I dont wanna be like a soar looser and say that costa rica lost becuase of the ball, but i believe torsten frings could not do that again or even 3 months ago with another ball. I am expecting goals such as his own to come in the dozens in this worl cup. All the talk from Lehman, Carlos and others seems to be tru and as many have seen today the ball takes a wicked spin and swerve.
Though it had some negatives for the ricans it was most positive for the germans, and this could be the case for many teams, lets hope Trinidad and Tobago would be on the positive side. shots from outside could be a decisive element of any game, and it looked as thouh the germans new this after seeing their average shots on goal, lets hope we can learn from this