Hi fellow IORRians,

You enjoyed last night match of Spain vs Germany and Holland vs Uruguay?
Now it is time to show your honest opinion. Who will be the winner?

Is it Spain for the first time ever in the final to tic-tac-toe the Dutchies back to Amsterdam?

Or are we ( I am convinced) going to celebrate on Tuesday the biggest party ever in Amsterdam through the canals and finally getting over the fact that we lost two finals before?

Show me your opinions!

Sincerely UW
(A proud Dutchie and proud on the teams performance so far)

'Doo doo doo Heartbreaker'



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my support goes to Holland, my bet is on Spain

I have a feeling that it will be Holland- they are getting better with every game!

I'll be supporting Spain myself, but I actually suspect that Holland will win it.

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

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nanker phelge
I have a feeling that it will be Holland- they are getting better with every game!

I agree with nanker phelge on this. Holland look very dominating

I'd like to see Spain win.
Gambling point of view, I've just had a punt on there being only one goal scored in 90 minutes. 3/1.

Spain is by far the best team in the world and I said this before the World Cup started. They have consistently played the most fluid football over the last 3 years making it hard for opponents to get the ball or break them down. They have the best midfield in the world and in David Villa possibly the best striker too.

However history has a way of denying the best teams the ultimate prize in football as Hungary found out in 1954 and Holland in 1974. We will see. The good thing is at last we see a new team lift the trophy and a European team win outside of Europe.

May the best team win.

I hope the Dutch will win, because it means I'll have a big party on sunday! I think it's 50/50 game with two countries that have never won the cup before. Both teams have a lot of quality, especially in attack. The Netherlands have performed more consistently during qualification and the WC-games, but Spain is the reighning champion of Europe. Above all I hope to see a good match, worthy of a final. In Dutch we say: drie maal is scheepsrecht. It means something like "third time's a charm". Let's hope so.

NL - SPA > 2-1

Spain

I hope Spain will win.

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Rutger
It means something like "third time's a charm". Let's hope so.

We say third time lucky. Three Is The Magic Number as De La Soul once sung.

Impossible to predict. Both teams deserve to play the final, that's for sure. It's nice to have a brand new wc, but it would be fantastic if it will be Holland of course. I think Spain is overall the best team, but Holland has shown the most surprising actions so far and a great team spirit as well.

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paulywaul
I'll be supporting Spain myself, but I actually suspect that Holland will win it.

I'm the opposite.

Heart says Holland, head says Spain.

Wouldnt begrudge either side winning it. They were the best two sides in the qualifying stages.

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maumau
my support goes to Holland, my bet is on Spain

same here.
I even had a bet on Spain yesterday but my goal score was too high.
mind you, I was rooting for Germany though.

I think Holland will not make the same mistake as Germany yesterday. Holland will be more agressive and more (fair) fighting as Germany to disturb the spanish game. That will be to key for Holland to win and I think they will make it 2:1.
Hey, it was a semi-final yesterday, no yellow card at all....says all.

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natural-born-stonesfan
I think Holland will not make the same mistake as Germany yesterday. Holland will be more agressive and more (fair) fighting as Germany to disturb the spanish game. That will be to key for Holland to win and I think they will make it 2:1.
Hey, it was a semi-final yesterday, no yellow card at all....says all.

exactly my sentiments, germany lost the game by tactics, spain didn´t win it.

spain is not as good as every one sees them.

if the netherlands have more balls than germany and robben on a good day they will win.

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kleermaker
It's nice to have a brand new wc

Cool, did you get one of these ?



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Keep On Rolling

Well I had Netherlands over Germany in the final. Now that Germany is out and I don't have to worry about their explosive offense anymore, the Netherlands should win handily.

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kleermaker
It's nice to have a brand new wc

Cool, did you get one of these ?

Hard to piss in that one, I think!

The Spaniards played VERY VERY poor last night, not to mention our MIGHTY GERMAN SQUAD who had a MAAAAAJOOOR OFF-DAY so....MY BET IS ON THOS ORANGES!!! HOPE THEY WON'T GET SQUEEZED BY THE ORIGINAL "ORANGES COUNTRY"!!

SO,VIVA HOLLANDIA!!!

As in the match against Brazil, The Netherlands will be the underdogs. Most people expect Spain to win, and some people in Spain seem to believe they're already there!

This is all excellent. We've seen what the effects of underestimating your opponent can be. In fact, that's how Spain got this far - the Germans were already playing against The Netherlands in their minds, it appeared. If Spain are in top shape they'll be very hard to beat, but if not, there will be opportunities. I've seen plenty of their players make dumb mistakes this tournament (Casillas, Torres, Pedro). All I ask is that they continue their behavior for one more match.



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Before the tournament I had a bet on Spain winning and David Villa being top scorer, so I will be supporting them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have minded which of them won

Nice to see some new blood will win....I wasn't rooting for either team in the final, but I'll be happy as long as the game is exciting and not what we saw in the Germany-Spain match.

I was cheering for Germany, but they just never really 'showed up' until it was too late (ie, after the Spanish goal).

still think, germany was the best team. netherlandspain 2:1

under the boardwalk---down by the sea

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Havo
still think, germany was the best team. netherlandspain 2:1

I would agree.

I wore my 'Germany T-shirt' to work yesterday. A bit embarrassing on the train ride home.

The spirit is on both teams, the first time our Spanish friends are in the final so they want to win this game...but on the other hand we lost two times the final so as we say in Holland "drie maal drie is scheepsrecht" impossible to translate but in other words two times lost so we will win the third.......

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Third time for Holland - hopefully they will win this time.
Don't know if Cruyff will like it. Cruyff basically only likes himself.