What, no beef? FCC averts diplomatic food fight over World Cup menu with German slant

The Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) has averted a diplomatic food fight over the World Cup final, less than 24 hours before Germany and Argentina kick off in Brazil.

On Friday, the private members' club sent out a pre-match menu that had an overwhelmingly German flavour, offering cold cuts, steamed frankfurter and roasted Nuremberg sausage.

But the lack of Argentine dishes on the menu earned a red card from the city's Argentinian community.

Showing fancy footwork Lionel Messi would have been proud of, the FCC swiftly dropped the sausage from its starting line-up, and substituted Argentinian specials - sliced chorizo and a baked empanada puff.

 

Germany go into tomorrow morning's final as favourites after Tuesday's stunning 7-1 demolition of hosts Brazil. But Christer Leung Chun-sing, organiser of Hong Kong's Argentina soccer fan club, said supporters did not mind "being the underdogs".