Running, all-purpose World Cup thread

If Italy wins, you bet it will be on a few flagpoles in Rome.

 

Nice to see the officials do the right thing.

When is the last time you saw such a great player ruin a reputation like that.

Chrissakes, he had 10 more minutes left in his career.

 

A headbutt too. Very bizzare.

 

It's terrible. That makes me sad. I admire Zidane, too, but who can condone THAT?

 

Great job by the officials.
Zidane is an idiot. Absolutely uncalled for.

 

Was pulling for a great match. Not on either side. Definitely pulling for the Italians now.

Wow.

 

Wow. That was fucking amazing.

Great job by the officials, horrible way to end a career.

How selfish, to put his team in such a bad spot now.

 

If this goes PKs, and Italy can't beat what's left of this French team, Italy might as well write off ever winning in PKs.

 

I will say this... for all the diving these guys do, I do get the feeling that there are some real badasses out on the field.

 

I wonder if the official actually saw it, or they caught it on the jumbotron.

 

I hope to god they saw it. I have to agree with Balboa on this one.

 

I wonder if we'll ever know what was said to warrant the headbutt.