Gah-ah!
At about 20 minutes into the World Cup final, Evie let out a "gah-ah" sound. Clearly, she was doing her best to yell Gooooooooal to celebrate Italy's beautiful play, tying the match.
In the second half when Italy's second goal was called off due to an offsides, she started crying. I'm positive it was her getting in touch with her Italian blood - all one eights of it. Really, it had nothing to do with her daddy, who was holding her at the time, when he yelled "gaaaaaaah-ah".
Congrats Italy. But penalty kicks are an anticlimactic way to choose a champion.
In the second half when Italy's second goal was called off due to an offsides, she started crying. I'm positive it was her getting in touch with her Italian blood - all one eights of it. Really, it had nothing to do with her daddy, who was holding her at the time, when he yelled "gaaaaaaah-ah".Congrats Italy. But penalty kicks are an anticlimactic way to choose a champion.
posted by zblog | 3:50 PM
3 Comments:
La-la-la-laaaaa...
Darned french are not the champions!!! WOOOO-HOOOOOO!!!!!
And what about Zidane's flair play???
Regarding the penalty thing, what would you suggest? They played for 120 minutes. They can't keep replacing players... The golden goal is even worse than penalties...
From what the announcers said about Zidane, it's very sad that his head-butt is his swan song from international competition. Brilliant career ending with a dumb-ass stunt that could have cost them the championship.
I've got no problem with the golden goal concept. It seems perfectly natural to me, but I'm pretty used to it from hockey and American football. Of course, even with it, there can still be a tie. Perhaps simply allowing more substitutions and up to 4 15-minutes periods? Doesn't sound like a good answer, and would still need to resort to penalty kicks if there's still a tie.
So, no great solution from me, but penalty kicks just feel too much like a coin toss.
For the record, I thought France deserved to win, despite rooting for Italy. I just thought they played better. And far below the skill level of Brazil's full potential...
How's this for a stat. Italian defense gave up only two goals in the entire World Cup tournament. An accidental own-goal against the United States and a penalty kick against France.
Defense wins championships, and that has to be one of the greatest defensive feats in sports history.
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