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Germany vs. Italy...holy cow am I nervous already...wonder how one is supposed to concentrate at work lol.

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Go Italy. :p

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another tough game, hard to call really. Italy have only conceded one goal so far and that was and OG

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Like wtf???

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I think I speak for Tom as well when I say that Germany isn't going to win this thing. :lol:

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Like wtf???[/quote]

madness

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Go Germany! I´d rather meet you in the final than the spaghetti boys.

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[quote=Kinetic]Go Germany! I?d rather meet you in the final than the spaghetti boys.[/quote]I thought you were cheering for Portugal instead of France :twisted:

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[quote=KinKyJ]I thought you were cheering for Portugal instead of France :twisted:[/quote]

:twisted:

We?ll see, my friend, we?ll see...;)

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Start practicing your fados ;)

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[quote=beanzncheez]I think I speak for Tom as well when I say that Germany isn't going to win this thing. :lol:[/quote]

No way. :) I know way too many Italians who would pick on me and I'd prefer to make fun of them.

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^ ^ Closet Italy fan. :p

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[COLOR=DarkOrange]Grabbing Chipotle and Beer! I can't wait for this match!! It's probably going to be better than the final IMO.[/COLOR]

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[quote=KinKyJ]Start practicing your fados ;)[/quote]

I never liked fado, I like "pimba" music better ("pimba" means bam! wham! or thump!)

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Great match so far.

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[quote=CND]Great match so far.[/quote]

The 1st half yes, because the 2nd half was a snoozefest.

Italy has put one off the post just now!

EDIT : Make that 2!!!

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Well, Germany nil, Italy 2...

I was actually guessing this was gonna happen since the start of the 2nd half...this was a perfect game for Italy, which always seems to try and put their opponents to sleep before shooting it´s poison. Germany played right into it.

And Italy´s coach actually showed more guts than Klinsmann when he put both Totty and Del Piero in the field along 2 pure strikers...so no one can accuse Italy of playing defensive.

Personally, if Portugal goes to the final, I´d rather play against Germany, we never do well against other latin teams (which is why I´m kinda afraid of our game tomorrow).

I´m sorry for TomTom, I´m sure he´s crushed right now :(

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[quote=Kinetic]Well, Germany nil, Italy 2...

I was actually guessing this was gonna happen since the start of the 2nd half[/quote]

[COLOR=SandyBrown]I predicted 2:1 Italy. I thought the match was going to be settled with PKs but it was good to see Italy put it to bed.[/COLOR]

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Na na na na, na na na na... hee-eeeey. Good bye. :Anal:

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Best match of the world cup so far.. Wow it had it all and i say well done Italy.. Hope they win it now after that preformance. :) Mamma Mia

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The second OT was frantic... wow. Grosso's goal was pure and Pirlo's tap to set it up was brilliant. A great match all around (including the referee who did a fantastic job). Congrats to the Azzurri.

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Fantastic Game and Italy was the better Team so congrats for making it to the Finals. It is always bitter to get a goal in the last minutes of a match but they were better during most of the match and had the clearer chances. At least we can oder a Pizza now and the cook does not spit on it if he reads a German name.

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WHAT A GREAT GAME...

Italy deserved winning after playing so good. Two great goals too in fact. Im sure France will beat Portugal and the final France - Italy will be off the hook!!!! 8)

sorry about Germany Tom, they made a great job thoughout the cup :)

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absolutley amazing game and Italy deserved to win . Its great to see the WC semi final living up to the hype

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It´s great that so many people want us to lose. That means we´re finally being taken seriously. Here´s something I wrote in another forum :

[quote]for year and years, portugal was called "the Brazil of Europe", because we played beautifully, lots of people said stuff like "if it wasn't for the fact that you actually have to score goals, Portugal would've been world champions by now".

So you see, maybe we're all tired of being "the nice guys who do pretty things" or saying "oh well, we lost again but at least we put on a show" . Maybe moral victories aren't enough anymore for us.

Right now, we want to win, we want it bad, and I'm the 1st to admit that not all of the things we did in the World Cup are something to be proud of, but what kind of a cop out is it to blame our players for Rooney's dumbness of the Dutch players' lack of experience? You actually believe Rooney was sent off only because of Ronaldo? Please... [URL="http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif"][IMG]http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/IMG][/URL]

Still, like I said before, if we lose to France, there will be no shame in defeat, we've already come further than we've ever dreamed of.[/quote]

We´ve proven many times before that we can put on a nice show, but maybe that loss against Greece in Euro2004 has finally made us learn something. So you can root against us all you want, our team knows about it, we stopped caring, whatever happens next, they´ll be received like heroes when they return.

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so how do you think yous will do later kinetic?

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[quote=shan]so how do you think yous will do later kinetic?[/quote]

We usually do bad against France. In fact, we have a history of losing semi-finals of important competitions to them. It happened in Euro1984 and in Euro2000.

That said, if there?s ever been a time when we?ve a had some possibilities, now?s that time. Still, I think it?s 60/40 in favour of France...:|

i also think it?s gonna be another tension-filled, agressive match, not as bad as the one against Holland, but similar.

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PORTOOOGAL lets take out thoes frog eating big mouths mofos out pleaseeeee. Ronaldo and Figo are not sure to start the game :(.

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[quote=Bululu]PORTOOOGAL lets take out thoes frog eating big mouths mofos out pleaseeeee. Ronaldo and Figo are not sure to start the game :(.[/quote]

I believe they will. At least Ronaldo will. Lots of Portuguese over there in Switzerland, right Bululu?

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good game yesterday, italy deserved to win.

france will beat portugal today... italy vs france for the final.... thats a tough one to call

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^^^ Nah, France will assrape the Italians like they did during Euro2000 (I hope)

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Kinetic my area is full of them , very nice and respectful people towards other cultures , totally diffrent from what [people say about them , right now that i am typing people are horning outside already. Best of luck to you guys

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LMAO..he could at least have picked a crying kid. :twisted:

For the 2nd half final today, I am pretty neutral I must say. I like both teams and want both in the Finals so may the better team win.

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italy - nazis best game of the wc so far. u just cant fuck with the pizza boys, you cant. and now i hope they face france in the final to beat the shit out of zidane and the rest of his squad!

forza azzuri!

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I am going for portugal tonight. zidane needs a good crunching tackle at the start of the game to quieten him down

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[COLOR=Orange]^^ Ditto[/COLOR]

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[COLOR=Orange]Oh FUCK, look who's back... and refing the semi-final... ugh.[/COLOR] :(:(:(

[quote=algy]Dude, were you even watching the match? The linesmen were on target and calling a honest game. That fuck Larrionda has something else going on, like ties the the Italy match fixing scandal.

[URL="http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/shared-gen/ap/General_Soccer_News/SOC_WCup_Italy_Soccer_Chaos.html"]http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/shared-gen/ap/General_Soccer_News/SOC_WCup_Italy_Soccer_Chaos.html[/URL]

Breeding Animals!?!?! Common FIFA, WTF?

[B]LARRIONDA Jorge[/B]

[URL="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/t/ref/l/173372.jpg"][/URL][URL="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/t/ref/l/173372.jpg"][IMG]http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/t/ref/l/173372.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]Nationality:[/B] Uruguay [B]Role:[/B] Referee [B]Date of birth:[/B] 9 March 1968 [B]Height:[/B] 176 (cm) [B]Weight:[/B] 74 (kg) [B]Referee since:[/B] 1 January 1998 [B]First international :[/B] Chile v Bolivia (20 June 1999) [B]Place of residence:[/B] MONTEVIDEO [B]Country of residence:[/B] Uruguay [B]Mother language:[/B] Spanish [B]Other languages:[/B] English [B]Occupation:[/B] Clerk [COLOR=red][B]General interests: Breeding animals (birds, dogs, parrots, etc)[/B][/COLOR] [B]Best memory:[/B] FIFA Confederations Cup France 2003 semi-final: France v Turkey; 2004 Olympic Football Tournament Bronze Medal Match: Italy v Iraq[/quote]