World Cup 2006

Nikolas · Mon 03/07/2006 19:55:45

Wha...what??? WTF???

Greece? Out of the European cup??? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hopes go to waste... :'(

Anyway, could someone fill me in on what happened??? Although I'm pretty sure that what GReece did a couple of years ago was pure luck, and now we didn't even make the 32... :S

Tuomas · Tue 04/07/2006 22:29:49

2-0 for Italy O_o I guess I should vote for France in the next game to make Portugal win. Frankly: SHIT this cup is so FUCKING BULLSHIT. The stupidest, most despiseful teams win, I hate this!

DoorKnobHandle · Tue 04/07/2006 22:34:47

Thank your highly unfair media and the corrupt FIFA for this win. We're just not good enough without our best man - Frings. And - although you guys are going to hate me, because Italy hit the metal twice - I do think we played better in the 2nd half.

The referee was a joke as well - he didn't favor one team, but he was wrong often. And he decided against two clear penalties for us. The first was pretty clear and the second one, he did give us a freekick but the foul had happened inside the 16-metre-box.

EDIT: Allright, the frustration's gone now. It was a good game.

Venus · Tue 04/07/2006 23:09:46

I live in Dortmund, the city where the game took place. It was amazing. During the match, the streets were totally empty. I live right next to a very busy street, but there was simply no traffic at all. When Italy scored, there were disappointed screams and yells coming from almost every window.
I would have wished the German team to win , because they improved so much and played really well (not because I'm German). But today Italy was a tad better imho and deserved to win, though I agree to dkh that Germany had some good moments in the 2nd half.
Everything has a positive side. Italy's victory spares me the usual winning party of my neighbours and the terrible mix of techno and top40 crap that comes along with it

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Las Naranjas · Wed 05/07/2006 00:09:52

The more Italy beats these teams, the more we can claim we would have gone far but for lady luck. So I'm happy.

Nacho · Wed 05/07/2006 14:25:26

The game has been supperb... I was watching House with Lore in another channel, but I just had to go to the living room and watch the match every minute... She was not able to go back to house after the commercials, because the teams were constantly in one or another area. Germans must be proud, and Italians can be happy. Now I want Portugal to reach the final. Go Decuzinho!

Anarcho · Wed 05/07/2006 15:30:28

That was a great game! Unbelievable goals in the last minute (or two) of double overtime! Hooray for Italy!

radiowaves · Wed 05/07/2006 23:38:38

I have only one sentence: RIP Germany!

But todays game was preety good, as I expected!

2ma2 · Thu 06/07/2006 00:33:02

I do think Italy won fair. They took control of the game early, lost it a bit but came through. And still superb defense. The game was overall the most entertaining this Cup I dare say, mainly because the referee let those sought out fouls slide. More gameplay, more fun, and those divers starting getting up quicker.

Now France Portugal, I hoped Portugal would win, but alas. France had not much of an attack, and Barthez gambled as usual, but the frickin' ball just bounced the other way.

Las Naranjas · Thu 06/07/2006 01:50:27

Barthez was inexplicably whacky as usual, which is why I enjoy watching him play.

Timosity · Thu 06/07/2006 07:11:18

Quote from: Anarcho on Wed 05/07/2006 15:30:28
That was a great game! Unbelievable goals in the last minute (or two) of double overtime! Hooray for Italy!

Well there's no such thing as double overtime (unless you're meaning injury time in extra time), it was the 2nd half of extra time, but yeah, those goals were excellent, It's hard to believe there weren't more goals in the match with the quality of both of them.

I only saw the highlights so I can't really judge the whole match but Italy are riding their luck now.

It's a shame Portugal lost to France with a Penalty. France have just seemed to sneak up from no where, the quiet achivers of the comp (I'm sure it hasn't been as quiet or unexpected in France)

(EDIT: I just saw a replay of that penalty yesterday, that was another terrible decision by the ref, I feel really sorry for Portugal, he should have got a yellow card for diving.)

But France v Italy Final, That's just none of the teams I expected, I've been in a tipping comp and I've got 47 out of a possible 62 so far with 2 games to go and I'm in the equal lead, (but ahead by 1 goal on picking margins) with 2 matches to go it's getting tight

It's hard to know if France will just get the title without anyone noticing or Italy will just fluke another match, I just can't get excited about either team, a bit of a let down cup this time round

The way both these teams made the final you'd think it was the World Cup of Diving, they should just replace the goals with 10 metre platforms

m0ds · Sun 09/07/2006 20:03:59

1-1!

Ooooh!

m0ds · Sun 09/07/2006 21:44:06

Italy wins!!!!

No-one cares!!!!

I love football!!!!!!!!!!!

Helm · Sun 09/07/2006 21:46:15

Zidane headbutts his way out of a football carreer.

Sektor 13 · Sun 09/07/2006 21:48:08

Indeed, my god what was he thinking !??

ITALY JEEE !!!

m0ds · Sun 09/07/2006 21:48:47

His end was nigh, guess he just wanted to go out with a BANG!

Helm · Sun 09/07/2006 21:51:07

Sektor, he was probably thinking of that disturbing mental image involving his mother and a pair of wild goats that the Italian player made sure to repeatedly drill into his head during the whole game.

DoorKnobHandle · Sun 09/07/2006 21:56:06

Hahaha, Italy didn't deserve this...

deltamatrix · Sun 09/07/2006 22:06:30

That Zidane headbutt was fucking disgraceful. Shame on Zidane.
And well done for losing France since thats how you wanna play.

Congrats Italy!!!!

m0ds · Sun 09/07/2006 22:12:18

The rest of the team played exceptionally well. It's a shame Zidanne lost it at that point because he too had been playing very well. I agree with dkh.

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