italia!
the mini world cup is over as well as the real world cup as well as zinedine zidane's career and respect.
the mini world cup was a blast! the netherlands played four games on saturday and made it to the semi-finals on sunday (due to a forfeit from england). the final game was between spain and angola (pronounced an-goooooooooooooooooal-a!) but we left as they were starting so i don't know who won. garrison didn't play on sunday so caleb filled in for him. overall, we played pretty well for none of us ever having played real games against decent soccer players. we weren't very good at passing or shooting, but somehow we managed to go 1-1-2 in group play and give angola a tough time (draw in group play and losing in the semi-finals). anyhoo, my leg muscles want to take a few personal days off, but i won't let them so they've reacted by only working at half capacity. and my new cleats tore up my toes a bit with blisters. i also got a nice grass burn on my left knee in the first game and then kept falling on it in later games. heh, i don't think i can do any physical activity without drawing blood. i won't let that stop me though. never!
the real world cup ended with an exciting penalty kick shoot-out between italy and france. people expected me to cheer for france because i can kind of speak french and i was there for four weeks in 2003, etc...but i know and like the italian team much better. i was a little nervous for the penalty kicks because italy doesn't have a good world cup record for penalty kicks (0-3 before sunday). a little controversy was the "foul" that led to zidane's penalty kick in the seventh minute. i don't think materazzi touched malouda. i think he just fell. the ref made up for it later though by letting a real foul inside the box go. and zidane! what an ugly display of poor sportmanship! so sad.
the mini world cup was a blast! the netherlands played four games on saturday and made it to the semi-finals on sunday (due to a forfeit from england). the final game was between spain and angola (pronounced an-goooooooooooooooooal-a!) but we left as they were starting so i don't know who won. garrison didn't play on sunday so caleb filled in for him. overall, we played pretty well for none of us ever having played real games against decent soccer players. we weren't very good at passing or shooting, but somehow we managed to go 1-1-2 in group play and give angola a tough time (draw in group play and losing in the semi-finals). anyhoo, my leg muscles want to take a few personal days off, but i won't let them so they've reacted by only working at half capacity. and my new cleats tore up my toes a bit with blisters. i also got a nice grass burn on my left knee in the first game and then kept falling on it in later games. heh, i don't think i can do any physical activity without drawing blood. i won't let that stop me though. never!
the real world cup ended with an exciting penalty kick shoot-out between italy and france. people expected me to cheer for france because i can kind of speak french and i was there for four weeks in 2003, etc...but i know and like the italian team much better. i was a little nervous for the penalty kicks because italy doesn't have a good world cup record for penalty kicks (0-3 before sunday). a little controversy was the "foul" that led to zidane's penalty kick in the seventh minute. i don't think materazzi touched malouda. i think he just fell. the ref made up for it later though by letting a real foul inside the box go. and zidane! what an ugly display of poor sportmanship! so sad.
posted by scott at 11:48 AM
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Although...I have always wanted to head butt someone in the chest.
I'm glad you guys had a good time, sounds like it was fun.
I can't believe it's been three years since you were in France. Wow, doesn't seem that long ago. Woooo!
Four games in one day? How much time did you guys spend on the field. Sounds like quite the beating of the body, but I guess that is par for the course in soccer (whops "football").
And your posts are even further apart then mine.
I remember the night you got back from France and you came to the FH for something (wedding shower??). Your shirt inspired me to buy a sweet cultural bit of clothing when I went to Europe.
luke~ don't let the refs see it.
natalie~ i know. i'm so old.
matt~ each game was made of two fifteen minute halves.
justin~ i'm glad i inspired you. that shirt still remains my favorite piece of clothing that i hardly wear.
You totally did inspire Justin. Now he's got this shirt with like, Mother Mary on it or something.
And yes, that night stays implanted in my mind. New hair, new shirt. Totally crazy!
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