. And then they faced England in the Round of 16.
Germany won 4:1 and made fun of them.
Every German was happy and confident.
Then they beat Argentina 4:0.
That was the only great game they played.
But the match was overshadowed by Boogergate.
And then there were the semi finals. Spain, the current European champions, were the competitor and Germany dared to pester Paul the Octopus again, because they wanted to know, whether they will win or not. They thought Paul predicts the winner. They were so wrong. He was already fed up with them and all the jokes about other nations' teams.
In all fairness to the Germans, England had their own share of confidence, that was beyond the common sense. But well... all that is part of football :-)
Those were the times, huh? :-P
I'm just happy, that we'll get a totally new World Cup winner. And although I think Spain has a better chance to win, I will be rooting for the Netherlands. On July 11, I will be wearing oranje. Both teams deserve to win, but who would not like to see the sexy Dutch football fans go crazy?
Who are you rooting for, Spain or Oranjelands?
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