2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup thread

[Professor Smarmiarty]

The majority of reports I've read, including the hundreds of comments on the guardian, agree that the goal would have changed nothing. And anyone who doesn't is wrong because England were awful, their defencewas awful, they were lucky it was 10-1. That goal would have changed nothing, German were slaughtering hteir defence.

[Green Spanner]

The thing is that the goal would have happened very soon after Germany already conceded. That may very likely have put Germany off balance, allowing England to potentially take the initiative.

You have to factor the psycological aspects of the goal really. The ultimate effects it would have had is hard to say, but to say it would have made no difference is just naive.