The moment has come. The moment is to decide who will take the World Cup home—Argentina or Germany? Who will have the final smile— team with a superstar or an all star team?
The Orange humiliation could have been harsher even. Thanks to the pulled-hamstring of Sneijder, Brazilians could get some sort of respite. The margin of defeat could have been more humiliating if not the No. 10 Dutch had to sit out the match.
Here comes a game that no one wants to be involved in. What glory two losers can achieve from a third-placing deciding game? For teams, nothing but the Cup matters. It’s just cruel to ask one of the losing semifinalists to lose again.
A tragedy, bigger than Maracanazo, has consumed Brazil Wednesday. Brazil were thrown out of the World Cup; a heart-break that the hosts could get over with. But a 7-1 thrashing by the Germans? No way! Brazil would never be able to swallow the insult.
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The moment has come. The moment is to decide who will take the World Cup home—Argentina or Germany? Who will have the final smile— team with a superstar or an all star team?
The Orange humiliation could have been harsher even. Thanks to the pulled-hamstring of Sneijder, Brazilians could get some sort of respite. The margin of defeat could have been more humiliating if not the No. 10 Dutch had to sit out the match.
Here comes a game that no one wants to be involved in. What glory two losers can achieve from a third-placing deciding game? For teams, nothing but the Cup matters. It’s just cruel to ask one of the losing semifinalists to lose again.
Brazil have gone but not the Bangladeshis! Thunderous cheers at the time daylight broke across the country confirmed that Argentina survived in the shootout against the Netherlands. And, with Argentina, the hope of their Bangladeshi fans for a World Cup also survived.
...A tragedy, bigger than Maracanazo, has consumed Brazil Wednesday. Brazil were thrown out of the World Cup; a heart-break that the hosts could get over with. But a 7-1 thrashing by the Germans? No way! Brazil would never be able to swallow the insult.
Brazilians flip their mind from the numbing shock to a new resolve. True, it's a terrible blow to lose Neymar. But they aren't ready to take another Maracanazo, the tragedy they suffered back in 1950 at home.
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The Dutch preparation for their first ever World Cup must have gone deep. The way the Netherlands finished off the lottery phase of their match against Costa Rica Sunday only confirmed their homework to a great detail.
...Brazil finally exuded Brazilliance. For the first time in the World Cup, Brazil played like a team and like the Solecao. And it came five games into the World Cup and at a time when they needed it most against Colombia.
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