Not the Germans...
England 1 (but really 2) Germany 4. So tomorrow’s headlines have been written; the topic of debate decided. They will be of the what if? variety.
What if the 4th official hadn’t disallowed the goal?
What if football used technology to over rule bad decisions?
What if Lampard hadn’t hit the crossbar?
What if Rooney had been fully fit?
What if the Germans hadn’t been so cool, calm and collected and better than us?
‘What if’ questions are the mainstay of a writer’s brain. What if the main character does this… what if she does that? Life is full of ‘what ifs.’
Mexico’s game against Argentina in the evening was full of incident, too. Tevez’ first goal was off side and unnerved the Mexico team which had been playing beautiful, fast and fluid football. I loved the difference in the reactions. When Lampard’s goal was disallowed he looked aghast, clasped his hands to his head then… played on. With Mexico, the whole team looked as if they were going to lynch the officials. Tevez’ second goal was a belter, though. Argentina won 3-1 in the end. So Germany meet Argentina next. It’ll be a cracker.
Not the Argies...