Thursday, July 06, 2006

The ITALIAN JOB....time to finish


Am sure it's not just me but that month literally zoomed by so fast...

And just how ironic can it get, with the theme this year being - "Say no to Racism" and then an almost all black French team and an all white Italian team make it to the finals.

Now here's my pick to win it all. PUTTING THE RACE CARD ASIDE, I pick ITALY as the winners on Sunday.

I think they have shown to the surprise of many that this team plays a very entertaining & fluid brand of soccer. They are young and fast and seem to know each other pretty well. France on the other hand have a great mid field under Zizzou and the most lethal striker in the world in Henry. This will simply not be enough though.. unless the Italians make a huge mistake at the back.

Away with that black & white verbiage, keeping it real and sticking to just football..

ITALY wins.... 2 : 1

14 Comments:

At 6:41 AM, Blogger Girl in the Meadow said...

I have a feeling France will win the match. Just a feeling though

 
At 7:02 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Italian job! Very nice Bro Jero

My money's on France lakini.

 
At 7:17 AM, Blogger Shaggy said...

Shiro - Just a feeling? Just how strong is your sense of feeling?

Fargal - wow, farmgal came out swinging this time. You like that.
Watch those sleek mafioso getting the job done.

 
At 3:32 PM, Blogger akiey said...

I really wanted Germany to win this one but I gotta ride with France for all my biased reasons, fam connections, affiliations etc, etc.

I say it's The French Connection taking care of the Italian Job.

Allez Les Blues, Vive La France!!

 
At 6:53 AM, Blogger Msanii_XL said...

Like my man Akiey

France is coming on top this sunday..

 
At 9:23 PM, Blogger spicebear said...

sasa bj, how are you doing?

i have no predictions, i'm just excited that the world cup will be over on sunday, yeah!

 
At 10:13 PM, Blogger Spidey/Tato said...

Hey there BJ..thast not my link..i changed my url and sum mofo has taken my name and used his.

LOL at busy template i used to be toold its busy like city market

check my new url at www.spideyfun.blogpot.com

 
At 10:14 PM, Blogger Spidey/Tato said...

oh and my money on france too...no one takes down Brazil and lives to tell the tale!

 
At 10:14 PM, Blogger Spidey/Tato said...

ooops meant italy(eat-her-lily)

 
At 3:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

was an Italian job afterall!

 
At 5:42 AM, Blogger Shaggy said...

Yup, it was a clinical Italian Job, ugly but they got it done. These guys did it to Australia in the the last second of regulation with a penalty kick, did the same to Germany in the last minute of extra time and now to France.

That dude must have called Zidane Gay coz that reaction was amazing. Clearly that moment was the turning point of the whole game and it came just a few minutes after he & Ribery could have won the game with classic goals but missed.

What a way to to end your career, when everything had been laid out for the best cinderella story of all time and everyone was waiting and watching the great Zidane. Then he lost it. Pitifull.

A world cup final game is like the olympic 100M final decided by mili-seconds and anyone who made a mistake lost. France who were older and should have been wiser broke down when clearly they had outplayed Italy especially in the 2nd half and in overtime.

This should be a painful lesson for all mankind, ONE MOMENT OF ANGER COULD COST YOU 100 YEARS OF YOUR LIFE. Zizzou should have bitten his tongue, swallowed hard, displayed just a little patience like the pro he is & won the game.

Ladies & Gentlemen, that's the Italian Job......

 
At 6:06 AM, Blogger akiey said...

Hats off to the Azzuri's Italian Job which unravelled our French Connection.

That's a well-deserved win. We take the loss humbly & with the grace of seasoned sportsmen.

 
At 7:37 AM, Blogger Stunuh Jay said...

Hey BJ!I was soo sad when France lost. But thoroughly pleased with Zadin's last stand!

 
At 8:52 AM, Blogger Shaggy said...

Aikey - Well said. Damn Italians will will at whatever cost thats the definition of the Italian job...

Stunah - You must be those Gor Biro fans who went to the stadi with a briefcase or hand bag full of stones.

At that moment on that stage, the best thing is to put the tail in between your legs and ran away & then win the game then incident would have been a non issue. If you end up losing the game, get him in the tunnel or simply be a class act forget and walk away....

 

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