I'm not sure I grasp your reasoning. Isn't 'up to form' really just 'up to what I expect'? There'd be no reason to hold the Cup if every nation did as expected. Germany had 90 minutes to score a single goal against Spain and they didn't, so they lost. Same with the Dutch. Spain won through attrition, not through 'good football', but they did win. A good, fluid game happens when two teams styles and skill levels mesh into something exciting, but that doesn't mean they are really better. Its hard to call it luck when you win, what, 7 games straight?
I'll admit I'm not a huge soccer fan, I've only followed it the past three years or so and then only casually, but I see this kind of talk in American Football and Hockey too (the only other two sports I follow). And hell, In hockey its best of seven every matchup in the playoffs, and people still bitch about lucky bounces on the puck.
I'll admit I'm not a huge soccer fan, I've only followed it the past three years or so and then only casually, but I see this kind of talk in American Football and Hockey too (the only other two sports I follow). And hell, In hockey its best of seven every matchup in the playoffs, and people still bitch about lucky bounces on the puck.
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