World Cup 2010 Blog: “The Miracle Of Bern Wasn’t Quite So Miraculous” plus 1 more |  |
| The Miracle Of Bern Wasn’t Quite So Miraculous Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT It seemed a little late in the game when France’s World Cup winning side of 1998 was accused of doping just a couple months back. What then are we to say about calling the 1954 World Cup winning side a bunch of cheater, cheater, pumpkin eaters? Can they still hear well enough to understand the accusations? A German university was commissioned by the German Olympic Committee to do a study on doping in, yes, Germany. The verdict? (West) Germans cheated. Germans throwing those miraculous West Germans under the bus for their Das Wunder von Bern.
The 1954 World Cup final was not simply just a World Cup final, if there could be such a thing. The Mighty Magyars of Hungary are still today considered to be the greatest team to have never won the World Cup; some might even cross the rest off after ‘team’. They were magnificent, and West Germany pulled the upset of most holy upsets. And it would appear now that there’s a fairly decent reason why. Well, so we think. Surely there’s are good reasons, perhaps even good evidence, as to why a study would publish such an allegation, but it’s unlikely to cause enough of an uproar to do anything but shrug a few shoulders – accusations of cheating in the World Cup final are as much a part of the game as the ball itself. Even if true and the invisible asterisk added next to their names in the record books, would they now, 56 years later, still say it was worth it? Probably.
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| Paul The Octopus Passes Away (2008-2010) Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:01 AM PDT One day you will be asked: Where were you when you heard Paul the Octopus had died? The clear superstar of this past summer’s World Cup has passed away in his sleep of natural causes, which is a bit vague for an octopus, since “natural causes” for most sea creatures includes “something bigger than it”. Perhaps tragic timing given the lucrative career onto which he was about to embark, but then again maybe not: he’s flamed out just when his star was brightest, like James Dean, leaving the world to wonder what would’ve been and his legacy to grow even further.
A fitting tribute to the Golden Ball winner in the hearts of the fans. But let’s ask the important question: Will he be served fried or grilled?
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The game between France & Mexico in South Africa was notable for a number of reasons. France put in arguably the most abject performance of the tournament, including Nicolas Anelka politely telling Raymond Domenech to fluff himself, with the cherry the player strike shortly thereafter. Turns out not paying the utmost consideration to one’s duties was something of a trend that day – a Swiss doctor is in hot water for watching the game while performing abdominal surgery.
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