World Cup is over. And Spain won. Well done, Spain. Now what do we look forward to?

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So Germany won 3rd place… Sorry if I’m not impressed, they did that 2006 already. As John Wayne once said (in Trouble Along the Way): “Winning isn’t everything…it’s the only thing.”

Since I have Dutch friends (hello Hans, Robert and (sort of Dutch) Gustav!), I am now rooting for Holland.

What an appallingly awful finish to something that started out so thrillingly awesome.

Sadness…

Fry Paul the oracle octopus, German fans say

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I just heard on the radio that Paul the Octopus has predicted a win for Spain tomorrow! Germany is doomed!

But we all know what happens to the bearer of bad news…

Octopus sushi, yum

Not the most exciting or well-played game I’ve seen, and I think the Dutch had a lot of luck. But Giovanni Van Bronckhorst’s goal was one of the best I’ve seen during this World Cup. He hit it from about 30 meters distance - an unbelievable shot!

Here’s to seeing Germany vs. Holland in the final…

for my German visitors

stolen from Julian Friedauer’s Photos on Facebook

After calling Germany’s midfielder Thomas Müller a “ballboy” and asking, in a mock German accent, “What’s the matter, Schweinsteiger? Are you nervoush?” and just generally behaving like a cheap imitation of a WWF announcer, I have no pity for prima-Maradona.

That said, what an amazing game. After 1:0 for Germany, I jokingly said: “4:0 would be really embarassing, wouldn’t it?” And then it really happened!

Here are some short vids of the reactions in Cologne, Germany:

The street I live on. This went on for hours…

Downtown mayhem

Bild is the equivalent, I’d say, to Englands “The Sun” - no quality reporting, but colorful and fun to read.

“Fresse” is German slang for “mouth” (kind of like “gob” in British English), so this means Messi will be gobsmacked

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No explanation necessary…

I’d like to think that this is just in reaction to Maradona dissing the German team, but who knows…

Why did the chicken cross the road?

According to FIFA, it didn’t.

The Christian Science Monitor’s take on the ridiculous referee blunders during this World Cup:
World Cup referees under fire as FIFA evades calls for new technology