Holland vs Italy
Best match of the tournament thus far. Ruud obvioiusly offside on the first goal, but some classic total football from the Dutch led to two more lovely goals. Van Bronckhorst was a machine, and that was even after beating Big Brown in a pre-match race! Brilliant. Italy looked unusually out of sorts, although they did manage to generate some good chances, which they proceeded to waste. That said, it was a clinic put on by the orange, and Italy will whine about the offside but hey, it was 3-0 at the end of class buddy. This was the first game I really got into – just a bit underwhelmed watching the previous matches for some reason? In any case, this was the good stuff, can’t wait for more…
In other news, albeit very old news, Materazzi is a giant rodent.
Or, more precisely, Materazzi is a giant capibara:
http://charapatur.com/images/animals/capibara.jpg
Comment by garth — June 10, 2008 @ 2:13 am
WTF?
Th first goal was absolutely not offside! If you havn’t notised, Panucci (I think) lays behind the goal, since he was hutrted! Then there were no offside!
Comment by WTF! — June 10, 2008 @ 8:28 am
UEFA’s interpretation of the rules in this case is freaking ridiculous. The player is off the field ffs! Also ridiculous is attempting to post comments while defending portable dvd player from sure demise at hands of wild toddler while attempting to watch Greece play an 8-2-0 formation while wondering how the hell they won it all in 04…wtf.
Comment by jobicoppola — June 10, 2008 @ 3:55 pm
Sorry not the interpretation – the actual rules are ridiculous and contradictory.
Comment by jobicoppola — June 10, 2008 @ 6:26 pm