World Cup

[DaKilla]

Originally Posted by RedDawn22

haha..... the italians.

Its the Italians v. Germany & Portugal v. France.

I'd like to see the Germans ousted, don't like em', I've played over there 2x's and both times they were dykheads to us.

Who would you rather see win? With the Italians being investigated for "buying off officials", surely you don't want them to beat Germany? If anyone else, I'd hope that France wins.

I can't have Portugal win, because I'll never hear the end of it from a friend, and like I mentioned above about Italy...

[RedDawn22]

Originally Posted by DaKilla

Who would you rather see win? With the Italians being investigated for "buying off officials", surely you don't want them to beat Germany? If anyone else, I'd hope that France wins.

I can't have Portugal win, because I'll never hear the end of it from a friend, and like I mentioned above about Italy...

hmmm... you know I don't think the scandal in Italy really weighs in my mind too much since it has to do with the club leagues inside Italy and the mob is probably underneath it all anyway b/c it is still strong in Italian politics. I would like to see them do good for their friend that jumped from the balcony maybe.
I would like to see Italy v. France prolly w/France winning....of the 4 teams left. Although, imo the better final matchup of the 4 would probably be France v. Germany.

[DaKilla]

Originally Posted by RedDawn22

hmmm... you know I don't think the scandal in Italy really weighs in my mind too much since it has to do with the club leagues inside Italy and the mob is probably underneath it all anyway b/c it is still strong in Italian politics. I would like to see them do good for their friend that jumped from the balcony maybe.
I would like to see Italy v. France prolly w/France winning....of the 4 teams left. Although, imo the better final matchup of the 4 would probably be France v. Germany.

Now there's something I won't argue. I'd like to see Germany and France play each other for the finals, even if Germany doesn't win. My only hope is that it would be a clean game, so we can all go away happy knowing that the match was fair and in good fun.

[ODIN]

Well, I'm happy as hell that Brazil is out. Hopefully Germany will take it all the way. I would also like to see France vs Germany in the finals.

[RedDawn22]

Way to go Italia!!!

I think that was the best refereed game of the world cup I have seen in 06'.
The Germany Italy game was a good game. Italy won it fairly.
Gotta give it to Germany too, they weren't supposed to make it this far...
Italy scores a beautiful goal in the 119th minute and then just hammers in one more for good measure in stoppage time.

The final will be Italy v. France

[ODIN]

I'm extremely dissapointed at the outcome of the Italy/Germany game. I was so hoping that Germany would win. The only thing that really made me happy this World Cup was seeing Brazil go down in the Quarterfinals. Sadly Italy is going to advance, though.

Originally Posted by RedDawn22

Way to go Italia!!!

I hate you :sad:

[DaKilla]

Originally Posted by RedDawn22

Way to go Italia!!!

I think that was the best refereed game of the world cup I have seen in 06'.
The Germany Italy game was a good game. Italy won it fairly.
Gotta give it to Germany too, they weren't supposed to make it this far...
Italy scores a beautiful goal in the 119th minute and then just hammers in one more for good measure in stoppage time.

The final will be Italy v. France

What I find somewhat funny is that I actually stopped watching the Germany vs. Italy game because of the referee.

I thought he did such a horrible job that after about 40 minutes*, I just tuned out and stopped watching the game. My problem with the ref wasn't him being biased or anything, it was that he called all the wrong calls for both teams. It was really a poor performance in my book.

As for the other reason I stopped watching. Neither team was playing very impressingly if you ask me. All the players were slipping and falling all over the place, and the teamwork could have looked a lot nicer. There wasn't a single play in the entire game that I liked.

The France vs. Portugal game was a lot more "action packed", and I'm glad to see France making it to the finals. I surely hope they win, because I think they deserve it more than Italy (comparing the performances of the last few games). I've said it before and I'll say it again, Zidane is a beast and Henry's pretty damn good as a 'side-kick'.

* I'll admit that I tuned back in to see the score from time to time, and was ever more disappointed by the lack of teamwork for both sides. There were a lot of chances but neither team really pulled anything out. I did see the two goals at the end, and the first was pure luck (in my opinion), and the second you can tell the German team already gave up. All the German's were trying offense to get a goal in the last minute, when Italy got the ball back they knew they didn't have time to score and just didn't try to stop Italy. I didn't think the second goal from Italy was particularly exciting, really... Like I said, it was apparent that the only one trying to stop it really was Lehmann (the goalie).

Go France!

[Codester145]

I think America needs to step up their game and win sumthing!!!! I mean come on1!!! lol

[RedDawn22]

Originally Posted by DaKilla

I didn't think the second goal from Italy was particularly exciting, really... Like I said, it was apparent that the only one trying to stop it really was Lehmann (the goalie).

Go France!

I know Germany pushed almost everyone forward after that first goal. They didn't have a choice, they had to put 90% of the team in offensive mode. Myself being a defensive captain for years, I enjoyed the last goal b/c it was a pure 1v1, keeper vs. stryker - a classic showdown.

Refs will always miss calls, that's a part of soccer, what I appreciated about the ref that game was that he let the players play and used the advantage ruling when it warranted.
There were alot of tackles and fights for possesion that this ref let play on, many of the refs so far in the cup stopped the momentum of the game and awarded a kick/card.

I want to see Zidane get the cup in his last hoorah, I am in a quandry though b/c my wife's ENTIRE family is from Polermo, Italy.

[Tarmin]

Did anybody see in the Portugal and France game when Portugal brought EVERYONE forward for the corner kick at the end? Very funny to see Ricardo(Goalie) up in the box trying to score a goal. I was very sad that Germany lost though as I think that they were one of the most united teams in all the World Cup. I do hope that they get third place as I think they can defeat Portugal. As for the final, I hope that France wins to give Zidane one hell of a last game.