The perils of fandom...

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Yesterday... was it God's own hand..? that helped Germany to win the Quarter finals. Yesterday was it God's own will that Argentina remained so helpless in spite of Lionel Messis and the legendary guidance of Diego Maradona. Though I am not an atheist, I still prefer not to believe that the out come of yesterday's match was was God's doing. I may be a die hard fan of "Diego Maradona" but it was simply a feast to eyes watching the German's fielding the goals one after the other & never for even a while allowing the Argentinians to take a perfect shot into their goal post.

This week and the coming will show how far Germany’s form will take them. Germany has won the FIFA World Cup before but so also has Argentina . If Germany is able to repeat the quarter final feat when they play Spain on July 8 and if Germany is able to eventually fly home with World cup on July 11, it will only prove that it is will,spirit and undying team effort that allows you to outplay your opponent. After all God only helps those who help themselves. However being a fan you tend to trust in 'God' a little lot more that you completely ignore the performance of your favorites in the field. yesterday...that may be the reason why even as the needle approached the 90th minute I was waiting for a miracle that would see Argentina playing Spain for the semi finals. Well that's what you call a blind faith or should I say that's what is perils of fandom all about.....

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