[Fußball] World Cup 2006

The "weapon"? Do you mean a name that is some kind of weapon? Why can't you give the specific name? Are you afraid that it will identify you?
Do you mind telling a few more truths? Just a few things that should be easy to remember. What age level were you when you last played? Which select level was your team? Which league or association you played in?
The reason I asked is that saying "select team" alone means squat. There are millions of kids playing "select soccer" these days.

 

You had to love the ZZ headbutt for the drama and the humor, but to somehow justify it because of a racist comment (or whatever) it silly. Someone busts out some racist nonsense you score a goal and win the game -- then smile with the WC trophy in your hands.

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I think bigtexxx played for The Wind.

 

France lost the match entirely because ZZ lost his cool. At the time of the headbutt, France had more energy and momentum. ZZ getting red carded completely changed everything, and swung the momentum to Italy's favor. It was a very exciting final game for the World Cup this year.

I heard Arcodoro in the Galleria was the place to be yesterday afternoon if you were rooting for Italy.....wine, food, and hot Italian babes.

 

ok the individual awards are given:
Best player: Zidane (cannavaro second/Pirlo third)
Best Goalie: Buffon
Fairplay: Spain, brazil
Most entertaining: Portugal (italia second)
Best young player: Podolski

i do not agree with Zidane, cannavaro was better. IMHO, especially since most vote's were taken before the finals.(last WC kahn won it, also a lot of votes were before the Finals, and in the finals he made a HUGE mistake).

Best goalie: I agree was clear IMHO only 2 goals against him(ok he has some very good defensive players, but he is great)

Fairplay: What no Netherlands

Most entertaining: I do not agree, i enjoyed Ivory coast a lot more, or argentina or Germany, or actually any team besides Portugal

 

i can tell you the place to be, no matter who you were rooting for, was NOT an Exxon car care center waiting on a state inspection and watching the game in the "lobby."

 

I don't like soccer, but I watched the whole game yesterday and LOVED it. If every game was that exciting, I'd watch a lot more. Hell, maybe they are and I just don't know it.

 

The thing with soccer is that there are boring games(ofcourse but which sport doesn't have one). However it can be a great game especially if you understand the game, then you enjoy the little things that happen, like a very good pass, or a good defensive move. And if you know the players it is also more fun to watch.

I even got my Girlfriend excited about soccer, and she really disliked it.

 

I know it's not quiet A-level soccer, but the Houston Dynamo are pretty exciting. The fans get really into it and the whole atmosphere is just awesome.

 

This is what happened afterward.......

 

I don't think this WC was as good as Korea, it was good to be sure but I think Korea/Japan was better. If there is one word I would use to describe this WC, it would be underachieving. With the exception of a few teams almost every team was woefully average. This was the second lowest scoring WC ever and though many of the games were high on drama, they were low on attractive futbol.

Congrats to Italy, overall they were the better team...even though the French would have been deserving winners, especially since they played better in the final.

Zidane will always be up there with the greats, headbutt or no. He has done what even the great Platini,Kopa and Cantona haven't done, lead France to the Cup.

Well 2 years until Euro 2008 and the whole, long, bumpy road to South Africa. I can't wait .

 

I was very impressed by the Brazilian and Polish goalkeepers, even though they didn't get much publicity. Luis Figo played well even though his team lost the last two games.

A surreal moment was when the Portugal goalkeeper Ricardo ran down the field and was playing with the rest of the team, that was not something you see often. And he did it well too, he had a nice kick!

The Italia goals against Germany were very surprising, just when everybody thought it was headed for penalty kicks. They had another surprising goal in the final but the referee took it away for offsides, very close call.

 

I also disagree with this one. Unfortunately, Cannavaro, Pirlo and Buffon split the votes among themselves because they are equally good on the Italian team.

 

That headbutt, I firmly believe that it cost France the game. The Italians are obviously exhausted and the French were relentlessly attacking. For whoever that said it's 10 minutes from PK, there's a good chance that it wouldn't even get that far.

Italy is known for stacking the defense, but that's just a style of play. Italy's actually known for counter-attacking after stacking the defense, there's a difference. In basketball terms, it'd be like a 2 on 2 fast break. You want to open up the field with the quick outlet pass after absorbing the opponent's offense in your half. Then you have speedy wing players that sprint towards the other side and create goal opportunities. It is NOT easy to play defense, stacked or not. Just because the opponent has 11 guys playing defense, doesn't mean it'll stop goals, especially if your offense is constantly attacking. It has to be done right. Just be glad that they disallowed goalies picking up the ball with their hands when their own players kicked it to him. I remember those dreadful games where the team leading would just kick the ball to a defender, have him kick it back to the goalie and the goalie picks it up as another 20 seconds run off the clock. Anyways....

About the racist slurs or what not. Does anyone actually believe that it does not go on? Someone made an exception about white guys saying the "n" word to a black player in the NBA.... I would be baffled to think that it does NOT happen.... I know that it happens in football (American) a lot. I also know that it happens in virtually any sport when people get competitively and people are able to have contact with each other. It's mind games and for the duration of the game, people are programmed to hate their rivals when in an atmosphere such as the World Cup, NBA Finals, etc etc. This stuff happens, whether you believe it or not. I've had my share of names called at me and that's just from playground bball, but that's another story. My point is, Zidane, being such an important part of the French attack, should always be thinking at ANY time of the game, especially in such a crucial time where a red card would ruin your team. The thing that is even more stupid is that it's not even the first time that it happened in THIS world cup. Rooney's ejection in the England game vs. Portugal killed the English attack as well. That stuff just could not happen, especially if your name is Zidane. That was awkwardly stupid and he should be criticized. The ironic thing is how every broadcaster was beginning to compare him to all the all-time greats, only to keep their mouths from mentioning that again after that act. That was disgraceful, in a sport that had done so much to promote togetherness in the world. Actions speak more vociferously than words, and everyone's parents should have taught to not respond with brutality against words. Zidane and 11 vs 11 had a good chance to score against a fatigued Italian squad. Instead, the Italians were able to take off more time with an extra man and forced PKs. That's all there is to it.

 

Does anybody else see the irony in that Zidane got thrown out of the most important game of his life for defending his honor from a guy that used a racist slur against him, in a world cup where the entire theme was about getting rid of racism in soccer??

 

Pretty crazy when you think about it...most have been something really bad for him to lose his cool in that type of situation. I know Zidane has hed butted someone before in a game...but that's like one out of 3 or 4 instances during a long career that he has done something like that...for him to lash out like that...in the biggest game of his career must have been something crazy and uncalled for....

 

I do not think he defended his honor, he did a stupid thing, i do not think the italian guy feels that Zidane defended his Honor, he is a happy guy because he won the world championsip.

It was just stupid. This was exactly what the italians wanted and they got it. If you are the captian and the leader of a team you should know better

 

Stupid or not, he was standing up for himself.

As a violent american, I am much more proud of him for showing backbone than I am him flopping in the box to get a PK to win the world cup.

 

This has been sent around Europe today

http://tonaz.altervista.org/zidane.html