Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Been a while since I have blogged, because I have been feeling tired for the past few days. More importantly, I could not find any interesting to blog about. Not even the WC final between Italy and France enthused me to blog about them. But thinking back I realised that France should be the winner instead. I found there were alot of similiarities between this final match and the quarter-final between Portugal and England. Both matches ended in draw after 120 minutes, with 10 men vs 11 men. And the 10-men teams looked more threatening and exhibited the desire to win the match. And they deserved to win the matches. But on both occasions they failed. England could blamed only themselves as their spotkick takers flung their shots, but France could blamed it on luck, when Trezeguet hit his shot on the underside of the bar. Barthez even guessed correctly the direction of the Italian shots on two occasions. But he was too short for a goalkeeper (183cm), and could only reach that far. Later on Andrea Pirlo was named Man-of-the-Match, fair enough, but I thought his teammate cum captain Fabio Cannavaro deserved that title more then him, along with french Zizou Zidane (that is without the red-card and the stunning save of Buffon in the 103th minute). And Marco Materazzi could claim the most outstanding performance for giving away a penalty, scored the equaliser and one of the spotkicks, and most importantly was to get Zidane so pissed off that he recieved a world class headbutt from him (which will impress all the wrestlers at WWF) , and his acting skill of falling down, as if just being rammed by an eighteen-wheeler (which in turn will impress the judges of Oscar). *Sigh* The rest, as they said, is history.
I felt disappointed for England and France. Anyway everything is settled and history, they can only look forwards to Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010. England looks to have a brighter future with all the young hopefuls and the current veterans. By then most of their players will be at the ascent or peak of their playing years, and they will not be coached by a lame and inadequate man named Sven-Goran Eriksson.
France's future seems bleak, without core players Zidane, Makelele, Thuram, and probably Veira, Gallas and Henry too, for WC 2010.
In football I have learnt that the best team does not always win. Is it not the same as in life?
Losers are not always the worst, nor are winners the best.
Do not be discouraged by defeats, because that do not always mean your opponent is stronger then you.
Do not be arrogant if you emerge victorious, because that does not always mean you are better then the others.
Respect your opponents, and earned their respect. Beats them convincingly. Then you are a true champion.
easy to say, hahaha...
it is just sooner or later
3:43 PM
