# World Cup final (possible spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766 "2006-07-09T17:56:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/1 "2006-07-09T17:56:37Z")
Just starting. First I have to say that the musical preshow with Shakira came as close to a Wardrobe malfunction as it was possible 😉 May the best team win! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/2 "2006-07-09T18:03:06Z")
Henry is hurt in less than a minute, hit to the chest? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/3 "2006-07-09T18:05:57Z")
(Italy) Zambrotta gets a yellow card when France was going out. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/4 "2006-07-09T18:06:24Z")
Wow…I’m rooting for France, but that was a pretty obvious dive ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/5 "2006-07-09T18:07:36Z")
I’m cheering for France, but man, that was a dive for the penalty. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/6 "2006-07-09T18:08:54Z")
Penalty kick! [spoiler]Zidane (France) scores! Italy 0 - France 1 [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/7 "2006-07-09T18:13:39Z")
Signol (France) gets the yellow card, but that hit hurt both players, I don’t think it that card was deserved. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/8 "2006-07-09T18:18:00Z")
[QUOTE=GIGObuster] Signol (France) gets the yellow card, but that hit hurt both players, I don’t think it that card was deserved. [/QUOTE] I don’t honestly believe that the French player was hurt. He stood for at least 30 seconds before collapsing when he saw that the ref had called him for a foul. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/9 "2006-07-09T18:20:25Z")
[spoiler]Italy scores!! 1-1 tied game[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/10 "2006-07-09T18:50:36Z")
[QUOTE=GIGObuster] Signol (France) gets the yellow card, but that hit hurt both players, I don’t think it that card was deserved. [/QUOTE] Getting injured while fouling somebody doesn’t make it any less of an offence. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/11 "2006-07-09T19:01:35Z")
[QUOTE=GorillaMan] Getting injured while fouling somebody doesn’t make it any less of an offence. [/QUOTE] Well, true, it is just that still it did not look to me that he was looking to injure the Italian player, he was trying to stop by then and it was then a knee to knee collision. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/12 "2006-07-09T19:04:08Z")
Placido Domingo was the half time show, but almost nothing was showed on TV. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/13 "2006-07-09T19:12:53Z")
And now the French are denied a clear penalty. I guess these things even out sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/14 "2006-07-09T19:33:20Z")
It was a peno for me. You very clearly see the contact on the Maloudas ankle which pushes it to his other foot. Regardless of the Materazzis intention, Maloudar was taken out of the game in the penalty area. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/15 "2006-07-09T19:40:26Z")
[QUOTE=Cat Jones] It was a peno for me. You very clearly see the contact on the Maloudas ankle which pushes it to his other foot. Regardless of the Materazzis intention, Maloudar was taken out of the game in the penalty area. [/QUOTE] What, the penalty that was called? The French player was hardly touched. He clearly flopped to the ground looking for the penalty. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/16 "2006-07-09T19:41:47Z")
We must be looking at different matches 🙂 There was clearly contact between the 2 players. People amay not like the way the French player fell but the foul was there. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/17 "2006-07-09T19:51:48Z")
It takes more than contact for there to be a foul, especially in the area. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/18 "2006-07-09T19:51:53Z")
We are going to Overtime! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/19 "2006-07-09T20:18:39Z")
Zidane gets the red card. ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/20 "2006-07-09T20:19:05Z")
Wow…that was absurdly stupid [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766.md?page=2)