Liberte, Egalite, Jules Rimet

Hey,
does anyone here remember France in 2002?

Posted from  Canada

yep! And…we’re in 2006? Nope?

Posted from  United States

Je suis désolée Virgine. Je ne voulais pas te rappeler des mauvais souvenirs…

Tous les équipes en a…

Posted from  Canada

ok Robert just imagine this Zidane is passing to you a great pass inside the box when you run you do a quick sprinting plant when out of the blue you see someone take out your planting foot and your other foot is in the air cause when you run you drive your knees in the air that is how the proper way of running is personally i would fall to if someone took out my planting foot and i know you would to i can say this because i had the same thing done to me except not in the box best wishes to both Italy and France and may the best team win ALLEZ LES BLEUS!!!

Posted from  United States

If France has been so mediocre all these years, how come Italy hasn’t beaten France since 1978?

Beat you in 1998 world cup and 2000 eurocup finals. Need I say more?

Posted from  United States

Ajax, give us a break with your non sense comments… r u on drug or sth? BTW it’s squadra azzura not squadra azzuri dumbass.

Two great teams, two great nations on a beautiful continent…May the best win !

Forza Azzuri!!

Posted from  France

so let’s get in this very exciting final

Italy as one advantage on us:

Del Pierro -Gilardino- Iaquinta

They’re gone be substitued around the 60 or 75′ min, it depends on the score, and if the french team is tired at that time we’ve got a very serious problem!
the only good point is that against germany the rest of the italian team was so tired and these players so fast that the midfield had disapeared, and the defense was 60 meters away, you could see a gigantisc hole in La Nazional.

Posted from  France

Mais c’est pas grave ma petite Catherine, c’est pas grave. Le principal c’est de savourer le moment present…

Posted from  United States

th futur french stars?

thuram replaced by Mexes excellent player

makelele by??? balmont cheyrou Dabo they’re all young and don’t forget makelele became the player he is only 5 years ago

Zidane by? maybe one of his 4 sons

Barthez By Landreau I hope, coupet is at old as him

Take a look of this:http://www.dailymotion.com/popular/tag/france/video/316214

Posted from  France

Virginie, tu as raison… l’italie aussi a souffert en 2002… Je déteste la coupe 2002… au moins la 2006 est plus interessante…

Posted from  Canada

To Catherine
C’est clair!
En 2002, j’etais au Luxembourg et la France n’etait pas tres populaire (je serais curieuse de savoir si c’est le cas cette annee encore). Les bleus avaient un peu trop la grosse tete je pense, et les Luxembourgeois etaient trop heureux de nous voir perdre…bouhou…esperons que dimanche ca ira mieux!
Italie-France, ca va chauffer!

Posted from  United States

Well done for showing those floppers that you really do have to play football to make it through to the final of the WC!

Posted from  Netherlands

Hey Italian,
You said that Henry is a mediocre striker because he never got the golden boots. Wawww, I am very impressed by your football knowledges. This post is so funny. you heve no clue about football so keep sticking to your illarous statistics and get a life.

Posted from  France

This match up between France and Italy is fairly even I think. It could go either way. True, France has a very dorminant mid field and strong defense but I have observed some slow response from the left full back position. This position is highly vulnerable to attack from speedy wingers. The person who plays this position often allows play to develop before he reacts. Sometimes this move results in a lot of corners or dangerous crosses. France has to fix this problem otherwise Italy will take advantage of this weakness and punch one in.

I would like to see France send more than Henry forward when attacking. That might cut down on the off side and put more pressure on the Italian defense. With Zidane in command Italy will have to play tight on defense to avoid henry goals. Italy will rely on fast break counter attack to keep France honest. If France maintains discipline on defense, they win otherwise Italy wins.

Here’s my bold prediction…France 2, Italy 1

Posted from  United States

I’m rarely optimistic and i’m afraid I won’t start today.

Both teams have good defense but I think Italy’s one is slightly better.
If France use the same tactical scheme we have a few chances to put a goal while Italy really have some (their bench is so rich it can make the difference at the end).
So do we have to play the same way and expect for PK at the end ? Dunno perhaps RD will change the tactics to increase the strenght of the attack.
There’s one thing i’m sure of : French players will give anything they have, and that’s the most important thing.

Posted from  France

I root for France of course but I’m afraid Italy will win. Italy has an amazing goalkeeper and Canavaro is amazing. Still, the win-lose histories of certain teams seems to be holding out: Brazil-France; Germany-Italy; England-Portugal; Portugal-France.

As to Italy, they have one good game against a mostly inexperienced Germany and now suddenly they’re the most overhyped team on the planet. Italy’s play has traditionally been incredibly unimaginative, cynical, with lots of theatrical fouling, no real attacking and total emphasis on defense. The quintessential Anti-Footbal Team. Yes, Canavaro is an exceptional defender. Buffon is an exceptional goalkeeper. The other players — while skillful and talented in some measure — have never struck me as exceptional. The Vieira- Makelele pairing is superior to the Italian midfield.

This suddenly golden Italy team had to force a cynical, theatrical foul against Australia to beat a mid-level team by 1 goal. That’s the only way they could score. They scored a lot against a very poor Ukrainian team, and then had to fight hard in the 2nd half to prevent a suddenly strong attacking Ukraine from scoring. And they struggled to tie against a very poor US team. France too performed poorly in the early stages. But it’s somehow Italy that’s suddenly become this megastar team on the strength of one match against a German team that came quite close to winning the match on penalties.

Posted from  United States

Basically its proven champions (France) vs seasoned chokers (Italy), I’ll take the former to emerge victorious. Iaquinta, Gilardino, or Del Piero are nothing to worry about. Remember in 2000, Del Piero missed 2 chances a foot in front a wide open net. If it comes down to it, he’ll miss again. He’s that type of player. Iaquinta and Gilardino? Are they even in the world cup, they’ve done absolutely nothing I thought they were mere spectators. Totti? This guy’s supposed to be the “Golden Boy” of Italian football? His career is defined by one incident – spitting on an opposing player. Italy’s attack is a nonfactor, at least against quality opposition, and if France can exploit Italy’s defensive lapses, which Italy tends to have, then the French will win again. The best Italy can play for are penalties, and we all know what happens when Italy is in those situation in the world cup – Italy loses 100% of the time.Either way, the odds are on France’s side.

Posted from  Canada

HENRY is the Frances most shameful player….DIVING …DIVING AND MORE DIVING..

They talked about Portugal diving….thanks to henry diving it got them a penalty.

BOO HENRY …BOO FRANCE….you will not win the cup…TRUST ME.

BOTH ITALY AND FRANCE CHEATED BY DIVING AND GETTING A PENALTY…..

BOO TO BOTH TEAMS…more to france then italy….

BOO HENRY …boo FRANCE….you will not win..tomorrow..

Posted from  Bermuda

I will remind all that the original Jules Rimet trophy is in PERMAMENT custody of the Brasilian national team!!!!

In time, this newer version of the World Cup trophy shall be as well.

Jogo bonito!

Dave hamildav@yahoo.com

Posted from  United States

Serbia like Nokia, every time gets smaller.

And France gets uglier.

Monkeys everywhere.

IL n’y a pas d’excuse!!! Moi quand je pratiquais un art martial, on m’avait bien expliqué que si je me battais dans la rue, ma licence me serait retirée et le maitre du dojo ne me laisserai plus pratiquer.
Tout foot balleur qui se comprte comme ça devrait être banni à vie, Quel exemple donne il aux jeunes?
There is no excuse what so ever. When I was a professional martial artist, I was explained that if I got involved in a brawl, I would get my licence and access to the Dojo withdrawn.
All footballer behaving like Zidane did should be banned without appeal. What kind of exemple do they give to the youth? There can’t be any excuse.
As a french I feel more ambarassed and ashame for that than for loosing the game. In fact we deserve to loose the game for that reason. Being red carded ZZ didnot take part in the penatty shoot out.
Zizou abruti!/Dumwit!
What pisses me off even more is that despite this the all French press says that HE WAS WRIGHT! That he must have had a good reason for acting like that! Lip readers are analysing the tapes to find out what was said. This SHAME FULL. And yes a good exercise in French hypocrisie.
THEIR IS NO EXCUSE TO VIOLENCE IN SPORT!
VIOLENT PEOPLE MUST BE EXCLUDED FROM PROFESSIONAL SPORT. THEY CAN ADRESS THEIR PROBLEM WITH A PSY OR EVACUATE THEIR ANGER IN A AMATEUR CLUB.

Philippe

Posted from  United Kingdom

ADIEU ZIZOU MERCI POUR TOUT!!

Posted from  Mexico

I LOVE FRENCH PEOPLE
I LOVE ZIDANE

Posted from  United States

LIBERTE’, EGALITE’, MERCI TREZEGUET

Posted from  United States

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