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Originally Posted by krastian
In the heeeeat of the moment.....
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...quite! What
was going on with Zidane? Bizarre.
My other half and I agreed after 90 mins that if a goal were to come it would come from France, but if it were to go to penalties then the game was Italy's. Admittedly, that was based largely on the idea that Buffon might save a few, which never happened! But Italy did win on penalties.
Has the scandal in Italy, and the fear of lower-league football, farced the players to advertise their services and raise their game? Possibly. A good final, France possibly the better team during normal play, but in an excellent penalty shootout (5-3) it was up to one player to make the error. Ironically, it was Trezuguet, who scored for France against Italy in the 2000 European Cup final.