I found a great number of the goals in the World Cup to be thrilling as a sports fan in general, though I am not an avid football fan. Pin-point accuracy, incredible passing, tremendous atheleticism and stamina were far more prevalent to me than the acting and flopping around. Much like hockey, it is so difficult to score that when they do actually score it tends to be amazing.
With all the hype around Zidane and his storied career, I was rooting for France until the head butt. Then I immediately wanted France to lose. I did feel bad for the kid who missed the pk.