ZIDANE
I know this is a bit late. But for the benefit of the person at the back there.... yes ITALY are the world champions coming out trumps 5-3 on penalties (1-1 after extra time). Congratulations ITALY. Well done FRANCE.
Well the main talking point at the end of the game will not totally be the crowning of Italy as world champions. But rather the red card shown to the legendery zinedine zidane after his headbutt on materrazzi. More on that later.
Some pointers on the finals by the great analyst. Not a bad final actually. Not very exciting. Not very boring. First fifteen minutes was france's game... rest of first half was italy's... second half was astonishingly dominated by france with italy sitting back (and quite comfortably i might add)... extra time was still france... even after zizou went off. But without their top two penalty takers and with italy confidently converting all five of theirs... france was no match. As the saying goes if you don't miss you win. Someday.
It's really the battle of the defence. Cannavaro and thuram were excellent. Even the defensive midfielders shone. Makelele and gattuso worked their socks off. I was particularly impressed by makelele. Superb. Pirlo was man-of-the-match. I thought makelele played better. As they say defence is the best form of attack. True for this world cup isn't it.
And also if you want to win the world cup... take a leaf off the italians' book. Just create a football scandal for yourself back home.
There are no words of consolation for losers.
Back to zidane. Personally i thought the headbutt was executed beautifully. I don't believe zidane to be the kind that will attack people out of nothing. And the look on his face talls me that materrazzi must have said something really really bad. I really want to know what. It's a sad way to end really. Should have been a fairytale. But it's even more sad what some people stood out to say. Remember leboeuf?? He said he was ashamed of zidane. What right has he. The france president was better. Actually no one had expected france to be in the finals in the first place. And it was because of zidane in the second round and quarters. I'm not saying i condone his actions. I don't. But the emotions of players playing the game is what make this game still so interesting. I don't blame him. I still think he's the best creative central midfielder of his generation. All the hype about totti and ballack. Nothing compared to him at his peak. And zidane even won the golden ball award for being the best player of this world cup. I also don't know how it happened. Seems like most of the votes were cast by the media before the red card was flashed thus denying cannavaro of the honour. Some of them are sure to regret it.
BYE BYE ZIDANE.
Finally seeing some serious office politics at work today.
Awaiting my free coffee!!!
Well the main talking point at the end of the game will not totally be the crowning of Italy as world champions. But rather the red card shown to the legendery zinedine zidane after his headbutt on materrazzi. More on that later.
Some pointers on the finals by the great analyst. Not a bad final actually. Not very exciting. Not very boring. First fifteen minutes was france's game... rest of first half was italy's... second half was astonishingly dominated by france with italy sitting back (and quite comfortably i might add)... extra time was still france... even after zizou went off. But without their top two penalty takers and with italy confidently converting all five of theirs... france was no match. As the saying goes if you don't miss you win. Someday.
It's really the battle of the defence. Cannavaro and thuram were excellent. Even the defensive midfielders shone. Makelele and gattuso worked their socks off. I was particularly impressed by makelele. Superb. Pirlo was man-of-the-match. I thought makelele played better. As they say defence is the best form of attack. True for this world cup isn't it.
And also if you want to win the world cup... take a leaf off the italians' book. Just create a football scandal for yourself back home.
There are no words of consolation for losers.
Back to zidane. Personally i thought the headbutt was executed beautifully. I don't believe zidane to be the kind that will attack people out of nothing. And the look on his face talls me that materrazzi must have said something really really bad. I really want to know what. It's a sad way to end really. Should have been a fairytale. But it's even more sad what some people stood out to say. Remember leboeuf?? He said he was ashamed of zidane. What right has he. The france president was better. Actually no one had expected france to be in the finals in the first place. And it was because of zidane in the second round and quarters. I'm not saying i condone his actions. I don't. But the emotions of players playing the game is what make this game still so interesting. I don't blame him. I still think he's the best creative central midfielder of his generation. All the hype about totti and ballack. Nothing compared to him at his peak. And zidane even won the golden ball award for being the best player of this world cup. I also don't know how it happened. Seems like most of the votes were cast by the media before the red card was flashed thus denying cannavaro of the honour. Some of them are sure to regret it.
BYE BYE ZIDANE.
Finally seeing some serious office politics at work today.
Awaiting my free coffee!!!
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