Noj Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 ...and 2-0 just like that. Own goal special on the yellow card kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 oh, I am so sad that Portugal lost! NOT!!! heheh. feghthemdivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Congrats to the Germans! A well-deserved win. This young team has a very bright future. My favorite German player in this World Cup is Philip Lahm. He has all the potential to become one of the all-time greats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Those were two beauties by Schweinstieger. Someone from Germany asked me if I would like Klinsman to be the US coach? I replied only if I could have some of the German players. Edited July 9, 2006 by Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Congrats to the Germans! A well-deserved win. This young team has a very bright future. My favorite German player in this World Cup is Philip Lahm. He has all the potential to become one of the all-time greats. Those were two beauties by Schweinstieger. Someone from Germany asked me if I would like Klinsman to be the US coach? I replied only if I could have some of the German players. Congratulations to the German team too. I'm glad they beat those insufferable Portuguese. Thanks to Klinsmann the Germans played much better in this World Cup than many people (including me) expected and they fully deserve their third place, but I'm not convinced that they have a very bright future, even less so should Klinsmann decide to leave. This has been a fairly disappointing World Cup in my view. I can only hope the final will be worth watching, but I'm expecting a very tactical game which could be very boring. Let's hope I'm wrong... Edited July 9, 2006 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 I frankly don't know who will win but I hope it's just a good match. Over on the BBC, Marcel Desailly said "I'm a bit disappointed about Italy. They don't really deserve to be in the World Cup final because they have shown only 45 minutes of good football, in the second half of their semi-final against Germany." I'm not sure I really believe that but they did get a gift against Australia and Ukraine was one of the worst quarterfinalists. However, their defense has obviously shone so I have no idea who will be favored. If it's hot, France will need to score in the first half or early in the second to win because some of their players might run out of gas. Again, who knows? Let's just hope it's entertaining as I agree with Hans that this has not been the most entertaining Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Over on the BBC, Marcel Desailly said "I'm a bit disappointed about Italy. They don't really deserve to be in the World Cup final because they have shown only 45 minutes of good football, in the second half of their semi-final against Germany." I agree with Desailly, the Italians have only played good football in the semifinal against the Germans. I don't want to go into that again as a lot has already been said about it earlier in this thread, but their other games were, well, not so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 With less than 15 minutes to go, Shakira seemed to get the crowd fired up. Of course, that's probably not too hard either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 France 1, Italy 0; Zidane, penalty - correct decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 France 1, Italy 1; Materazzi equalized for Italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Great Dexter Gordon Blue Note vinyl on deck but the lively soccer action on screen (sans sound) is proving to be a distraction ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Half time: France 1, Italy 1 A spectacular start with those two early goals, but that was it... Not a very good game so far, with lots of mistakes, especially by the French, who are way too static - like they were in their pre-Brazil games. Edited July 9, 2006 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Italian goal disallowed, off-side. Difficult to see, but I think it was the right decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Full time: France 1, Italy 1; we're into extra time - again... A lot of bad passing by both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Towards the end of time, Italians looked a bit disorganized in the back. France has been the better side in the second half but to no avail. I would think that exhaustion may be setting in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Towards the end of time, Italians looked a bit disorganized in the back. France has been the better side in the second half but to no avail. I agree. Italy were better in the first half, but France improved in the second half and had a slight advantage. Finishing was bad, however, as was the passing on both sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 The final has exploded, in a bad way: a grave foul by Zidane, and he has been sent off. Bad feelings all around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 France 1, Italy 1, after extra time. Penalties... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 Unbelieveable. You have to keep your head. A headbutt worthy of American football. Penalties. It had to come to this, I'm afraid. Not a feeling to make Italian supporters happy, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) I still can't believe Zidane did a stupid thing like that... A headbutt... What was he thinking?? He must have completely lost his mind for a minute. Edited July 9, 2006 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 I still can't believe Zidane did a stupid thing like that... A headbutt... What was he thinking?? He must have completely lost his mind for a minute. I am 100% sure that Matterazzi is a choirboy. BTW and in the end: this was a real BORING WC so we get the best of it and decision by PKs. I bet the Italians will win. Somehow that would fit. Although just like the Italians, also the French only played two good halves during the entire tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 The Italians win the penalty shoot-out and are the World Champions 2006! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 bah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted July 9, 2006 Report Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) I still can't believe Zidane did a stupid thing like that... A headbutt... What was he thinking?? He must have completely lost his mind for a minute. I am 100% sure that Matterazzi is a choirboy. No doubt! But that doesn't change the fact that Zidane's reaction was utterly stupid. Edited July 9, 2006 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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