Ok everyone post what you think Materazzi had said :D

Here is mine:

"Use your &*^#ing head when you play."

Materazzi was obviously saying something that insulted Zidane in a very bad way, don't forget Materazzi is nothing but a scumbag in a football outfit. Still no excuse for what Zidane did, shame on him.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...es2/zidane.jpg

:D

Yes, Materazzi is one of the lowest life forms on the planet, renowned for punching, kicking, headbutting (ironically) and hair pulling. Shame that Zizou couldn't control himself, he only has himself to blame.

I missed the foul during the game... that's what I get for getting ready for company. Stupid move on Zidane's part... and I'm sure he regretted it ten minutes later during the penalty kicks... :(

So that was that, Was this world cup a success? Given that even Sepp Blatter thought the refereeing was a disgrace, that there was no standout player or team, have we just watched the worse world cup for many a year?


Coupled the above with the disgrace that is going to rock football in the next few months in Italy we could have the situation of the World cup holders being banned from football because of the bribes / corruption.

In my opinion, the worldcup was not a succes. Organisation wise it was, but if there's one thing you can leave to the Germans it's just that. But scoring wise, it has been one of the worst worldcups in our entire history. Fairplay wise, this WC was downright dissapointing. Never before have i seen so many players taking a dive and never before have i seen so many players beg for yellow cards. Teams like Portugal and Italy gave a whole new meaning to the word "disgusting".

That sorta sums up my thoughts as well [img]smile.gif[/img] Most annoying to see Italy win it all after the numer of teams that owned them for much of the match. Hero of the world cup without a doubt is the man that kept bobbing up again and again and again - Grosso. More of an anti-hero in Australia of course ;) .

Personally, I wouldnt put Italy and Portugal in the same level of dirty play, for me Portugal were pretty much a disgrace to the whole fifa ideal of fairplay, Whereas Italy fair enough had some questionable moments but what team didnt?

IMO Italy deserved to win as there was no other team that displayed a quality of football anything close to the italians.

All in all I guess it was a fairly dross World Cup but then as Scotland were'nt involved this time round I never expected anything special :D

[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] just found this an it cracked me up

http://imagekafe.com/files/f8c3e.gif

Thanks. My opinion too.

I've been supporting Italy since I was 6, that's sixteen years ago. After the Italy '90 World Cup me and my brother picked teams to support (we were kids then). Since he was elder he picked first place Germany. And since both of us hated Argentina (because of Maradona) I picked third place Italy. It was only because they took third place (had England won that time I'd be supporting them [img]redface.gif[/img] ) but I haven't regretted the decision since. And I haven't changed the team ever (I'm one of those who'd change teams extremely rarely), supporting Italy through thick and thin, even against my national squads (sic).

And I'm sure Italy did deserve the cup.

OK, maybe my opinion is biased by the fact that I'm supporting them, but honestly even you are not being obejective and are biased againt them because of the Australia match. For example, I think if the penalty in the final match happened for Italy you would be saying that's diving.

Don't tell me they achieved what they did only by cheating/diving. They played some excellent games (against Germans being their best performance). It's easy to blame the Australian loss for diving, but come on you failed to score against a 10-man team. Italy held their ground pretty well there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FI..._controversies has some World Cup contraversies. Italy is mentioned only once (the Australian game). And personally I think while the level of refereeing was not the best it was definately better than last World Cup (though again that could be my bias).

I admit this was not the best World Cup for Italy, and I admit some teams showed better games (Argentine). But in the end it's winning and scoring that matters. Italy managed not to let France score and did extremely well in penalties. They deserved the Cup. Overall their performance was great. They had excellent team play (10 scorers), a great defence, and Buffon did an outstanding job.

I'm happy they won. Congrats Italy! Only problem all of a sudden we'll be seeing here (as in real life, I don't mean IW) lot's of fair weather Italy fans all of a sudden :D . People who'll ditch her next time she loses. Not like us who've been supporting her from the beginning :D .

[img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] where do you get these johnny>?

Those images and that game is spreading over IRC!
The URL that is...

Yesterday, 10mins after the headbutt by Zidane i saw the first picture, which just was a gif showing the headbutt... but after that! The jokepictures just kept comming! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Zidane win FIFA Golden ball award?

Most entertaining team is Portugal?

I wonder how these people cast their polls.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...373632&cc=4716

Well, they DID have a lot of excellent actors on their squad. :D

From a site where people are really fast when it comes to creating weird stuff. :D

<font color=8fbc8f>Man, just think, in three years 11 months from now we can re-new this thread and remember that awesome headbutt.</font>

[ 07-10-2006, 10:25 PM: Message edited by: Felix The Assassin ]

Okay, the truth has finally been revealed, Zidane wanted Materazzi's Butterfinger :D

Have you guys played the Zizou head butt game?

I got 11. :D

I don't know how many I got... but I did get two at one shot! :D

The real reason Brazil lost to Les Frogs:

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