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Italy win the World Cup
BillieTheBot
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Title says it all really. I was neutral for the whole game but after that despicable act by Zidane, I wanted Italy to win. What a shame to end what was arguably the finest career of a generation like that. Materazzi definitely said something Zidane took exception to but reacting like that, in a stadium full of cameras, is just idiotic.
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Stop press : according to the BBC, Pirlo was Man of the Match. What the fuck? Cannavaro or Gatusso!
What a fucking moron... I mean even a CUNT I think CUNT is right here... you don't do shit like that, specially not in the final of the worldcup... I hope the rest of the team beat the crap out of him...
Jeez, give him a break.
He single-handedly dragged France to that final. I don't think his sending off had much bearing on the game. Italy's penalties were clinical. That was the difference.
Did you hear him and Motson trying to think up laundry-related-cum-football puns? Pathetic. I would turn on the 5 Live commentary (as I have Digital
Central London is packed with people, even the people in the French shirts were doing 'The Zidane', lovely atmosphere though.
What kind of substitutions where those, with a penalty shoot-out looming???
As for Zidane he was a right twat. Inexplicable, really. You could see a 20 year old hothead cracking and reacting to whatever taunting or insults the Italian player might have uttered. But an ultra-experienced world class 34 year old? WTF???
Still, it'd be a shame if Zidane was going to be remembered for this one incident. He has simply been one of the all-time greats, alongise the likes of Pele and Maradona.
When people here talk about World Class - that is the level I mean.
Big stages, big performances. Zidane scored his third world cup final goal today. Aren't many who have ever done that.
For all his faults with agression (off in 1998 too) he has been far and above any other players from this generation.
It's a shame Zidane did what he did although it was absolutely hillarious. Something quite harsh must've been said to produce that kind of reaction in a World Cup Final imho.
It's funny though, most of that Italian team will currently be valued in the tens of millions but after today most could be worth a few hundred grand.
Let the sales commence!
Aye, pathetic just about covers it!
Personally I didn't think it was a very good match. It's a shame to be verging on boredom during the World Cup final.
quite funny in a way. Crap world cup in general though, the whole thing was rubbish.
Why?
He play for my country and what he did was a disgrace tbh...
It's football, not street fighting...
As for the game, France should have got it, all Italy did was defend for the last hour of the match, most of the time they had 8 players in the box.
I thought Zidane was classic, just go for it, no messing about.
Defense is the best offense!!
And also, you can't say "France should have got it", in football it doesn't matter who played better, all that matters is who won!!
But they seemed to be playing for penalties from the middle of the second half, thats stupid. Granted their defence of 8 players was very good but the 8 0 2 formation doesnt make for great football does it.
No of course not.
The reason the game changed in the second half was because France gave no space to Pirlo and changed the way Zidane, Henry and Ribery played...and ITaly got sucked into defending....
It didn't help that Totti was a bit rubbish... or even Del Piero.
You can't play for penalties for 75 minutes...
Also, how many shots from inside the box did France have ( I can only remember the Zidane header)...all the shots were from outside...
Yes, well, I dont really know a great deal about tactics or any of that gubbins. I just say it how I see it, and to me France were dominant for more of the game and all Italy did was defend, damn those slimy Italians.