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I have a feeling Les Blues may win this

I was born in Germany but spent a bit of time years ago in France. My experiences of both nationalities sways my feelings.

I hope Germany batter the french.

I'll be watching this in a bar in Paris with some English mates. I will start supporting France when they play the Taliban.

I don't know why but I massively dislike the French.

Germany +1.

 Germany is more of a football country than France, but neither plays cricket so fuck them.

One of those games where it would be nice if they both lost.

Got a grudging admiration for the Hun, though.

Though we shouldnt forget Schumacher. Fucking criminal

I dont think the French are very good and have lucked their way through an easy group, so Germany to win.

And Ive taken a massive disliking for no reason to one of their players.  That little shit Valbuena.  Hope the germans cripple him.

No offence.

The missus has France in a sweep so les blues.

I still think the French owe Jerry for the Schumacher assault back in 82.

However, I also have a grudging respect for all things German so the Hun get my vote.

Thierry Henry reading a Baudelaire poem...may have swayed it for me.

What like Lebensraum, the 1000 year Reich, and umpah bands?

Say what you like about the nazis,  they held great rallies.

First started playing football whilst living in Germany as a kid.

Deutschland all the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zpYQJkBQp0

What a dreadful game.

Hopefully the South Americans will show the way later

Hope the Germans get spanked now. Not sure they are that great and semi-finalists. Same old Germans, always winning :(

Germany 1-0

...and yet Germany still haven't won anything for 18 years.

They'll be getting angsty over there.

Talking of tough decisions, and this may be controversial but...

I think I dislike Pearce/Lawrenson more than Tyldesley/Townsend. The latter two are idiots, of course, but at least they don't sound like they're gutted they have to be there.

Guy Mowbray should just commentate on everything.

Jonathan Pearce is outrageously bad, constantly wrong/misinterpreting situations and surprisingly miserable. Working with Mark Lawrenson is obviously having an impact.

Mind you, he used to be insanely over-the-top.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e5D7sLU4YA

He'll find common ground, one day.

He's the worst commentator I've ever heard and there has been some dross.......if I hear him I have to put he radio commentary on otherwise I can't watch the game.

How he ever got on the BBC I'll never know.