That was an entertaining final and in the end a deserved win for Germany. Chile is excellent at pressing as a unit but that's about it. Germany was struggling at first when they tried to build up slowly but their counter-attacks were so deadly the whole tournament. Chile had some good chances but mostly Germany would force them wide and cross which didn't cause much danger.

Oh and should have been a red for Jara. What an asshole he is.

edit. I was worried at first because Vidal got too much space for long shots. Portugal gave him zero space, that big guy with a sexy moustache kept him in his pocket.

Just thought I would complete this. Still rather low, but hey final and semi final got decent ratings.


German TV ratings:


Confed Cup:

02.07.2017 Chile - Germany (final) - 14.69m
29.06.2017 Germany - Mexico (semi final) - 11.37m
25.06.2017 Germany - Cameroon (group stage) - 7.44m
22.06.2017 Germany - Chile (group stage) - 8.62m
19.06.2017 Australia - Germany (group stage) - 6.07m

U21 Euro:

30.06.2017 Germany - Spain (final) - 8.71m
27.06.2017 England - Germany (semi final) - 3.64m (1st half), 4.61m (2nd half), 6.86m (extra time), 9.24m (penalties)
24.06.2017 Italy - Germany (group stage) - 5.22m
21.06.2017 Germany - Denmark (group stage) -  5.73m
18.06.2017 Germany - Czech Republic (group stage) - 3.31m


Previous matches (for comparison):

10.06.2017 Germany - San Marino (WC qualifier) - 7.22m
06.06.2017 Denmark - Germany (friendly) - 7.99m
16.08.2017 Germany - Canada (Women Olympic Games final) - 7.72m
22.03.2017 Germany - England (friendly) - 9.71m
11.10.2016 Germany - Northern Ireland (WC qualifier) - 11.02m
12.06.2016 Germany - Ukraine (Euro 2016) - 26.57m
13.06.2010 Germany - Australia (WC 2010)- 26.36m

Bonus:

17.06.2017 Russia -New Zealand (Confed Cup) - 2.09m
16.06.2014 Nigeria - Iran (WC 2014) - 9.48m (lol)

See, knew Germany would win the Under 21s. Confeds was more obvious of a win.

Germany u19 1-4 Netherlands u19
YAY

Cool. Maybe Netherlands can participate in the 2022 WC then :)

Don't even want us to compete in that shitstain of a corrupt World Cup. Qatar hosting the FIFA World Cup has to be the height of corruption in not just football but sports as a whole. Still hoping FIFA will pull that shit or that there'll be a boycot. Qatar hosting a World Cup is just ridiculous, Qatar hosting a World Cup in the winter, which forces pretty much all countrie to reschedule their leagues, is insanity. We'll have a winter break of 2,5 months while the summer break will be about a month, it's just retarded. Especially competitions like the Premier League will be affected. Normally they have no winter break at all, now they'll have to have one just so the World Cup can be played then, and that might force them to have no summer break. You seriously might see a club like Chelsea win the league at the end of June, just for the next season to start the following week.

Not that I give a shit about club football but there is still some time until 2022. Germany is always ready to host a WC even if Qatar is dropped on short notice.

Everton are spending kings so far this year. Wouldn't have expected it. Yet not many have left either. They are building a good squad. Saints still only with the 1 signing in, we need more. Lots more.

I seriously can't wait until this Chevrolet kit sponsorship with united is over, that logo is a major fucking eye sore and I'm so sick of it.

Ka-pi96 said: Rangers lose to a part time team from Luxembourg to go out of the Europa League in the 1st qualifying round

Ouch... good work Rangers.