Neowin's Official World Cup 2006 Thread

By Martyn
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YA ITALY!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

seriously, alot of these teams do the same kinda stuff, and even if the Italians do alot of acting, the germans should still have talent to get past that stuff

to me saying "oh look how fake that injury is" is just looking for excuses to put a team down. Sometimes the fakeness can be really bad, like when there is a really good game going on on then BOOM outta nowhere

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My comment was geared more towards other teams than Brazil (they are Portuguese, basically), e.g Argentina :p

Camoranesi is from Argentina. :whistle:

Anyway, it's the first time in 24 years that a south american team doesn't make it to the final. It will be the first time since I was born that I won't be able to see a team in the final playing football like it should be really played.

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Germany, to me, seemed to make better chances and have more possession (particularly towards the end) - Italy had plenty of opportunities but were often wasted and quite messy. That's only my opinion, no need to bite my head off. As I said, Italy still deserved to win because they finished the game with style.

sorry, i was just in the moment.. didn't say it in a way to bite your head off.. :p

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Julius Caro

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Camoranesi is from Argentina. :whistle:

Anyway, it's the first time in 24 years that a south american team doesn't make it to the final. It will be the first time since I was born that I won't be able to see a team in the final playing football like it should be really played.

I was more than happy today to see germany loosing. I knew they wouldn't get that far!

Guess it's all about european countries this time around. As long as brasil isn't there, I don't care who wins, hehe.

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Italy did play well but, almost all the time it was an Italian that would tumble down majestically and say "OMGOMG MY FACE MY FACE" when someone hit him in the back with his knee.

Uh huh and when Ballack nailed (I think it was Grosso) in the back of the head with an elbow and grabbed his face AAAAAND got the call? :whistle: Though Totti did embelish once or twice which I didn't care for much. Everyone acts.

Have to say though, this was the best reffed game I've seen so far. And I think Italy played a great game. With the exception of about 30 minutes in the second half Italy dominated play and had far better opportunities. And my two boys from Milan setup up two exquisite goals :). Great game overall. I stood the entire overtime and desperately hoped it would not go to PKs knowing Italy's history in the WC on those. I want to face France to avenge the '98 Cup and 2000 Euro losses.

Forza Azzurri!!!

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Farstrider

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(theyarecomingforyou @ Jul 4 2006, 23:42)

Germany, to me, seemed to make better chances and have more possession (particularly towards the end) -

Wrong... they had less possession (43% Germany - 57% Italy).

Italian supreme football.

I was about to say the same, the official stats told the story quite clearly, that the Italians had by far the better game! Also chances in terms of possession and shots on goal were pretty clear to see!

Italy also hit a post and crossbar and made 10 shots on goal against 2 shots on goal of Germany ( http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/matc...onth=7&day=&day ) ;)

Italy scored off Germany.

You beat me to it ekerazha, glad to see someone was watching the same game as me! :)

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