# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/21 "2006-07-09T20:20:06Z")
What the hell!!? He is their best penalty taker! ---
**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, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/22 "2006-07-09T20:21:18Z")
Zidane, you’re supposed to head the **ball**. He’s just handed this game to Italy. What an idiotic thing to do in the final. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/23 "2006-07-09T20:21:19Z")
What could he possibly have been thinking? ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/24 "2006-07-09T20:22:30Z")
My god. Zizou! Wow! I can’t believe it. Way to end your career… ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/25 "2006-07-09T20:22:32Z")
Wow. Considering that he walked away then came back to hit him calm and cold blooded, that far away from the ball, that was vicious. I don’t know about Germany’s laws, but around here they would be talking arrest for assault. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/26 "2006-07-09T20:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=GIGObuster] Zidane gets the red card. [/QUOTE] What is this? Wrestling? That’s the second stupidest thing I’ve ever seen a professional athlete do. What a classless fuckhead. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/27 "2006-07-09T20:25:51Z")
[QUOTE=Turek] That’s the second stupidest thing I’ve ever seen a professional athlete do. [/QUOTE] So…don’t leave us hanging. What was the first? ---
**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, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/28 "2006-07-09T20:27:07Z")
Amazingly, France continues to control the ball more… ---
**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, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/29 "2006-07-09T20:28:53Z")
I wonder what he said to him to make his do that? ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/30 "2006-07-09T20:29:24Z")
Penalty kick time… ---
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/31 "2006-07-09T20:29:59Z")
[QUOTE=wolfman] Wow. Considering that he walked away then came back to hit him calm and cold blooded, that far away from the ball, that was vicious. I don’t know about Germany’s laws, but around here they would be talking arrest for assault. [/QUOTE] Oh, come on. It wasn’t **that** bad. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/32 "2006-07-09T20:30:53Z")
France down a man and still controlling play. I don’t get it. Without Zidane and Henry in penalties, I hope they can still pull it out. ---
**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, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/33 "2006-07-09T20:32:51Z")
Shoot, I think France deserves to win, But Zidane’s act really soured this. Still tied after overtime, so now time for the crap shoot that is the Penalty kicks. ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/34 "2006-07-09T20:37:09Z")
Italy shoots first. Score… Italy 1- France 0 France turn Score Italy 1 - France 0 ---
**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, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/35 "2006-07-09T20:40:21Z")
[spoiler]France missed the second penalty Italy 3- France 2 [/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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/36 "2006-07-09T20:42:59Z")
Italy scores the final goal. Italy wins the world cup 5-3 ---
**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, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/37 "2006-07-09T20:43:19Z")
Can someone please explain to me why you’d substitute one of your best penalty takers off in the second half in extra time? That decision is inexplicable. (Not quite as inexplicable as Zidane’s red call, of course) ---
**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/38 "2006-07-09T20:43:43Z")
Oh, shit. ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/39 "2006-07-09T20:43:58Z")
Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766/40 "2006-07-09T20:46:02Z")
What a really pitiful way to end a great career. How many millions of endorsement dollars (francs) did he just piss away? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-final-possible-spoilers/363766.md?page=3)