How Was FIFA 2006 Won
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
We all know what happened in 2006, France and Italy met for the title with Italy winning it all. France had a chance to win it in extra time, but Buffon came up huge. Italy won on PK's 5-3. But what all of the world will remember is the ugly head butting incident between Zidane and Materazzi. There is much controversy as to what Materazzi truly said to Zidane, but one thing is for sure, it must have been pretty scathing to make Zidane headbutt Materazzi.
Personally, I hated to see the greatest footballer of the modern era (you heard me, I said it) go out like that. But Zidane has been known to be a bit of a hot head at times, he is no Cantana, but still a hot head. Zidane got a deserved red for striking another player that was the correct call. Materazzi, however, should have shown more class than he did. You NEVER insult a man's family especially the women, NEVER!!! You can talk as much trash as you wish, you can tell a guy that he sucks and that his skills don't match yours as colorfully as you want. Unfortunately some European fans and sometimes players have a horrible reputation for being extremely bigoted/hateful towards players of color.
There have been numerous incidents of players especially those of african descent being called monkeys and having bananas thrown at them during games. Is Matterazzi one of these players? I really hope not. Paolo Di Canio used to salute the crowd with the fascist salute to the Lazio right wing fans. Disturbing, yes, but again nothing was ever done because it was done in the Italian league where he is subject to their rules. Back to the point, Materazzi crossed the line and should have known better. He accomplished the goal and was rewarded.
Italy wins by diving and time wasting. The lull you to sleep by playing bunker defense and counter attacking when you put too many men forward. This is their style of play. They frustrate teams into mistakes. Their defense is solid. Ugly, but it gets the job done. Especially against teams that are faster than them. In Euro 2008, the did the same thing, except it back fired against Spain. They won WC 2006 with the same strategy. The lulled Germany to sleep and scored two goals late into extra time. I believe i heard a fact about the Italian national team, whether it is true I don't know. In international competition, they have never comeback from a 2 goal deficit ever. astonishing. I hope this is untrue, otherwise all a team needs to do is score two goals and the match is over.
So who is to blame? Who needs to step and clean up the beautiful game? FIFA, all the leagues and most of all the fans. Combined these groups can eradicate all the problems that plague the sport. Here is how. i will start with FIFA.
Read at FANIQ
Personally, I hated to see the greatest footballer of the modern era (you heard me, I said it) go out like that. But Zidane has been known to be a bit of a hot head at times, he is no Cantana, but still a hot head. Zidane got a deserved red for striking another player that was the correct call. Materazzi, however, should have shown more class than he did. You NEVER insult a man's family especially the women, NEVER!!! You can talk as much trash as you wish, you can tell a guy that he sucks and that his skills don't match yours as colorfully as you want. Unfortunately some European fans and sometimes players have a horrible reputation for being extremely bigoted/hateful towards players of color.
There have been numerous incidents of players especially those of african descent being called monkeys and having bananas thrown at them during games. Is Matterazzi one of these players? I really hope not. Paolo Di Canio used to salute the crowd with the fascist salute to the Lazio right wing fans. Disturbing, yes, but again nothing was ever done because it was done in the Italian league where he is subject to their rules. Back to the point, Materazzi crossed the line and should have known better. He accomplished the goal and was rewarded.
Italy wins by diving and time wasting. The lull you to sleep by playing bunker defense and counter attacking when you put too many men forward. This is their style of play. They frustrate teams into mistakes. Their defense is solid. Ugly, but it gets the job done. Especially against teams that are faster than them. In Euro 2008, the did the same thing, except it back fired against Spain. They won WC 2006 with the same strategy. The lulled Germany to sleep and scored two goals late into extra time. I believe i heard a fact about the Italian national team, whether it is true I don't know. In international competition, they have never comeback from a 2 goal deficit ever. astonishing. I hope this is untrue, otherwise all a team needs to do is score two goals and the match is over.
So who is to blame? Who needs to step and clean up the beautiful game? FIFA, all the leagues and most of all the fans. Combined these groups can eradicate all the problems that plague the sport. Here is how. i will start with FIFA.
Read at FANIQ
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