Havent had a chance to read the whole thread and neither do i have time to lol
. But last night was a pretty interesting game, wanted France to win but once the italians had equalised i could see it going to ET and then penalties. France were terrible at defending set pieces, much like England really but was a nice goal by Materazzi i have to admit.
First penalty i dont should have been given but then its hard to say, the 2nd one on Malouda should have definitely been a penalty...yet again that stupid ref ruined the game tbh.
As for Zidane??
, what in gods name happened there. Was a moment of pure madness on his part. From what i could see is that Materazzi must have said something quite personal for Zidane to react like that. Not condoning his head butt but he must have said something pretty serious to Zidane in order for him to react that violently. Personally dont think Zidane really gives a **** now as hes retired but its a shame he went out like that. But from what i could see, it seemed like Materazzi said something quite personal...no one reacts like that...the way Zidane reacted without the other person saying something pretty personal or insulting. Dunno about these italians tbh but anyways was a shame to see one of the great footballers of ouyr generation being red-carded.
Congrats to Italy though, cant say if they deserved to win as the second half they became ever so flipping boring...got lucky that Zidane didnt put that header away before he got sent off tbh. I guess luck wasnt on Frances side last night and having Viera injured and Henry subbed changed the whole game even more so when Zidane got sent off. Viera going off injured was probably the turning point of the game imho.
Oh well all in all not a bad final, could have been better...hate finals being played out on penalties. Shame France didnt win it as to me they seemed the much better team especially in the second half.
Another 4 yr wait though
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