Sunday, July 09, 2006
It was Bastian Schweinsteiger’s night. He scored two long-range stunners, and the third, an own goal by Petit, resulted from a free kick by, who else, Schweinsteiger. That guy was touted to have loads of potential and he only fully displayed it last night. Well, better late than never. And at the young age of 21, he’d still have much more opportunities. Oh and he got a yellow card straight after scoring the third goal, for taking off his shirt. I don't think that did anything to dampen his spirts though.
Schweinsteiger goal no. 1.
Schweinsteiger goal no. 2.
That own goal was the dumbest one I’d ever had the misfortune to witness. At the rate the ball was going, it was obviously not going to get into the net and Ricardo had been poised, ready to scoop it up when all of a sudden… Petit tried to be clever and stuck his leg out, but instead of stopping the ball, he gave it the momentum it needed to get into the net.
King Kahn played. Not as ‘Nummer Ein’ of course, in fact he was ‘Nummer Zwolf’. I’ve been hoping to watch him play and I finally got my chance. He’s still pretty good at the ripe old age of 36. Did you know that Lehmann’s also 36? The only difference is that for Lehmann, 36 is his prime but for Kahn, 36 is way past his prime. Yet, he managed quite a couple of saves.
However, the header by Nuno Gomes was unstoppable. I don’t think Lehmann would have been able to stop that either. Give Portugal some credit alright, they deserved that goal, considering the fact that they were playing really well. Figo should have came on earlier, he’s great as a playmaker.
So Germany takes third place while Portugal fourth. The Germans had quite a good World Cup, I suppose. Third place isn’t so bad, plus Podolski crowned Best Young Player, and Klose’s likely to take home the Golden Boot Award.
-min
char/min blogged at 11:43 AM
