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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Yeah, it's saturday, and Chicka has a good point about Klose and Forlan chasing the golden boot, etc. I'll also be supporting Uruguay. I'd like to see Forlan get the third place medal if only because I suspect this'll be his last World Cup and he's definitely been one of my favourite players during this one. A case of 'come on Uruguay, do it for Diego'. Although I'm also biologically incapable of supporting Germany against anyone - except Italy (I just think I'd ignore that match altogether).
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as much as I don't like Alemania, I can't forget what Uruguay did to Ghana, and while I also enjoy Forlan and Saurez playing, and I was rooting solidly for Uruguay since their first match in the group stage, I can't possibly root for them anymore, and Alemania gets my vote. Shit, the chicano activist in me was straight dissing the shit out of Espania (when they played chile) but in the end, I found it almost natural to root for them against Alemania, a team I like less then Espania..
The problem with National teams is that its very very hard to separate the cultural/political/social baggage from the athletics. Is Espania a great team? Yes. Is Espania a great country? Fuck no, and there is MAAADD bad blood.
Now with Alemania I got a similar but opposite vibe, in fact is simply because of their outstanding world cup history that I have to support an underdog team like Netherlands or even Espania over them (while both are World class teams neither have a Cup under they belt)
I am rooting for the Netherlands and for Alemania in third (as much as they don't deserve it, Uruguay forfeited all my raspect)