# Cameroon - Germany (spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433 "2002-06-11T13:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/1 "2002-06-11T13:19:22Z")
Good lord, this game has more cards than a round of poker! There have been fifteen so far, with two players sent off, and there are still 20 minutes left to play. This is getting more violent than the Lewis-Tyson match. Sixteen! Darn, I was rooting for Cameroon. If Ireland wins against Saudi Arabia, then Cameroon goes home, right? ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/2 "2002-06-11T13:28:47Z")
Right. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/3 "2002-06-11T13:51:21Z")
YOU’LL NEVER BEAT THE IRISH!!! Go on the lads!!! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/4 "2002-06-11T14:41:12Z")
Well the Saudis wont anyway 😃 Come on the Boys. 😃 😃 😃 Wohoo Dublin’s going to be good craic tonight. 2nd Round here we come. Well done to Germany. Bring on Spain 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![freckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47c2d/32.png) [@freckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckles)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/5 "2002-06-11T14:45:01Z")
Are we definitely playing Spain? I thought if South Africa beat them tomorrow then we could be up against South Africa? ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/6 "2002-06-11T14:56:19Z")
Yep, but no one really believes theirs a change of that. A draw also means Spain Vs Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/7 "2002-06-11T14:59:37Z")
Read "there’s " Damn, I hate when I make stupid spelling mistakes… ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/8 "2002-06-11T15:16:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aro \* > \*\*Yep, but no one really believes theirs a change of that. > A draw also means Spain Vs Ireland. \*\* Also “change” = “chance” 😉 I am afraid that I have to agree with you - even the most ardent South African fans would not be hoping for a win against Spain. Or even a draw. Me, I am hoping for a loss by one goal and then Paraguay to win by only a goal and us to squeak through on goal difference!! Evan that may be too much to ask for… Grim ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/9 "2002-06-11T18:40:21Z")
I lost 10 euros in a bet against a classmate (or ex-classmate, since I’ve had my final exams recently 🙂 ) about that match. Hell, _one_ goal for Cameroon, just _one_, and I wouldn’t havre had to pay anything (while not gettimng anything either, since he predicted 2-0 and I 1-1 and we said he who predicts the exact result wins). :mad: ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cameroon-germany-spoilers/113433/10 "2002-06-12T01:44:57Z")
Allow me to opine that the referee did a remarkably poor job in this one. I say that as a referee, one who knows that cautions are not the way to control the game; they leave you with precious little to fall back upon.