CAMPIONI DEL MONDO!!

10th - july - 2006 | an italian

[paolop]

Bravissimi i nostri campionissimi! In Italia, il chaos piu` assoluto, ma i nostri bravi giocatori se lo meritavono.

BTW, anyone notice on the USA transmission on ABC, how biased the commentator seemed to be against the Italian team?

W l'Italia!

[wireman]

Exactly!

There was no offsides on that play.

[muleskinner]

"Who doesn't jump is a French!"

This has the makings of another MAJOR Free Republic craze-line!!!

Agree

[massgopguy]

That's a good idea. We'll put up David Ortiz.

[muleskinner]

All I know is the the announcer - O'Brien - has only done six (6) soccer games in his life, before his World Cup experience.
ESPN/ABC could have had a knowledgeable announcer who would be able to explain the offside call to new viewers, and get into some strategery such as there is. BUT NO! They wanted an "American" voice instead of an English, Scottish or Irish accent - broadcasters who've done hundreds of games.

[dfwgator]

Yep, a very good chance.

[1rudeboy]

A curse be upon O'Brien's mustache and the rest of the Disney crew. I'm so mad at the coverage I could spit. There is no international sporting event that American broadcasters cannot ruin.

[Niteranger68]

Anybody know what caused Zidane to go berserk?

I don't know, but it reminded me of John Starks head-butting Reggie Miller several years ago. A smart player can always make a stupid player do what they do best.

[dfwgator]

That's why I watched it on Univision.

[Always Right]

Congrats, was just in Italy a couple weeks ago. I am so glad Italy won and not France or Germany, but especially the French.

[Always Right]

No offense, but the only only reason why I clicked on this thread was to see if there were any photos of young Italian women celebrating.

I was kind of cheering for Portugal myself.

[Churchillspirit]

And the penalty at the start of the game was a joke.

[Churchillspirit]

Very interesting.

Thank you.

[dfwgator]

I have to agree, I was shocked France got that call, and Zidane almost missed that one. We almost had another Geoff Hurst moment.

[Churchillspirit]

Disgusting!

Yet he still won the golden ball.

I bet most of those journalists who voted for him would like their vote back.

[gopwinsin04]

Matarazzi allegedly called Zindane a 'terrorist' on the pitch before the assault.

[Churchillspirit]

Matarazzi allegedly called Zidane a 'terrorist' on the pitch before the assault.

Very provocative, but no excuse for his behavior.

[Cplus]

Felicitazione e forza azzurri!

Well done

[an italian]

the light blue was the colour used by the savoia (our former kings) for they medals.

[an italian]

Zizou said Materazzi called him "terrorist" 'cause he's from Algeria... I personally don't mind. Zinedine Zidane is a French and I don't like France.