World Cup Final - France v Italy

Dammo Qwirky · Stallion Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 5959

12 points profit for French Letters on spread tips page, up to 15 points profit on total goals. 27 points profits on top of yesterdays 159. 186 points profit in two days not to be sniffed at!

chilin_dude · Triple Crown Winner Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Posts: 1099

Zizou

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Yet again the MOTM goes to Pirlo Mad

How did Gatusso not get it? Had him at 32s Lose

onaed · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject:

would love to know what was said, still no excuse but be interesting to know.

Dammo Qwirky · Stallion Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 5959

Many conspiracies already starting. I was reading just before about how Zidane was a great example of a moderate muslim, so i wouldnt mind betting it was summat related to that.

topnotch · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:23 pm Post subject:

echoing above, what was zidane thinking!!the greatest player of my generation, with a quater of the planet watching Shocked

. at least it makes rooneys attempts at grape crushing fade into the background i suppose Cheeky

..good shout levytation and alfie! it wasnt a classic final by any means but i bet it will be remembered lol. now that the italians have got over their penalty aversion maybe next time england will?!? roll on 2008 where england win the world cup on penalties.....now wheres my medication?
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Levytation · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject:

yoyoyo1 · Listed Class Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 37

According tovarious sources, materazzi (spelling?) has caused reaction on the pitch for saying certain things to certain players before?

My view;

if it was racial, then zidane did the right thing (even if it was infront of billions) what was said to zidane was clearly something he could not control and felt was worth more than a football tournament. afterall, there are bigger things than football - morals, etc.

i guess we'll see when zidane makes a statement/fifa investigates.

topnotch · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:03 am Post subject:

i can see your point yoyo but still you cannot defend that, regardless of what is said by materazzi, surely the best course of action is to respond by banging in a goal and not by sticking the nut on him lol, the funny thing is that the ref and his linesmen never saw zidane go vinnie jones but sent him off anyway and it is presumed that the fourth or fifth official tipped him by radio however the same officials must have seen materrazi tweaking his nipple and being alledgely verbally abusive so why let it go out of control ???
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yoyoyo1 · Listed Class Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 37

true, but they were 'chatting', with 70k fans you aint gonna hear. according to a few people on forums, the nipple pinch is "probably the worst insult because of it's homosexual connotations (the death-penalty is applicable). Materazzi makes it worse by standing behind Zidane and whispering something in his ear. Zidane laughs at this, probably because he's in shock that Materazzi knows the implications of his actions, being Italian. Zizou walks off, with pent up rage at the brink of exploding, but Materazzi won't give up and racially abuses him even more. Couple this with Zidane's ghetto upbringing, and his struggle away from it. I'm not an Arab, so my explanation is probably only the tip of the iceberg...imagine how a French-nationalised Algerian must feel.""

god knows, but the above could be true.

topnotch · Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:18 am Post subject:

absolutely, to cross moral and religious boundaries is unacceptable but in afootball match, no the WORLD CUP FINAL in extra time, surely you would wait until the final whistle and then needs must lol, surely secure the glory first as you have to be aware of the responsibility of your team and nations hopes and dreams, zidane im sure will regret that whole heartedly regardless of what materrazi did or said and for this i feel for him, the magic he has given the football purist absolutely deserved a more glorious moment on the world stage.
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vohante · Group 2 Class Joined: 12 Oct 2005 Posts: 138

Great shout Levy (as usual) Win

The one thing I noticed is when the final comes to penalties, the better team of the day usually loose them. Take Juve-Milan final CL for example or Milan-Liverpool, Arsenal-Man Utd (final of the FA cup two years ago) and yesterdays final. It is nothing much really just a small remark. Congrats Azzuri!

Dammo Qwirky · Stallion Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 5959

Looks like ZZ will win golden ball still. That will be a bit of a farce, but most of the voting took place b4 final.