World Cup Game #63 (delayed coverage)
Jul. 18th, 2010 10:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catalyst2Third place play-off can be a funny game - in past tournaments it has varied between the dreariest game of the tournament because, after all, who the hell cares and being the most exciting because, after all, who cares? Fortunately, this was one of the latter because both Uruguay and Germany opened up for this game.
Scoring was pretty much turn and turn about so the lead changed just about every time a goal was scored. Both sides featured different line-usp to previous games and those players relished the chance to run. Predictably, it was Forlan who shone for Uruguay (and scored their second goal) whilst Muller and Khedira were both outstanding for Germany. Final result was 3-2 to Germany with the winning goal (from Khedira) only coming 8 minutes from time.
This was a showcase for exciting attacking football and both teams came to do that. It was ironic, in one sense because Germany lost their semifinal because they didn't play like this and if Uruguay would play like this when there was something at stake, they would be a far better team for it.
Scoring was pretty much turn and turn about so the lead changed just about every time a goal was scored. Both sides featured different line-usp to previous games and those players relished the chance to run. Predictably, it was Forlan who shone for Uruguay (and scored their second goal) whilst Muller and Khedira were both outstanding for Germany. Final result was 3-2 to Germany with the winning goal (from Khedira) only coming 8 minutes from time.
This was a showcase for exciting attacking football and both teams came to do that. It was ironic, in one sense because Germany lost their semifinal because they didn't play like this and if Uruguay would play like this when there was something at stake, they would be a far better team for it.
