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ITALIA!

Hands down the best game of the entire World Cup.

Even if you aren’t cheering for Italy, you have to admit that the game was entertainment at its best. I look forward to seeing France/Portugal succumb to the power of l’Italia on Sunday.


22 thoughts on ITALIA!

  1. Italy was awesome. I didn’t think the game had the flair or thrill of the two major quarters: Germany/Argentina or Brazil/France. But it was tight, and Italy definitely played the best game we’ve seen in this tourney so far.

    OMG. They’re in the finals, and against all the bloody odds. I’m so excited. 🙂

  2. OMG. I really wanted Germany to win. I was completely floored. This was me…

    Minute 119: Holy shit! They did not just do that!
    Minute 120: Whoa, why hasn’t Germany been attacking like THIS the entire game?
    Minute 121: Oh. That’s why not.

    *cry* I wanted to see Klose and Ballack in one more game!

  3. I have switched my allegiance to France. Because I love Thierry Henry – gotta stick with me arsenal mates.

    Down with Italy and those Vespa-driving, scarf-wearing, ciao-spewing Cappuccino monkeys.

  4. I’m now adopting a cheerful, anybody-but-Portugal approach; hurrah for good attacking soccer. Italy were marvelous, and it was one of the two best games of the tournament (Argentina-Mexico was, for me, even better.)

  5. people ! get ready for the season finale of

    “the ZIDANE show”

    or the first installment of

    “the CHRISTIANO RONALDO show”

    i don’t care for the prada’s-models team.
    although in the second O.T. i ended up rooting for them…i feel dirty now….

  6. Allez les bleus!

    Never thought I’d say that, but I’d love to see an Italy-France finale, if only to see Zidane play in one last game.

    With France winning, of course.

    (yes, I was cheering for Germany.)

  7. Yeah, Jill, god knows the Italians don’t eat crusty bread or ripe cheeses . . . 🙂

    I’m Italian. I’m rooting for France.

    Zidane is 1000x hotter than that silly boy Ronaldo.

    Allez-les-bleus!!!!!!!!!

    (And PS: Thuram had all sorts of great things to say a few days ago in response to some deeply moronic comments by Le Pen.)

  8. You know what they say about Italy?

    Italy has the best diving team in the world….too bad they all play football 😛

    I’m cheering for France to get back at Portugal for killing my English dreams!

  9. Best match of the tourney? Blah. Both Argentina games in the knockout round were better, especially the Argentina-Mexico game. Extra time in yesterday’s game was great, but the first 90 minutes were typical European football: Pack all 11 men in the defensive third and wait for everyone on the other side to fall on their asses before you even think about attacking. Germany were the most creative offensive team left in the Cup, but they forgot how to attack without Frings on the pitch.

    I really can’t root for anyone now. This has been a most disappointing Cup for me.

  10. Fortunately for gli Azzurri, neither the US nor the Australians will be facing them Sunday.

    Italy’s talent for playing to the level of their opposition will not stand them in good stead in Berlin, especially if the Portuguese win through.

    I’m with randomliberal — the best teams didn’t all get through, and some of them [first of all Ivory Coast] didn’t even get out of the first round. And some of the knockout games [I’m looking at you, Ukraine and Switzerland] were the sporting equivalent of Putin’s response to hostage-taking — they anesthetized the spectators and left one of the teams standing and bewildered. Fortunately for the crowd, the only bystander to suffer overdose and subsequent death was a little piece of soccer.

  11. “the CHRISTIANO RONALDO show”

    Well, show would be the right term. He’s quite an actor, hitting the deck and writhing whenever anyone is within ten feet of him.

  12. I loved watching Italy win. It was the most fun ever. It was also great fun to mock all the seemingly endless German fans! Hahaha.

  13. Well, no surprise, it’s Italy-France. I’m deeply torn. I’ve always identified more with the ol’ Italian side of me, but I’ve actually spent much more time with my French family, and the Italian league scandal has me doubting the integrity of some players…

    Zidane could go out a hero. The Italians could have one last celebration before full scandal erupts. I’ll probably have to wait until gametime to know where my heart really lies.

  14. Minute 119: Holy shit! They did not just do that!
    Minute 120: Whoa, why hasn’t Germany been attacking like THIS the entire game?
    Minute 121: Oh. That’s why not.

    They had a full half-hour of penalty time?

  15. Cristiano Ronaldo was disgusting today with his flopping. Should have been carded. One of the commenters at Gilliard’s place probably said it best: “Ronaldo’s gone down more than a whore when the fleet’s in”

    Allez les Bleus!

  16. Pft. I’d love to see one of the Italian players try to walk around in a crowded city. They wouldn’t get very far, what with the fact that they keel over in a near-death grimace of pain each time somebody so much as brushes them!

    Allez les Bleus!

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