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Pipedream:
France in shock and disbelief: :'(
isabelle:
Yes, in disbelief at Zidane's attitude ???
He was elected best player before the end of last night's match, I think. And yes, he did/does play very well :)
Pipedream:
--- Quote from: isabelle on July 10, 2006, 07:04:59 am ---And yes, he did/does play very well :)
--- End quote ---
Definitely!
Today we are all a bit sad because our beautiful, crazy, giant costume ball is over... :'(
What remains are the memories and (hopefully!) the Teamgeist! By the way, somebody has created a new word for what was going on here during the last four week: partyotism! :laugh:
isabelle:
Aww, I love your pics, Anke! Germany definitely did a fantastic job of the whole hosting of the world cup :).
And today, reading Time Magazine, The New York Times, and CNN breaking news, I was amazed at the support they showed the French team and even Zidane, not pointing the finger in spite of the deserved red card! They (CNN) even went as far as to say that Materazzi ,who got head butted, played dirty throughout the world cup, and that Zidane had tried to bring the referee's attention to the fact the Italian players were always hampering the French players in a way that wasn't fair play - but he was just told to play on - and so Zidane's temper boiled over in a way it shouldn't have. They said too the Italian player must've said something offensive. I hope we find out in the end. They also implied that it was a shame Zidane had done that, otherwise France would've won. I don't know about that, but it was heart-warming to read it from the US press ;)
We were very unlucky too to lose Henry and Vieira, 2 excellent players. But that's life.
Thuram was unconsolable, it broke my heart to see him crying so.
Still, the whole country addressed a huge THANK YOU to the whole French team, for the fabulous moments they made us live (and they don't have to face any court of justice... :-X)
opinionista:
Zidane incident UPDATE
There are rumors here in Spain that Materazzi did use an italian expletive to provoke Zidane. He allegedly called him "terrone". I don't know what it means, but I'm told is a very offensive term in italian.
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