Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
The Germans have a wealth of talent but Ozil and Khedira have still got many more years ahead of them than Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol etc. Klose and Friedrich might be in the twilight of their international careers but the rest are still in relative infancy of a kind.
The Dutch have a lot of potential in their ranks we have still to see, and a fair few players who can change a game on their own, so don't write them off just yet. Spain's world-class depth is of a similar level, i.e. once you look past the first 11 or so - hell, Capdevila is their 1st choice left backI'm not dismissing the Spanish at all - both sides haven't really peaked yet, which is quite frankly bizarre since we have one (meaningful) game left of the tournament lol.
What I'm intrigued by is the fact that nearly all of the defences at this World Cup have looked suspect, yet we haven't THAT many high scoring games that haven't involved Germany or North Korea. If Germany had played themselves, they'd have mullered each other, if that makes any sense, and if they had really gone for it and unsettled Spain, they could have cut through the Spanish defence tonight, I wasn't convinced. Such as it, the Spanish are off to J'Berg to face Bert and Co. Should be interesting...
Ok, we'll see about the Dutch - this match yet again proves that anything can happen in football.
Will see how much Germany can beat Uruguay though - the Dutch looked far from convincing in their semi.
And that stupid octupus, it's an amazing bit of luck, it's like a 0.01% chance that it's predicted all their games correctly so far.
Anything can happen 
