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    Quote Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro View Post
    Booring. Who thinks that they'll have to decide by penalty kicks?
    Not really. I think there will be A goal in extra time.
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    Sure about that?
    When the stars threw down their spears
    And watered heaven with their tears:
    Did he smile his work to see?
    Did he who made the lamb make thee?

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    Called it.
    When the stars threw down their spears
    And watered heaven with their tears:
    Did he smile his work to see?
    Did he who made the lamb make thee?

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    No, wasn't certain about it... and obviously was wrong about it. I hate shoot outs.
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    And that is that.
    When the stars threw down their spears
    And watered heaven with their tears:
    Did he smile his work to see?
    Did he who made the lamb make thee?

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    Oh well, watching this tonight here in Amsterdam we already came to the conclusion that no matter who would win tonight Germany was certain to win the World Cup.
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    Germany v Argentina - I can't think of a worse final lol! Not sure who I want to lose it more, was definitely supporting the Dutch tonight
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    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

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    I have no doubts on that count, I want Germany to win. Not that it matters much, because the Argentineans have even less of a chance against them than Holland would have had.
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    I think I want the Germans to win too, not something you'd hear me say often. But after yesterday can say it easier as they clearly deserve it. If the German's can repeat yesterday's quality not only will they win they'll deserve to.
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    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

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    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    Oh well, watching this tonight here in Amsterdam we already came to the conclusion that no matter who would win tonight Germany was certain to win the World Cup.
    My long term bet with my Argentine friend was that the final winner would be whichever finalist had the lowest budget deficit.

    Couldn't have asked for a better combination.

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    Keep on keepin' the beat alive!

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    I didn't expect I'd be this involved, but there I am watching the losers' final and still excited as hell. Brazil - the Netherlands halftime 0-2.
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    It's like they don't even want to score anymore..
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    And this ladies and gentlemen shows the truth of my claim from the beginning of the tournament that referees would do what they could to make the host win, and how this Brazilian side was so crappy that even that could not save them.
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    Goldman Sachs’s World Cup Predictions Model: Successful?

    Goldman Sachs’s World Cup predictions, outsmarted to some extent by an octopus, have been caught out by reality. A complicated model that predicted Brazil to win the tournament after facing down the Netherlands now looks wanting after both teams were knocked out.

    As you may remember, the bank’s economists crunched data on 14,000 past matches to arrive at a 67-page report that confidently calculated the outcomes of all matches, published May 30.

    It changed 50% of the teams after the first stage after it became clear reality wasn’t quite matching the historical dataset.

    Looking at those original, pre-tournament predictions, only 37.6% of the group stage matches ended the way Goldman Sachs’s original model forecast. That is, it correctly calculated one of three possible outcomes—win, lose or draw—just over a third of the time, hardly better than predicting it at random. From those calculated correctly, they managed to foresee the scoreline 17% of the time, meaning three occasions: Argentina-Bosnia, South Korea-Russia and Algeria-Russia.

    When the bank updated its predictions at the end of the group stages, it got the result of the match—win, lose or draw—right 60% of the time. But it failed to correctly guess the results of both semi-finals at that stage, and hence ended up predicting the wrong teams for the final.
    (...)
    http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/...el-successful/

    "Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen." - Helmut Schmidt

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    37.6% is atrocious lol
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    ​Ich bin ein Berliner
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    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
    ​Ich bin ein Berliner
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    When the stars threw down their spears
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    And this ladies and gentlemen shows the truth of my claim from the beginning of the tournament that referees would do what they could to make the host win, and how this Brazilian side was so crappy that even that could not save them.
    Eh, wasn't the referee just bad in general? The second goal was offside I think and the first goal the foul seemed to happen outside the penalty box (then again, should have been red).
    Keep on keepin' the beat alive!

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    Exciting game.
    When the stars threw down their spears
    And watered heaven with their tears:
    Did he smile his work to see?
    Did he who made the lamb make thee?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
    Eh, wasn't the referee just bad in general? The second goal was offside I think and the first goal the foul seemed to happen outside the penalty box (then again, should have been red).
    Yes he was bad in general, but it was an ironclad red card situation which he didn't call, despite acting as if he'd seen enough to award a penalty kick (which actually I think should have been awarded, but I understand not everybody agrees) .
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    Quote Originally Posted by Khendraja'aro View Post
    Exciting game.
    Are we going into extra time?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hazir View Post
    Are we going into extra time?
    I wouldn't even rule out a shoot out.
    When the stars threw down their spears
    And watered heaven with their tears:
    Did he smile his work to see?
    Did he who made the lamb make thee?

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    Rule it out? I'm predicting it.
    The light that once I thought compassion still casting shadows in your action
    The words you shared were cold transactions that bring me to curse what you've done
    When you're up there absorbed in greatness with such success you've grown complacent
    I hope you scorch your many faces when you fly too close to the sun

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    Geeze, look out! Flying keeper!
    When the stars threw down their spears
    And watered heaven with their tears:
    Did he smile his work to see?
    Did he who made the lamb make thee?

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    Innit. Knee to the head. Thought that was only allowed in Muay-Thai.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steely Glint View Post
    Rule it out? I'm predicting it.
    Wouldn't go as far as that yet, but opinions overhere are starting to tend that way. Still, one goal can upset all those opinions.
    Congratulations America

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    Game opening up. End to end stuff now.

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    We lost half of the audience in Amsterdam. Seems that people can't bear watching a game in which they aren't really siding with either side.
    Congratulations America

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