Killed by a 'thousand passes'

Yesterday i was crushed with sorrow and grief to see Germany loosing to Spain in the World Cup semi-finals. The feeling still lingers...

What a tournament it had been for Mannschaft. They had come to the South Africa as an unfancied team. People in Germany had written them off(they always do before any major tournament)
But as it is always said - Never write-off Germany.

But boy-oh-boy ! Did they have a tournament? They turned out to be the most entertaining team annihilating England(read my earlier blog) and Maradona's Argentina en-route to the semi-finals.

The 2nd youngest team of the competition just were unstoppable. Joachim Loew, nicknamed Jogi in Germany changed the German way of playing. They reminded me of the free flowing Dutch side of the 70's. They were absolutely scintillating.

But as it is said consistency is the key to winning. They were killed by a 'thousand passes'.
La Roja played their best game of this World Cup to end Germany's hopes of an eighth final appearance.

Alas! It will be now another 4 years wait for me and for like-minded fans. Am heartbroken.

I am now rooting for Netherlands, not because Spain defeated Spain and i would love to watch Spain loose. It is because the Holland side has been playing scintillating football since years.Legendary (I seldom use this word)
It is the best side never to have won the World Cup. If you have no idea what i am talking about, you are probably reading the wrong blog.