Italy - World Cup 2006 champions
I'm ecstatic!
Italy triumphed over France with a penalty shoot-out* outcome of 6-4. They have reclaimed the coveted trophy after their last win in 1982!
Things got off to a shaky start for Italy when France scored a penalty* goal a few minutes into the game. But they bounced back with an equaliser in the first half when Materrazi netted a goal.
During extra time*, the game moved in Italy's favour when France's golden boy Zidane was sent off with the red card* for headbutting one of the Italian players.
I wished Italy had attacked more. I wished they didn't dive* so much.
Perhaps history is repeating itself - Italy facing a match-fixing scandal back home, just as it was the case in 1982.
But they won. And that's all that matters.
* Penalty shoot-out: one-on-one with goalkeeper. comes after extra time.
* Extra time: first half of game is 45min and second half of game is 45min. total 1hr 30 min. extra time of 30min comes after that.
* Penalty: awarded when opponent committed a foul near the goalpost
* Red card: player banned from the game after committing serious foul
* Dive: player exaggerating a fall to get referee to declare foul and award ball to his team
posted by Amelia Earhart @ 5:17 am
5 Comments:
I wondered how long it would take you to post! I watched the penalty shoot out phase and of course, felt badly for the goal tenders of both teams. Guess that is the way it goes though.
I was wondering the same thing!! I checked your blog just after the game ended and figured you must be so busy celebrating that you hadn't had a chance to post yet! I'm happy your team won!
They're hot. Thus, YAY, ITALY!!!
So I'm being shallow. :) What can you do.
No, it's not always that rough, actually (if you don't consider tripping others rough).
But there are a few players, who are pretty aggressive, like Wayne "Looney" Rooney of England, who would shove or swear at others. Zidane's headbutt was the exception rather than the norm.
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