I assume several/many of us will be getting up to watch this game in the early hours. Two teams that have come into good form (particlarily defensively for Italy and in attack for the French) but with a lot of pressure on them. Should be a good game but as always there is the threat of one team cracking on such a big stage.

What are people doing for the game, anyone know if Park rd is being shut down again as it was said they might?

viva la france

i'll be sleeping...

I've got the frogs in my work sweepstake.... plus those dirty italian divers f***ed us up, go teh frogs!!

P.S. Go Italy

i would like to see neither team win and the trophy go to some small insignificant island nation no one has ever heard off.

france to win

i would like to see neither team win and the trophy go to some small insignificant island nation no one has ever heard off.

Like Australia?

go Italia

last edited by casa at 19:53:11 09/Jul/06

^^ EXACTLY, like Australia

no, if by what i have said above you conclude australia, you are obviously retarded.

dint it was a good call, move on

go the froggers

allez les bleus, not just because it will annoy casa and because the italins deserve to lose, but because I just spent a month in france and it was awesome and I hope they smasssssssssh them!

France should win cos Zidane is old

ummm you realise zidan plays for france not italy right...unless your brain is on reverse cycle.

I'm not to keen on italy but anything but those french fux.



last edited by Booyah at 20:56:30 09/Jul/06

if Italy win, watch the Aussie media claim we would have if it wasn't for the penalty.

They're a clever bunch and I see what they did there even before they did it!

plz don't use clever and australian media in the same post.

irrespective of sarcasm

Sadly, spastic boy is right. The media and every other fan boy is saying "if it wasn't for that penalty". Australia didnt win get over it.

Anyone watching?

Shootout starting now.

Italy 5-3 in the shootout

5-3 newb.

Registering my disgust on the internet.

(wtf ninja edit)

/cue dirty wogs
/cue casa

What a game, brilliant to watch!
To tired to go into details, Zidane is a tool to fall for the old "Your wife moans like a whore when I f*** her" line.

Disappointing end (not because Italy won, but because it was penalty shootouts) but was a pretty good game. I thought France was playing slightly better, although they just lost the ball too many times up the front.

To tired to go into details, Zidane is a tool to fall for the old "Your wife moans like a whore when I f*** her" line.

f***ing reckon - what the f*** did that guy say to him?!!?

no, if by what i have said above you conclude australia, you are obviously retarded.

If before this world cup, you went around Europe and South America and asked people about Australia, more times than not you'd get a blank face.

I don't need to rub it in.

AZZURRI!!!!!!

To tired to go into details, Zidane is a tool to fall for the old "Your wife moans like a whore when I f*** her" line.

Im suprised the italian fell down from a head to the chest.....


actually no im not

Zidane's header was awesome!! lmao... the guy fell like a sack of s***, although I do still question the severity cos the italian may have dived!?

But overall it is up there with the goaly coat hangering the italian guy in the semis...

If before this world cup, you went around Europe and South America and asked people about Australia, more times than not you'd get a blank face.

I don't need to rub it in.

Rub what in, the fact that all those stupid wankers in FORN parts whose only knowledge about Australia is that we ride kangaroos to school now might realise that we can play soccer cuz we made it into the round of 16?!

The obvious conclusion from this morning's events is Australia could have won the World Cup. Although we prolly wouldn't have baited Zidane into smashing one of our players thus removing one of their best strikers from the pitch because we're not cheats. BAM!

This is where we need the animated gif of Zidane headbutting. I really want to find out what was said to him to make him lash out. news.com.au is already saying he's 'ended his career in disgrace' (why I still read that piece of s*** website is a mystery to me).

Its when stuff like that does happen you wish Zidane would just got stomp stomp on the little bitches head while he is on the ground. he's retiring anyway so who cares about the suspension

He might care about assault charges though; I assume the law doesn't get suspended just because they're on a soccer pitch

Australia wouldn't have beaten Germany.

http://show.imagehosting.us/show/1434880/0/nouser_1434/T0_-1_1434880.gif

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It probably doesn't need to be said but Park rd went off during the penalty shoot out. So good becuase Dimo, another mate and I were all going for Italy and we got caught it the middle of the French supporters for maost of the game. Thankfully we found our way into the Italians when the shoot out started. Still can't believe Zidane, for one of the greatest players of our time (if not the greatest) to have such a brain explosion in his final game with such importance riding on it. I knew he could be an angry man but Woah!

man that looks almost like the Italian doesn't even dive at all, he's just so caught by surprise and impact that he falls flat on his ass.

Seeing it on the big screen showed it was bloody hard contact he made.

it was hardly a hit. im sure i hit you that hard without you expecting you probaly wouldnt fall over.

That right there, is the epitome of sore losing. He knew where the game was heading.

Australia wouldn't have beaten Germany.

They might not of beaten Italy either.

The only place that game was heading from the 19th was a penalty shootout (ie, coin toss).

Notice he wasn't ever seen again after heading into the tunnel - didn't make an appearance to receive his medal etc...

Props to Italy (especially to Buffon).

edit - spelling.

last edited by B@ssM@n at 07:48:15 10/Jul/06

I can't believe how many chances France wasted. In the second half they had so much possession space and field position, but they wasted such a massive advantage with terrible shots. It was like they just assumed they weren't going to get through Italy's defense even though they had runners and space, so they just decided to get off rushed shots from anywhere.

Yeh they sure did, I ended up WTFing half the time they had the ball. It wasn't just their shots that were atrocious either, some of their passing was just completely woeful.

^ They had more possession, and most of the game was played in the Italian half but rarely did France get within the 18 yard box without a defender (or two) in the way.

btw - Totti didn't impress me at all, I was surprised he was on as long as he was before being substituted.

Also - I think France's direct at the start was another dive. One of the replays clearly showed the Italian jumping out of the way (with his hands up) before the Frenchman dived. I thought it was genuine until one of several replays showed it from behind...

From the sound of things it was a pretty dissapointing way to wrap up the competition, Im not even gonna bother watching the replay.

this is a big load

that was a solid headbutt.

the two most cowardly nations in the worlds history meet each other in the World Cup final, Zidane's headbutt settled the argument. Italy won the title for biggest soft cocks and also won the world cup.

nice work ziz zou

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HblsV-urHg&search=materazzi

^ The same 5 challanges played over and over... Look how many caps he has for Italy - he's a classy player, and don't kid yourself - there's always a bit of slagging between teams at any sport of this level.

Zidane just cracked:
http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=73241

Zidane should be shot. as for the rest of the frensh team i haop they alll die from ass cancer.

From the sound of things it was a pretty dissapointing way to wrap up the competition, Im not even gonna bother watching the replay.

Dissapointing isn't the right word. It wasn't the greatest football but it was pretty much what I expected in a world cup final with so much pressure on the players. Knowing the result won't make the replay great to watch, but live wondering how it was going to turn out was great.

...until the penalty shootout.

As much as I love soccer, it is easily the most regularly disappointing game in terms of bad finishes for seriously good or important matches.

I thought it was good to finally see Italy win a penalty shootout in a world cup. Kind of justice given how many times they've lost out in the past with a system that is almost a lottery being used..... also made it better to see them win given many were anticipating they would f*** up at that stage.

italy shouldnt have made it this far...france shouldnt have made it this far..im glad france didnt win the cup but im not to happy about italy wining it either.

But who should have?
Germany? - Italy outplayed them in the semi.
Portugal? - No way
Australia? - Ha
Argentina? Brazil? Spain? - All faltered at crucial stages.
In the end no team dominated the whole tournament but Italy and France did enough to get there and hit form at the right time.

I thought (other than all the f***ing diving) it was a pretty good game...Italy were more dominant for most of the 1st half, France the 2nd.

But who should have?
Germany? - Italy outplayed them in the semi.
Portugal? - No way
Australia? - Ha
Argentina? Brazil? Spain? - All faltered at crucial stages.
In the end no team dominated the whole tournament but Italy and France did enough to get there and hit form at the right time.

Italy wouldnt have made it with out that dive...there is no way in hell they would have made it...As for Aus i agree lol they wouldnt have done much with it...

as far as france welli hate the frensh team so neh...anyone else making it would have ben fine by me..

They make marco materzzi look like some sort of double R shooting gangster bone thug g thang serial killer in that video fuggin lol.

MOVE BITCH

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He should have butted him in the chin or the forehead and taken the fuker out too.

who headbutts someone in the chest?

Aus should have won the worldcup. Lucas neil would be smashing walls with his fists right about now.

ffs get over the "cause italy won the cup australia would've also won it" already. There's too many f***ing variables in place to be saying some stupid rubbish like that.

Suhaib, hes only baiting you dude. No one on this planet could be that retarded/serious.

Why does the italian dude kick his left leg up in the air when he hits the ground?? when his other leg follows his body and slumps to the ground.. Looks like he was shaping to kick ziny in the balls :p

Nah but he isn't the first nor the last to whinge about the same thing over and over.

Also Suhaib is BigZub not me.

Your his brother right? same s*** :)

Boxhead: If he didnt fall over, and just accepted a soft headbutting to the chest, zidane wouldnt of been penalised or sent off. Of course hes going to milk it, and it worked.

zidane deserved to be sent off, if he wants to fight he should be a boxer or something.

That game was pretty crap. Glad I didn't go out for it. France looked like the better team, but often Italy is happy to have less possesion making them look like they are on the back foot, when in reality nothing is going to get past their defence.

I think it's a shame that the game came down to the shoot out, but then I also think it's a shame that there aren't video replays.

Does anyone have a replay of the bit of the Oz Italy match where Neil fouled?

Yeah we're the same s***, except i'm an older s***, so i'm a lil off colour and starting to flake.

Also what a way to end zidane's career. He sure did go out with a bang but he'll definately regret it.

Can't claim the joke as mine but: First time a French man has fought back?

Booyah: Doesn't s*** turn white after a while? :)

http://zidanewantscandy.ytmnd.com/

I'd also like to point out that the Irony of the Italian supporters dancing on the Eiffel Tower at Park rd wasn't lost on me.

I think its more symbolic than it is ironic

I'm going with:
Real Eiffel Tower in France - Symbolic
Mini Eiffel Tower in Australia - Ironic

I'm going with SHTUTUP CHAKAS

Someone can't handle the truth.

or spell

Better take a spelling dive and get a foul on him then clit.

Shutup dint

no

I just wanns know what he said to 'ziny' to get him so fukin riled when his team was outplaying the Italians in every aspect at such a crucial point in the game.??

Sweet jesus if (ziny ) he had of sunk that header I would have thought it such a fitting end to a great career...not bowing out after slamming some kid who sledged him.

:(

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9592/zidane29b7ir.gif
(sorry unsure how to link properly, but its gold.)

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4758/zidane6ki2cy.gif

hahaha both gifs are great

penalty shoot outs suck.

when extra time finishes they should add an extra ball, first score wins!

nah not just 1, they should do what jimeoin says and have the ref go "MULTIBALL!!!"

i say about 100 more should make it interesting ... 100 extra balls on the field should keep casa happy anyway

http://tonaz.altervista.org/zidane.html
What a cracker of a game.

when his team was outplaying the Italians in every aspect

Not EVERY aspect of the game. There was that one minor aspect of scoring goals which they failed at. Which is why they lost.

last edited by casa at 09:23:42 11/Jul/06

Italy failed at it as well - that's why they had to resort to being c*********s to get Zidane sent off to force the game to a penalty shootout.

I don't consider winning a soccer game by penalty shootout a victory. If I was in a team that won by shootout I wouldn't feel like I'd done anything special - I'd feel bad that we had to resort to such a cheap way to win.

edit: nb: I would feel the same way if France (or Australia) had won the World Cup. Penalty shootouts are boring.

Well we did get into the world cup with a penalty shoot out and I remember it was quite entertaining.

yeah, I was about to say, its ok for Australia to make it into the world cup on a penalty shoot-out, but its not ok for the world cup to be decided by one?

and trog, you shouldnt be sent off for headbutting someone? You'd probably even be sent off doing that in aerial ping pong. I think rugby is the only game you'd really get away with it. I'd also appreciate if you didn't refer to them as c*********s. They did score the only goal in the game, fair and sqaure.

Yeh, but we'd already won that game 1-0.

and trog, you shouldnt be sent off for headbutting someone?

Huh? Who said that? Zidane was rightfully sent off for assaulting another player.

Italy failed at it as well - that's why they had to resort to being c*********s to get Zidane sent off to force the game to a penalty shootout.

I don't see how blaming Italy for Zidane's outburst to force a penalty shootout is very fair.

I also blame Italy for knocking Australia out of the World Cup!

I noticed you were still bitter :)

More so now that it is a foregone conclusion that we would have won if it wasn't for Divey McDivealot

You'd probably even be sent off doing that in aerial ping pong.

There are no send offs in AFL, you'd only get reported and suspended later.

haha trog, what about the frenchie that took a dive to get the penalty that put them 1 up after 7 minutes? Why doesn't he get a mention ><

took a dive after he got SMASHED by materazzi flailing around wildly with his feet, as he appears wont to do.

Also, just found some info about why Zidane headbutted him. Apparently he called his sister a ho

if it wasn't for Divey McDivealot

the sport is rigged right? if it wasn't, they'd be bringing in video replays in games to be used by refs and they'd be a lot harsher on people who did take a dive (cheat)

Zidane used to play for an italian team didnt he? Maybe materazzi slept with his sister a couple of times.

If you were as big an Italian soccer fan as your posts seem to indicate then you would know Zidane played for Juventus.

Thought so. That was a few years ago now? back in 2000? f*** me I dont remember. I just know he plays for a spanish team now :P (probably madrid)

17% of the world's population or nearly 1.2 billion watched the final match of World Cup Football 2006.

Impressive.

Thierry Henry of France committed 17 fouls- the highest for a player in World Cup 2006.

Damn French.

FIFA has become richer by $1.4 billion by hosting World Cup 2006.

DAMN FIFA!

The Italian was also forced yesterday to deny he called Zidane, whose parents are Algerian immigrants, a " dirty terrorist".

f*** if i was zidane i would've stuffed his ass with a nail bomb on the spot. Then again materazzi is a jealous dirty player and his provocation was cynical and well planned out.

the parody thread on SA is hilarious
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1950611

FIFA has become richer by $1.4 billion by hosting World Cup 2006.

FIFA or Germany? It was germaany that hosted it

I think it means FIFA via commercial rights etc but the translation into English sounds a bit confusing.

FIFA would have made a bit, but the amount of money pumped into the German economy from tourists and fans I reckon would blow your mind. I spent over $1200 just on hotels (I was there for maybe 10 days). Food, beer, transport, beer, tourist stuff, beer and beer all would add up to quite a bit.

The six hit headbut combo from SA sent me into a giggle fit, it gets funnier the longer you watch it.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8653/zidane6hit9ay.gif

last edited by Xy at 19:45:03 11/Jul/06

image is borked.

Hopefully that works a bit better, Salute!

Haha i like

Just watching sbs news now and apparently lip readers were hired to find out what materazzi said to provoke zidane. It turns out that materazzi apparently finished off all his insults by wishing death upon zidane's family. Zidane's mother was also supposedly seriously sick at the time.

http://widelec.org/zidane.html

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