| LurkerJ said: Come on, dude. Even after the penalty, Germany could've and should've made a comeback, easily. They didn't. Neuer instead decided to foolishly gift the french another goal. I want the French to lose. I am biased just like that. But they didn't deserve to. |
Yes I understand that view, that it's perfectly possible Germany wouldn't have won anyway. I do recognize they both are super quality teams and about equal in skill. I don't aim to take away from France' excellent performance per se. And I'm not a Germany fan at all and whoever had won the game I will passionately root on Portugal on Sunday.
But I want football to be genuine.
This huge disappointment of mine has almost everything to do with the question if there is still significant curruption and rotten culture in UEFA (and indirectly FIFA), even to the point that it can affect the outcome of a semi-final. And to some degree an analysis on how strong there is an element of psychological pressure on referees to cater to powerful nations or the host.
At this point in the thread I'm just defending myself here coz masses of people attacked my view of the penalty situation and expressed all sorts of ridicule. Therefore I needed to defend my pride and reputation and offer some more evidence and counter-views.
