FINAL - Germany vs Argentina

[GIMH]

Pens clearly not a lottery. Quite possibly not a fair way, but the side best at scoring/saving pens wins

 

[grecian]

It is not a lottery.

Yeah, I use the term, but you are quite right. In the end there is a huge slice of luck involved. Yet that's all sports. In the end there's technique in the execution, technique in the save, and the most important thing in all sports, nerve.

 

[OverratedSanity]

How?

Lottery is stretching it, because it's not all luck, but a big chunk of it still is.

 

[GIMH]

I don't even see how you can say it comes down to luck tbh

 

[Burgey]

I'd rather it go to penalties than see a goal conceded by a mistake from some poor bastard who's played his ring out but slips over/ gets done in by fatigue etc.

Some wonder goal to win it obviously preferable to either.

 

[Tangles]

Pens is luck and nerve. Just not fair to decide a game based on 1 skill set that goes games without being needed.

Think it's were we are heading though.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Argentina are shattered. only reason they have a chance is the shootout

 

[GIMH]

If there's one rule I really hate in football it's the whole taking injured players off who've been fouled thing

Our penalty taker needed treatment once after being pole axed in the box so the ref wouldn't let him take the penalty. Farcically we missed but it had to be retaken so he was allowed to have the retake

anyway. It ****s me

 

[grecian]

I don't even see how you can say it comes down to luck tbh

All sport is luck in a way. A keeper decides to go one way on instinct, it works, same can happen in a match.

 

[Maximas]

well well

 

[GIMH]

Well

 

[OverratedSanity]

That's it, I guess

 

[The Sean]

Oh that was wonderful.

 

[grecian]

Anyway think that probably pisses that argument, brilliant finish, control and execution.

 

[GIMH]

That's a finish worthy of winning it tbf

Hope Messi can conjure up something here

 

[Tangles]

Quality goal.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Great finish.

 

[The Sean]

We were waiting for a moment of real quality, well that was it.

 

[King Pietersen]

GOTZE. Told ya he was awesome.

 

[Spark]

Argentina have hit the wall in this ET tbf. It was odds-on