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ITALIA! ITALIA! ITALIA!

Now back to movie news.¬† Excuse me, I’m going out to celebrate in the streets with everyone.¬† :)

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72 thoughts on “Italia! Italia! Italia!

  1. italy is not better than GERMANYYY! Germany is the WorldChampion, not italy, they play just fuck.

    germany 3 times champion with heart
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    is better than
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    italy 4 times champion with fouls

  2. ITALIA !!! all you Italia haters EAT IT ! We lost in penalty kicks 3 of past 4 world cups and got robbed in Korea with 2 goals disallowed that were onside good goals. The best team won, France should never have scored, on that non penalty shot. The player was never touched and dove. Italy came back with HEART 10 minutes later.
    They didn’t allow a goal other than own goal and stupid non pen shot by Zidane. The World cup game was ITALY vs GERMANY, best game of the tourament by far ! 4 stars :) 4 years of bragging rights, suffer you haters :) lmaoooooooooooooo

  3. John, I think he’s referring to me. But I have just re-read MY post and I said:

    “you have obviously never played proper football at any sort of a decent level”

    I feel just like Italy…. THE WINNER!!!!!

  4. Ummm… KellTrenzer

    Check again… I’ve never wrote that. Check the names on the post… that wasn’t me dude.

    “Try reading what you wrote next time”

    Ummm… try reading the names on the posts next time.

  5. It has been confirmed, the fouth official, Luis Medina Cantalejo, saw the headbutt from Zidane.

    Anyway, If the main ref can consult his linesmen, why could he not consult video – when he did not see a foul? I mean, there are computers in tennis that confirm if a ball was in or out, why not some video-assistance, when there is a possible severe attack from one of the players? It should only be used in specific cases, but do not rule it out.

  6. I wasn’t trying to turn you or anyone else away from the sport, so save your childish insults for someone else kiddo. I made a comment that I was glad it’s over. You’re the one who took offense, grow up.

  7. Count for what KellTrenzer?

    What does that have to do with ANYTHING I said?

    Did I say “you don’t know what you’re talking about”? Did I say “You’re not qualified to have an opinion?”

  8. Zidane’s actions in the final aside, he did not deserve to be named player of the tournament.

    June 12 vs Switzerland – Zidane non-existant in the match, booked.
    June 18 vs Korea – once again a passenger in the French team, booked again
    June 23 vs Togo – suspended. France win 2-0, calls for Zidane not to be brought back into the team
    June 27 vs Spain – Zidane back in the team. Good performance. France win 3-1
    July 1 vs Brazil – The Zidane of old. A great performance by Zizou
    July 5 vs Portugal – Non-existant through most of the match but for his penalty to send France through
    July 9 vs Italy – Another relatively poor performance with the exception of a lucky penalty. Headbutts Materazzi to end his career in shame

    So basically, 2 good performances won it for Zidane, whereas Fabio Cannavaro was fantastic for Italy in every game, led by example and gave commanding captain’s performances throughout.

    Anyone think it had anything to do with the “Golden Shoe” being sponsored by Adidas, who conveniently sponsor Zidane and not Cannavaro or Pirlo who finished 2nd and 3rd?

  9. Henrik, it’s people with a similar attitude to you that are ruining “the beautiful game”.

    KellTrezner, you have obviously never played proper football at any sort of a decent level – because frankly you don’t have a clue. NFL = shit.
    The only reason Americans don’t like proper football is because there’s not enough time for stupid advertisements. I’ve watched football matches in America, it’s appauling. “This portion of the game is brought to you by The US Army – Be All That You Can Be!”

    Save it! I want to watch the match, fuck off and try to recruit on your own time.

  10. Cheating is a skill.

    Getting away with cheating is one of the best feelings in the world, and it brings great satisfaction to cheat and be rewarded with a penalty, or an opponent being sent off.

    The ref judges what he sees which keeps it to a bearable amount, but cheating is a part of the game and the better you are at it, the better you are at the game.

  11. Chess match? Could you please refrain from using a game that actually requires real thinking to games shown on Sportscenter. You set up your defense and hope you get a decent shot on goal. In fact some teams don’t even get one shot on goal in an entire game. There is a lot less thinking involved in soccer than in an NFL game (I would love to see the complexity of the professional soccer playbook). I highly doubt a soccer game would go 4 hours without a goal either. Just like all other sports, eventually someone will score (most sporting events in the US are several hours long anyway). Could we please stop pretending like this was stolen away from Olympus to be taken down to mankind.

  12. Hey there KellTrenzer,

    The thing is, it is the nature of the game. Soccer is a chess match that regardless of how open the teams play it would not be unusual to go 2 or 3 full games without a goal.

    Baseball is VERY unusual for an extra innings game to go past 11 inings, or Basketball games to go past 1 extra period.

    It is the nature of Soccer. You can’t have games go 4, 5 or 6 hours long on a regular basis. It’s just ludicrous.

    If baseball games routinely went 6 hours… you bet your ass they would switch it to a Home Run Durby or peanalty free throws in Basketball.

    Penalties is one of the diciplines of the game. They need something to decide the match after already going 30 full minutes of overtime. This is the best way to do it.

    If they didn’t, then everyone in North America would be complaining about how long the Soccer games are.

    Cheers.

    ~John

  13. Yes John and I said nothing about NFL’s overtime rules being any better. At least baseball or basketball decide the game by playing the game out. They don’t decide it by a home run derby or free throws.

  14. “Besides, I haven’t heard anyone say it was a result of a TV replay.”

    Em maybe the whole of France.
    Raymond Domenech has voiced concerns on this also.

    I’m not saying cheating is a skill, I’m not saying I want Zizou to get away with it, but when throughout the competition the officials turned blind eyes to bad tackles, great dives, pulling, pushing, jumping, stamping, hand balls, offsides, misconduct, when the option for the officals to see a replay was not used, how can they use it here for Zizou (if they did).

    My point is that the players didnt start to act the way they do overnight, and infact it is by poor refereeing and lack of punishment that this has developed into an actual part of the game. Gone are the days where a good player would have mud on his face and not change his clothes at half time because the advert on his chest is covered.

    MODERNISE USE A VIDEO REF

    I was not in Germany for the game I cannot say if the forth offical actually saw it as it happened, but I know it wasnt indicated immeaditaly and that the play stopped because a player was injured not because of the incident. And there was no indication of an offical rasing a flag until the replay was shown. The reports are saying that the 4th offical said it over the ref radio at the time it happened, but they have had almost a day to get that story together.

    Zizou has received the Golden Ball for his contribion to the tournament.

  15. The BBC commentators also argue it was the right decision however he found out about it. Lineker afterwards suggested it could have been video playback but this was speculation. Probably it will be investigated soon due to the high profile nature of the incident and how pivital it proved to be.

  16. Hey Mr T,

    So let me see if I understand you correctly. You’re saying cheating is a skill? And Because Zizou was able to assault a guy without the main ref seeing it he should be rewarded? REALLY?

    Besides, I haven’t heard anyone say it was a result of a TV replay. From listening to the BBC commentators one of the side officails saw it and reported it to the Ref.

  17. Getting away with any infringment a player can is part of the mordern beautiful game.
    If the ref or the officals didnt see it with their naked eye then it didnt happen, and nothing can be done about it until there is a question raised about it after the game.

    Obviously in this case it happened and he should be punished, but he should not have been sent off if it wasnt seen directly by an official.

    There is no place for a TV replay in soccer (according to FIFA) so using it to send off Zizou is wrong, as it should and could have been used in so many other matches where the refs decision was very poor to say the least. (see already mentioned above Italy V Australia)

    The players are getting the bad name for poor sportsmanship when it is the FIFA officials that need to be looked at, the teams are researching and playing the ref as much as they are the team they are against.

  18. I watched some Baseball later that night and the commentators were chatting about this. There analysis was ‘they play for three weeks and then it goes to penalties? I dont like that, they should just have five guys up there trying to score like they do in hockey’ That was hilarious. ‘Yeah lets make an internationally loved sport more American’ Those Bud adverts were right all along.

  19. “Zizou did commit a foul and deserved to go but he, wasnt seen by any of the officals before the replay in the stadium. He should have palyed on and then receivced a ban afterwards.”

    Is this suppose to be Zizou’s defence ???

    – Ow, so if the linesmen and the ref are not looking, I can throw in a couple of elbows in the face of my opponent.

    If it was just a push, ok, this is incorrect but no harm done. But here, the reaction from Zizou was WAY TOO BIG in accordance to what the Italian player had done. So maybe he said some remarks about his mother or gave racist comments. You just don’t headbutt a player. Not in a World Cup Finale. Not when millions of people are watching in the stadium and billions on tv. THIS IS SO STUPID !!!!!! Zidane was probably the BEST player in the world cup, and this would have been his last match. To go off like that is just CRAZY. I HATE THIS !!!

    Having said that, I think they have to investigate and sanction the italian player as well for provocation.

  20. Zizou should not have been sent off.
    The soccer rules have no place for TV/video replays or refs.
    So why was the linesman aloud to make a decision using the screens in the stadium.
    Zizou did commit a foul and deserved to go but he, wasnt seen by any of the officals before the replay in the stadium.
    He should have palyed on and then receivced a ban afterwards.

    Poor Zizou.

    Well Done Itally, I hope that this makes the ruling on the problems in the domestic league a little less harsh, for the players, who have proven themselves as the greatest in the world.

  21. John you’re ABSOLUTELY right !

    FORZA ITALIA !

    The deserved the win the wholte championship and the did it with class. They showed to everyone that they can beat hosts, they can play for 2 hours and dont lose the speed and they can score goals (not penalties). The Best Coach of the World (not becuase hes the coaco of Italian national team, but he was extraordinary coach of Juventus), Marcello Lippi did wonders with the experiensed and yonger players, he showed to the world that good tactics count and that Italian football is the one of the best in the world. I’m glad for them and finally after waiting for so many years Italy took the Cup.

    Regarding the scandal: can you guys imagine how this scandal was pushing hard on the players? I mean 90% of the Italian National Team play in clubs that are about to be thrown in the Seria B and C. This means that lot of them will be changing teams, coaches, etc. And these guys managed to WIN THE WORLD CUP. Yes, the scandal was affecting the the team and only Italian team, but the effect was for sure negative.

    Once again, FORZA!

    P.S. I can not hold myself paying due respect to the German team, who are today one of the BEST teams of the world and I see them making much better progress on Europan Cup in two years. But again, Forza Italia :) !

  22. HAHAHA!!! (Hey TaggMcgee. Look, all is in fun with a stupid sports debate… so take the following as such).

    That’s it people… keep making up excuses. Keep dodging it. Whatever makes you feel better.

    If you’re REALLY unable to distingush the difference between a couple of club owners, and an ENTIRE COUNTRY… then I don’t know how to help you.

    HAHAHA… is that all you’ve got? Brining up the matchfixing scandle back in CLUB PLAY? Ummm… what does that have to do with the international team beating France? What does that have to do with this topic and thread? Oh right… NOTHING! HAHAHA! Keep throwing up those smoke screens! HAHAHA!

    And who caught these cheaters? Oh that’s right.. Italian Soccer caught them.

    The only difference between Italian Soccer and the rest of the world, is that Italy isn’t affraid to police itself and bring crap like this to light and punish the wrongdoers. Other countries just sweep it under the rug and pretend nothing is wrong.

    But remind me again of how the refs are to blame and how 4 dirty club owners (who have nothing to do with international competiion) in Italy have ANYTHING to do with Italy beating the French? You lost me there.

    I’ve read over and over (And I didn’t quote you’re comments specifically) of people crying about the refs as if they were to blame.

    Keep crying people! It’s beautiful! It’s music! I keep coming back here like every 5 minutes to read lovley new excuses and vain attempts to throw up smoke screens and attempts at changing the subject and to sully the victory! HAHAHA!!! It’s poetry! Keep posting more!!!

    And yes Tagg… to the Victors go the right of Arrogance! The sweet sweet smell of ARROGANCE! Because… WE WON! To the losers go smelly defeat (Hell… Italy has stunk of defeat since 1982… so obviously we’re going to enjoy this)

  23. WOW, John. Arrogance at its finest! Where in my post did I say that the ref made Zizou headbutt the Italian defender and made France missed the kick? Oh, that’s right. NOWHERE. Are you guys so full of pride that you can’t even bother to read stuff in full? Oy yey.

    It’s seems that you can’t accept the fact that your team’s officals are a corrupt bunch. It’s not my fault that you can’t face up to the facts. I can’t help you with that. And I wonder what the verdict is on that Serie A match-fixing scandal trial. Hope you guys didn’t buy the jury off on that one. hehe

    If corruption is something you guys are willing to use just to get where you are today then in that case I’m VERY dissapointed and heart broken. And that’s too bad because there’s alot of things that I like about Italy. Oh well. Time to move on.

  24. Sorry Dre… I’m not sure what camera you were watching… but the Aussie guy threw his slding body in front of the Italian strikers legs without getting the ball forcing him to try to jump over him. THAT IS A FOUL. Especially in the penalty area. How on earth is anyone debating this?

  25. This game wasn’t one of my favorite, but it did have its high point. That penalty shot by Zizou was fucking awesome. Then came that head shot from Italy which made me jump out of my seat. Thoughs who said the ref was biased you got to be kinding me, the guys was calling Yellow cards like every 2 minutes in the first half for both sides, then in the second half he almost didn’t call anything at all even though there were some clear penalties comitted by both sides. That brings me to Zizou’s head attack, i hated to see him go out like that(being his last game and all) but he really should have kept his cool. Guess that’s karma at work . PROPS for ITALY and for all you haters remember there is always the next world cup until the VIVA ITALIA!!!

  26. HAHAHA… I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!!!! Keep singing your sad little songs Team Italy haters. It’s glorious! As Conan the barbarian once said (I’m paraphrasing) Nothing is better than hearing the lamentations of your enemies!!!!

    Nothing is better than beating everyone else… and then hearing them cry about it. JOY JOY JOY!!!! It’s makes the victory all the more sweet.

    Oh… and for all you blind people with really short memories who say the ref was biased… yeah… a penalty kick to France 1 minute into the game when the guy wasn’t even touched. yup… that sure is Italy favoritism.

    I guess the ref stopped France from scoring any more goals too. It was the ref who put that Cross header into Frances Net, It was the ref who made Zizou (I love him by the way) pull a brain cramp and headbutt the guy… and it was the ref who made the France Player miss his penalty kick.

    Yup… it was ALLLLL the refs fault.

    Hehehe… keep singing those lamentations!!!

  27. Hey there KellTrenzer,

    Yeah, cause an NFL football game being decided by a 1 possession coin flip is SSSOOOOOOOOOOOO much better.

    Yup, Americans really have it right and everyone else has it wrong. HAHA

  28. Darn, I missed the World Championship of Banal Grass Prancing?

    I was too busy watching roadkill decompose in a ditch and had to stick with the more exciting event.

    Maybe next time.

  29. Yay now us Americans can stop being force-fed soccer/football for another 4 years. We get it, most popular sport in the rest of the world. Doesn’t change the fact that the world championship is decided by a shootout. Fucking lame.

  30. I cried when Zidane was red carded. He totally deserved it, but he fucking ruined the Cup for the rest of us. Ass hole.

    Anyway, congrats to all the Italy fans.

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  32. “With whats going on in the italian football-league right now they should have been thrown out of the torunament before it started”

    EXACTLY. Italy was just lucky to even BE in the tournament.

  33. “With whats going on in the italian football-league right now they should have been thrown out of the torunament before it started”

    EXACTLY.

  34. IS ANYONE REALLY SURPRISED???

    THE POOREST PLAYING SIDE IN THE WORLD CUP FINALS THAT COMES FROM A NATION THAT IS PLAGUED WITH MATCH FIXING …

    … MIRACULOUSLY MAKES THE WORLD CUP FINALS … AND WINS IT! UNDESERVEDLY … HMMMM, FUNNY THAT.

    DIDN’T YOU KNOW YOU COULD ‘BUY’ THE WORLD CUP?

  35. “I’m so mad Italy won. They played so dirty. The referee is a moron.”

    Yeah, I can’t believe any Italian would be proud of the way their team played. And how about that fucking referee. Does he have a hard on for the Italian team or something? Or was he just paid off in secret by the Italians? Either way, he just disregarded any shit that they were trying to pull off. Yet, when Zizou headbutts Italian defender Materazzi guess what? ZIZOU gets the RED CARD. How ‘s that for fairness?

    Well it just goes to show, folks. If you try to pull any shit on somebody and you’re not the ones that’s favored then it’s YOUR ass that gets fucked.

    Anyways, enjoy your victory, John. I’m sure you deserve it.

  36. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    Im sorry I hated soccer but this game was freakin incredible. What a game the shootout everything the drama Da. ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME. Why have I never watched soccer before I know hate myself for it I am now watching the World Cup for the rest of my life and what a way to start that trend huh lol. WOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!.

    I was going to be the first on to post but the comment thing wasn’t working so i save the message til it worked and know it does so yay it truly was a thing of beauty.

  37. Nice penalties…I thought Germany deserved to win it…

    Even so, Italy or France? France had Spain and Brazil, where Italy had Australia and Ukraine….France might have deserved it more…

    I don’t care too much, neither team impressed anybody with their defensive play. The entire tournament was incredibly forgetable.

  38. not bitter. i just actually use my eyes:-)

    ..& even if you don’t use yors,there was at least 5 multi-angle hi-def close-ups so even daredevuil couldn’t miss it.

  39. Hey Dre.

    It’s funny how some people jsut see whatever they want to see. The BBC commentators put it best:

    “The Aussie defender obstructed the Italian attacker. The officail had no choice but to call the penalty”

    Look it up… that’s a foul in any leauge… Except for Aussie fans whose team can’t score a goal even when a man up for most ofthe half.

    :) :)

  40. Something that never happened? Grosso cut inside and Lucas Neil impeded him. If Grosso had stayed on his feet after that foul to play the advantage, the ball was lost – thus cancelling the advantage and a penalty would have been awarded regardless.

    Are you just a bitter Aussie or what?

  41. sidey: that game went over 90 minutes for the record. & the italians had to pretend to cry like lil bitches over something which never ohappened. of course it was the same ref who gave them the ‘win’ against oz.

    & john, why dont you actually watch the reply of their game against australia …or maybe u just aint man enough to handle the truth :-)

    maybe i should start being skeptic about your movie reviews if you truly believe italy won fair & square ;-)

  42. “they “won” unfairly against Australia”?

    Italy played against Australia for 39 minutes with 10 men. If Australia were too shit to use the man-advantage, then boo-fucking-hoo for them. The match is 90mins long, if you concede a goal in the 90th minute, then boo-fucking-hoo again!

    And personally I don’t see how winning on penalties is “a consolation prize” for a “tarnished rep”. Plus 25 games unbeaten can hardly gain you a “tarnished rep”.

  43. HAHAHAHA!!!! I LOVE listneing to Italy haters whine and make up excuses!

    PLEASE keep doing it! I LOVE IT!!!! it’s sweet sweet music to my ears as I watch the replay of Italy carrying around the World Cup Trophy!!!

    ITALIA! ITALIA! ITALIA!

  44. ITALIA ITALIA ITALIA..
    ..ARE BIG FAT CHEATS.

    deserved what spidey? that they”won” unfairly against Australia & cruised to the top?

    anyway winning on a penalty in the big final aint winnning.
    it’s a consolation prize for their already tarnished rep.

  45. Overall, Italy deserved to be crowned champions. They’ve played tough teams throughout and only conceded ONE goal to an opposing team, which ironically was from the penalty-spot. (the own goal against USA doesn’t count)

    If any one player deserved to win the World Cup it was Fabio Cannavaro. He was a rock throughout!

    Italy were certainly the better team in the 1st half and France only got their goal from a soft penalty. France dominated possession in the second-half but they never looked like scoring. Most of their shots were from long range and never troubled Buffon. Their two best chances fell to Henry and Zidane, both of which Buffon dealt with relatively comfortably.
    Everyone seems to forget that it was in fact Italy who came closest, with Toni hitting the crossbar in the first half and having a goal disallowed in the second.

    Overall, deserved winners. I was cheering for Italy all the way through, but a part of me would have liked to Zidane lift the trophy in his last ever game. What he did was disgraceful. 5 fantastic penalties = fantastic for Italy.

    Now I’m off to the bookies to collect my money.

    ITALIA! ITALIA! ITALIA!

  46. Boo… The least deserving team to be in the final wins it? A bunch of over-acting, constantly diving, crybabies. Boo…

    Does anyone know (if you can read lips) what the Ital did for Zizou to headbutt him in the chest? Wow!

  47. So you actually watch the WC in Soccer, I didn’t see that one comming:) I thougt France shuld win, they had a better second half and deserved a goal, but Italia is also a good winner. I’m from Norway by the way, we did not make it to the WC but we suck in soccer these days;) hehe. Jeg digger faktisk The Movie Blog:)

  48. I’m glad that Italia won.
    France don’t deserve it.
    One ghost penanlty against Portugal and another one today against Italy.
    Italia revenge us. (I’m Portuguese)

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