Italy won the World Cup 2006 title this time. Nothing exciting coz sort of expected. Either Italy or France will win only mah, all the rest out so far (like Germany and England, the two most supported team).
The finals ended with penalities, 12 years from the one in 1994 between Brazil and Italy with Brazil being the champion. I was there at the Rose Bowl in LA-USA then and time really flies. I was quite lucky to have won the trip through the Energizer contest, and have been supportive of the brand since. The match then was quite torturous in fact coz it started at 12 noon and after all the extra time and penalties, its almost like 3pm. Obviously I was sunburnt even though the temperature was only around 21 degree celcius. (Maybe I should blog about this sometime, after I find my journal of the trip.)
Anyway back to the match. I was with Web at Changi Village hotel so we could catch the match together. Its 4 years once so din want to miss it, although I am not really familiar with these two teams (only know Zidane - after much publicity and Makelele - who is from Chelsea, both in the France team). After two early goals in the 7th and 19th minute, it was a draw all the way, until 2 parts of extra time. Italy did a great show by scoring all 5 penalties (in fact only4 were kicked as France missed the 2nd and 4th shots), bringing glory back after being defeated by Brazil in penalties in 1994. Glad for them as they are now the 4th time winner in World Cup history, just short of one more to keep the trophy for good.
The most extraordinary moment of this match would probably be that of Zidane being sent off by the red card. I actually fell asleep few times during the match (as Web was already snoring away as he's not feeling well) and one of those I woke up, I saw Zidane being sent off. Still confused why he used his botak head to hit some Italy player on his chest, I messaged sis and realised why he did that. The Italy player actually was hugging Zidane from the waist to stop him from getting the ball. End up he was furious and walked back to hit the Italy player with his head. Quite funny scene as he chose to do such a foolish act, ending his football career in this way. Other than that, the game was fast and furious with both teams trying very hard to score and defence, finally ending in penalties shoot out.
p/s: Got this clip from kennysia's blog.Shall not elaborate more, check out the details of the match here.
And oh, did I mention they used a different ball this time. Its gold and white.... very nice!!
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