Performance in this world cup 2006
Goal:
Argentina ---> 10 (For) and 2 (Against)
Germany-----> 10 (For) and 2 (Against)

Attempts:
Argentina---->required 41 attempts, 21 of them on target (49%) to get 10 goals (24%).
Germany-----> required 78 attempts, 38 of them on target (51%) to get 10 goals (13%).

Passing:
Argentina---> have found a team-mate with 1,666 out of 1,998 (83 %)
Germany----> have completed 1,748 of a total of 2,070 passes (84 %)

Crosses:
Argentina---> landed 10 out of 66 crosses on a team-mate's head, chest or foot (15 %).
Germany----> landed 33 out of 111 on a team-mate's head, chest or foot (30 %)

Cards:
Argentina----> 8 yellow
Gernamy-----> 5 yellow

Fouled by oppopents:
Argentina-----> 83 times
Germany------> 70 times

Foul:
Argentina----> 69 times
Germany-----> 66 times

Possesion:
Argentina----> 205 minutes
Germany-----> 227 minutes

Counter attacks:
Argentina----> 6
Germany-----> 26

Overall meet: 16 times
Argentina won: 7 times
Germany won: 5 times
Draw : 4 times

Looks like it is an even game. The 1986 and 1990 world cup finalists have equal chances. Lets see how the game goes.

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Ho yaar, malai pani Argentina hare pachhi World Cup hernai wakka lagyo...

The better team won.
I think the Arg were too excited after scoring the first goal and started breaking up.
Germans had determination and played well till the end of the 1st TO. There is no doubt that Arg is a good team but Germany proved to be the better team.

For a while I thought the Germans were out.

I think it is very stupid to hate Germany. This is just a match.
Remember Germany gives a lot of aid to Nepal what has Arg given?
BTW I didn't see Maradona today

Come on what's wrong with you all!!!!!!!!!

Germany Won!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHEERS, CHEERS, CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now, I want to see Brazilians butt kicked in final by Germans - Ultimate vengeance of 2002. I have believed on them since I knew them back in '86, and it will mark the end of hard 16 years with the glory of cup back in hands of Klinsmann and his team.

GO GERMANY GO!!!!!!!!!!!

ohh hell yeaaa Germanyyyyyyyyyyyy woooooooooooooooo hoooooooooo
now letss see whoo wins germanmy vs italy... can't wait to see thiss oneee.. Italy prolly will beat germans ass lolllllllllllll

This world cup has already lost it's charm after unfortunate departure of the best playing team.
Argentine players, wherever you are now, you are still the best

Germany good team re? are you allright? fuucking Germany!! it;s really bad for the true football lover. for me too, the world cup ended, so badly!!

For you german fans out there, had Argentina won the game you would be saying the same things about Argentina .... so STFU

how can you call argentina best team makar tantra. They lost the game fair and sqaure. Nobody can complain about refreeing decesion.

I know most of the nepalese who are argentinian fan will be disappointed but but let me tell you except for the game against servia and montenigro i dont think argentina played well. They failed to beat holland as well.

There are very little Nepalese who are german fans. So there wouldn't be so many "saying the same things" in sajha.
I respect Argentina and accept that they are a good team. It is sad that the coach decided to defend instead of continuing to attack...where was Messi? I guess the coach was keeping him safe for the semis.

Germany beat the winners of 86 now it's time for the winners of 82, as for the winners of 2002 that will come later.
Klinnsman days are back!!

kaag karaudai garchha pina sukdai garchha! Berlin!Berlin wir fahren nach Berlin!!!

brazil and germany are better than argentina because they are winning whatever have come in their way.

To me Argentina was a better team than germany... I never liked German (or for that matter England) way of playing . they play physical... wiht long passes and hoping that their player gets the chances on those long balls. to me that is not a beautiful footbal. I like the way Argentina and Brazil play. they play short balls, great one touches and so beautiful to watch... And at the end of the day, its not always the team that plays beutifully becomes successful... having said that i respect others views also... there are many people who like the typical German or England way of playing...

It is not only me who is saying Argentina was playing very good in this tournament, many people around the world are saying same thing. Even football legend Pele and former German captain Lothar Matheus (1990 WC winning team) have already acknowledged their outstanding performance. Even in today's game, they clearly dominated the host nation which was also playing very good since beginning. It was only their bad luck to end up with PSO.
Even talking about tie with Holland, please keep in mind that they are all time good team accompanied with some misfortune. On top of that, Most of the Argentine key players were in the bench in that game.
I know you may be talking about Italy, they even tied with the USA. Also, they were survived by referee against Australia game.

makar tantra how can you say italy survived by referee. italy was given harsh red card in 24th minute and you should know by then they were creating many chances. if they were playing 11 against 11 probalby italy would have been 2-0 up by 90 minutes.

and i went though sydney herald which is an australian magzine that said italy deserved penalty because you just cant slide infront of the player and obstruct the way . unfrotunately thats what australian player did.

and by the way australia themselves were lucky. remembe harry kewell goal against croatia was clear offside and they wouldnt have qualified.

anyway i think germany and brazil has been two best team in the tournament. Germany has won 5 matches in a row. argentina won 3 matches out of 5 match. I know loss for argeintina is hard to come over.

but if by saying argentina was the best team makes them feel good then ok ARGENTINA ARE THE BEST TEAM.

You don't have to say Argentina good. I was more concerned about the way you were humiliating Holland.

argentina is a good team ....germany proved they are better..( atleast for this world cup) ...but brazil's the best...

I am happy I have a back up.. I can still enjoy the WC.

I have to say that when I was disappointed with Holland loosing the game and out of the World Cup, I accepted gracefully, eventhough I wholeheartedly disagreed with the refereeing and the fouling of the Portuguese. I just could not bear it, infact I was so disappointed that I thought I was never going to watch a single game in this World Cup. But fellas, this is only a game and that we should never take it so seriously. I still support Holland and I unbearably say that they will come out in the next European Championship firing.

But the whining of the Argentine supporter is just too much to take. The game was dead locked with both sides playing well. I agree that Argentina controlled the ball well in the first half, but I thought there was never a grave threat in the germany's goal line. I thought yes they are playing well, but why the heck are they not shooting or not threatening when they are controlling the ball so well? I was infact surprised to see Germany not being able to attack, but the possesion that Argentina got and that they never looked threatening was shocking to say the least. They were playing with a plan to not let the Germans take control of the game. They succeded in doing that, but they fail to make a plan of attacking at the same time. It was negative plan to say the least and thats where they failed. The only chance was through a beautifully taken corner in which they headed home but from that onwards, I think Germany played way better. They controlled well, they never gave up and that is where I think Argentina should not have sat back and let Germans attack. They know how to control the ball as they did in the first half, why were they not able to do that after they scored the goal was surprising. But I believe the young German side, this coming from a neutral guy, played really well and they fought back and won. Please please please, why is it so hard to accept is I just cannot understand?

Germany are hard to beat in penalty shoot out. They have lost very few when it comes to penalties, and so Argertina should have gone on an all out attack in the extra time. They did not. In fact both sides were tired, but Germany looked threatening when they went forward. They will take it pleasingly if it goes to penalties, because their record speaks volumes. But what has Argentina got to show when it comes to PSO. It failed miserably today for them. I think it is better not to make lame excuses and accept that Germany won it. The main score that counts is the score line and not this is what happened and this is what should have happened. Let us watch the game in true spirit of game man ship and accept that Argentina lost today. It wasn't bad refereeing, it wasn't because of Germany's physical play or diving. It was because of their negative play and a very good game that disappointingly ended in penalties. It was a coin toss. Both sides could have won in penalties. There is no justice here in penalities for both sides when they loose.

My two cents. I am very sad that my Oranje Boys lost in a very saddened encounter with the goddam portuguese. We will get 'em next time.

In a football game when the decision has to be made by PSO...i feel like that is somehow not a true spirit of football. I don't know why I'm thinking like this....probably ARG lost. Yes, as other saathis mentioned above, it's really hard to accept the lost of favourite team. ARG was a great team and they did well but they weren't so offensive as said by O boy.
I think most of us wanted them to be in final......but...GAME ta HO..har jit bhaihalcha.....yasai bhani chitta bujhaunu parya cha.

KE YO PALI KO FINAL PANI BRAZIL vs GERMANY?

no. 1 ARG gayo aba afu ta ITA tira...

Though playing well in the first half, Argentina played negatively after scoring the goal, was unfortunate to lose the first goalkeeper and did some ridiculous substitutions like taking out Riquelme and not bringing Messi.

Germany fought back in the second half and Lehman did well in the penalties. Its definitely hard to beat the Germans in PSO, but Argentina also had unbeaten record in PSO in World Cup until yesterday!

I have been a long time Argentine fan and its quite sad to see them out of the WC. Better luck next time!