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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
Oh that Spain Netherlands game was a thing of beauty.. easily as epic a collapse as Brazil, because shit if we were to really analyze it Brazil wasn't playing that great either so the outcome was as predictable but the games themselves were epic. Huge losses for bazil and spain. Those were 1980s NFL Superbowl losses, four and five score blowouts..
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The Spain implosion(s) were huge. 'End of a dynasty' stuff. I didn't enjoy it cos I loved what Spain represented in their pomp but their was something beautiful about the way they just, died. Better that in a way than for them to have just limped along to the latter stages, a la Brazil and, to a degree, Argentina.
I still have mixed feelings about the whole Brazil thing. They weren't impressive throughout and were lucky to even make the semis. But actual football aside, the squad was in such a difficult position, trying to represent a nation openly rioting in opposition to the tournament itself. I kind of sympathised with them, as people, even though my true support was probably with those protesting, as a body.
It all added up to probably the most fascinating World Cup I've seen. Huge upsets (Spain), great new finds (Rodriguez), enormous personal dramas (Suarez) and the whole underlying political drama.
With all the shit going on at FIFA who knows where the next WCs will be, but if they remain in Russia and Qatar we're at least guaranteed some political controversy. As for the other stuff, I doubt we'll see another tournament with as many points of interest as the last one for some time.