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Koreans gathered at Wudaokou to watch the worldcup game between S.Korea and somebody else. They were dressed up like red devils, singing and yelling and clapping hands all together, so that I felt they could go to fight as soldiers at any second.
Finally, Korean team won the game and that spot was consequently boiled by the red devils. Cops came. They didn't stop anybody from getting excited but tried to push the group to a corner. Some white and black guys also joined Korean fans and they found Korean girls were much easy to approach at that moment.
Then I wished I could have a big gun, because my tiny camera can't handle this exciting situation in the darkness. What a pity.
Shot at Wudaokou, Beijing, midnight of June 13, 2006.
Taken at Wudaokou, Beijing, on June 13, 2006.
[photo source: AP Photo / Philipp Lahm of Germany jumping over Argentina's Maximiliano Rodriguez]
Germany v Argentina (03 - 00, as of writing)
Germany grilling another team, the flawless team Argentina, by scoring twice in the second half. (Germany scored four against England. 04 - 01)
So much happening! I feel no partiality to either team.
Oh, Germany scores another as I write this: 04 - 00! 89th minute into the game!
Argentina fans stunned as they watch their team go through a gradual slow death. Players look frustrated. Wish for the instant death and get it over with now.
Might as well throw the towel in unless a miracle swoops in for Argentina.
Germany has been playing strong in the entire match, especially the first half.
Camera cutting from field to the Diego Maradona (coach of Argentina). New look on his face unlike his jovial look in the previous games we're used to seeing.
This is likely the World Cup's biggest upset of all aside from Brazil being ousted by the Dutch yesterday.
Perhaps the cup will be regained by the Europeans. Only one South American team remains. Paraguay will face Spain this later afternoon.
Oh, looks like Germany wins. Whistle blow.
Argentina has been cruising through the games. Now, a fatal crash. Argentina goes home.
Germany will advance to the semi-final to play against the resulting winner from this afternoon's game with Spain v Paraguay.
Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don't like that attitude. I can assure them it is much more serious than that.
Bill Shankly
Wow. Between the Edin Džeko goal disallowed by the assistant ref on a bogus offside call and the Nigeria goal that was given right after that, Bosnia and Herzegovina got screwed over in that last World Cup match.
[photo source: Getty Images / Uruguay in their cerulean blue kit and Germany in their black kit]
As FIFA World Cup in South Africa is drawing to a near end there are two more matches to go. Or, rather, one more now that third-place playoff had just ended.
Uruguay and Germany had played moments ago in the rain at The Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
The results? Germany defeats Uruguay and are now officially the third place winners to the 2010 World Cup.
Germany didn't seem to play with much with their usual power in the first half (as if the third place title didn't matter), but, in the end, they brought themselves forward and attacked their way through scoring 3 against 2 of Uruguay.
Both teams had showcased a very exciting play on their last match at the games. Luis Suarez, now seen as the "villain" on the field (lots of booing from the crowd) for his illegal hand save in the Uruguay v Ghana match (Uruguay won), is back in on the game.
Grudges anyone? The guy "cheated", but got called out and was given a red penalty. Though, it's obvious that wasn't enough. It didn't make Ghana win (it could have given them a chance).
As for "cheating", would flopping around in Oscar-winning acting considered cheating? Just one of the biggest flip flop action to showcase how one can gain an advantage, Ivory Coast player Keita that got Kaka, rock start player of Brazil, kicked out of the following match.
(A critic made an amusing note, or serious, as to why the US American team didn't not make it as far as they could have: they didn't flop around in dramatic acting agony to win their way as to their opposing teams, such as Ghana, did.)
Final scores:
Uruguay v Germany (02 - 03)
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Tomorrow, the big final match between The Netherlands and Spain for the 2010 World Cup champion title. I'm not sure who to feel partial to.
Impressions around public viewings of the worldcup round-of-16-games Germany - Sweden and Argentina - Mexico in Berlin.
Saturday, June 24th, 2006.