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Ja, aus Dortmund.Quote:
Originally Posted by dudeqwerty
I hope we'll win...Not that I support my country but I just don't like the portugal and italian team xD
France were lucky to beat Portugal. Questionable penalty - Henry sure has learnt the art of diving now. The entire game was controlled by Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo the greatest actor in the present game was brilliant and troubled the French at all times. If only they had a good forward upfront the Portuguese should have won hands down.
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FINALS - ITALY vs. FRANCE
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Whom you betting on ?
you try getting your foot caugh on something/someone when you change your momentum.Quote:
Henry sure has learnt the art of diving now
im glad portugal didnt win, Scolari is a bad infulence on the team, hence all the foul play.
i think france will win, i hope they do.
I agree, it was definitely a penalty, unlike Ronaldo's swallow dive. Portugal may have controlled the game, which is debatable, but they could have played all night and wouldn't have scored.
Earlier in the thread someone wanted video evidence that the Portuguese dived. Plenty of evidence of that last night.
I actually think that France can win the cup. At least I'm hoping that they will win!
I think Italy will make it. They beat Germany, they will beat France. France seems to have only one good player if one follows the reading.
It will either be an amazing match with end to end attacks... or it will be a stale mate... as both teams are fairly evenly balanced...
Fingers crossed its the first and its a game to remember.
I hope the refs keep their cards in their pockets too... no more of this stupid 16 cards in one game crap.
Itaky has bigger amount of luck but i think that we'll be looking forward a great game... i can hardly wait the final match up. And TOMORROW is my LAST EXAM !!! Yeeeee.... Collage here i come :) weeeee....
Can't they just ship him off to Real Madrid where nobody will ever hear from him again?Quote:
We played well and did our best but the referee didn't help us. Everyone who saw the match could see that the referee wasn't fair.
He should have shown yellow cards but he did not because Portugal is a small country. We just have to carry on working and then we will be a big country.
Portugal showed that they can play good football. France were no better than we were. They got a penalty but not much else."
Christiano Ronaldo
http://www.world-cup-blog.co.uk/ref-wasnt-fair-ronaldo/
It's just pathetic isn't it? I don't think I saw one match where people weren't diving but the Portuguese were by far the worst, followed by Italy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Napalm
It's just so stupid that FIFA does nothing, they're making a joke out of the game. Look at this video, the ref signals to play on dive after dive, yet if he's seeing people dive why isn't he sending them off?! As well as better refereeing FIFA *have* to review international games and ban anyone who was diving, no matter what the referee's decision at the time. It's bloody obvious when someone dives, it would be so easy to discourage diving by handing out bans.
Im not just saying this because England lost, I saw more than one England player take a dive during the tounament, but it's ruining the game, even when the referee ignores dives and plays on it interrupts the whole flow of the match.
- Could'nt agree with you more. FIFA definitely has to hand out Bans, just as they did to the Italian who elbowed against the US.Quote:
FIFA *have* to review international games and ban anyone who was diving, no matter what the referee's decision at the time.
Maybe they can suspend him for the next match or two or entire tournament depending on the degree to which he has cheated. This way he will be officially labelled a Cheat and that should certainly deter the players from doing it.
Great game and Germany won diserved. Great referee. He did not believe many of the fouls. I am not the patriotic type but this time I have to say i am proud of my country, great atmosphere, good organization, great hosts and all those Neonazis slapped in the face.
im very dissapointed,
zinedine zidane, what a disgraceful way to end an amazing career.
france were definatly the better team.
I totally agree. To end his career that way... Very sad and disappointing.
It was a great match though. Italy played best in the first half, but the second half and the extra time, France was best, and maybe they should've had one more penalty shot in the second half. But a great match!
Fair result considering the Zidane penalty was no way an actual penalty! I think Italy deserved it, I've enjoyed watching them the most out of the whole tournament and to rise above all of the scandal back home regarding match fixing and such I think they've had a really admirable tournament.
Well done Italy.
Agree, they also played fair soccer, against Germany, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_hunter182
Resolved!
Zidane's penalty was correct! And they should have had one later anyway, so it was ok.