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WC - Germany vs Serbia (Fri 7:30 ET, ESPN)

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Krauts trailing the not-Croats 1-0 at half. Germany down a man after Klose picked up 2 yellows in the first 35 minutes.

No clue if the cards were legit.
 
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Bucky Katt;1719071; said:
Krauts trailing the not-Croats 1-0 at half. Germany down a man after Klose picked up 2 yellows in the first 35 minutes.

No clue if the cards were legit.
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The commentator on ESPN GameCast makes it sound like they were terrible calls... both cards should have been fouls but not cards... he sure doesn't hide his feelings in his comments:

12' - Klose has been booked for a clip on Ivanovic. That is half for that challenge and half for the one about five minutes ago. Clumsy.

36' - Klose has been sent off, for the two most innocuous fouls you will ever see. Pathetic refereeing. Just awful, awful, awful.

37' - Referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco from Spain, is a joke. That was absolutely pathetic. He's ruined the game with those ridiculous bookings.

39' - How things can turn. Germany were looking in no trouble at all, then their star striker is sent off for nothing and within two minutes they go behind.

45' - Well, an entertaining half that was overshadowed by a truly shocking red card for Miroslav Klose. Two innocuouos fouls and he gets his marching orders. The first was an inadvertent clip, the second when he tried to poke the ball away from Stankovic.
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Most of those commentators have been pretty entertaining to follow.
 
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They were legit fouls, but nowhere near deserving of being booked or sent off. It could change the whole tournament if Germany qualifies in the #2 spot in their group because of this.

Meanwhile, I just hope Joe West makes it back to the States tonight in time to cover his day job.
 
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I would personally like to apologize to AKAK. I bet on both Klose and Podolski to score, and my WC betting out the curse on them.

Klose got 2 yellows in the first half (the second one was really a sad call), and Podolski missed several great scoring chances, including a PK after a Serb moronically reached above his head on a cross in the box that really wasn't dangerous. He looked tentative on the PK because he'd just kicked it wide on two plays that both looked like they were going to be goals for Germany.

Sorry, AKAK, it was my fault. Klose and Podolski had their fate sealed by my vBets.
 
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BB73;1719088; said:
I would personally like to apologize to AKAK. I bet on both Klose and Podolski to score, and my WC betting out the curse on them.

Klose got 2 yellows in the first half (the second one was really a sad call), and Podolski missed several great scoring chances, including a PK after a Serb moronically reached above his head on a cross in the box that really wasn't dangerous. He looked tentative on the PK because he'd just kicked it wide on two plays that both looked like they were going to be goals for Germany.

Sorry, AKAK, it was my fault. Klose and Podolski had their fate sealed by my vBets.
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Yeah, what the fuck was Podolski doing? Although, he was about the only one doing anything. More likely the Schweinsteiger vbet doomed Germany, he was doing as much good as Klose was.

And, yeah, just horrible hack jobs in both games this morning by the ref...

Honestly, I hate to say this, because I do like the new Turkish kid, but, it's times like this when Ballack's leadership is missed.

At any rate... I'm still wearing my USA colors for the time being. :)

Not to mention all the fucking cards in that game are gonna haunt Germany.
 
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