Italia vs France

Outcome: 1-1, Italia wins at penalty kicks
Overall appreciation: oh shit, not them again...

Italians dominated the first half and French dominated the second. The additional time was a fucking mess. The game was quite nice with good team play but only a very few beautiful technical moves. That kind of game tends to bore me, if it wasn't for the tension...

I thought that Les Bleus deserved to score another goal since at the end of the game the Italians couldn't stand up anymore but Bufon was too excellent.
Well, and there's Zidane's headbutt. A player with such experience, and a captain on top of that, should really be able keep his temper. I can't think of what Materazzi could have said to him that was so offensive... Something racist, maybe? "You're mother's couscous tastes like pork"?

Judging was a bit lousy, especially considering it was a World Cup Final. Though Zidane's red is beyond question: he deserved it. An interesting fact (or rumor) is that the red was granted after the fourth referee wached the big stadium screen. Video judgement is finally making its way in football.


On the plus side, I really had to sleep yesterday night and I don't think could have rested if France had won.