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JennyC:
--- Quote from: isabelle on July 09, 2006, 06:12:36 pm ---Agreed Jenny, but you've got to realize Zidane certainly didn't do this without a good reason, even if it remains inexcusable.
So, no hint anyone about what happened?
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Isabelle,
I feel really sorry for him as people will always mention that foul when they talk about him from now on. I don't think he deserves such an ending (well he did deserve the red card.) :(
No word on the nature of their verbal exchange here in US. I too wondered what tipped him off. But anyway that was, as you said, inexcusable. He let his emotion get the better of him and forgot the big picture here. [sigh]
henrypie:
No idea but kinda curious. Maybe Materazzi whispered that he humped Zidane's sister during the halftime show.
Pipedream:
Herzlichen Glückwunsch Italien!
Congratulazioni cordiali Italia! :D
I really feel bad for the French nation. Their team clearly dominated the second half of the game, and nobody could foresee Zidane's fatal blackout. How could something like this happen to a routinier like him?? Darn it. I so hoped for a worthy farewell of that great player. Kahn and Figo had a better one on Saturday.
Anyways, am I bitter? Not really. It wasn't the great encounter everybody had hoped for in the final, of course, and neither the Italian nor the French team gave continual convincing performances throughout the tournament.
But then, that's the game. Somebody has to win in the end.
One thing is for sure: I love both countries, and I'll be spending my summer vacations in Italy this year as usual (no offence meant to the French, but Bavaria and Italy are just so close...) ;) My little daughter even has an Italian name: Franca... ::)
Well, Italy is World Champion and that calls for some appropriate music, doesn't it?
Azzurro!!! (Not the Adriano Celentano version, but still... ) ;D
↓ (play me!)
Giancarlo:
I really don't think France dominated the game at all. They did for part of the 2nd half but it wasn't enough. I told many of my friends that Buffon would prevent France from winning. It came down to Gianluigi Buffon is going to be treated as a national hero. I think France and Italy played very well. I'm sorry that Zidane could not brush something off like that, but he has a history of losing his temper. The sad thing is his career has now ended on a very sad note.
That first penalty kick too was a joke... the one in the first half. The Italians didn't even touch the player. As far as I'm concerned, the referee made a bad call.
Pipedream:
Tragic figure: Zinedine Zidane! ???
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