World Cup 2006 Finale
Some matches I think I’d highlight…
Italy vs France
Well, there won’t be much to say on this day except that Zizou headbutting incident, but personally I think Materazzi should have kept his mouth shut. It was an unfortunate turn of events for the French side, maybe if Nesta wasn’t injured and was playing, things would have been very different. Materazzi was the one to give away the penalty, which Zidane scored, but a few minutes later he made amends when he scored that header from the corner. Really, there can’t be a worse way to end a career here and I feel bad for Zizou. But that’s it, the maestro will take his leave from football and hopefully when we remember him, it is not this that we remember. At least he got the Golden Ball to take home…
England vs Portugal
www.ihateronaldo.com, enough said.
Really, someone should smack that Ronaldo kid for butting in to other people’s affairs and for his divings. What the heck was that wink for? Rooney should go smack him, and I don’t think he would dare to return to Manchester United, else he might be killed by the hooligans. If David Beckham - an Englishman himself - can receive that kind of treatment in 1998 for getting a red card and crushing England’s hopes, how much worse can Ronaldo get, when he’s not an Englishman and he got an Englishman red-carded and seems happy even about that? This kid should be taught some manners, rather than crying, he should be smacked down off the pitch sometimes.
Germany vs Portugal
Serves ‘em right, cheaters! Go cry boy! Cry! If you wanna cry don’t play, go home to momma!
The Bastian kid really wreak havoc here, all three German goals came from him. The first and third goal was superb screamers, and the second goal was an own goal from Petit, which resulted from a Schweinsteiger free kick. I wonder why they didn’t play him against Italy, else things might have turned out very differently for them. With Ballack and several other key players out, it really became Bastian’s one-man show and he really sparked that night, even putting Figo out of the limelights, though he managed to lay a perfect cross for Nuno Gomes to put that header in. Yeah… I also wonder why they didn’t play Nuno Gomes more often, he is a good player.
Oh well, the World Cup is over, gotta tend to my exams then. Sleepless nights continue…
