text: at the end of german and argentina match what was the fight about? i saw argentina player get into a fight with german manager at the end of the quarterfinal what happend. the whole thing started because cruz would flip the germans off (he would kiss his outstretched middle finger) after every single argentinian penalty kick that went in. borroski (ger) did the same after his penalty kick and it pissed the players off even more when they lost. the unused substitute leandro cufre (arg) got his tall blond german players mixed-up and ended up kicking per mertesacker (ger) in the crotch after his team lost, thereby starting the brawl on the field. oliver beerhoff was trying to shield his players after mertesacker went down and ended up getting some of the argentinian frustration focused on him.   http://www.bild.t-online.de/bto/sport/wm2006/aktuell/07/01/pruegel-gauchos/pruegel-gauchos.html