Aussies 3-1 Japan

I agree that the people in the stands and sitting in front of TV's have more information to work with than the refs. I think there should be a panel of 3 sitting up someplace to verify the ref's decisions. There were too many wrong calls in this tournament and the means exist now to correct this. As for Zidane, I doubt anything could have justified it, but it was an impressive gesture and the game itself was incredible! What a pace! whew!
abri

 

hahahaha

the earpiece I believe was for the 5 refs to communicate with each other regarding offsides decisions, but I'm not sure.
abri

 

Can't believe what Zidane did. Must be the biggest dummy spit of all time, in soccer, anyhow. He's gone from hero to zero in a split minute. Obviously, he was pretty p*ssed off but he surely he has had enough sledging in his lifetime in soccer to ignore it.

Not only did he leave his team 1 man down, but more importantly, he was in-eligible to partake in the penalty shootout. How much different might the result have been.

Congrats to Italy.

There are lots of discussion that penalty shootouts should not take place to decide the outcome in the final game.

Suggestions discussed include a complete replay a week later, if scores level after extended time.

Another suggestion is to keep the extended periods going until a result occurs. Boy, that could mean a late night.

Your opinions would be interesting. Bazza

 

Can't believe what Zidane did. Must be the biggest dummy spit of all time, in soccer, anyhow. He's gone from hero to zero in a split minute. Obviously, he was pretty p*ssed off but he surely he has had enough sledging in his lifetime in soccer to ignore it.[/QUOTE]

He must have thought it was more important to him than the World Cup. I don't think he'll be a zero, because people do f*** up sometimes and it's a common reaction for people to reflect on their own failings and be forgiving, especially for heros.

The Golden Goal? They've tried that. I'm not sure if that was in the European Cup. An 11 meter shootout isn't much of a win.

abri

 

i thought the Italians were better looking.

 

I'v just heard that the italian player called his mother a wh$$$ and zidanes mother is currently seriously ill and the italian knew it

kinda puts a different slant on things for me

 

l being a Buddhist, personally do not condone violence in all its grotesque forms, physically, mentally or verbally. Zidane should be praised for his footballing genius but as a person, like all of us, he is not perfect. l cannot criticise him for what he did as like most of us, we would've have done the same. Besides, the defender wasn't hurt that badly, unlike the infamous Shoemarker incident in the 70s when he nearly killed the poor French player and he wasn't even booked nor was it considered a foul by the referee!
Zidane, being a foreign national in France; grew up in poverty, must have faced discrimination and prejudice all his life and l am guessing, most of you are white guys with middle class background and will never know the existential anguish he feels. l am a british chinese sometimes l can't even go out into my garden without someone giving me racial insults while walking past. Its easy for people to look and critise humanity but how many of us actually look within and see our own flaws and change for the better?.. mm how about cantana and his kung fu kick? brian clough who punched his own fans? oh and roony with his "ball crushing" kick? actually l find it all very funny..we all deserve what we get...haha thats karma isn't it? om...

 

That was still one hell of a freakin chest smasher Zidane gave him, and Zidane will go down in history for that, and as one of the few best soccer players in the world.

 

From today's MG front page, a version of what Zidane "said".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,28783-2263995,00.html

Will we ever know the whole truth from both players, I doubt it? Bazza