I figured with 65 days to go, now is a good time to start a thread for the real Football fans on BP (j/k).

Anything related to WC preparations, squads, players, coaches,, and ultimately games can be discussed here . Things will probably heat up as we closer to June but why not start a bit early .

Please make sure any discussion is civil, respectful, and no trolling.

 

So, who do think will win? which team are you cheering? who will be the dark horse? will the USA make it out of the first round? 

 

And who would have predicted this....?????

 

http://metro.co.uk/2014/07/12/north-korea-media-tells-country-that-its-team-has-reached-world-cup-final-4796033/

Poor David Luiz, from hero to zero. When he gets it right, it is great. When he gets it wrong, it kills you.

Thank god I missed this game.

the ref made all the wrong calls today.. he sucked, not as bad a Luiz but close ....

Respect for Van Gaal for bringing the goalie in for last 2 minutes 

Alright, it's down to the big one. Wonder what the general consensus is like in Brazil now, whether most are hoping for:

 

1. Germany to win - never will we allow the enemy to taste football glory of the highest order in Brazil (even though the Germans played a significant part in bundling us out of the final), or
2. Argentina to win - although we hate them, Argentina is leading the South American charge to win the Cup in South America - and it will be sweet to see the Germans in defeat, after what they did to us, or
3. Totally disgusted by the current state of affairs - don't care who wins, will not be watching the match

Personally, I can't decide which side I will be rooting for. I like this generation of German players and how they play, but am also hoping for Messi (a true class act) to finally achieve the big one (and not let Maradona hog all the glory and prestige anymore)

My view is Brazil have been vastly overrated. They lack structure, defensively they are terrible and apart from Neymar their strikers are poor. They struggled against Croatia and had they met a solid organised European side at the last sixteen they probably wouldn't have got close to the semis. Brazilian fans shouldn't be so surprised, their team hasn't been relevant for more than a decade.

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Alright, it's down to the big one. Wonder what the general consensus is like in Brazil now, whether most are hoping for:

 

1. Germany to win - never will we allow the enemy to taste football glory of the highest order in Brazil (even though the Germans played a significant part in bundling us out of the final), or
2. Argentina to win - although we hate them, Argentina is leading the South American charge to win the Cup in South America - and it will be sweet to see the Germans in defeat, after what they did to us, or
3. Totally disgusted by the current state of affairs - don't care who wins, will not be watching the match

Personally, I can't decide which side I will be rooting for. I like this generation of German players and how they play, but am also hoping for Messi (a true class act) to finally achieve the big one (and not let Maradona hog all the glory and prestige anymore)

Argentina are Brazil's arch rivals.. It wil be a home game for the Germans

Final Game:

 

Germany v Argentina 

 

3pm Est

Goooooaaaaalllllll!

Wow. Thats what perfection looks like.

Good... so the WC is done and over with... so normal business can continue. And with the germans being very content they will hopefully be very triggerhappy and buy all my sets I listed.

I take it you hedged your bets and had some custom Goetze minifigs made? If so you'll make out like a bandit. ;-)

Wohoooooooi

Good... so the WC is done and over with... so normal business can continue. And with the germans being very content they will hopefully be very triggerhappy and buy all my sets I listed.

Yeah it's time to quick-flip some in subbuteo sets !

Congratulations to Germany, a well deserve World Cup.

Messi........MIA again. 
 

Great final, great finish by Gotze - the new Super Mario!

 

Argentina had a few great chances - they can only blame themselves for not capitalizing on those eg. Higuain's first half gift header from Kroos.

 

Schweinsteiger - what a warrior!