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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
As Americans would say "second place is first loser!" 
But I feel the Dutch team did great and more than was expected initially. But the victory of the Spanish team shows a team which is accustomed to playing with each other, will get better results than a team consisting of star players gathered together for a tournament.
And let's not forget: congratulations and a big thanks to the people of South Africa for hosting such a world class event!
H. |
Certainly, kudos to the Sooth-Effricins! Magnificent job. As far as the game was concerned, I did note what appeared to be a significant bias on the part of the referees... most of the fouls given to the Dutch wouldn't even have raised an eyebrow here in North America, and there were far too many screeching dives, with those that took them getting up and walking away the moment a yellow card was produced. Pathetic. The game could have gone either way, but the Spaniards got lucky. The whole thing was too damned political, IMHO.
Me, I voted for the octopus...
G.