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In the end, there were no complaints. Members of the German team I saw answering questions about Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final defeat admitted that Spain deserved to win. They did it in a clear, honest and analytical way, displaying an emotional control that struck me as being a very German quality.

It reminded me of an incident in Dortmund four years ago after Germany had been knocked out of the tournament at the same stage by Italy. A German journalist walked past my desk within minutes of the final whistle, looked at some statistics of the game on a television screen and told me dispassionately that the best team had won.

I asked Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer on Wednesday what he thought of the match. The 24-year-old simply replied: “Spain was the better team today.”

Team manager Oliver Bierhoff was slightly more expansive. “You saw in the match how strong Spain are and how well they keep the ball,” said the former Germany striker. “We did not find our rhythm or the system to break down their very well-organised team and, at the end of the day, I thought it was a deserved victory for Spain.”

Germany should be applauded for their contribution to this competition. They swept aside both England and Argentina in the knock-out stage and introduced three stars to the global stage in Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira and Thomas Mueller, who was unfortunately suspended for Wednesday’s game.

But I felt that the Germans played slightly into Spain’s hands by sitting too deep and hoping to strike on the counter attack. They looked hesitant and uncertain. Bierhoff suggested they lacked experience at crucial moments.

Neuer added: “We wanted to be strong in defence and make fast breaks but Spain were good in defence and did not let us. We maybe showed Spain too much respect.”

Spain were the better team and deserved their victory after producing a more fluid performance than we have seen in most of their previous games in South Africa. They had 13 shots at goal, with five on target. Germany, who lost 1-0 to Spain in the Euro 2008 final, managed only two on target from five attempts.

With Pedro selected ahead of the out-of-form Fernando Torres, there was more energy to Spain’s play and better interchange in midfield. The tiki-taka passing game that Paraguay successfully stifled for so long in the previous round was up and running again.

Even so, Spain’s dominance for long periods did not produce many clear-cut openings and Vicente Del Bosque’s side have now won their last three games 1-0.

I thought Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso shed a lot of light on his team’s performance when he said: “We have seen when Germany have gone ahead in games that they have often scored again on the counter attack and we were really concerned about that.”

It explains why Spain were prepared to remain patient for so long, scoring the decisive goal through Carles Puyol, who found the net with header from a corner on 73 minutes.

It might not have been the sort of goal you would necessarily expect from this Spain team but it was nonetheless well-worked, with both Puyol and fellow defender Gerard Pique making a similar run and creating a two-against-one situation.

“We knew it might be the small details that make the difference,” said goalkeeper Pepe Reina. “So we have been practising these sorts of things for the entire tournament.”

A victory for Germany would have set up a final against the Netherlands that would have been rich in historical significance and rivalry. Germany’s victory over Johann Cruyff’s team in the 1974 final is known as “De moeder aller nederlagen” (the mother of all defeats) in the Netherlands. Subsequent matches have been brutal, spicy affairs that have often degenerated into unseemly contests.

I was at their last encounter at a major tournament, a 1-1 draw in Porto at Euro 2004. The atmosphere was sensational, the sort that can only be produced by the weight of history, and would have helped to create a thrilling final in Johannesburg.

In contrast, Spain against the Netherlands is the final with no history. Spain are at their 13th World Cup, the Netherlands their ninth, but remarkably they have never played each other in a major tournament.

All of the Spanish players I spoke to after Wednesday’s game expressed an admiration for the Dutch and are expecting a very tough match at Soccer City.

“I have seen most of Holland’s games,” added Alonso. “They have a solid team with good quality. They work well and are strong in attack. We are expecting a tough game. Physical, technical, tactical – they are a very complete team.”

I asked Neuer who he thought would win the final. Almost immediately he said: “Spain.” German coach Joachim Loew agreed with his goalkeeper. “Spain are a wonderful team,” he said. “They are the masters of the game. You can see it in every pass. They can hardly be beaten. They are extremely calm and convincing.”

This current Spain team, the Euro 2008 champions, stand on the brink of greatness. But whatever happens, history will be made on Sunday. It will be the first World Cup final that does not involve one of Brazil, Argentina, Italy or (West) Germany.

And it means that the first World Cup in Africa will have a new winner, the eighth and the first since France lifted the trophy in 1998. That, surely, must be a good thing.

Goal-line technology is back on the agenda after Fifa revealed this World Cup is set to be the last tournament under the existing refereeing system.

Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke told the BBC that TV replays showing Frank Lampard scoring a goal against Germany was a “bad day” for organisers.

And Valcke suggested changes will be made before the 2014 World Cup.

“We’re talking about a goal not seen by the referee which is why we are talking about new technology,” said Valcke.

Fifa’s general secretary also suggested that the use of two extra referees positioned on the goal-line – a system trialled last season in the Europa League and set to be used in the Champions League this coming season – might be used in future World Cups.

“Let’s see if this system will help or whether giving the referee an additional four eyes will give him the comfort and make duty easier to perform,” added Valcke.

“I would say that it is the final World Cup with the current refereeing system.”

Although Valcke’s comments will be interpreted as a change of policy by Fifa following the International Football Association Board’s (Ifab) decision to reject goal-line technology and other aids for referees in March, the Fifa general secretary wants the whole approach to refereeing to be reformed.

“The teams and the players are so strong and so fast. The game is different and the referees are older than all the players,” said Valcke.

“The game is so fast, the ball is flying so quickly, we have to help them and we have to do something and that’s why I say it is the last World Cup under the current system.”

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has repeatedly rejected calls for the introduction of goal-line technology or TV replays, insisting an element of human error has always been a part of the game.

Opponents have also pointed to concerns over universality – that all levels of the game should be subjected to the same rules and methods of refereeing.

But following the Lampard “goal” in England’s 4-1 defeat by Germany and Carlos Tevez’s offside strike for Argentina against Mexico in a game the South American side won 3-1, Blatter performed a U-turn, saying that it would be a “nonsense” not to reopen the file on technology.

Ifab – the game’s rule making body which consists of representatives of the English, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh FAs as well as four representatives from Fifa – is due to hold a meeting on 21 July where the issue is expected to be discussed.

But Valcke said it was unlikely serious discussions would be held until a further meeting scheduled for October.

In March, Ifab heard presentations from two companies pitching to introduce systems which they say provide definitive proof when the ball has crossed the line for a goal.

But both the proposals from Cairos Goal-line technology, which uses a microchip inside a football and magnetic fields around the goal line, and Hawk-Eye, which uses six television cameras positioned around the goal, were rejected.

The Cairos system was tested by Fifa in the World Club Championships in Japan in 2007, but despite their claims that the test was a success, Ifab again rejected the proposal in March 2008.

It was debated again in 2009 but again turned down.

Both Hawk-Eye and Cairos insist cost is not an issue as they offered to pay for the installation of the system in return for a share of sponsorship rights.

Ifab also turned down the chance to introduce the system of two extra referees positioned on the goal-line in time for the World Cup in South Africa.

Strangely, when they returned to Cape Town on Tuesday, that same press pack were complaining a lot less. I saw nothing but smiles from them after the win over Uruguay but then reaching a World Cup final tends to play havoc with your emotions – the usually impassive Van Marwijk was fighting back tears as he faced journalists at the final whistle.

What is Van Marwijk’s secret? Other than his undoubted tactical nous, some people see him primarily as a peacemaker, keeping his players happy and stopping egos from clashing, as has happened inside Dutch camps in the past.

But there is far more to his man-management than just achieving harmony in his squad. I spoke to De Boer shortly after the Dutch had reached their first final in 32 years. He said Van Marwijk has given the squad the self-belief they can lift the trophy on 11 July.

De Boer told me: “The first thing that Bert said to these players on his first day as coach was ‘we have a mission and that mission is to be world champions’.

“From day one, we tried to give them the belief they could win this World Cup. A lot of our players didn’t believe it, while some said they did. I knew they didn’t really think it.

“Getting them to actually have that belief was so important and it is a process we have been working on for the past two years. The fact it is working is a compliment to everyone in our camp from the kit man to the head coach.

“For us, since we have been in South Africa, it has been all about winning the final. That is something I didn’t have in 1998 when we reached the semi-finals. Then, reaching the final four was enough.

“I saw the same in the Uruguay players before kick-off in our semi-final. Some of them came on to the pitch with cameras and were filming themselves and the stadium. That showed they were happy just to be there. Our approach was much better and now we have to keep that focus.”

From what I heard from the Dutch players I managed to get near to in a very crowded post-match mixed zone, the coaching staff have indeed succeeded in convincing them of their potential. Dirk Kuyt, for example, mentioned he had the “belief” to win the World Cup about eight times in a two-minute interview before scurrying on to the coach.

But as well as making his side mentally strong, Van Marwijk has taught them to be disciplined, too.

The 4-2-3-1 formation that he favours is not his invention – his predecessor Marco van Basten used it with far more flair and far less success. The Dutch shone brightly in the group stages of Euro 2008 before, in a repeat of their fate at the 2006 World Cup, crashing out after losing their first knock-out match.

Van Marwijk also uses largely the same squad as Van Basten did, with the exception of Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, now retired (again) from international football, and son-in-law Mark van Bommel, who has returned to add some steel to the midfield after falling out with the previous coach.

De Boer, who won a Dutch record 112 caps for an outfield player and is behind only Van der Sar (118) in his country’s record books, added: “In the past we would go to tournaments as one of the favourites, have two or three good games then crash out. But now this team has shown it is much more stable even if we don’t hit top form.

“If we don’t play our best, we still win, or draw. We don’t lose. The only reason that happened against Australia [in September 2008] was because we were down to 10 men. The reason we are so stable is because the players trust the system we play in.”

The reaction to just about every Dutch victory in South Africa has been along the same lines – that they can play much better than they just did, although they were pretty impressive during the second half of their extraordinary fightback against Brazil.

Personally, I’m not so sure there is much more to come, or that they necessarily need to produce it to beat Spain, who do not exactly appear to be on top of their game either.

Like several other sides at this World Cup, the Oranje have a couple of world-class performers – Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben – and a couple of players with the potential to reach that level. Robin van Persie is one and has worked hard despite looking uncomfortable in his role as a lone striker.

They have all played their part in getting their side this far. While improvement is clearly possible, it is not imperative because more of the same could well suffice.

Don’t get me wrong, the Netherlands will be worthy winners if they do overcome European champions Spain at Johannesburg’s Soccer City Stadium on Sunday but there have been more roundly-talented Dutch teams that have left tournaments empty-handed.

Van Marwijk is probably closer to getting the maximum out of his side than it may seem at first glance and deserves a lot more credit than he has received so far.

He has already matched what former Dutch bosses Rinus Michels and Ernst Happel did in 1974 and 1978 but with a much less stellar squad. The irony for a nation used to seeing their teams fail to live up to their promise is that this time Van Marwijk has overachieved just by taking them to the final.

Brazil versus the Netherlands has given us some wonderful World Cup memories. The 1998 semi-final was one of Ronaldo’s best performances in the competition. The Dutch should probably have won a pulsating game, losing their nerve in the penalty shoot-out, but they softened up the Brazilians for France in the final.

The 1994 quarter-final had Bebeto’s immortal ‘rock the cradle’ celebration, a shock Holland comeback and finally Branco’s spectacular long-range free-kick.

But the really important contest – the one whose repercussions continue to ripple through the game – was the meeting in West Germany in 1974. In what was effectively a semi-final, the Netherlands won 2-0 while a frustrated Brazil, the reigning world champions, resorted to a full repertoire of rugby tackles and body checks.

Spearheaded by the legendary Johann Cruyff, that Dutch team have gone down in history as one of the greatest sides not to win the World Cup. Their style of play caught everyone’s imagination.

Most often remarked on is how the players constantly changed positions. The game with Brazil supplies a classic example, right-back Wim Suurbier having a shot saved after cutting in from the left wing.

More fundamental than this, though, was the general idea of having as many players involved in the game as possible at any given time, with or without the ball.

Jan Jongloed had to be a sweeper keeper because the back line pushed so high up the field. Not because they were trying to play offside but because they were ferociously pressing to win the ball back.

In the space of a few weeks, the Netherlands rendered South American football obsolete. They toyed with Uruguay on their way to a 2-0 win, brushed Argentina aside 4-0 and then did for the Brazilians.

The South American playmakers were used to having time on the ball. Watch Brazil’s Gerson in 1970. He picks up possession, wanders around chatting to his team-mates, pointing and gesticulating. He almost has time to get out the newspaper and check the headlines before deciding which pass to give. This was no longer possible.

In 1974, no sooner had the playmaker received the ball than half of the Netherlands was charging towards him, anxious to win it back and set an attack in motion. They pressed collectively to win possession and then offered the man on the ball options for a pass.

It was the definitive moment when football stopped being a collection of man-against-man duels and became a constant contest of 11 against 11.

How could this new challenge be met?

A nation’s footballing culture can be a complex thing, with different currents pulling in different directions. In the most general terms, however, Brazil and Argentina came up with very different responses to the Netherlands of 1974.

If there is any truth in Jonathan Stevenson’s argument last week that Argentina have become the new Brazil, then this is the moment when the process begins.

After the 1974 World Cup, Cesar Luis Menotti took over as coach of Argentina. Something of a footballing philosopher, he had a passionate belief in the tradition of his country’s game. Old style Argentine passing football could still compete with the big, strong Europeans, he argued, but the rhythm would have to be increased.

Hence the importance of the ever busy, fetch-and-carry Osvaldo Ardiles to the 1978 midfield. The Argentina side remains full of short players with a low centre of gravity, the classic build of the South American footballer.

Brazil’s coaches were less philosophers than technocrats. They were fascinated with the Dutch team and made a brief attempt to imitate it under Claudio Coutinho in 1978. After that had failed and the more traditional approach of 1982 had not worked either, a consensus formed on the need for change.

It was argued that the physical evolution of the game and the fact players were covering more ground made more physical contact inevitable. So the Brazilians decided that if they could match the Europeans in physical terms, their extra skill would tip the balance.

This has been achieved with interest and Brazil are now a huge side. When they met Germany in the 2002 World Cup final, they did so at no physical disadvantage.

In this new, more athletic football, the statistics seemed to indicate that a move’s chances of ending in a goal were reduced if it contained more than seven passes. So rather than old style elaborate moves through the middle – which Argentina love to indulge in, especially if Juan Sebastian Veron is on the field – Brazil put more emphasis on quick breaks down the flanks.

So Gilberto Silva is a symbol of the modern Brazil – a big, strong central midfielder of limited passing ability whose main function is to close down the middle of the field and plug the defensive gaps. But so is Maicon – a big, strong right-back with the pace, power and skill to rip through any defence.

Of course, the attacking full-back was part of the culture of Brazilian football before 1974, as was the defensive midfielder. But the forward bursts of the full-back have become more important precisely because the central midfielder makes less of an attacking contribution. And the defensive skills of the central midfielder are more important precisely because he has to cover for the full-back.

And this switch in balance, which profoundly alters the style of play, can be dated back to the day that Brazil lost 2-0 to Holland back in 1974.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Athletic departments around the country said Thursday they are taking a close look at their ticket policies, one day after the University of Kansas admitted losing at least $1 million in an alleged scalping scheme run by a handful of school employees.

“We believe we have strong safeguards and systems in place,” Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon said. “But we certainly will review the situation in Kansas to see if we can learn anything.”

According to an independent investigation, five Kansas athletic department employees and one part-time consultant conspired to acquire tickets to always sold-out Allen Fieldhouse, sold them and pocketed the money. Counting a lesser number of football tickets and parking permits, the scam involved nearly 20,000 tickets altogether from 2005 through 2010.

The now-former employees, including some top lieutenants of embattled athletic director Lew Perkins, might face charges since Kansas officials have sent the details of their investigation to federal authorities. The investigation estimated the loss to Kansas at slightly more than $1 million. But that figure, once the full scale of the scam is uncovered, could triple.

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith told The Associated Press that ticket procedures were discussed Wednesday as the Kansas allegations were hitting the headlines and the group said: “Let’s go back through, let’s just make sure we don’t have anything that we think is an issue.

“We went through an audit last year, and we’ll go through another one next year,” he said. “We’re pretty confident with our audits. But one of the challenges we have is that once tickets leave us, we don’t know where they go.”

Oklahoma, which once employed some of the dismissed Kansas officials, also said it was reviewing ticket procedures. The University of Washington just finished doing so.

“Ironically, I had a meeting the day before yesterday with the internal auditors about our program and how we do things,” Washington athletic director Scott Woodward said. “We have great internal auditing and good checks and balances. But as you can see, the best-laid plans can go [awry] when you have severe criminal activity involved.”

Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said he was confident the Longhorns had nothing to fear.

“For decades, Texas has had internal controls in place in our athletics ticket operation and in our Longhorn Foundation fundraising,” he said. “And in my years as men’s athletics director here, we have invited auditors to regularly review our ticket sales and distribution systems and policies. We also have two full-time risk managers on staff who continuously review how we do business.”

Still, Perkins said he’s heard from “a multitude of sports organizations.”

“This is not just at the college level,” he said. “Others have called me and said, ‘What should we look for?’ When this is over, we’re going to be better and stronger, and we’re going to be able to help other people.”

The revelations triggered a stern response Thursday from Gov. Mark Parkinson.

“The news about criminal activity within KU athletics is disturbing and absolutely unacceptable,” Parkinson told the AP. “I am glad to see chancellor [Bernadette] Gray-Little and the Board of Regents taking this egregious matter seriously. I know they will hold people accountable and ensure that nothing like this ever happens again.”

In the meantime, Kansas fans were lining up on either side of another issue — should Perkins be fired?

Since he arrived in 2003, the Jayhawks have enjoyed their greatest growth and on-field success. A 40-year veteran of athletic administration, he was called the top executive in college sports by Time magazine just two years ago.

“I’m not quitting,” Perkins told the AP. “I don’t see myself going anywhere. I have a job ahead of me. It’s my job to clean it up and get us back into the right frame of mind and move forward. There’s always doubters out there, and I respect their feelings.”

The betrayal by his employees, Perkins said, was “like somebody took a hot poker and stuck it in my heart.”

Perkins angered many fans by putting in a points system by which tickets and seating are basically allotted on the size of donations. The controversial system raised millions, but after this week, some donors suspect they did not get proper credit for their contributions.

“I don’t see how a person making $900,000 a year and getting obscene bonuses could not know what was going on right there in his own department,” said Fred LaMar, a retired business executive in Olathe, Kan., and longtime donor.

But coming to Perkins’ defense was the most influential booster in the Jayhawk family, California developer Dana Anderson. A 1959 Kansas graduate in whose honor the new football facility is named, Anderson does not want Perkins to go. And his opinion might count. When Kansas played UCLA last year, the chancellor stayed at his home and sat with him at the game.

“Lew has changed the economics of KU’s athletic department dramatically. He did some things that everybody else had avoided,” Anderson said.

Anderson acknowledged receiving calls from angry alumni who want him to call for Perkins to go.

“A lot of people have bruised feelings and questions have been raised,” he said. “But … I do not think this is grounds for termination.”

HERSHEY, Pa. — Penn State coach Joe Paterno has bowed out a few hours before a scheduled appearance at a university alumni event because of a lingering flu bug.

Paterno, 83, has had an intestinal ailment that kept him from attending a similar reception in Pittsburgh two weeks ago as well as Big Ten meetings in Chicago last week.

Offensive coordinator Galen Hall was one of three assistant coaches who took JoePa’s place Thursday night as featured guests. Hall says Paterno is slowly getting better and has been working in State College, to the point where he sometimes tries to overdo things.

Paterno held a team meeting earlier this week and had met earlier Thursday with receivers coach Mike McQueary. Paterno had been planning to attend the publicized event in Hershey, athletic director Tim Curley said.

“He’s doing great. I was with him yesterday; he was actually feeling really well yesterday,” Curley said before the Hershey reception. “I was surprised that this afternoon he didn’t make it. … He’s just having a little problem getting over the hump and getting 100 percent.”

November 23: At last night’s Premier League match, Tottenham Hotspur surprise to bloodbath 9-1 Wigan Athletic and England striker Jermain Defoe scored in 36 minutes, 5 goals, beyond the top scorer Fernando Torres leapt location. While Defoe Lianzhu breaking the five-star personal goals up to half of the Premiership, Tottenham Hotspur to score a maximum of a single field, as well as personal goals for Tottenham Hotspur at home and so on up to three dust-laden record, but a single field five goals in history is not uncommon, with the following some “madman,” pale into insignificance in comparison.

10. Shiller, in September 1999, Newcastle 8-0 Sheffield, single field into the five goals

This is the last one before Defoe played five goals in the Premier League’s legendary striker, top scorer in Premiership history as the Shearer with five goals defeated Sheffield. 99/00 Premier League season, No. 8, Newcastle at home 8-0 bloodbath Sheffield, creating the biggest score of the season single-game record, 30,33,42 minutes Shearer will be the first hat-trick in 81, and 84 minutes the Greek Le also even under the two cities, of course, including two penalties.

9. Andy – Cole, in March 1995, Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich, single-field into the five goals

Andy – Cole, the famous Shuangsha sinister wind, one of the Premiership standings after striker Alan Shearer history of the deadly weapons. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson in 1995, decided to abandon the introduction of the Nottingham Forest 65 games into 41 balls Collymore, instead the introduction of Newcastle striker Andy – Cole, Manchester United fans has angered some of his early years. In this “sinister wind on high” game, Andy – alone in the five-Cole, Ryan Giggs’s across from the then assists the beginning to the end of Ryan Giggs corner indirectly assists.

8. Frankie Bunn, 1989 Nian 10 months, Oldham 7-0 Scarborough, single-field ball into the six

Claiming to be life-long fan of Manchester United Oldham passer Paul Scholes, who told reporters that his idol is that Frankie – Boone. In October 1989 of the League Cup third round, Boone scored six goals a single field, which is also the history of English League Cup individual scoring the highest single-game record. Boone retired in 1990, in the three-year battle Oldham scored 26 goals 78 times.

7. Ted Drake, 1935 Nian 12 months, Arsenal 7-1 Aston Villa, single games into the seven goals

Drake is the history of World War II, before the Arsenal striker, 184 games, scored 139 goals in the Gunners striker standings tied for No. 5. In the December 14, 1935 guest Vera Drake arranged match all of the team goals, seven goals is also a guest of a single field in the history of Arsenal club record. Drake, who had been taught in the 1952-1961 years, Chelsea’s center, but for the outbreak of World War II, is likely to have a more remarkable achievement. Drake joined the Royal Air Force during World War II for the country to war after the end of World War II has been 33-year-old body as before Drake, in frustration, after a severe injury to retire.

6. Afonso Alves, 2007 Nian 10 months, Heerenveen 9-0 Heracles, single games into the seven goals

The Brazil international has now been reduced to Saudi Arabia League Middlesbrough’s successful experience of a slick Alfonso – Alves of the edges and corners. Alves career best scene is undoubtedly the single market into seven goals, the first 10 minutes to the first 19 minutes Alves hat-trick, the first 68,70,74, and 76 minutes and then Alves scored four goals to complete the 7 ball massacre.

5. Ted MacDougall, 1971 Nian 11 months, Bournemouth 11-0 margaret, single-field into nine ball

The 62-year-old Mark Dogar born in Liverpool youth academy, but not for the Red Army battle too. Bournemouth validity period, Mark Dogar 146 appearances scored 103 goals, including a single field into nine goals this miracle. This is the FA Cup first lap of the race that year, Mark Dogar has scored five first half goals, the second half and then scored four goals, achievements of the FA Cup history, the highest single-game goals madman.

4. Joe Payne, 1936 Nian 4 months, Luton 12-0 Bristol Rovers, single-field into 10 balls

During the year 1934-1938 the effectiveness of Luton, Payne scored 83 goals 72 appearances, scoring an alarming rate. 1936 in this game, Payne scored 10 goals a single field, helping the team with 12 goals advantage of mad speculation opponent, this is also recorded in England’s top league since the single-game scoring record.

3. Archie Thompson, 2001 Nian 4 months, Australia, 31-0 Western Samoa, a single field into the 13 goals

This is the 2002 World Cup qualifiers in Oceania, Australia, just a few days ago to 22-0 blow island of Tonga, then on the face of Western Samoa. Labeled jaw-dropping in this final game 31-0, the then 23-year-old Thompson scored 13 goals individuals, which is the highest in international competition at that time.

2. Stephan Staniso, 1942 Nian 12 months, sports clubs VS Aubrey, single-field into the 16 goals

This is a French Cup match, the single-player games Mingjiaosita cenizo scored 16 goals, of course, was impossible to get the competitive level of examination.

1. Panagiotis Pontikos, 2007 Nian 5 months 奥林比斯洛 France 24-3 Cypriots high, single-field into the 16 goals

This is the third stage of Cyprus league game, but since entered the annals of Peng Dix, who were the first 3,20,33,35,47,50,55,56,58,61,68 forward, 75,76,83,86 and 87 minutes each scored the final 16 balls to complete the great cause of a single market.

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Over the past week, Henry has become the focus of international football, because handball assists out of Ireland, France captain in the past few days, almost all major media in the British saliva flooded, and even in France is also Henry’s attitude towards into distinct two camps. This pressure has given way to Henry spent physically and mentally, France’s most authoritative, “L’Equipe” reporter revealed that, Henry has even intend to retire early from France.

Thierry Henry after the game the first time recognized the handball does exist, in order to avoid the harassment of journalists and fans, he deliberately Thursday night earlier than expected time to return to Barcelona one and a half hours that evening to a man hiding inside a simple gym to resume training. Barcelona, the second day of training is closed, but in Barcelona training base, an Irish woman journalist carrying a two-meter-high posters waiting for Henry, above, Henry’s tone with the words “I’m sorry, I hand the ball to Ireland were eliminated from the World Cup, I would like to say sorry to all the Irish people, “which Irish women journalists and even planning to let Henry out of hand from the car to sign the pair of posters, as Henry” apology “evidence. But to see this pair of posters Henry deadpanned, eventually did not get off directly away.

In Henry at a press conference Friday afternoon, once again expressed their own views, “it was a handball, but I do not cheat, never will be, this is only the (game’s) instinctive reaction, the most equitable solution is to re-match. ” But the British media has not let Henry, England and Ireland, the newspaper columnist, Henry open enough firepower to attack, and even the effectiveness of even Henry Arsenal and during the last World Cup match against Spain meant diving fraudulently obtained The topic has fired a free kick another speculation.

If we say that the attitude of the British can also be understood as to vent their anger has kept Henry disillusioned attitude of some of our compatriots in the French media to do part of the survey, support for Henry and that almost all handball fans shameful half and half, but part of the 1998 the World Cup win of the most senior players have expressed on various occasions, send it difficult to accept Henry’s handball national team into the World Cup. Support Henry’s voice is not without, such as Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that Henry “has always been an honest player,” Manchester United’s Evra, also known as “we should let Henry quiet”, was voted off the list of France’s playoff game The former captain Patrick Vieira is also a direct criticism “for Henry’s attack is a scandal,” but David Beckham has come out of solidarity Henry.

However, Henry himself is difficult to Xinruzhishui. Barcelona coach Guardiola Although the inclusion of Henry, and Bilbao this weekend and a big list of games, but he also admitted that “Henry is very happy.” The “Equipe” Henry and even the press has been disclosed because the handball incident on their own future in the national team produced a doubt, Henry is now in the history of France’s top scorer, had just turned 32 years old, he had never considered a retired from the national team, but in the past few days Henry had intended to retire from international football after the World Cup next year. Explicitly rejected re-match in the FIFA, if we could focus on the storm in the Henry’s body is still not terminated, he could even be more extreme in the game against Ireland as the end of his national team career.

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