World Cup: Group E discussion

Behrami should just rename himself Mehrami...

I've been deceived by Switzerland.

switerzland are shocking.i hope ecuador win now.Shakira can't get a single cross right

farfan wrote:do you have to pay to watch the WC in germany ?

Every household has to pay a monthly fee for the public broadcast system.

Hapless_Hans wrote:

farfan wrote:do you have to pay to watch the WC in germany ?

Every household has to pay a monthly fee for the public broadcast system.

didn't know that.

i'm in morocco this summer, and i'm watching the WC on ZDF and das erste via satellite for free.

Isn't that just a 'TV License fee' ?

Ganso wrote:switerzland are shocking.i hope ecuador win now.Shakira can't get a single cross right

Hitzfeld looks like he's gotten much too old for this, tbh.

RealGunner wrote:Isn't that just a 'TV License fee' ?

It's a fee to finance the public broadcast system.
Till 2 years ago it used to you had to register applications, i.e. you had to pay if you own a TV, radio etc.
Completely crazy of course, but you could dodge it by claiming you have none.
Now every household has to pay no matter what.

I'm just going on about it because just a couple of weeks ago they finally decided to demand it from me so I had to pay all the fees since beginning of 2013, and now I'm hating on everybody employed by the Germna public TV stations, to vent.

Oh. Interesting.

RealGunner wrote:Oh. Interesting.

Haha. Not really, I know I know, sorry.

I was serious, In England we pay a TV license fee for the standard channels like BBC,ITV,C5 etc. They are the ones who are supposed to show the WC so it's basically free. One of the requirements. Thought it was similar to what u pay

1-1 Mehmedi.

RealGunner wrote:I was serious, In England we pay a TV license fee for the standard channels like BBC,ITV,C5 etc. They are the ones who are supposed to show the WC so it's basically free. One of the requirements. Thought it was similar to what u pay

Yes, it sounds very similar. It's something like 17 € monthly, and the money is used to fund the budget of the public TV and radio stations. That and all the commercials they show, of course.

But it's unconnected to how and whether you actually receive the channels, satellite, cable, public frequencies etc

And the world cup, EC etc is always shown on public stations, same as with you.

Ref not allowing advantage for Switzerland.

Good defending from Ecuador.

Djourou should be off now.

Goallllllllllllllllllllllllllll. 2-1 Switzerland.

Seferovic last minute goal.

Full Time: Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador [Mehmedi, Seferovic] [Enner Valencia]

Ouch. Deadly timing.

WHAT AN ENDINGGGGGG

France starting 11:

Lloris, Debuchy, Varane, Sakho, Evra, Pogba, Cabaye, Matuidi, Griezmann, Benzema, Valbuena.

Honduras starting 11:

Valladares, Izaguirre, Figueroa, Bernardez, Beckeles, Palacios, Garrido, Espinoza, Najar, Bengtson, Costly.

LOOOOOOOOOOL

My TV fees at work again.

German interviewer asks Swiss goalscorer Mehmedi:
"Congratulations on your FIRST international goal, and at a World Cup at that! How does it feel?"

Mehmedi: "This was my SECOND international goal... the first one was against Germany"

Hapless_Hans wrote:LOOOOOOOOOOL

My TV fees at work again.

German interviewer asks Swiss goalscorer Mehmedi:
"Congratulations on your FIRST international goal, and at a World Cup at that! How does it feel?"

Mehmedi: "This was my SECOND international goal... the first one was against Germany"

That second goal by the Swiss.. My lord.

What a dramatic ending to that match. Quite a few stoppage time goals so far in this WC.

This game was lacking a bit of quality at times, but the ending made up for it

I've a feeling France will win big against Honduras.