--- Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question: Again what game are you on about? France > did not play Germany!! Or did I have one too many > Stellas? > Mario replies: > Gabe is right, with or without his favorite Stellas. > Thierry Henry's goal off a Zinedine Zidane free kick in a prior post was against Brazil. I should have said "Brazilian players". Instead, I wrote "German players". BTW, I saw a re-play of that goal again today from a different angle. Henry was clearly on-side when the ball was kicked in his direction, and ran past the defense to kick the ball past the Brazilian goalie. > Regarding the final. As an American I am delighted that Italy, my favorite European country, beat France, my least favorite European country. However, as an ex-player, I was apalled by Zinedine Zidane losing his marbles 10 minutes before his illustrious, decades-long-career was about to end. What a way to end an otherwise stellar career, by receiving a red card in a World Cup final for an ignominious and senseless personal attack on an opponent, away from the action. What was he thinking? What could Materazzi have possibly said that made him lose his cool like that? > There is a rumor going around the tabloids that Materazzi insulted Zidane's mother, or called the Arab-French Zidane a "terrorist". Ironically, Zidane was thrown out of another match years ago for kicking a Saudi Arabian player. > I am amazed that the soccer journalists still voted for Zidane to receive the Golden Ball as the most valuable player of this 2006 tournament. Huh? After what he did to perhaps cost his team the World Cup? Shame on them. > However, I hope Zidane changes his mind about retiring from world-class soccer on such a low note. After-all, he is still better than 99.9% of soccer's best players. He needs to publicly apologize to Materazzi, to his own French team who may have won with him on the field, to his fans and to his country. He needs to make amends off and on the field of play, not leave the arena with his head bowed in shame. The European Cup is only 2 years away. Plenty of time to atone for his rare but serious infraction. > >
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