Posted on 07/07/2006 8:05:16 PM PDT by soccer_maniac
The World Cup Final will be held Sunday in Berlin at 2 p.m. ET (ABC).
Germany will face Portugal to play for third place on Saturday in Stuttgart at 3 p.m. ET (ESPN).
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No special side. Some are for Italy, some are for France.
Hehe, couldn´t care less who ranks third behind Germany (and Brazil) :) - and yes, when I saw Zidane´s goal, I was reminded of 1966, too.
Who´s out-classing whom? If it comes to single impressive players, nobody beats Zidane and Henry. If it weren´t for both, France would definitely lose that match, but since both are playing, the game is exciting.
It would also be nice to see an African team win the World Cup. Ohh, wait is France in Europe, I'm confused.
That was a good one.
Zidane´s hurt at the shoulder. When he´s out, it will be an even tougher rest of the game for France.
Ok, Italians are looking weaker than the French now, they make more mistakes. But they sure as heII have a great defense. Will we go into extra time???
I hope this game does NOT get decided by penalty kicks.
So what do you think??? Was that an offsides when Italy scored the second time??
Looked very close. I woudn't argue either way.
It was, I saw the slow-motion, and the side-ref has seen it very early.
I hope so too. Buffon may be great during active play, but stopping penalties is NOT his strength.
If the French score in extra time, I wouldn´t want PK, too. But if they don´t, what do WE have to lose? We will see some exciting minutes, and I always like PK. Ok, Germany never lost PK´s, so I´m somewhat biased and like it.
Oh well, off to overtime.
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Yeah, that´s what I and many others think. But many others have Italian friends, get a free pizza at their next pizzeria/osteria when Italy wins or something like that. There are well reasons for both sides.
Yes, I got to drop them a $50 later on tonight.
Clearly offsides, but it's too damn technical - the attacker and defender were running neck and neck with the attacker only a nose ahead. They need to get rid of this rule and replace it with a "time" based offsides, where you can't linger in front of the goal for more than a set period.
"Yes, I got to drop them a $50 later on tonight."
Great!
Coop, it's working! ;)
According to what I heard the coach does not even allow people born under the sign of Scorpio to be on the team..
What the heck is that about????
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