FIFA World Cup

[coolest_kid_ever]

bleh probably thats how itll go

but i really want portugal in the finals against italy

yay figo and ronaldo

hopefully portugal can pull it off

[euro_euph06]

Now that the teams I was rooting for are gone, I am now picking Italy over France in the World Cup final (yes... I know that the Portugal/France game is tomorrow). But who would not want Henry vs. del Perio??? That is a match-up I am looking forward to.

[coolest_kid_ever]

GO PORTUGAL

hopefully cristiano ronaldo or luis figo can pull something amazing off

DUDE THOSE REFS ARE RIDICULOUS HOW CAN YOU NOT CALL THAT

grshuijoujrwi ujwuojirokoisjsdaoi

COME ONNNNNNNNNNN

games back on

go ronaldo

[coolest_kid_ever]

aww lame

[itsstephenyo]

i actually thought the reffing was pretty consistent... though sometimes a little off. what he wouldn't call one way, he didn't call the other. not bad. not good either, but you can't say the reffing lost this game for portugal. france played tremendous soccer and henry's drawing of the foul was textbook. second half belonged to portugal, no doubt but they just couldn't score. it was a great game nonetheless.

[coolest_kid_ever]

no of course the ref didnt lose the game for portugal but there were a lot of fouls and things he didnt call

 

i dont know a lot about soccer but my friends that do agree with me soo

it was a really good game

portugal > germany for 3rd

 

whos everyone rooting for the finals?

yay italy

[x04ty29er]

I do believe that the refs have been quite... well not so good this world cup. In the Italy-Germany match, the ref was clearly favoring Italy as many from behind tackles were left unpunished. This is also one the dirtiest world cups I have ever seen: people taking dives everywhere, stepping in very...um... sensitive areas, and a record number of bookings. Also, christiano ronaldo is a big fake, wayne rooney did not deserve that red card, and Germany should have beaten Italy (that last one is my opinion). I have also seen more surprising matches than ever before. I mean, teams like Australia and Ukraine just came out of nowhere. Just on a side note, seven of Italy's players were named to the fifa allstar team. John terry was the only one from england. 3 from germany and four from france.

[sax5warrior]

Italy over France

 

and Germany over Portugal

 

ill be wearing my "Mexico war paint" on for Italy since it came in the cereal box

[itsstephenyo]

  x04ty29er said:

Also, christiano ronaldo is a big fake, wayne rooney did not deserve that red card

cristiano ronaldo is one of the best in the world at drawing fouls. he's just so quick that by the time u try to tackle him he's five feet behind u. easily one of the most talented young players in the world. i rank him in the top three of young players. him, messi, and rooney are some of the best young strikers.

 

now i really think rooney deserved that card. i love england, don't get me wrong. i really wanted them to win that game as well, but wat he did was uncalled for. jostling for the ball and then DELIBERATELY stepping on the guy's crotch. then pushing cristiano ronaldo right in front of the ref. rooney is just way too hot tempered. that red card was rightfully given.

 

and while im on topic... i really don't care who wins the world cup. i'd like to see zidane and henry win another one but i also really like the italian squad with cannavaro, inzaghi, and nesta. i swing my vote to italy tho.

 

germany over portugal in the third place game.

[EODrillDesigner98]

 

 

WC Finals

 

Italy(2) vs France(1)

[euro_euph06]

Im changing my mind--im going for France---Zidane is on fire!!!

[euro_euph06]

Game just started!!!

[Hawkeye]

Italy wins.

[coolest_kid_ever]

zidane is an idiot for headbutting materazzi though im pretty sure we all knew that he wasnt just gonna retire, he was gonna do it in a big way. its a good thing materazzi scored the winning PK for italy. haha yesssssss. i wonder what would have happened is ribery, henry, and zidane had been able to kick PK's... hmm... anyway

 

ITALIA :):):):):)

 

 

 

 

and just to clear the air on a few posts up, rooney DID deserve that red card. you cant rack a guy then shove a player of the opposing team and expect to NOT get a red card. cristiano ronaldo has so many tricks and goes so fast when he runs. hes a great player. i read in the newspaper that he wants to play for real madrid now and not manchester. and pauleta is retiring from international play as well as figo. lame.

[MartinHorn]

Zidane's headbutt will go down in history.

[sax5warrior]

anyone who tries to defend Zidane are idiots

 

that was 100% red card ejection

 

The war paint on the cereal box didnt work as advertised

 

and i finish with 13-3 on my predictions

 

Basketball is over...Football is over...whats next?

 

FALL FOOTBALL

[coolest_kid_ever]

  MartinHorn said:

Zidane's headbutt will go down in history.

you are correct.

very. correct.

[itsstephenyo]

  coolest_kid_ever said:

zidane is an idiot for headbutting materazzi though im pretty sure we all knew that he wasnt just gonna retire, he was gonna do it in a big way. its a good thing materazzi scored the winning PK for italy.=

 

 

 

materazzi didn't score the final PK. it was grosso. same guy who put the goal in the net in the germany game.

 

also, yes, zidane deserved a straight red. u can't just headbutt somebody. however, preliminary reports have said that apparently materazzi made racial comments towards zidane's algerian background. something along the lines of "terrorist" or "go back to your real country." heck, if someone told me to return to my country, i'd freakin hit them as well. though, i dont think i'd choose my head to do that.

[x04ty29er]

I agree that it was an outrageous foul. However, FIFA states that the ref that stated that he saw the attack actually saw it happen and was not influenced by the replay on the screen (which, btw, shouldn't have happened). If he saw it directly, why did he not come out immidiately and say something about it? on another note, I personally, am pretty much immune to racial slurs, however, if it was enough to set Zizou off, I probably would have hit him so hard he head would spin.

[Aegis Fang]

I've been a soccer referree before *quit in 05*, so I know how red cards work and stuff, and what causes them.

 

Any blatant attempt to harm someone is a direct red card.

 

Usually, when people slide tackle into other people on purpose, you can't really prove it, because it looks like they're going for the ball. Same in many cases. But you can't fake a headbutt like that.

 

And you may have seen the center referree run to his assistant referree on the sideline, then gave the red card. The center ref didn't see it, but the flagman did, thus, the red card.

 

If it's unclear, I'll try and explain again after I get more sleep =p

[x04ty29er]

Then why did he wait until the ref came to him to say that such a foul had taken place? If he had actually seen the play instead of the replay, would he not immidiately notify the ref? Why wait until after the replay?

[x04ty29er]

Take a look at this:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2183696

Zidane is now tell people what happened.

[MartinHorn]

 

Where's the red card? lol

[sax5warrior]

  x04ty29er said:

However, FIFA states that the ref that stated that he saw the attack actually saw it happen and was not influenced by the replay on the screen

big whoop

 

I saw in TV Azteca (Mexico) that the referee was a good 30 yards away (turned away) from the headbutt

 

and they explained it all with all this fancy technology stuff

 

Buffon actually rushed to the sideline immediatly after the headbutt

[itsstephenyo]

it wasn't the main ref that saw the foul. his the sideline judge is the one who supposedly saw the foul.