[Sigi_BC84]

With two of the "easy" options plus Engerland out, maybe another poll makes sense. Make your pick.

--Sigi

[han]

I think this is the fourth WC poll.

I choose France, Zidane is still da man.

[luke warm]

i was really impressed with france's energy and play, although i haven't seen italy or germany play yet

[hrothgar]

I'll too depressed for words...

For me, the World Cup is all about getting drunk in Brazlian bars...
Its just not gonna be the same.

My family is German, so I guess that i'll root for them.
On the bright side, beers is better than caprihinas

[whereagles]

hrothgar, on Jul 2 2006, 03:08 PM, said:

On the bright side, beers is better than caprihinas

Matter of taste. But I also prefer a good beer.

Belgian beer

[Walddk]

Germany v Italy:
The Germans put up a good fight, but the better team won. If only Italy would play attacking football more often. However, the goals were spectacular; definitely worth waiting for.

Making it to the semi-finals was indeed a good effort by the hosts.

Roland

[Sigi_BC84]

Walddk, on Jul 4 2006, 11:40 PM, said:

Germany v Italy:
The Germans put up a good fight, but the better team won. If only Italy would play attacking football more often. However, the goals were spectacular; definitely worth waiting for.

Making it to the semi-finals was indeed a good effort by the hosts.

Roland

I've got nothing to add to that.

[mike777]

Watching the OT was exciting. I am really surprised most of the world prefers penalty kicks as opposed to sudden death. This match seems like a great argument for sudden death with very limited rules on substitutes in OT.

[whereagles]

What a great game, GER-ITA. But I wish they would not make us wait for 2 hours before seeing some football

[Gerardo]

mike777, on Jul 4 2006, 10:43 PM, said:

Watching the OT was exciting. I am really surprised most of the world prefers penalty kicks as opposed to sudden death. This match seems like a great argument for sudden death with very limited rules on substitutes in OT.

A goal is not guaranteed, players get tired, you have to draw the line somewhere.

[han]

What a great game. I thought both Germany and Italy played really well, although Italy clearly at a higher level. Especially technically they were just better. This was perhaps the best match in the world cup so far. I started out rooting for Germany, but as the game progressed I wanted Italy to win. What a pleasure to see the Italians attack like this!

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Watching the OT was exciting. I am really surprised most of the world prefers penalty kicks as opposed to sudden death. This match seems like a great argument for sudden death with very limited rules on substitutes in OT.

What are you talking about Mike, the world does not prefer penalty kicks. Most prefer one of the teams to score before 120 minutes.

BTW, does OT stand for overtime? Is this a common abbreviation?

[Walddk]

Hannie, on Jul 5 2006, 12:32 PM, said:

BTW, does OT stand for overtime? Is this a common abbreviation?

It does indeed, commonly used in North America. Basketball and ice hockey for example. In Europe the term "extra time" is used.

Roland

[cherdano]

Germany's biggest party since 89 is suddenly over, wow. At the end, Italy had the better players, congratulations to them on both a great team effort and some superb individual plays.

[Codo]

No the party is NOT over at all.
Go to the next "fan fest" and watch thousands happy people this evening cheering for Portugal, France - and Germany....
The party will be over an Sunday after the final and hopefully we all can hold on to some of the memories this exciting spectacle gave us:

-Meeting new friends from anywhere,
-hundred of thousands of football fans and no trouble.
-German people who start to talk to foreigners or other germans.
-some great games, Agrentina-IvoryCoast, Italy-Germany, France-Spain f.e.
-some great emotions. (For us winning against Poland in min 94., loosing against Italy in Min. 119, for Australia reaching the second round and loosing in min 94 with a doubtfull penalty and so on.....)
-dancing people from ghana, the invory coast or Spain.
-disputing here about football
- party party party


P.S.: We absolute deserved to reach the small final... Italy deserved more. ..

[cherdano]

Codo, I agree there is a party outside. A great party. But it's not the same party as the one that took place until yesterday, half past eleven.