Finding Our Way

Bruno, delle due ipotesi che hai descritto opterei più per il calo che per il risparmio energetico. Hai visto nel secondo tempo come erano affaticati i francesi (anche i portoghesi)? i nostri ieri sembravano fare riscaldamento nei primi due tempi per poi dare il meglio nei supplementari…credo che oltre alla preparazione atletica impartita da Lippi ci sia stata una fortissima “motivazione” che ha spinto i nostri a qualcosa di straordinario.

Posted from  Italy

Ok pao, but in these days I hard worked and I finished all the letter paper, “pork misery”!!!:)

Posted from  Italy

@pao, la partita me la sono guardata 2 volte cosi si, ho visto l’azione del secondo goal. spettacolare lui e bellissima la partita (anche se ho sofferto e pensavo gia ai rigori).

si sa qualcosa di nesta? qualcosa mi dice che non potra giocare.

e si, sempre con le dita incrociate.

Posted from  Canada

Pao, that video post is awesome!

Posted from  United States

Pao, do you have the Italian commentary in another format? I don’t have anything that opens a .rar file. In fact, I’ve never even seen one!
Grazie!

Posted from  United States

the two glorious goals. i have watched the clip more times that i should admit.

i love the enthusiasm of the italian commentator

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WyH_qf2irOY&search=italia%20germania

Posted from  Canada

my cats name is mittens

Posted from  Canada

i would like to thank all the hard workers you guys r my fav. team and im proud to say I AM A SOCCER PLAYER!!!! and hope 2 b were you guys r one day

Posted from  United States

Vin check the url posted by sunday.
If you wanna see the one i posted (the same sunday posted but the quality is higher and most of all they are downloadable) i think you have got to download winrar…unless you use macintosh in that case i am useless…maybe i am useless in any case…I don’t know what I am talking about, not any more…The final guys, and as the Italian commentary said : a berlinoooooooo si va a berlinoooooooo preparate le valige perchè andiamo a berlinoooooooooooo

Posted from  Italy

Cool, cool cool ragazzi e ragazze. Thanks!

Now here is something for you, which I found on the Corriere della Sera’s website:

http://www.corriere.it/Media/Foto/2006/07_Luglio/05/delpi_pizza.jpg

Posted from  United States

Grazie, Sunday and Pao! I just watched the video with Italian commentary. Suona migliore in Italiano!

Posted from  United States

Vin, di niente. I could watch the clip on the goals a million times

Posted from  Canada

BARBAR, you obviously didn’t study psychology in college (assuming you even went) as you would have learned all about “projection.” Talks like a duck, walks like a duck, must be a duck….

Bruno, I don’t know anything about your plight, but man you had me rolling. Good stuff, keep it coming.

Marc, excellent topic. I agree that De Rossi should sit. Why disrupt the chemistry? As for Nesta, Materazzi should def’ly sit. He’s been shockingly good, but he’s no Nesta….

Posted from  United States

For once my Azzurri did not cheat. See? We can play legit and do well. Hope the world sees that we don’t cheat all the time.

Posted from  Australia

Hey guys,

You deserved to be in the final for what you did after the game with Australia, and I am supporting Italy tomorrow.

But this -
http://www.theage.com.au/news/aussie-update/diving-upsets-bitter-neill/2006/07/01/1151174440936.html
- will be remembered as the biggest dive in this world cup, it’s a pitty and shows that diving should not (???) pay off… even if you get a penalty or free kick, it creates doubts about the merits of the teams:

http://www.soccerblog.com/2006/06/video_lucas_neill_foul_on_gros.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzF6C7gzhOQ

Posted from  Netherlands

agree with josh about the de rossi and matrix comment.

Posted from  India

Jack Paletta, sei mitico!!!
Mi fai troppo ridere!!!
Se per caso rimanessi a corto di peluche per la terna arbitrale della finale, avvisami così ti invio qualcuno dei miei pupazzi che ho in cantina….
Mi raccomando Jack Paletta, sbrigati, perchè hai davvero un sacco di lavoro da fare con tutte quelle teste da lasciare sui vari letti….
Ahahahahaha…. Mii… che fatica!!!

___BARBAR | July 6th, 2006 at 1:01 am
wrote:

@ Carola, proud to be Idiot (as always)

Oh, Italy has just won? Wow… maybe I am stuck in a space-time-continuum and don’t know what you know. I thought the final would be on Sunday, that is, in the future. And as if there would be an opponent…

Let’s see if 1998 World Champion and 2000 European Champion, France, who gave the World Cup 2006 favorite Brazil no chance to win, has other plans for the final…

____________________________

BARBAR I think the only true IDIOT here are just and only YOU… maybe you need some world clearing with a good dictionary, as it seems you did not understand anything of what I wrote in my post above dated July 6th, 2006 at 12:41 am … nor that I was speaking about the semi-final…!
Are u really stupid or are u cheating? LOL
Maybe your last 2 lonely neurons has definetely left your brain for a long lasting – never ending – holiday??? LOL
OMG, and, btw, WE ITALIANS ACTUALLY ARE ONE OF THE 2 BEST TEAMS IN THE WORLD!!!
Sorry if this may hurt you… LOL

quod licet Iovis, non licet bovis.

Josh? that’s a hard one for you, even if you are so brilliant to know a term from psychology 101 (”projection”), one example from methodology (but not correct) and to write good blog-introduction.

for your examina, the duck-example from methodology goes like this: ‘a duck is still a duck, even if it does not say “quack” all the time’. For further explanations ask Karl Popper, it’s from him. No, I don’t have his fax number, he is dead.

FORZA ITALIA!!!

Posted from  United States

hmmmmmm Zeus, a cow……..need to keep in touch with Karl Popper…in the meantime i am still in search of some pussybears.
Forza Italia!!!!

Rooooooaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr

Posted from  Italy

Every team makes “dives” but when I was talking about team Italy I meant something different.

I watched Germanys attacks very closely and saw what I think is a planned tactic in team Italy. And I dont mean diving, I mean that they break up the attacking flow when somebody starts to lie down. That happened too many times to be an coincidence. Thats something very different from ordinary diving.

I think we must do something with this problem in nowdays football. If the player gets hurt he should immediatly go outside the pitch. If he cant do that and is hurt for real then its a different thing. If the player are “unable” to get out of the pitch when his wanting to lay down and afterwards his not really injured the ref should show yellow card immediatly. Another option is to send hurt player to a 5 minutes “break” when he is not allowed to come back. That should make end to this problem.

After last nites poor perfomance from France I cannot like them very much either. I hope both teams will play open beautiful football in the final and make it a real classic.

I really want to see the kind of Italy we saw in extra-time vs Germany. They really earned their win with that perfomance, theres no doubt about that. What a goal Grosso made and Del Piero was even better with his right foot strike. If France plays like they did yesterday and Italy attacks like they did on extra-time vs Germany they deserve to win.

I just hope there will be no penalties unless they are “clear cases” and no laying down to brake up another teams attacking flow.

Here is a scenario:

1st half

Thierry Henry scores in the very beginning from Zidanes brilliant pass. Just before the break Zambrotta equalize with a brilliant long shot from a counter attack.

2nd half

10 minutes played. Italy gets free kick from 25 meters. Totti gets behind the ball and make brilliant finish. italy leads 2-1.

88 minutes played and Ribery brakes out from right flank. He centers and Zidane shows his trademark from 1998, a beautiful right foot volley to goal. Its even 2-2.

Extra time.

Someone from either of the teams make an outstanding goal. Another team pressures til the end but without goal.

After Game

We have a new WC who is really earned his victory…

Posted from  Finland

@BARBAR
Nemo me impune lacessit!
ahahaha

and

Reddite ergo quae sunt Caesaris, Caesari — For this reason, ITALY will win!!!

The AZZURI deserved the win against the French. Past losses to penalty kicks was not going to deter the strenght and character of the Italians. The Italians truly used thier “heads” unlike Zizou.
Patience they had….it was their moment of glory….BRAVI AZZURI.

Posted from  Canada

i just want to add something about the slightly exagerated tumble that grosso displayed in one of the games ( i think the italy vs. australia ?) , i admit it looked a little exagerant however grosso didn’t make the call , the ref. did so blame the ref. and another thing i must add – the ref. was probably professionally trained , in other words he doesn’t just pick out calls out of his pocket , so if you’d like to argue with the call the ref. displayed than thats fine , it’s not the italians fault such a call was made.

Posted from  Canada

YEA ITLAIA !!!!!!!!!

Posted from  Canada