Racko From Germany, joined Nov 2001, 4838 posts, RR: 21 Posted (11 years 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 1155 times:
Hi,
what are the FIFA 2002 WC TV ads in your country ?
In Germany, you see a fat, drunk, ugly English fan celebrating the victory of the English Team in front of a screen (you see game graphics of the English Players with the cup) ...then a speaker says :"You have to prevent this! EA Sports Fifa World Cup 2002"
Is there a similar ad in your country? If yes, what nationality has the fan ?
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 2, posted (11 years 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1133 times:
Superb, Racko! In England it's a German fan, complete with lederhosen and smug grin, commentary of England players falling to their knees at the final whistle and the strapline - "Only you can prevent this!"
They run another one with France winning, although since England and France can't play each other in the final (semi-final is the latest) it loses a bit.
Nice to know that EA Sports are keeping the national prejudices alive and well. Trouble is of course, they could just run that 5-1 over and over again and that would hurt you more!
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38 Reply 5, posted (11 years 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1097 times:
>>> they could just run that 5-1 over and over again and that would hurt you more!
Not at all, nobody cares about that one - just like the defeat at the Euro 00, it had zero impact, in hindsight. You can win as many quasi-friendlies as you want to, as long as we clinch the important ones.
Bmi330 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2001, 1449 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (11 years 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1086 times:
in scotland we get the england lossing to eather germany or france which says only u can prevent this but most prople are like no we want that to happen lol thats on sky channels and c 4 and 5 we also get one where england win and its brizil who lose and the english guy with the big tatode bear belly so we get a nice veriaty of them.
Airsicknessbag From Germany, joined Aug 2000, 4723 posts, RR: 38 Reply 8, posted (11 years 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1078 times:
>>>You wouldn't have said that if you hadn't won the play-off, now, would you?
You´re certainly right on that one. But we DID win the play-off, you´ll have to learn to live with it. (And don´t forget, we had the same number of points in the group as England.)
>>>And being in denial doesn't help in the long run either!
Denial? Who´s in denial? De Nile is a river in Africa, as far as I´m concerned
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 9, posted (11 years 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1077 times:
Since you are clearly having problems coming to terms with your heaviest defeat in about seventy years, Daniel, I volunteer to help you by mentioning it at every opportunity. Don't tell me it doesn't worry you, we all saw the German newspaper headlines the following day!
Now, if you can just tell us how you managed to get an easier World Cup group.....
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Racko From Germany, joined Nov 2001, 4838 posts, RR: 21 Reply 10, posted (11 years 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 1076 times:
Because people all over the world have RESPECT for the German team We won the World Cup 3(4) times, and everybody knows that England has never REALLY won it
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 12, posted (11 years 1 day ago) and read 1069 times:
Ah, Racko, that old chestnut. If we accept that the third goal in '66 should have been disallowed, there is still the matter of the fourth. And anyway, German people often talk as though you would have won that final, when of course you wouldn't. England were the better side. So there.
By the way, no-one "respects" the German team. They grudgingly admire how the Germans somehow manage to win the thing despite being so boring all the time, but that's a different matter. Why do you think everyone celebrates when you get knocked out? It ain't just us, you know!
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
Racko From Germany, joined Nov 2001, 4838 posts, RR: 21 Reply 13, posted (11 years 22 hours ago) and read 1060 times:
Yes, and do you know WHY they celebrate ? Because they are afraid of getting knocked out by US themselves Oh, and who again invented the "Kick and rush?" We just knew how to play kick-and-rush and be succesful while England played kick-and-rush and wasn't succesful
And about "being the better team" - you can't buy anything for "being the better team". Bayer Leverkusen was maybe the best team in europe this year, but they didn't win the Bundesliga, nor the German Cup, nor the Champions League ... it was still enough for the English teams though
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 14, posted (11 years 9 hours ago) and read 1050 times:
Hang on, you can't turn that around like that. England WON in '66, not Germany. So, regardless of the third goal, the better team won. What I'm saying is that many Germans claim that without that goal they would have won, and that just isn't true. Now, in the 1970 quarter final England were by far the superior side for the first hour. Then Bobby Charlton was substituted, Beckenbaur was freed in midfield and Germany tore England apart.
In 1990, England played out of their skins against Germany and had many chances to win the game, but it was so tight I don't think we could honestly say that England were unlucky, except of course in the manner of defeat.
1996 was an example of the best team not winning as you say, because England were much the better side put just couldn't put the ball away.
The one thing about England-Germany matches is that we know SOMETHING is going to happen. They are never boring! But the reason the 5-1 was so special to us is because you made our lives a misery for 30 years, and this was payback in the most special way possible. I can't conceive of how appalling it must be to be absolutely hammered by the old enemy.
As for Leverkusen, I thoroughly enjoyed watching them this year. I thought they were marvellous and I would have been delighted if they could have won the European Cup.
She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot.
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