BYE-BYE, ARGENTINA

in World Cup by Itai — July 3, 2010 at 8:21 pm | 1 comment

Will Argentina make another trip back to the homeland with the cup raised proudly above their heads? Nein (German for “no”).

This morning, Germany’s Miroslav Klose found the back of the net twice to move into a tie for the all-time World Cup scorers, as the Germans sent Argentina back home with an embarrassing 4-0 loss. With his 13th and 14th goals, Klose surged pass the likes of Pele and Just Fontaine, and now sits just one goal behind Ronaldo.

While constant bantering and trash talk led up to the match, the game was nothing shy of remarkable for the German squad.

“It was absolute class,” Germany coach Joachim Loew said.

After a solid start to the tournament and with Brazil checking out of their hotel rooms this morning, a lot of soccer fans saw Argentina as the likely World Cup winner. Instead of realizing so many people’s expectations, Germany eliminated the Argentine squad in a quarterfinal match for the second straight World Cup.

It was all Germany, all day and Lionel Messi disappointed his fans by going yet another game in the tournament without scoring a goal.

For the first time since 1970, Germany is the first squad to score 4+ goals in three separate World Cup matches in the same tournament.

As the final seconds ticked off the clock, Diego Maradona was seen pacing the sideline, and you just knew it was only a matter of time until he was to be interviewed by the media.

When the Maradona was asked if he was satisfied with his squad’s performance, he replied with “Are you joking?”

Maradona later went on to say, “This is a country where you live and breathe football. I don’t think that any will be happy when the team loses 4-0.”