Italy Wins The Cup

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Go Zidane
 
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I saw it. Boy, what a way to end your career...

He didn't even go to get his medal and I saw one of the people giving out the medals take the last remaining 2nd place medal, roll it up, and put it in his pocket. Actualy, it's sad.
 
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Ok I can't believe I'm getting sucked into a soccer discussion. I'm going to need a shower. Anyway, yeah I agree with the above post(#11). I mean holy crap - you wade through a month of games and it comes down to what is essentially a field goal contest. Let 'em fight it out on the field. Conditioning is part of the deal - play til you drop or someone scores a real goal.
 
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Douger said:
They sure earned it. I'm glad for them. Who here saw the way Zidane got sent off? That was something.

From what we know here, and what I saw on the Camera, the guy held Zidane by behind in his arms, and told him he was a terrorist (Zidane has Algerian origins)

I still think France deserved to win, they leaded the game from the second period on...Plus Patrick Vierra left the game due to his leg, and Zidane kicked out, it gave breathing space to the Italians.
 
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Ashur said:
From what we know here, and what I saw on the Camera, the guy held Zidane by behind in his arms, and told him he was a terrorist (Zidane has Algerian origins)

I still think France deserved to win, they leaded the game from the second period on...Plus Patrick Vierra left the game due to his leg, and Zidane kicked out, it gave breathing space to the Italians.

I didn't see that. Actually I didn't see any of the overtime:( If that's true that's awful. Stuff like that should not be a part of sports. You still shouldn't head-butt people, but still.

I was cheering for France too! I've been annoyed with Italy ever since that crap victory over Australia. Boo!
 
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HeyHomie said:
How did Zidane even understand what the Italian guy was saying to him? Does Zidane speak Italian? Does the Italian guy speak French?

Sacrebleu!

Oh and by the way: :clap: Italy! :clap:

Zidane played for the Juventus of Turin during 5 years, I think he must understand italian fairly well...
 
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The Italian guy was grabbing him and then followed him around taunting him, I'll bet it felt good to knock him down like that but still...:(

I still think France deserved to win, they leaded the game from the second period on...Plus Patrick Vierra left the game due to his leg, and Zidane kicked out, it gave breathing space to the Italians.
France definetely played better in the second half, they made Italy look like Ukraine (apologies to any Ukrainian fans) But I say Italy deserved to win because of the penalty kick France got at the beginning. The video replays show that the guy was not fouled but they got the kick anyhow. If it hadn't been for that, Italy would have won before extra time.
I still wish they had a golden goal option there. That game could've gone on for hours. Better than letting it end in penalty kicks I say.

Ok I can't believe I'm getting sucked into a soccer discussion. I'm going to need a shower. Anyway, yeah I agree with the above post(#11). I mean holy crap - you wade through a month of games and it comes down to what is essentially a field goal contest. Let 'em fight it out on the field. Conditioning is part of the deal - play til you drop or someone scores a real goal.
There's a lot to be desired in the way the World Cup is played. Sometimes I think it's about as credible as the WWF ;)
 
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The problem is the forwards wear down a lot faster than the goalies. In the end you've got a bunch of zombies playing against 2 perky goalies.

HAHA!
Yes..it would make World Cup look like amature game, no offense..

well, I was surprised to see France beating Brazil and I thought,
"VIVE LA FRNCE!"
would occur for this soccer..

instead, outcome was,
"VIVE(a) ITALY!" (right way?)

French defense was intense and did much better than Italy overall.
I think French had more possession rate right?

Despite of that, they would have lost faster* without penalty kick.

French in this tournment was..lucky and good :p

I'm still sad that no Asian team made it to final..and I found some racism by referees also..towards Asians (Unlike last World Cup)

 
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