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Post by Guan Yu on Jul 9, 2006 3:16:05 GMT -5
Indeed, but everyone should that England are the masters of not winning penalties...
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Post by Mortiss on Jul 9, 2006 11:39:59 GMT -5
I was suprised that Sven played for penalties Ive only EVER seen England win a penalty shootout once and that was in Euro 96 when they beat Spain in the Quarter finals
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Post by Jorge on Jul 9, 2006 15:44:08 GMT -5
Italy Won!!!
They scored all Penalties while France scored 3
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Post by Huang Zhong on Jul 9, 2006 16:14:03 GMT -5
Boohoo And Zidane got send off!! Though I'm sure Materazzi said something to him so he did that... Otherwise, it wouldn't have happened. Filthy Italians!
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Post by Mortiss on Jul 9, 2006 16:32:38 GMT -5
lol, yep it couldn't possibly be Zidanes fault! The guys a legend! It has to be that Filthy Itai that none of us have ever heard of!!!!!!!!
anyway well done to Italy, though the final was a fitting end to a tournament that was full of hype and expectation, but failing to deliver. So many games were full of expectations, so many failed to live up to those expectations. There was no outstanding team, Brazil were really disappointing as were England, Argentina had promise but they failed to deliver as with Spain and Holland. All four Semi Finalists were not of great quality or excitement. Germany were ok to watch but never really looked that good. Portugal were dreadful, France looked amazing against Brazil but then faded out. Italy were pretty much the same all the way through, never really looked that good and never really looked that bad. Much of a muchness, and yet they won? No single player looked head and shoulders over the rest. Zidanne and Canavaro were the two best players in the competition and neither were on the same level as the likes of Ronaldo in 2002, Zidanne in 1998, Baggio in 1994, Gazza in 1990, Maradonna in 1986, Rossi in 1982 and so on and so on.
Though there were some great goals. Cambiasso against Serbia with that pass run of 24, Rodriguez with that wonder goal against Mexico, Joe Coles volley against Sweden, Torsten Frings against Costa Rica, those goals are among the best ever. There were a few excellent games, Australia vs Croatia, Holland v Portugal, Argentina v Mexico, USA v Italy, Germany v Italy. But none of them were all time classics, great games but not exactly vintage stuff.
Marks out of 10? I'd give it a generous 6 out of 10. Just above average, JUST!
(sorry I always like to give a summary at the end of a tournament ;D)
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Post by Jorge on Jul 9, 2006 16:51:32 GMT -5
I belive the greatest game in my opinion was Portugal vs. England it was awesomely played
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Post by Mortiss on Jul 9, 2006 17:10:39 GMT -5
It was exciting, but it lacked any quality.
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Post by Guan Yu on Jul 10, 2006 12:43:59 GMT -5
I have to laugh at Zinedine "Rhino" Zidane, he'll go down in history most likely... Banned when retired...
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Post by General Pang on Jul 10, 2006 17:12:04 GMT -5
I have to laugh at Zinedine "Rhino" Zidane, he'll go down in history most likely... Banned when retired... There's so much funny sh*t about his headbutting move on ytmnd. :/
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Post by Sun Ce on Jul 11, 2006 3:49:22 GMT -5
All I saw with that was a soccer player FINALLY growing some balls.
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Post by Huang Zhong on Jul 11, 2006 4:44:25 GMT -5
Though it was not of too great quality, I still liked it, especially the knock out rounds. Those bring emotions to the pitch On to Euro 2008, I'd say! Holland is going to win that, our coach promised that ;D
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Post by Jorge on Jul 11, 2006 9:21:34 GMT -5
Bah! Shup up Erik Holland sucked Portugal can wtfpwn them
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Post by Huang Zhong on Jul 11, 2006 10:08:45 GMT -5
No, they can't. They only won with 1 goal! And who knows what can happen in two years time? We in Holland have secret facilities where we can improve our soccer players genetically. We got Johan Cruijf's DNA and are going to put it in our current players' bodies. We will win!!
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Post by Adam on Oct 27, 2006 17:17:50 GMT -5
Erik, Holland suck XD
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