World Cup 2006

[shosh]

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VOLA ITALIA VOLA! FORZA AZZURRI!

[Mr.Big]

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Ok first off portugal shouldnt have dived so much but cmon i cant believe france are in the final! I really dont think they deserved to get this far but thats life and i really hope italy go for it on sunday..

[algy]

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really hope italy go for it on sunday..

me too.. so in the USA we can go, "No one beat Italy, but we were the only team to who tied them so that means our team is awesome!"

NOT

[TomTom]

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Ok, it´s over, let me offer up my impressions :

- It was a shitty game

- Portugal deserved to lose, not because France played well, but because we played like shit

- Even worse, we justified the opinions of those who called us a team of "divers". We DID dive a lot this time.

I think it´s only fair that Italy wins it now, they´ve proven themselves as the best team of the tournament.

The dream is over.

Sorry for your loss. I hope our fans did not give Ronaldo a too hard time because of his diving action against Rooney in the quarter finals but dying swans need punishment. Our local commentator asked himself if Gravity is maybe higher in the penalty area of France.

[rossonera]

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Our local commentator asked himself if Gravity is maybe higher in the penalty area of France.

lol

[Bululu]

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Never said it in mylife but I will in this case because I have no chance , Lets go Luigi,Mario and company FORAZA ITALIA, lets get the escargots.

I know that this is wishful thinking because Zidane, Thuram and Mackelele are determind to get it.

[shan]

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hard luck to portugal, they just didnt have any quality up front. Ill be cheering for Italy on sunday, France will need to up there game big time if they are to stand any chance

[geoffgulley]

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that pk was bs...

So do you call nothing there? Henry's in the box, his leg gets raked and immediately as it happens, before the whistle mind you, Carvalho raises his hands knowing he took him down. You have to call that.... and for the record, Ronaldo's a twat.

[Kinetic]

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So do you call nothing there? Henry's in the box, his leg gets raked and immediately as it happens, before the whistle mind you, Carvalho raises his hands knowing he took him down. You have to call that.... and for the record, Ronaldo's a twat.

Yes, Carvalho "rakes" his leg, his leg goes over Carvalho?s foot and then he dives to the floor. The only difference between that and Ronaldo?s dive inside the french box was the quality of the dive. Ronaldo still has a lot of practice to do to be that convincing. For the record, neither were reason for penalty, IMO.

[peloquin]

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the penalty was a penalty, although henry still dived. that is, he got caught, almost stayed up, and then went down. still a penalty though, and the better team won.

i try to like portugal was was rooting for them to score at the end there, but it really is disappointing to see how much they dove, truly sad to see, especially ronaldo, and after he came on, postiga.

not sure who i think will win the final.

ze germans 3rd, portugal 4th... should be a good game though.

[Kinetic]

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the penalty was a penalty, although henry still dived. that is, he got caught, almost stayed up, and then went down. still a penalty though, and the better team won.

i try to like portugal was was rooting for them to score at the end there, but it really is disappointing to see how much they dove, truly sad to see, especially ronaldo, and after he came on, postiga.

not sure who i think will win the final.

ze germans 3rd, portugal 4th... should be a good game though.

Yeah, if you read my 1st post after the game, I was quick to point out that we took too many dives.

And it?s stupid, too, because we will suffer in future competitions because of this, a bit like Italy has the same "fame" (I remember in the Italy-Germany game, Totti suffered a couple of legitimate fouls who weren?t called surely because of his reputation).

As for the 3rd/4th place game, i don?t care too much about it, although I believe the germans are worse, psychologically, than us, so that might be an influence, though they had more day to rest.

As for the final, ITALIA all the way, no fucking question, not only because of the French, but also because I feel some affinity to them.

[shosh]

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the pk was bs, but you are right you have to call it and 99 our of 100 refs would call it. but a dive is a dive. i feel sorry for the ports because i hate the soccer the french play, never liked it at all.

lets let the azzurri boys avenge their last minute loss in euro 2000 final!!!

guess nesta wont play the final either...

in the mean time, this is one of the reasons brazil lost to france...

[peloquin]

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Yeah, if you read my 1st post after the game, I was quick to point out that we took too many dives.

And it?s stupid, too, because we will suffer in future competitions because of this, a bit like Italy has the same "fame" (I remember in the Italy-Germany game, Totti suffered a couple of legitimate fouls who weren?t called surely because of his reputation).

As for the 3rd/4th place game, i don?t care too much about it, although I believe the germans are worse, psychologically, than us, so that might be an influence, though they had more day to rest.

As for the final, ITALIA all the way, no fucking question, not only because of the French, but also because I feel some affinity to them.

yeah i wasnt trying to argue or anything, just thought it was a shame, they are a talented team, and it wasnt all of them... ronaldo was the main culprit.

portugal training session:

[Garrick]

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^ hahaha, thats funny because its true.

[TomTom]

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ha ha ha ha...very good!