yes they scored twice in the last minute and a half, game over

7/4/2006 5:31:19 PM

Italy scored twice.. within about 1 minute or so.

7/4/2006 5:31:34 PM

wtf????


who says this game isn't exciting?

how did they score twice so quickly? didn't germany have a shot in between the italian goals???? wtf??

7/4/2006 5:32:32 PM

eh they pushed everyone up italy was able to get an easy chance on the counter

7/4/2006 5:38:27 PM

A big fuck you to all you Italian team haters. Everyone dives, not just Italy, look through it and see how excellent this team has been playing and when they win Sunday be ashamed.

Italy all the way!!

7/4/2006 5:40:09 PM

[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 5:43 PM. Reason : jkl]

7/4/2006 5:41:44 PM

look at all those crying germans... haha

7/4/2006 5:43:34 PM

^ I love it!!!!!!!


hahahahahahahahaha

7/4/2006 5:56:31 PM

I could care less who won, but I wanted PKs bad...*those* are always fun

Go Henry!

7/4/2006 6:09:09 PM

I believe Totti gave Del Piero the assist. Anyways they were great together on the field!

7/4/2006 6:12:11 PM

as woody said ... the germans have had 2 wars on home turf and lost both, why would anyone think they'd win the third

7/4/2006 6:15:29 PM

love seeing the Krauts getting pounded

7/4/2006 6:22:57 PM

I am so goddamn proud to be Italian right now. Seriously.

7/4/2006 6:38:16 PM

I was hoping for a France/Germany final. Germany would be kicking France's ass and the frenchys would call us to bail them out.....

7/4/2006 6:41:43 PM

Why is everyone hating the Germans?

They never did anything to anyone

7/4/2006 6:51:41 PM

^that said.

FUCK GERMANY!

7/4/2006 7:12:59 PM

well, since you put it that way

7/4/2006 7:15:49 PM

I think its funny how people say they hate Germany b/c of Hitler/Nazis or whatever.

Lets see, I guess we can hate America for owning slaves. We can also hate Africa for selling people into slavery. We can hate Russia for communism. China too. Gotta keep hating Japan. Can we pinpoint a middle east country to hate? I think we're supposed to like Iraq now and hate Iran...or is it the other way around?

I say fuck it and just hate soccer.

7/4/2006 8:17:15 PM

^ cool dude

wasn't Totti on the assist, it was Gilardino... and that goal is probably my favorite of the tourney. Del Piero was in his own box when Italy got possession of that counter, and he sprinted all the way back down and then capped it off with an amazing finish

if France wins tomorrow, I'll be perfectly happy with either of these teams winning the World Cup. If not, then Italy all the way baby

7/4/2006 8:32:11 PM

i can think of at least 3 better goals than that goal. they might not have been as big as that goal today, but they were still better

7/4/2006 8:38:26 PM

oh no I totally agree, I didn't say it was the best... just for different reasons, it was my favorite. I think Lahm's goal was better, and I think Maxi Rodriguez is the best technical goal of the cup by far

7/4/2006 8:54:46 PM

Maxi ties with Joe Cole. Juninho's wasn't bad, either.

France will PWN tomorrow.

7/4/2006 10:47:38 PM

Quote :

"and that goal is probably my favorite of the tourney"

my favourite as well

that assist and strike was performed with surgical precision

like poetry in motion

that shit was like a Mozart's Grand Mass in C Minor

7/4/2006 11:11:42 PM

Quote :

"I am so goddamn proud to be <=25% Italian right now. Seriously."

There still could be a frog vs jerry match for 3rd place if Portugal wins.

7/4/2006 11:26:41 PM

Quote :

"^ cool dude"

lol nice anti-troll

France will win in regulation tomorrow

7/4/2006 11:28:23 PM

wow, that was the best ending to a world cup game ive ever seen
awsome

7/5/2006 12:11:47 AM

I'm just tired of all the WWII references ignorant college douches apply to... soccer? What the fuck is wrong with you people? All of it stems from knowing jack shit about this game other than it's on every four years when no other interesting sport is on, and while I claim to know jack shit about it myself, I'm not gonna berrate some fucking messageboard claiming correlation between war and football. Grow up.

7/5/2006 12:25:15 AM

To be fair, the English hold a HUGE grudge about the Falklands, and the Argies hold a huge grudge about constantly being called savages.

In '02 I was watching Argentina play some random opponent (forget who) in a pub with my friend, and afterwards he told me that the Englishman to his right was very displeased that I'd even imagine rooting for the Argies.

7/5/2006 12:39:23 AM

remember that one time during either the second half or the first half of ET when italy had an amazing scoring chance inside the box and the AMAZING commentating of O'Brien/Balboa said nothing during the sequence of events. complete silence. so fucking emberassing.

7/5/2006 12:51:30 AM

Quote :

"To me this is better then any NFL playoff game... personal preference. "

Why I will probably disagree with you in January, right now I have to say that this is great. What I mean is that you simply don't know what will happen in these games (today, as well as Brazil on Sat.). Today's game had me on the edge of my seat, and I just don't get that during most NFL games. Then again, for most of an NFL game, you can stay somewhat calm. Once the 4th quarter gets around, things start to change. In soccer, however, one single action, early or late, can impact the rest of the game.

Edit:

Also, I don't know if this has been mentioned since Saturday, but Christiano Ronaldo has said that he will not return to Manchester United next year. Obviously, anyone who watched Saturday's game against England would know why.

[Edited on July 5, 2006 at 1:22 AM. Reason : Man U]

7/5/2006 1:20:16 AM

More like anyone who watched the election at Real Madrid would know why.

7/5/2006 1:27:46 AM

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i think the final day of friendlies may have been today

^^^^italy will win it all...guaranteed

[Edited on June 8, 2006 at 12:14 AM. Reason : .]

6/8/2006 12:14:01 AM

7/5/2006 10:38:38 AM

The end of that game was totally worth sitting through the other 2 hours

even if Italy won

7/5/2006 10:51:19 AM

a funny comment from ESPNs Page 2, DJ Gallo

Quote :

"July 9 -- World Cup Final: Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany Most people assume I'm Italian because of my last name, but I'm not. My last name is actually Slovakian. I remember thinking as a kid, though, that there must have been some mistake in charting my family ancestry and that I probably really was Italian. But then, when I was 8 or 9 years old, I started playing soccer; and on the first day of practice, only a minute or two after it started, a kid brushed into me ever so lightly while I was doing a dribbling drill. Just a light bump. The thing was, I didn't immediately drop to the ground and start screaming and wailing and rolling around in the grass as though I had fractured both of my femurs or dislocated my shoulder. It was then that I knew for sure that I wasn't Italian."

the flopping is worse than a Duke basketball player drawing a charge

7/5/2006 10:52:43 AM

It's France, folks.

No one stops Zidane today. No one.

7/5/2006 11:23:28 AM

I agree

7/5/2006 11:56:34 AM

france is taking this shit to the maison

7/5/2006 12:03:17 PM

Hope todays game is as great as yesterdays. It should be with the Zidane>>>Figo matchup.

7/5/2006 12:13:36 PM

Quote :

" Also, I don't know if this has been mentioned since Saturday, but Christiano Ronaldo has said that he will not return to Manchester United next year. Obviously, anyone who watched Saturday's game against England would know why."

wow, i was wondering how he could ever step foot inside that stadium again.

check out this video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IzgnJjDDVCo&search=ronaldo%20friend

7/5/2006 12:31:50 PM

I'm looking forward to the cristiano ronaldo/henry show more than anything

^he'll probably go to Real Madrid

[Edited on July 5, 2006 at 12:33 PM. Reason : asdf]

7/5/2006 12:32:35 PM

^^

Ha I can't hear that song and NOT think of Austin Powers.. hahaha

7/5/2006 12:38:50 PM

I think Italy's gonna win the whole thing, but is anyone else gonna be shocked if Portugal make the Final? If there was ever a case to be made for a bunch of overrated never-will-be's in the past (outside of Spain), Portugal would be it.

7/5/2006 12:41:01 PM

I am going home early to watch this

7/5/2006 12:58:39 PM

no, not really - i think portugal is way more talented than anybody has given them credit for - i think this team is way more talented than the one that got so much hype over the last 5 years or so

that said, i think france has still got them today - france's back four has been outstanding - i think they can handle pauleta and co.

^ i wish i was, but God bless TiVo



[Edited on July 5, 2006 at 1:02 PM. Reason : damn work to hades]

7/5/2006 1:01:46 PM

well damn spero, just dont look anywhere to see the answer or it will spoil watching it

7/5/2006 1:04:14 PM

don't worry about me man, i've got it down to a science, i've been doing it the entire Cup... luckily nobody here on graham street gives a rip about soccer except a guy who can't speak english very well

7/5/2006 1:07:44 PM

haha yeah you've gotta avoind the internet, at least tww if you dont wanna know the score

[Edited on July 5, 2006 at 1:10 PM. Reason : ...]

7/5/2006 1:10:35 PM

time for the GAME

this one is gonna be a blowout

7/5/2006 2:59:27 PM

Did JP say that France is the capitol of Paris?

7/5/2006 3:03:43 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IqC3NE7TYVE&search=ronaldo%20rooney

DRAMA!

7/5/2006 3:04:07 PM