Overall, I was disappointed with the World Cup final game. It was an exciting game, of course, but I wanted France to win since the all-star captain, Zinadine Zidane, was retiring for good. He was a GREAT player in the previous matches and showed quiet strength during this last match. I never saw him dive to the ground, clutching his leg if he got bumped, hoping for a foul.
But all that changed during the last minutes of the game when he head butted his opponent for supposedly saying something terrible to him. He got the red card and left the game. Nice way to end your career, Zinadine, with the whole world watching and setting an example for kids to follow. I'm very disappointed in you!!!!
Needless to say that despite Italy's reputation for "flopping" or "diving" to the ground, I'm happy for their win. I'm happy for any country's win of the biggest football challenge on earth!
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My husband watched it too! I didn't watch it, but he told me about it, and I saw it on the news later. To do something so stupid as that. And they wonder why kids have no sense of sportsmanship when it comes to sports!!
As I was trapped in the house w/ the rain on Sunday, I actually watched the game. I missed the headbutt (but saw the replay) and couldn't believe he would end his career on such a note. :( Very classless indeed.
Prior to that, I thought France was going to win. They seemed like the stronger team (my opinion only from watching that particular game). I did think there was an AWFUL lot of players falling to the ground when they were injured. I haven't watched much soccer before so I wasn't expecting that.
Anyway, was a fun game to watch. :)
i have no idea if this is true or not (so basically i'm just spreading a rumor), but jody heard from a friend (who was VERY MUCH into the world cup) that the italian player tweaked zidane's nipple and then called him a "terrorist" right before the headbutt. still doesn't justify it, but maybe gives some insight into what got him so riled up.
ooh, just found this link:
http://www.kottke.org/06/07/the-zidane-headbutt
interesting.
Thanks, Amy, for that link -- that was very interesting and it also had some other links in it that I followed that had other intriguing info. ;) Oh, the DRAMA!!!!!
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