Comments on: wc06: Italy 1-1 France (Italy win, 5-3, in PSO)

By: wjk

wjk — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:31:08 +0000

I already knew what Materazzi said to Zidane. Easy. It’s either concerning sex or race ! What else could it be?

I bet that even in Zidane’s official announcement, this will be shown to be true.

By: baduk

baduk — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:02:52 +0000

Italian team knew that Zidane’s mother was in the hospital. And, they used the fact to make Zidane angry.

Italian soccer team…they love this type of thing, “I am not talented as you are but I am going to use this little thing to screw you”. KJI must be an Italian soccer player inside.

God will punish these evildoers in the next dimension. “It is appointed to a man once to die, but then comes the judgment”.

By: donnieknutts

donnieknutts — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:12:16 +0000

From the Daily Mail:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pag.....ge_id=1770

I don’t condone violence but I don’t fault Zizou either.

By: setnaffa

setnaffa — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:22:06 +0000

So, now that the soccer match is over, can we get back to something interesting on TV?

By: madne0

madne0 — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 19:53:58 +0000

Baduk: “This clearly shows that French soccer is superior than Brazil soccer”

Not really. it just shows the French team was better then the Brazilian team in two ocasions. When it comes to the sheer amount of talent generated the French don’t hold a candle to the Brazilians.

By: MrChips

MrChips — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:01:29 +0000

and now we should begin the campaign to initiate post-game yellow/red cards. and, please add another ref to the mix even if its an off-field ref viewing monitors to give the on-field refs more perspective…doesn’t have to involve replay.

By: MrChips

MrChips — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:58:54 +0000

dissidentdave, don’t beat yourself up. These have been some wonderfully interesting, and well-written posts, adding to the excitement of following these ‘06 games.

I noticed that FIFA, in their infinite wisdom have rewarded Zidanan’es childish pranks with the Golden Ball. While the one act of playground-like stupidty doesn’t negate his game play, that was a sour way for FIFA to close the book on a cup that was more out of hand than “Fair.” So much for fair play…

FIFA should just acknowledge its own farce and award Zidane with an honorary Fair Play Award so that we can all have proof that they have indeed lost their minds.

By: Sambek_ZX

Sambek_ZX — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:57:20 +0000

Reports are coming out from lip reading experts that Materazzi called Zidane’s sister a prostitute twice.

By: donnieknutts

donnieknutts — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:55:19 +0000

I’m glad Zizou did that to Materazzi, who has had it coming for the longest.

Madne0: The French dive, as all nations do, but nobody hits the turf like the flopping Portuguese.

By: sewing

sewing — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:45:46 +0000

This was an enjoyable World Cup. I don’t know how we North Americans can by and large find football/soccer so boring, when baseball and American/Canadian football are much more lethargic.

After watching their underwhelming performance in 2002, I thought (naively) that the Italians were overrated. But they’ve really shone, especially in their last two matches against Germany and France. Last-minute back-to-back goals and 5 for 5 on penalty shots…impressive stuff!

That looked like a serious, full-on headbutt to me. I’ve grumbled before about Italian diving, but I’m sure that was a hard blow to Materazzi. That was the kind of headbutt you see rams do on nature shows. That was serious stuff. To end it all like that…. Maybe he’ll have to announce he’s not retiring after all, so he can play another 4 years and leave on a more graceful note!