It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Hope its not that sub goalie again. Cheating

Well done Argentina.

The krauts though will thrash you.

OOOps!! :O)

I thought the Dutch team was most deservant but you just can't argue with missed penalties.

Argentina v Germany for the Final

Since it doesn't appear to be so hard for them to score goals, my money now just has to be on Germany to win the Jules Rimet Trophy.

Fyi, Doc, the chances of Germany winning the Jules Rimet Trophy are zilch. The Jules Rimet Trophy was won outright by Brazil in 1970 after they won the tournament for a third time, and replaced in 1974 with the current FIFA World Cup Trophy.

A tad late..

Hmmm?

Brazil, you say?

Are you sure?

Good God, Hils! you are right!

http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/world-cup.htm

The Dutch were the better side by far but with penalties anything can happen and the Argie goalkeeper was mighty impressive ! you have to say....Holland just couldn't create a few extra chances...kept on going back....as Messi was lurking...he is such a dangerous player...I think Germany will win it as they will open that Argentinian defense up.....

You should know after all these years, Doc, that I'm always right.

Ain't that so, Skinners?

:o)

Blush....

Money-laundering, illegal ticket touting and conspiracy?.. Surely not.

http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/164018/hospitality-company-chief-detained-in-world-cup-tickets-probe

Tip of the iceberg......any of those lovely exfootballers ever thrown games ?....of course they have .....heck of a lot of corruption around Fifa.....bribes across the board...

Luis Suarez: Liverpool & Barcelona agree £75m deal for striker

Liverpool have agreed to sell striker Luis Suarez to Barcelona for a fee thought to be about £75m.

The Uruguayan, 27, who is serving a four-month ban for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup, will sign a five-year deal.

Suarez, who scored 31 league goals last season, will travel to the Spanish club next week for a medical.

The move to Barcelona takes him closer to his wife Sofia's family.

"I hope you can all understand why I have made this decision," said the striker, who is banned from "all football-related activity" until the end of October as he serves his third suspension for biting an opponent.

"This club did all they could to get me to stay, but playing and living in Spain, where my wife's family live, is a lifelong dream and ambition. I believe now the timing is right."

"Luis is a very special talent and I thank him for the role he has played," said Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers.

Suarez - last season's Premier League top scorer and winner of the PFA and Football Writers' Player of the Year awards - signed for Liverpool from Ajax in 2011 for £22.7m, and had four years left on his contract.

When he is eventually eligible to play again, Suarez is expected to wear the number nine shirt in a formidable Barcelona front line including Argentine Lionel Messi and Brazilian Neymar.

Suarez gives La Mordida a whole new meaning.

As did panto.

Hey bud ...........look over your back.

I havent gone away.

Well...here we are : the world cup final....I think the Germans will be too hot to handle.. (Handel ?..wasn't he on top of the pops?)......euuhh I mean the footballers.....

With a bit of luck the Argies will put a stop to the German blitzkrieg .. here's hoping anyway.

Au contraire ..I'm hoping for a Dachshund triumph ...

Yep I think the Argy defence will be too good for the Germans.

And then wham bam Messie to score..........thinking hes playing for Everton.......in your dreams Chris.

Nicked from afn