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He means Australia.

 

I want Italy to win, so long as they play like they did against Germany. If they try and grind out a typical Italian win I wont really care either way.

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I want Italy to win, so long as they play like they did against Germany.

 

I agree with this. I'll root for Italy today after my favorite (Brazil) played so terrible and got eliminated. I guess my Italian heritage has to come through this time. But like Eskimo said, I want them to win like they did agains Germany: Playing offensive football and going all out, not like they tipically do, playing extremely defensive, waiting for the other team to attack in order to counter attack (I'm sure there's an italian word to describe this tactic, if anyone knows it they could please mention it?)

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The American broadcast for the Finals has begun on ABC. I'm really hyped up, and I'm pulling for Italy(family is Italian). That's my contribution to the thread...at least until half time

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here we go!

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Jeez, less than 5 minutes in, Italy's being very physical and a yellow card for Zambrotta

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Zidane gets a penalty kick in!(sorta...) 1-0 France

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for those who watch more soccer/football than I....does Italy have a reputation for being very physical?

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And a yellow for Sagnol for kicking one of the Italians

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for those who watch more soccer/football than I....does Italy have a reputation for being very physical?

 

If by "physical" you mean "taking dives like bitch drama queens" then yes, they are.

No, they seem to be all over thir opposition on defense, more so than other teams I've seen in the Cup, and fouling a lot

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If the past few finals are any indication, it probably won't be terribly exciting

 

The WC Final losing team has not scored a goal since 1986

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Goal for Italy! Nice header!

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Tied game off of a Header via a corner kick for Italia.

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I think it's funny that the American announcers keep bringing up that this stadium was built for the 1936 Olympics and Jesse Owens but refuse to mention the Nazis...eh, probably just trying to not stir up trouble, now that I think of it

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I think it's funny that the American announcers keep bringing up that this stadium was built for the 1936 Olympics and Jesse Owens but refuse to mention the Nazis...eh, probably just trying to not stir up trouble, now that I think of it

 

It's just one of those things they assume the viewers are aware of and doesn't really need to mention that. When they say he overcame adversity, I'd assume most viewers made the rational connection. We don't need a history lesson, anyways.

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A world cup final should not go to penalty kicks. That is like overtime in the superbowl being decided by field goals, or game 7 of the NBA Finals going to overtime and the winner of the slam dunk contest wins the Championship. Or even better Game 7 of the world series goes to one extra inning and after that it's a homerun derby to decide the World Series champion.

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A world cup final should not go to penalty kicks. That is like overtime in the superbowl being decided by field goals, or game 7 of the NBA Finals going to overtime and the winner of the slam dunk contest wins the Championship. Or even better Game 7 of the world series goes to one extra inning and after that it's a homerun derby to decide the World Series champion.

 

It's not like a field goal hasn't won a Super Bowl before, just never in over-time.

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A world cup final should not go to penalty kicks. That is like overtime in the superbowl being decided by field goals, or game 7 of the NBA Finals going to overtime and the winner of the slam dunk contest wins the Championship. Or even better Game 7 of the world series goes to one extra inning and after that it's a homerun derby to decide the World Series champion.

 

It's not like a field goal hasn't won a Super Bowl before, just never in over-time.

 

 

Sorry I mean that them going to a contest after overtime in any of the sports to decide a championship game. It shouldn't happen at all. Like the NFL would play a 15 minute ot and if nobody scores they go to a field goal kicking contest or a homerun derby in game 7 of the World Series after 1 inning of extra play. The championship game of the world cup should be sudden death and it shouldn't go to a penalty kicking contest to decide who wins the championship. Team sports shouldn't go to individual contests to win.

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Zidane with the ultimate headbutt!!!!!!!!!

 

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Zidane gets a red card and ends his career. What an Idiot to get himself thrown out of a Championship game. He is very selfish and wasn't thinking of his team.

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