The 2006 World Cup Thread!!!

[yokotapioka]

At least France wins 2nd place....:kgreat:

no one remembers the second place

[Odango]

I posted in the random thread, so I'll post here too, cause it's more appropriate, but it's okay, cause spreading the happiness is a good thing!

SO YAY TO ITALY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:heart:

:yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:

[suki*]

:evil:

:ksad:

[Ame]

no one remembers the second place

I do...:ksad:

[Odango]

I do...:ksad:

But isn't 2nd place just the first loser?

Just kidding~

[aimaime]

poor zidane. that was a powerful header. what was he thinking..

edit: materazzi must've made a comment about his momma for him to be that pissed..

[maliciel]

Worthy winners. Passed the ball to the French 90% of the time, but they won it with great defending and a superb strike. WTF up wit Zidane though?

[BakHamNoi]

poor zidane. that was a powerful header. what was he thinking..

edit: materazzi must've made a comment about his momma for him to be that pissed..

Yeah i bet it's something like that.
Zidane still a human, if someone insult someone i like, i'll probably beat him hardly.

[delerium]

But at that level, you have to take the high road.  See what it cost him in his last match!

[ayou099]

Take this

Zidane family secret martial arts: Head of bull


crazy.....

But Mmmmmm.... pasta for dinner tonite

[ahcheungape]

italy had a great first half. but france totally dominated the 2nd half. the save on zidane's header by buffon was spectacular. italians' defence was tight as hell though.

[JFC]

You KNOW that a large number of French people are going to use Zidane's absence from the penalty kicking as an excuse for why they didn't win.  It's going to be a "If Zidane was there, we would have scored ALL five times, giving our goalie more confidence which would have allowed him to stop the Italians from scoring".  You know, bullshit like that.  

Speaking of Zidane, that was an absolutely BONEHEAD move he made. I mean what, did he actually think that they would NOT call such a blatent and flagrant foul just because it's the final game? The idiot may have ruined France's chances because his getting kicked out undoubtedly rattled the rest of the team psychologically. At the very least, he screwed himself out of having the most KICKASS final game of his career.

In any case, that's neither hear nor there. What's important is...being there to comfort Rika since she was supporting France.

[sakurasake]

zidane deserved the red card... but the ref should've given a red card to figo as well back in the dutch match...

[Ching1670]

 
Now I know why Zindane need to head butt Materazzi...
That Materazzi dude just squeeze Zindane's nipple..what a fag

[kappadapyon]

I doubt Zidane's presence would've made a difference in the result. And in all, considering his dumb reaction to Materazzi's taunting, this was a kick ass game.

[maliciel]

It would've. Zidane is a pivotal player in the French lineup, and his coolness in the first penalty shows why. Even if Trezeguet missed his shot at that time, it would've made a difference if Zidane was lined up to take one, as well.

There's rumours that Materazzi was ragging on Zidane the whole match, using racial slurs or what not. If that's true, then I suppose it was somewhat understandable. Albeit still stupid.

[Rei-chan]

Well, I can see that maybe Zidane had reasons to want to hit him, but that's really no excuse to behave like that. It wouldnt be acceptable in any small local sport match, and much less in such an important international one. It's really sad that someone's last game ended with such an action. I saw LOTS of men acting like assholes in those games, but that doesn't give anyone a right to go hitting each other... Aren't sports supposed to teach a lot of discipline? -_-

[kappadapyon]

I thought Zidane cracked because he already was in pain from taking one to the shoulder, rather than the fact that Materazzi was ragging on him. I don't recall Materazzi going out of his way to piss him off more than that one time (and boy, did he get what he had coming)... at least, not captured on camera. I guess we'll never know.

It was a tough game and while France had the upperhand, Italy stood their ground like nobody's business. If they hadn't scored in the first half, the game would've probably been France's, I recognize that much. France worked them to exhaustion in the second one.

[JTRIX]

I still think there's something going on between Zidane and Materazzi. Perhaps he said something about him and his last game career that pissed him off. Or that he scored a "controversal" PK while Materazzi actually scored with a nice goal........ I don't know what but it's probably something bad against Zidane.

But man...... what a move Zidane did, that is something we all remember for this last game in career instead of him getting the World Cup or Golden Ball award.

Anyway good game France, I won't blame on anyone in France since they all played well! All I would say is that maybe Barthez is too short to save goals that he can't reach!

[newtypenewtype]

Agreed with the whole Zidane deal...i love em to death but he shouldn't have done what he did no matter the circumstances...its a professional game on the largest stage in the world and to top it all of its the end of his career...ah well, italy defense was pretty crazy and they deserved the win even though france was the overall better team and even played better till all the players left (zidane, henry, ribery)....