World cup sweepstake

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:27 pm

So it's kind of nearly a month too late, but the final hasn't started... we've got 90 minutes left!

Anyway. I'm betting on France to win 2-1.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:29 pm

Italy wins 1-0.

Bridgeburner · Post by **Bridgeburner** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:33 pm

No one wins at this game, everybody loses

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:44 pm

France 1-0, but I'm worried there'll be a lot of diving of both sides (leading to a goal off a penalty kick or something) and that it'll generally be a defensive game.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:58 pm

Can someone please remind me why the Italian team is still playing?

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:00 pm

Well hopefully the diving won't be too bad, would put players like Zidane and Henry to shame if they did that. And given that this is, apparently, Zidane's last ever football match, I'm thinking he's going to try and do some Zidane magic like levitating or something similar.

Anyway, to elaborate on my prediction, I think it'll be 1-1 until extra time, when France will score the winner.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:21 pm

france wins w 2 dives to italys stiky pasta 1. 38% of the population is watching this match. weird news. some dudes are threatening with death by ak- body found in ditch, if they watch football. uptight humans provide the best shows on earth. :skagerak: 2-1 for the herves.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:50 pm

Spazmo wrote:France 1-0, but I'm worried there'll be a lot of diving of both sides (leading to a goal off a penalty kick or something) and that it'll generally be a defensive game.

That has already happened unfortunally, but if both France and Italy continue to play like they did in the first half, Italy will win.
The french are going to eat some pizza!

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:51 pm

Italia all tha way.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:49 pm

Aaaaaaaargh. Ah, well, both teams played great (in my worthless opinion) but the Italian players managed not to headbutt anybody and so probably deserved the win. It's a shame Zidane had to end his career that way.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:54 pm

They were all tired and deeply pressured.

But that must've been one hell of an insult for Zidane to snap like that.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:56 pm

Psychology plays a great deal in footbal games, specially in penalty kicks.
Ah and for the second time, teatime makes a bad bet, you go girl

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:56 pm

I feel sorry for Zidane, from what I've seen he's been under a lot of pressure, essentially being the team's manager as well as the player the whole team relies on. But snapping like that was wierd, to say the least.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:04 pm

Smiley wrote:But that must've been one hell of an insult for Zidane to snap like that.

Italy has an admirable variety of dirty tricks... but they deserved the win.

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:08 pm

He must have made a bad joke about croissants or something

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:50 pm

Never forget.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:02 am

Not one, but two radio channels are right now having competitions about zidane.

They are both asking what the italian captain said to Zidane..

I hate milking like this.. Sports have become such a drama-fest.. or well, maybe it hasn't, but I've just realized it.

Like Tour de dope, it used to be at least a bit interesting. The best thing I've seen so far is the guy who got a 2.5cm deep and 10cm long cut from a #1 sponge glove. Bloodfest for the win!

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:26 am

Mr. Teatime wrote:I feel sorry for Zidane, from what I've seen he's been under a lot of pressure, essentially being the team's manager as well as the player the whole team relies on.

oh shut up, like what he's been doing for so many years? taking that lot of pressure and insults is no news to him. This is not his first mundial for crying out loud, and also he's played in games of similar stakes with his (formner) teams, like ine champions' league.

Anyhow at least once he made something similar - he walked on a lying opponent with his spikey football shoes.

BTW Cannavaro is the man. To defend so successfully against such a determined and overall superb attack as France's is pure brilliance. Nice celebrating his 100 game in the national team; congratulations.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:35 pm

Pirlo for the win